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                 Combat Vehicle Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Hastam Máo HTM-37
Designer:           Captain_Frosty
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            40
Role:               Juggernaut
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Succession Wars / 3037
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Experimental
Rules (Year):       Experimental (Extinct)
Total Cost:         471,333 C-Bills
Battle Value:       527

Movement Type:        Tracked
Power Plant:          Méiguī Mechanica T-35 160 Internal Combustion
Cruising Speed:       43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Armor:                KSM Combat plating
Armament:             
    1 Legio Heavy Engineering "Demo III" Heavy Rifle
    1 Dominus Amrs "Pugio" Machine Gun
    1 Legio Heavy Engineering "Pillum" Machine Gun
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Originating as an attempt at an affordable main battle tank that could engage in frontline
    combat reliably despite the lack of modern technologies, the Hastam Máo HTM-37 went through
    multiple revisions to achieve that goal. The subpar results of these revisions led to a
    waste of funding that almost got the team behind the project executed for incompetence,
    forcing them to take drastic actions and an equally drastic approach to the vehicle's design
    as a whole.
    
    The concept of a main battle tank was abandoned, with the vehicles turret removed
    altogether. A primitive but powerful main cannon was mounted on the vehicle's front hull
    along with two machineguns of different caliber and an impressive amount of armor was
    mounted all over the vehicle. The resulting vehicle was not in the slightest what had been
    requested of the team yet the resulting performance tests, combined with a mix of clever
    marketing, led to the vehicle's adoption into the military regardless. A fact which spared
    its designers a trip to the nearest firing line.
    
    Despite initial doubts, the Hastam Máo HTM-37 proved an invaluable asset in the
    battlefield. Cheap, easy to operate and equally easy to repair and maintain, the primitive
    nature of its heavy rifle did not deter its ability to provide consistent fire support for
    infantry elements; a breakthrough vehicle and light tank destroyer at the same time, most
    infantrymen began to regard the Hastam Máo and their crews as a sort of "big brother" they
    can rely upon to eliminate enemies that would otherwise shred the average grunt. Similarly,
    the tank's crew viewed infantry as their precious eyes and ears against flanking and
    ambushes.
    
    This growing bond between infantry and their supporting assault guns, while not the initial
    intent, is still being leveraged to this day for propaganda by the state; innumerable
    posters and slogans presenting both as an "unbeatable combo", encouraging both sides of said
    duo to rely upon the other and have no worries when charging into the battlefield. While
    effective propaganda, those who have actually served in the frontlines know all too well the
    limitations of the HTM-37 and generally avoid relying on it for more than taking out bunkers
    or light vehicles.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  4.00                     
Engine:                              160 Internal Combustion          12.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                4                                               
    Flanking MP:                                6                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            0                      0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     2.00                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                0.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  112                     7.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      30                                              
    R/L Side:                                   28                                              
    Rear:                                       26                                              

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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Heavy Rifle                                                   Front                8.00         
2 Machine Guns                                                Front                1.00         
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 30)                                         Body                 5.00         
Machine Gun (Ammo 200)                                        Body                 1.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 16
TP: CV,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"t
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 1 / (L) 1
Armor (A): 4,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: EE, SRCH