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Name/Model: Hastam Máo HTM-37A
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: Kothnorea State Manufacturing
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications: Xiānzhī Telecoms "Xìnshǐ v3"
Targeting & Tracking: Xiānzhī Telecoms "Jìngpiàn v2"
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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.
Variants:
The Hastam Máo HTM-37 has two variants
The Hastam Máo HTM-37A which is the one described above.
The Hastam Máo HTM-37M which was created a seven months later, replacing the heavy rifle
with a front hull mounted LRM 15 with 3 tons of ammo and SRM 4 with 1 ton of ammo. Despite
being theoretically superior to the HTM-37A, the inconsistent damage output and perceived
wastefulness of ammunition led it to be rarely used and largely underappreciated.
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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
Distribution
Name/Model: Hastam Máo HTM-37A
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 40
Configuration: Tracked Combat Vehicle
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Front
1. Heavy Rifle
2. Machine Gun
3. Machine Gun
4. Empty
Left SideBodyRight Side
1. Empty 1. Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) 1. Empty
2. Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6)
3. Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6)
4. Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6)
5. Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6)
6. Machine Gun (Ammo 200)
7. Empty
Rear
1. Empty
Battle Value Breakdown
Name/Model: Hastam Máo HTM-37A
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 40
Configuration: Tracked Combat Vehicle
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Defensive Battle Rating
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Armor (Standard): 112 x 2.5 x 1 280.000
Internal Structure (Standard): 16 x 1.5 x 1 (+) 24.000 = 304.000
Unit Type Modifier: Tracked (*) 0.90 = 273.600
Defensive Movement Factor: +2 (*) 1.20 = 328.320
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Final Defensive Battle Rating: 328.320
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Offensive Battle Rating
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Offensive Equipment:
Heavy Rifle 91.000
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) (+) 11.000 = 102.000
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) (+) 11.000 = 113.000
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) (+) 11.000 = 124.000
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) (+) 11.000 = 135.000
Heavy Rifle (Ammo 6) (+) 11.000 = 146.000
Machine Gun (+) 5.000 = 151.000
Machine Gun (+) 5.000 = 156.000
Machine Gun (Ammo 200) (+) 1.000 = 157.000
Total Vehicle Tonnage: 40 / 2 (+) 20.000 = 177.000
Speed Factor: 6 (Flank) (*) 1.120 = 198.240
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Final Offensive Battle Rating: 198.240
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Combat Vehicle Battle Value
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Defensive Battle Rating: 328.320
Offensive Battle Rating: (+) 198.240 = 526.560
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Final BattleMech Battle Value: 527
Alpha Strike Conversion
Name/Model: Hastam Máo HTM-37A
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 40
Configuration: Tracked Combat Vehicle
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Determine Unit Type
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Ground Units: Combat Vehicle = CV
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Final Unit Type: CV
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Determine Weight/Size Class
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Tonnage: 40 (greater than or equal to 40 and less than 60) = 2
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Final Weight/Size Class: 2
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Convert Movement and Movement Modes
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Ground Movement: 4 (Cruise) = 8"
Tracked Motive Type = 8"t
Ground Target Movement Modifier at 8" is 1
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Final Movement and Movement Modes: 8"t
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Determine Short Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
Machine Gun (+) 0.200 = 0.200
Machine Gun (+) 0.200 = 0.400
Heavy Rifle (+) 0.747 = 1.147
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 1.2
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Final Short Range Damage Value: 2
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Determine Medium Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
Heavy Rifle (+) 0.900 = 0.900
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 0.9
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Final Medium Range Damage Value: 1
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Determine Long Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
Heavy Rifle (+) 0.900 = 0.900
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 0.9
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Final Long Range Damage Value: 1
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Convert Armor
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Standard: 112 armor points x 1 112.000 = 112.000
Armor Factor Conversion (/) 30 = 3.733
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Final Armor Value: 4
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Convert Structure
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Standard: 16 structure points 16.000 = 16.000
Structure Conversion (/) 10 = 1.600
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Final Structure Value: 2
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Determine Special Abilities
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Unit is equipped with an Internal Combustion engine = EE
Unit is a Combat Vehicle = SRCH
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Determine Point Value
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Unit's Offensive Value:
Attack Damage Factor 2 (Short) + 1 (Medium) + 1 (Medium) + 1 (Long) = 5.000
Blanket Offensive Modifier 1 (Base) (*) 1.000 = 5.000
Defensive Interaction Rating:
Armor Factor 4 (Armor) x 1.8 (Tracked) = 7.200
Structure Factor 2 (Structure) x 1.0 (Other Unit) (+) 2.000 = 9.200
Defense Factor 1 + {[1 (8" Move)] x 0.1} (*) 1.100 = 10.120
Final DIR Round to nearest half point = 10.000
Unit's Defensive Value:
Movement Factor 1 (0.25 per 2") = 1.000
Final DIR Defensive Interaction Rating (+) 10.000 = 11.000
Unit's Final Point Value:
Offensive Value = 5.000
Defensive Value (+) 11.000 = 16.000
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Final Point Value: 16
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