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From: Ross Hedvicek  <hijinx78@s...>
Date: Fri Apr 21, 2000 9:01pm
Subject: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT


Something for peer review... questions/comments the usual. go ahead guys, 
have at it :)



Mechan Land Systems "Sentinel"

Craft: Mechan Land Systems "Sentinel"
Type: Heavy Repulsorlift Main Battle Tank
Scale: Walker
Length: 10.3 meters (guns forward)
Skill: Repulsorlift ops: Sentinel MBT
Cost: 150,000 credits (Government/Military forces only)
Crew: 4 (Driver, Gunner, Loader, Commander)
Crew Skill: Vehicle blasters 5D, Vehicle Firearms 5D, Repulsorlift Ops 4D
Passengers: 0
Cover: Full
Cargo Capacity: 200 kilograms (external)
Move: 105; 300 kmh
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Body: 5D front, 4D sides, 3D rear, 4D underside
Weight (Empty): 48.8 metric tons
Weight (Fully Armed): 52.8 metric tons
Altitude Range: Ground level - 3 meters
Sensors:
     Search (weapon guidance): 10km/3D
Weapons:
     150mm Smoothbore Cannon (main gun)
         Crew: 1 (Gunner)
         Fire Arc: Turret
         Skill: Vehicle Firearms
         Scale: Walker
         Fire Control: 3D
         Range: 1/3/5 km
         Damage: Varies with ammo
         Ammo: 50 (30 HEAT, 20 APAT)
         ROF: 1

    Heavy Blaster Cannon (armored vehicles)
         Crew: 1 (Gunner)
         Fire Arc: As Turret
         Skill: Vehicle Blasters
         Scale: Speeder
         Fire Control: 2D
         Range: 1/2/3km
         Damage: 6D
         ROF: 1

     Light Blaster Cannon (unarmored targets)
         Crew: 1 (Commander)
         Fire Arc: As Turret
         Skill: Vehicle blasters
         Scale: Speeder
         Fire Control: 1D
         Range: 50-300/500/1 km
         Damage: 2D

     2x Light Repeating Blaster (infantry)
         Crew: 2 (left-loader, right-commander)
         Fire Arc: Turret (left), Turret (right)
         Skill: Vehicle blasters
         Scale: Character
         Range: 10-30/50/70
         Damage: 6D+1

Game Notes:
     Thermal Imaging: Negates all darkness/smoke penalties.

     Ammo types (Damage):
	APAT (Armor-Piercing Anti-Tank):
	   7D vs armored targets, 4D vs unarmored
	HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank):
	   6D/4D/2D, blast radius: 1/5/10m


Capsule:
The Sentinel is the main battle tank in service with the Heiter Industries 
Armed Forces. It replaced the aging Devastator Mk2 tanks. The Sentinel 
features increased firepower, improved mobility, fire control systems and 
armour.

Designed with the "form follows function" premise in mind, and knowledge of 
the many failed Main Battle Tank attempts of other companies, the Sentinel 
is quite revolutionary. The most obvious of it's traits is it's very low 
profile. The Sentinel is only 3.56 meters tall - when its hovering a meter 
off the ground. When compared to the 4 and 5+ meter tall tanks, the 2.56 
meters of the Sentinel make it a very small target. The short height make 
the Sentinel a much harder target to hit, and it aids the tank when it is 
in the hull-down position behind a sand berm or the crest of a hill. At 
4.28 meters wide, the Sentinel is also much narrower than most
tanks. The Sentinel's relative narrowness help it to navigate the narrow 
streets of most cities, since not all cities have 10 meter wide boulevards.

Development of the Sentinel Mk 2 has begun and will include a new 
compressed gas recoil system and improved thermal sleeve for the main gun, 
to enable the firing of enhanced kinetic energy ammunition, and improved armor.

ARMAMENT

The Sentinel's main gun is the 150 millimeter L35 smoothbore cannon 
developed by the Ordnance division of Mechan Arms. The gun is made from 
electro-slag refined durasteel (ESR) and is insulated with a thermal sleeve 
made by Heiter Technologies. The sleeve increases accuracy by preventing 
distortion through the effects of heat and shock. The L35 is also fitted 
with a muzzle reference
system and fume extraction.

A Heavy Blaster Cannon is mounted on the turret to the right of the 150mm 
cannon, providing the tank with a secondary weapon for targets too lightly 
armored to warrant the use of the main gun. Only one of the weapons can be 
fired at once, either the main gun or the blaster cannon. The two weapons 
are aimed in parallel, about 70 centimeters apart: where one weapon aims, 
so does the other. Like the L35, the heavy blaster cannon is fitted with a 
muzzle reference system.

A light blaster cannon mounted on the turret below and between the two main 
weapons provides the firepower to deal with unarmored and lightly armored 
vehicles such as personnel carriers.

Two light repeating blasters mounted on the left and right side of the 
turret gives the Sentinel the ability to deal with infantry. The operators 
must exit the turret and expose themselves to fire and environmental 
hazards in order to use them (getting half cover instead of full).

The turret is capable of 360 degree rotation and the weapon elevation range 
is from -10 to +30 degrees for the main gun and -10 to +40 degrees for the 
heavy blaster cannon.

HULL

The hull is in three sections: the driving compartment at the front, the 
fighting section in the center, and the engine at the rear of the vehicle.

The Sentinel incorporates durasteel encased depleted duranium armor. Though 
rated at only 1/12 the strength and resiliency of molecular armor, it is 
still tough enough to shrug off anything short of a turbolaser. Armored 
fire proof bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks and 
ammunition. The tank is protected against nuclear, biological and chemical 
(NBC) warfare.

The turret is located in the center of the vehicle. It is quite spacious 
inside, with more than enough room for it's three occupants to move around. 
There are three crew positions: the commander in the rear right, the gunner 
in the front right, and the loader in the rear left. A small hatch in the 
front left of the turret leads to the driver's compartment. The inside is 
painted white and is covered with a thick spall liner. In the event of 
weapon penetration through the armor, the spall liner reduces the number of 
fragments and narrows the fragment cone. The spall liner also provides 
noise and thermal insulation. The reinforcement provides protection against 
multiple strike, kinetic energy rounds, shaped charges, and energy weapons 
such as blasters, turbolasers and lasers.

At the rear of the vehicle is the engine compartment. The Mechan Motors 
MTU-873 Fusion reactor provides power. It produces 20% more power than the 
tank is capable of consuming at any time. Also in the engine area is the 
60MT-rated repulsorlift generator, which sends it's power to the eight 
repulsorlift emitters running down the left and right sides of the tank. 
The 25 fuel cells that feed the power generator are also stored here. They 
are quickly accessible through hatches and give the Sentinel a continuous 
operating time of 36 hours, 24 hours for combat purposes.

CREW POSITIONS

The driver sits at the front of the vehicle, in a highly reclined position 
(20 degrees above horizontal), reducing the height of the hull and aiding 
the low profile of the tank. The driver's compartment is equipped with two 
observation periscopes on either side and a central image intensifying 
periscope for night vision. The periscopes provide a 120 degree field of 
view. The Heiter Tech Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE), AN/VSS-5, is based on 
a 328 x 245 element uncooled infrared detector array, operating in the 7.5 
to 13 micron waveband. It provides accurate nightvision out to one 
kilometer. A camera with a 65 degree horizontal and vertical field of view 
positioned at the rear of the vehicle and a television monitor provide a 
reversing aid for the driver.

The commander's station is equipped with six periscopes, providing 360 
degree view. The Commander's Thermal Viewer (CTV) provides the commander 
with independent stabilised day and night vision with a 360 degree view, 
automatic sector scanning, automatic target cueing of the gunner's sight 
and back-up fire control.

The Sentinel has a two-axis Gunner's Primary Sight- Line of Sight (GPS-LOS) 
which increases the first round hit probability by providing faster target 
acquisition and improved gun pointing. The Thermal Imaging System (TIS) has 
magnification x10 narrow field of view and x3 wide field of view. The 
thermal image is displayed in the eyepiece of the gunner's sight together 
with the range measurement from the laser rangefinder. The Heiter Tech 
Laser Rangefinder (LRF) has a range of 10 kilometers, accuracy to within
one meter and target discrimination of two meters. The gunner also has an 
auxiliary sight with magnification x8 and a field of view of 8 degrees.

FIRE CONTROL

The digital fire control computer is supplied by Heiter Technologies. The 
fire control computer automatically calculates the fire control solution 
based on: lead angle measurement; bend of the gun measured by the muzzle 
reference system; velocity measurement from a wind sensor on the roof of 
the turret; data from a pendulum static cant sensor located at the center 
of the turret roof; outside temperature; barometric pressure; gravity; 
ammunition temperature for the L35; and power and gas resources for the 
heavy blaster cannon. The operator manually inputs data on ammunition type. 
The gun control is provided by an all-electric gun control and 
stabilisation system. It allows the tank to engage moving targets 
accurately while on the move.



Ross Hedvicek
hijinx78@s...
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other 
bastard die for his."
--George Patton


  Replies Author Date
1707     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Dean Magill Sun 4/23/2000
1713     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Erik_Inge_Bols Tue 4/25/2000
1715     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Ross Hedvicek Wed 4/26/2000
1718        Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Erik_Inge_Bols Thu 4/27/2000
1716     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Dean Magill Thu 4/27/2000
1717     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Charles McNeill Thu 4/27/2000
1723     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Charles McNeill Thu 4/27/2000
1725        Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Erik_Inge_Bols Fri 4/28/2000
1732        Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Ross Hedvicek Fri 4/28/2000
1733     Re: STATS: Mechan Arms Sentinel MBT Armage Bedar Fri 4/28/2000

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