BattleAxe BKX-7K

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.