Crossbow (OmniMech) A
A different design shares this name: the BattleMech
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Clan
- Mass
- 65t
- Role
- Skirmisher
- Intro
- 2870 Early Succession War
- Rules
- Standard
- Cost
- 8.41M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 192 pts
Medium Pulse Laser ×2LRM 5 ×2Streak SRM 6 ×2
Technical Readout: TR:CI · Record Sheets: RSFP:Wave 2
Compare this unit
Availability by era
10 eras · 21 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 4,151 |
| G1 | 2 | 3,630 |
| G2 | 3 | 3,019 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,372 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,797 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,545 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,384 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,222 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,150 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Crossbow A is a 65-ton heavy that fights close in, cruising at 54 km/h and topping out near 86. Where the Prime configuration mounts an LRM 20 with an Artemis IV fire-control system in each arm, this configuration splits the same tonnage across a Streak SRM 6, a Medium Pulse Laser, and an LRM 5 in the left arm, mirrored by the same trio in the right arm. The shift trades the Prime's long-range missile weight for short-range firepower without any of the Artemis targeting gear. Novy Minsky Armaments Plant builds it at New Kent, with production also at Arcturan Arms.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| MslStreak SRM 6 | RA · LA | 2 | 30 rds · 2 t |
| Enr | RA · LA | 2 | |
| Msl | RA · LA | 2 | 48 rds · 2 t |