Hellfire 3

The Hellfire 3 is a 60-ton machine that trades the original's brawling laser array for close-range firepower entirely built around heat weapons. Where the base Hellfire carries a Heavy Medium Laser, ER Medium Laser, and Heavy Small Laser in each arm, this configuration mounts twin Plasma Cannons alongside an ER Flamer and a Flamer in each arm. In the torsos, an SRM 6 in each side takes the place of the LRM 10 and Heavy Large Laser combination of the left torso and the twin LRM 10s of the right. The engine shifts from a standard 240 fusion plant to a 240 XL fusion engine, and the heat-sink count drops from 17 to 15 double sinks, while cruising speed, top speed, and the MASC-boosted sprint of 86 km/h all carry over unchanged. Ferro-fibrous armor and MASC in the center torso remain part of the package, and the type is still known as a maintenance-intensive design, built by Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4 at Arcadia (Rechlan).