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Steam Armored Personnel Carrier, TL (5+1)

The APC appears roughly similar to a WWI tank, but is wider and shorter. The cannons are mounted, one a side, in sponsons allowing 90 degree traverse from directly ahead to directly to the side. A turret with a Gatling gun gun is provided to help fend off enemy infantry. Two more Gatling guns are provided, mounted bow and stern.

There is a large oval door on each side of the APC, behind the sponsons. There is also a hatch for the driver in front and for the stokers at the rear.

Subassemblies: body +4, full rotation turret +1, two tracks +3
P&P: 200 kW triple-expansion steam turbine, two 3600 kWs lead-acid batteries, 50 cf coal bank, 8.3 hours
Occ: 1 NCS (turret), 9 NCS (body), 15 NS (body) [one turret Gatling gunner, two cannon gunners/loaders, two body Gatling gunners, driver, commander, 3 stokers, 15 troops]
Cargo: 120 cf
 
Armor F R/L B T U
Body 4/25 4/20 3/10 2/5 3/10
Turret 4/25 4/20 3/10 2/5
Tracks 4/25

Weaponry
.58-cal gatling [Tur:F] (1000 solid)
.58-cal gatling [Bo:F] (1000 solid)
.58-cal gatling [Bo:R] (1000 solid)
2" cannon [Bo:L] (40 HE, 10 solid)
2" cannon [Bo:R] (40 HE, 10 solid)

Equipment
Turret: Searchlight (1 mile)
Body: casemate mounts for 2" guns, two 10x telescope (+3/+6) for each gunner

Statistics
Size: 7'x9'x24' Payload: approx. 7900 lbs Lwt:  49,312 lbs (24.66 tons)
Volume: 2163 cf (Size Mod: +5) Maint.: 66 hours Price: $4,650

HT: 9
HP: 1090 [body], 96 [turret], 390 [each track]
 
gSpeed: 29 gAccel: 2 gDecel: 20 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 6 GP: very low (4/5)

Design Notes
Frame is expensive, medium for 1330 cf body, 35 cf turret and 798 cf tracks. Armor is standard metal.

New Weapons
2" rifled cannon: short barrel, breechloader
Dam 23d Solid or 3d [4d] HE, Acc 12, SS 20, 1/2 Dam 650, Max 3750, ROF 1/5, cannon 260 lbs, ammo 7.5 lbs Solid/5 lbs HE