Cougar Fire Support Vehicle (FSV), TL 8
This is really just a Bobcat light tank with a different armament mix. However, it is common enough to justify a separate entry, as well as the fact that it is also used in a completely different manner (while the various Bobcats are used specifically destroy other vehicles, the Cougars are designed to support infantry advances by destroying enemy positions and stopping infantry counterattacks). Other than weaponry (a 105mm autoloading howitzer and 40mm automatic grenade launcher) and usage philosophy, it is the same as the Bobcat.
The stats below represent the 'standard' Cougar, but most users customize the tank to some degree. Since it has a high HT, it isn't uncommon for some buyers to take the Cheap option.
Subassemblies: two tracks, full rotation turret, one pod
Body Features: Slope on body and turret: 60 degress front, 30
degrees left and right
Propulsion: 340 kW tracked drivetrain
Weaponry (Turret): 105mm howitzer, 40mm AGL, 10mmC minigun, 40x105mm
HEDP rounds, 100x40mm HE rounds, 100x40mm CHEM rounds, 2000x10mmC rounds
Weaponry (Pod): 2xStinger 3.0, 1xRaptor 6-Pack (M136
pod)
Weapon Accessories: full stabilization for both guns, antiblast
magazine for cannon shells and grenades
Instruments and electronics (turret): searchlight (1 mile), short
range lasercomm, laser rangefinder (5 mile), Thermograph (10 miles, Scan
17)
Instruments and electronics (body): 2x medium range scrambled
radios, 4xLLTV (1x10 mile F, 3x5 mile L/R/B), military GPS, HUDWAC, two
hardened small computers, three terminals, 2xIFF, advanced laser/radar
detector
Miscellaneous: 8 Dischargers w/8 blackout gas loads (body), full
fire supression (body)
Controls: Computer, duplicate controls (commander)
Occupancy: Short
Passengers: None
Crew: Commander, Gunner and Driver in 3 normal crew stations
(body)
Envirnmental Systems: 3 man NBC kit
Power: 350 kW turbo ceramic, 10.5 gph
Fuel: self-sealing 100 gallon tank, 100 gallons diesel fuel
Access, Cargo and Empty Space: Turret - 6.585 cf empty space,
Body - 4.04 cf empty, 30 cf cargo and 35.8 cf access space, Pod - 0.1 cf
empty space
Volumes: Body 400 cf, Turret 100 cf, Pod 2, Tracks 240 cf; Surface
Area: Body 325.7 sf, turret 129.3 sf, tracks 231.7 sf, pod 9.5 sf; Total
Area 696.24
Structure: heavy with standard materials
Hit Points: Body 977, Turret 387, Track (each) 347
Structural Options: total compartmentalization (hull), sealed,
improved suspension, basic IR cloaking, sound baffling, basic chameleon
Armor (Turret): advanced laminate, PD 6 DR 260 F, PD 5 DR 195
L,R, PD 4 DR 130 B/T
Armor (Body): as turret, but also PD 4 DR 100 U
Armor (Tracks): advanced metal, PD 4 DR 50
Statistics: Loaded Weight 22,818 lbs (11.41 tons), Volume 742
cf, Size Modifier +4, Price $1,203,293, HT 12
Ground Performance: Speed 71 mph, gAccel 4 mph/s, gDecel 20 mph/s,
gMR 0.75, gSR 7, Very Low ground pressure, 4/5 off-road speed
Water performance: can float, flotation rating 25,000 lbs (+2182
lbs), drag 804, Speed 6 mph, wAccel 0.6, wDecel 10, wMR 0.5, wSR 5
New Weapons
105mm howitzer: one short barrel, slow autoloader
Dam 6dx10, Malf Crit, Type Cr, SS 30, Acc 12, 1/2 Dam 1300 yds, Max
5500 yds, ROF 1/6, $42,200, 1500 lbs
HEDP ammo is $390, 43.4 lbs, 5dx21(5) plus 6dx36 [10d] HE damage
CHEM ammo is $260+filler, 43.4 lbs, 41 yard radius
Beehive ammo is $520, 43.4 lbs, 1d+1 Imp
10mmC minigun: six long barrels, elextric gatling, caseless
Dam 9d, Malf Ver., Type Cr, SS 20, Acc 13, 1/2 Dam 900, Max 4500, ROF
60, 0.38 kW
Ammo is 0.063 lbs and $0.125 each.
Stinger 3.0: 70mm SAM, 6dx21 HEPF, Max 4750 yds, IIR homing, skill 15, SS 20, Speed 700 yds/sec; a complete missile and semi-disposable launcher is $5530 and 30 lbs
Raptor Six-Pack: 6x102mm artillery rockets, 6dx88 HEC or 6dx27(5) HEDP, 1/2 Dam 1500 yds, Max 2800 yds, Acc 13, SS 20, Speed 900, unguided; rockets are $500 (HEC) or $585 (HEDP) and 25 lbs each.