Black Watch BKW-9R
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 85t
- Role
- Sniper
- Intro
- 3070 Jihad
- Rules
- Standard
- Cost
- 8.31M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 263 pts
Heavy PPCGauss RifleMML 7 ×2TAG
TR:3060 · Record Sheets: RS:3060u
Compare this unit
Availability by era
5 eras · 2 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 4,953 |
| G1 | 2 | 4,331 |
| G2 | 3 | 3,602 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,830 |
| G4 | 5 | 2,144 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,844 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,651 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,458 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,372 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Black Watch BKW-9R is an 85-ton assault reworked as a sniper, a 3070 field refit of the 3061 BKW-7R that fought as a close-in juggernaut. Where the BKW-7R carried a Light Gauss Rifle and Ultra AC/10, the 9R mounts a Gauss Rifle in the left arm and a Heavy PPC in the right, with an MML 7 in each torso replacing the single MRM 40. A TAG unit sits in the head, and the CASE and C3 slave unit of the earlier model are gone. Heat-sink count rises from 10 to 12 double, and the engine, cruising speed of 32 km/h, and top speed of 54 km/h carry over unchanged. It is fielded as a field refit rather than a factory-built variant.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| SupTAG | HD | 1 | |
| Msl | RT · LT | 2 | 4 t ammo |
| EnrHeavy PPC | RA | 1 | |
| Bal | LA | 1 | 8 rds · 1 t |