Barghest BGS-4X
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 70t
- Role
- Sniper
- Intro
- 3078 Jihad
- Rules
- Experimental
- Cost
- 8.28M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 200 pts
Light PPC ×2Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle
Availability by era
1 era · 1 faction
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,851 |
| G1 | 2 | 3,367 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,801 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,200 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,667 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,434 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,284 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,134 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,067 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The BGS-4X is a 70-ton sniper, a 3078 rework of the 3058 BGS-1T that trades reach efficiency for raw punch. Where the BGS-1T carried twin ER Large Lasers and an LB 20-X AC, this variant fields a pair of Light PPCs in the left torso, mounted on a quad turret and fed by a PPC capacitor, alongside an Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle in the right torso in place of the autocannon. The 350 XL fusion engine gives way to a lighter 280 fusion engine on a frame rebuilt with endo steel structure, dropping cruising speed from 54 to 43 km/h and top speed from 86 to 65 km/h. CASE II protects the right torso and a C3 slave unit sits in the head, neither present on the BGS-1T. It is refit at the TharHes Industries R&D Annex at Gibbs.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enr | LT ×2 | 2 | |
| BalImproved Heavy Gauss Rifle | RT | 1 | 8 rds · 2 t in CT |
| electronicsC3 SlaveIS | HD | ||
| otherISQuadTurret | LT | ||
| otherPPC Capacitor | LT |
CASE II: Right Torso