Lancer Mark I main battle tank (TL8)
In my TL8 campaign (horror/fantasy/dimension travel), this represents the best MBT used in any quantity. In most other TL8 campaigns, this would represent a capable, if middle-of-the-road, design. The turret has plenty of free space for additional electronics, if desired. Ammo for the main gun is in four 15 round magazines. Per 30 rounds, the cost is $19800 HEDP and $52800 APFSDS. Many users replace some some (or all) APFSDS rounds with cheaper HEAT rounds, or underload the magazines.
Some buyers omit (or remove) the open mount; this saves $14,201 and 396.5 lbs. A more costly variant upgrades the standard laminate armor to expensive; multipy body and turret DRs by 1.6 and increase cost to $3,704,470. An electrothermal gun adds $191,100 (incl. extra ammo), increases ammo from 30 to 36 per magazine, and requires 4900 kWs per shot (one rechargable E-cell is good for 36 shots, so four are required).
The Lancer Mark II (not posted yet) is a very different, less capable, design. The main gun is only 100mm and frontal armor is DR 1400. It is also smaller and much lighter and cheaper.
Subassemblies: two tracks, full rotation turret, open mount on
turret
Body Features: Slope on body and turret: 60 degress front, 30
degrees left and right
Propulsion: 1200 kW tracked drivetrain
Weaponry (Turret): 120mm LP smoothbore tank gun, 15mmC chaingun,
90x120mm LP APFSDS rounds, 30x120mm LP HEDP rounds, 600x15mmC AP rounds
Weaponry (Open Mount): 15mmC chaingun, 1000x15mmC AP rounds
Weapon Accessories: full stabilization for both turret guns,
universal mount for open mount gun
Instruments and electronics (turret): PESA (5 mile, Scan 15),
laser rangefinder, two terminals, HUDWAC
Instruments and electronics (body): one medium range scrambled
radio, light amplification, military GPS, HUDWAC, two hardened small computers
with Targeting programs and databases, one terminal
Miscellaneous: ST 6200 winch (body), 8 Dischargers w/4 Hot Smoke
and 4 Prism (turret), full fire supression (body)
Controls: Computer
Occupancy: Short
Passengers: None
Crew: Commander and Gunner in 2 normal crew stations (turret),
Driver in normal crew station (body)
Envirnmental Systems: 3 NBC kits
Power: 1250 kW turbo ceramic, 37.5 gph
Fuel: self-sealing 280 gallon tank, 280 gallons diesel fuel
Access, Cargo and Empty Space: Turret - 24.46 cf empty space,
Body - 1.2 cf empty, 5 cf cargo and 123.4 cf access space, Open Mount -
0.1 cf empty space
Volumes: Body 700 cf, Turret 400 cf, Open mount 4 cf, Tracks
420 cf; Surface Area: Body 473 sf, turret 326 sf, tracks 336 sf, open mount
15 sf; Total Area
Structure: very heavy frame
Hit Points: Body 2838, Turret 1956, Track (each) 1008
Structural Options: sealed, improved suspension, basic IR cloaking
Armor (Turret): std laminate, PD 6 DR 2000 F, PD 5 DR 450 L,R,
PD 4 DR 300 B, PD 4 DR 150 T
Armor (Body): as turret, but also PD 4 DR 200 U
Armor (Tracks): expensive metal, PD 4 DR 125
Statistics: Empty Weight 131,407, Loaded Weight 119603 lbs (59.8
tons), Volume 1524 cf, Size Modifier +7, Price $2,849,295, HT 10
Ground Performance: Speed 58 mph, gAccel 4 mph/s, gDecel 20 mph/s,
gMR 0.75, gSR 7, Low ground pressure [barely!], 2/3 off-road speed
New Weapons
120mm liquid propellant smoothbore cannon: one long barrel,
slow autoloader, smoothbore, LP
Dam 6dx18, Malf Ver, Type Cr, SS 30, Acc 15, 1/2 Dam 3100 yds, Max
9700 yds, ROF 1/6
APFSDS ammo is 6dx36(2), 1/2Dam 4650 yds, Max 14550 yds, +1 Acc
HEDP ammo is 6dx20(5), HE damage 6dx54 [12d]
Beehive is 2d+1 Imp
The APFSDS is best against DR 1500 or less (50% chance of penetration). The HEDP rounds are actually better vs non-laminated armor (average DR 2100 vs DR 1050 laminated), but are mainly carried to deal with APCs and infantry. HEAT and Beehive may be useful in some settings.
15mmC chaingun
see p.VE43, TL8 15mm chaingun