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Lancer III Superheavy Tank (TL 8)

This is a rather absurd design, but it mounts a fairly powerful weapon and thick armor, even by TL 8 standards. However, the cost and weight are rediculously high, and the sensors probably need to be a bit better.

 Subassemblies: two tracks, full rotation turret
 Body Features: Slope on body and turret: 60 degress front, 30 degrees left and right
 Propulsion: 1200 kW tracked drivetrain
 Weaponry (Turret): 105mm mass driver, 15mmC chaingun, 80x105mm APFSDSDU rounds, 40x105mm HEDP rounds, 1000x15mmC AP rounds
 Weapon Accessories: full stabilization and universal mounting for all turret guns
 Instruments and electronics (turret): one PESA (5 mile, Scan 15), three PESA (1 mile, Scan), AESA (10 mile, Scan), laser rangefinder (10 miles), HUDWAC, IFF x2, medium range scrambled radios x2
 Instruments and electronics (body): PESA (5 mile, Scan 15), Infared Jammer (rating 8), one medium range scrambled radio, military GPS x2, two hardened micro computers with Targeting +3 program, 2 gig database and Datalink, three terminal, 2x advanced laser/radar detector
 Miscellaneous: 12 Dischargers w/8 Blackout Gas (turret), full fire supression (body)
 Controls: Computer
 Occupancy: Short
 Passengers: None
 Crew: Commander, Gunner and Driver in normal crew stations (body), three crashwebs
 Envirnmental Systems: 3 NBC kits
 Power: 1275 kW turbo ceramic, 38.25 gph
 Fuel: light self-sealing 200 gallon tank, 200 gallons diesel
 Access, Cargo and Empty Space: Turret - 3.84 cf empty space, Body - 9.085 cf empty, 0 cf cargo and 127.4 cf access space
 Volumes: Body 725 cf, Turret 255 cf, Tracks 435 cf; Surface Area: Body 484 sf, turret 241 sf, tracks 344 sf, Total Area 1384 sf
 Structure: extremely heavy frame
 Hit Points: Body 3354, Turret 2562, Track (each) 1194
 Structural Options: sealed, improved suspension, basic emission cloaking, basic chameleon, basic sound baffling, basic stealth, total compartmentalization
 Armor (Turret): std laminate, PD 6 DR 8800 F, PD 5 DR 2100 L,R, PD 4 DR 800 B, PD 4 DR 500 T
 Armor (Body): as turret, but also PD 4 DR 500 U
 Armor (Tracks): expensive metal, PD 4 DR 400
 Statistics: Empty Weight 220,297, Loaded Weight 229,010 lbs (114.51 tons), Volume 2040 cf, Size Modifier +7, Loaded Price $21,568,422, HT 8
 Ground Performance: Speed 60 mph, gAccel 4 mph/s, gDecel 20 mph/s, gMR 0.75, gSR 7, high pressure, 1/3 off-road speed

New Weapons
105mm railgun: one short barrel, fast autoloader
APFSDSDU ammo: Dam 6dx82(3), Malf Crit, Type Cr, SS 30, Acc 19, 1/2 Dam 7650 yds, Max 20400 yds, ROF 1/3

15mmC chaingun
see p.VE43, TL8 15mm chaingun

40mm AGL
see p.VE43, TL7 40mm GL, but HEDP dam 8d(5), HE dam 6dx2[4d], CHEM 6 yrd radius (wt and cost reduced 40%)