RT-2 scout walker

RT-2 scout walker

The RT-2 was the first combat-worthy walker to enter service with the Russians in 1937. Fairly light on weapons and armor, it was a useful vehicle for training Soviet forces in the use of legged vehicles, although it quickly fell prey to the heavier German walkers in 1941; surviving vehicles were quickly transferred to patrol the borders with China and Manchuria.

(Nothing in this design is exclusively Russian; it could be used by most nations without any change to stats)

The RT-2 uses 1.1 gallons of gasoline per hour at routine usage, giving a range of 390 miles.

Subassemblies: Light Walker chassis +2, 2¥Medium Walker legs +1.
Powertrain: 25-kW gasoline engine with 25-kW legged transmission and 30-gallon self-sealing fuel tank; 8,000-kWs batteries
Occupancy: 1 CS body Cargo: 1 Body.

Armor
Body: F 4/40, RL 4/30, B 4/30, TU 4/20
Legs: 4/15

Weaponry
Ground LMG [Body:F] (2,000).
Very Long Ground HMG [Body:F] (300),.

<>Equipment
Body: 2xsmoke dischargers.

Statistics

Size: 5'x5'x8' Payload : 0.28 tons Lwt: 2.74 tons

Volume: 19
Maint.: 105 hours Price: $3,600

HT: 10.
HP: 120 Body, 38 each Leg.

gSpeed: 24
aAccel: 10
aDecel: 20 aMR: 2
aSR: 1

Low Ground Pressure. Full Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
All the mecha rules from W:WW were used, except for the “cheap” transmission cost from the core book (see Variants for an “expensive” transmission). An exception is gAccel, which uses the “kick start” rule from VE2. The design gAccel, which was used for gSpeed determination was 2 (for mecha with a top speed under 30mph, the “kick start” acceleration is: 4 x top speed / speed factor (p.W146)).

To reduce weight to keep the ground pressure Low, the leg's cost, weight, base DR and HPs were divided by two.

Size: 5'x5'x8'	Payload : 0.28 tons	Lwt: 2.74 tons
Volume: 19	Maint.: 105 hours	Price: $3,600