BattleAxe BKX-7K
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 70t
- Role
- Sniper
- Intro
- 2475 Age of War
- Rules
- Introductory
- Cost
- 6.38M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 144 pts
PPC ×2LRM 5 ×2SRM 6
Technical Readout: TR:SW · Record Sheets: RS:SW
Compare this unit
Availability by era
8 eras · 8 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,070 |
| G1 | 2 | 2,685 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,233 |
| G3 | 4 | 1,754 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,329 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,143 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,023 |
| G7 | 8 | 904 |
| G8 | 8 | 851 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The BattleAxe BKX-7K is a 70-ton sniper, a 2475 rework of the 2459 BKX-1X that abandons close-in brawling for stand-off fire. Where the original mounted a Large Laser in each arm, the BKX-7K carries a PPC in the left arm and a PPC in the right arm, and it drops the machine guns from the center torso and head entirely. The LRM 5 in the left torso and the LRM 5 and SRM 6 in the right torso carry over from the BKX-1X. A larger 280 fusion engine lifts cruising speed from 32 to 43 km/h and top speed from 54 to 65 km/h, and a jump capability of 120 metres is new to this configuration. Standard armor replaces the primitive plating of the original, though heat-sink count falls from 18 to 15 single sinks. It remains a maintenance-intensive design, and Achernar Battlemechs builds it at New Avalon, with production also handled by Hessen IndustrialWorks/NHDF.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| MslSRM 6 | RT | 1 | 15 rds · 1 t |
| Msl | RT · LT | 2 | 24 rds · 1 t |
| Enr | RA · LA | 2 |