Another vehicle in NorAmC's Cat series, the Lynx is designed to provide low-level air defense for mechanized forces. Unlike most other anti-aircraft systems, it carries both gun (25mmLP 3-barreled Gatling gun) and missile (127mm IIRH); additionally, a coaxial 10mmC rotary MG is provided for local defense. In theory, this allows the gunner to select the best weapon for the job; in practice, both weapons are seldom needed in the same engagement and one runs out of ammo fairly quickly. One noticable drawback is that the weapons are not stabilized; for accurate fire, the Lynx must stop (this is less of a problem for the missiles than the guns). It uses radar to acquire targets and, in most cases (to prevent easy retaliatory strikes), uses the turret's LLTV to track and engage them (if the target is close enough, the thermograph can be used as well).
Aside from its designed role, the Lynx has also been used against light vehicles and infantry, though its light armor (even by the standards of the Cat series) makes this risky. Since it is noticably cheaper than the Bobcat light tank (by some $400,000), some have been turned into impromptu tank destroyers. The air-search radar is usually replaced with another sensor in such cases if the Lynx is permanently being converted to use as a tank destroyer. There have been experiments with loading one missile launcher with SAMs and the other with ATGMs (in combat, some gunners have engaged targets with the wrong kind of missile, so this mixed load is rarely seen).
Subassemblies: Body +4, full rotation Turret +2, two Tracks +3
P&P: 350 kW ceramic w/340 kW improved tracked drivetrain,
rE-cell, 100 gallons diesel (fire chance: 7) in self-sealing tank, 9.5
hours fuel
Occ: 3 NCS (all in body)
Cargo: 6.6 (cf body)
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| Body | 6/140 L | 5/105 L | 4/70 L | 4/70 L | 4/70 L |
| Turret | 4/70 L | 4/70 L | 4/70 L | 4/70 L | 4/70 L |
| Tracks | 4/50 | 4/50 | 4/50 | 4/50 | 4/50 |
Weaponry
25mmLP gatling gun [Tur:F] (3500 APEX)
2x127mm SAM launcher [Tur:F] (6 IIRH HEDP each, plus 6 total spares
in body)
10mmC gatling gun [Tur:F] (2000)
Equipment
Turret: 10 mile thermograph [Scan 17], 50 mile air-search radar
[Scan 21], 50x LLTV [+5/+10 bonus], 2x short range laser comms, laser rangefinder,
1 mile searchlight
Body: 2x medium range scrambled radios, short range lasercomm,
4x LLTV (10x [+3/+6], three 5x [+2/+4]), advanced radar/laser detector,
2x IFF, military GPS, HUDWAC w/pupil scanner, 8 dischargers (4 hot smoke,
4 prism), 2x hardened small computers, 3x terminals, full fire suppression,
3-man NBC kit
Statistics
| Size: 7'x7'x18' | Payload: varies (up to 2731 lbs) | Lwt: 22,269 lbs (11.13 tons) |
| Volume: 740 cf | Maint.: 21 hours | Price: $895,000 |
HT: 12
HP: 977 [body], 347 [each track], 387 [turret]
| gSpeed: 72 | gAccel: 4 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 0.75 | gSR: 7 | GP: very low |
| wSpeed: 6 | wAccel: 0.6 | wDecel: 10 | wMR: 0.5 | wSR: 5 | Max: 25,000 lbs |
Design Notes
Frame is heavy for 400 cf body, 100 cf turret and 240 cf tracks. Structural
and surface features include total compartmentalization, sealed, basic
IR cloaking, sound baffling, and basic chameleon. The turret is universal
with a cyberslave and all ammo is in anti-blast magazines.
Lynx II Air-Defence System
This mounts a heaver gun (a two-barreled 40mm Gatling) but smaller missiles (adapted from an infantry shoulder-launched SAM). It is generally used by forces that do not expect to face ground-attack aircraft more formidable than helicopters.
Weaponry
40mmLP Gatling gun [Tur:F] (1500 APEX)
2x70mm SAM launcher [Tur:F] (5 IIRH HEPF-ABF each, plus 10 total spares
in body)
10mmC gatling gun [Tur:F] (2000)
Statistics
| Size: 7'x7'x18' | Payload: varies (up to 2615 lbs) | Lwt: 22,385 lbs (11.19 tons) |
| Volume: 740 cf | Maint.: 21 hours | Price: $936,500 |
New Weapons
25mmC Gatling cannon: liquid propellant electric gatling with
3 very long barrels
Dam 3dx9 (2) + 2d [2d], Acc 15, SS 20 (6 in Lynx), 1/2Dam 1700, Max
6600, ROF 30, 5.86 kW, Gun Wt 177 lbs, Gun Cost $42,000, Ammo Wt 0.65 lbs
(APEX), Ammo Cost $19.50 (APEX)
40mmLP Gatling cannon: liquid propellant electric gatling with
two very long barrels
Dam 6dx7d (2) + 8d [4d], Acc 16, SS 25 (9 in Lynx), 1/2Dam 2100, Max
7700, ROF 16, 12.8 kW, Gun Wt 585 lbs, Gun Cost $88,500, Ammo Wt 2.66 lbs
(APEX), Ammo Cost $80 (APEX)