Hoplite HOP-4Cb
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 55t
- Role
- Brawler
- Intro
- 2821 Early Succession War
- Rules
- Standard
- Cost
- 4.78M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 184 pts
Gauss RifleSRM 6
Technical Readout: His:OK · Record Sheets: RS:OK
Compare this unit
Availability by era
6 eras · 2 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,181 |
| G1 | 2 | 2,782 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,313 |
| G3 | 4 | 1,818 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,377 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,184 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,060 |
| G7 | 8 | 936 |
| G8 | 8 | 881 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The HOP-4Cb is a 55-ton brawler built for close-in fighting, a 2821 rework of the 2578 HOP-4A that trades the earlier machine's stand-off armament for a mix meant to hit hard up close. Where the HOP-4A carried an LRM 5 and an AC/10 in the torsos, this variant fields a Gauss Rifle in the right arm and an SRM 6 in the left arm. CASE now lines both the left torso and the right torso, and ferro-fibrous armor replaces the base model's standard plating. The heat-sink count drops from 16 single sinks to 10 double sinks, and the type keeps the minimal, weapon-pod arms without hands seen on the chassis. Eden Consolidated Weaponry builds it at Eden (Irkutsk).
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bal | RA | 1 | 24 rds · 3 t |
| MslSRM 6 | LA | 1 | 15 rds · 1 t in LT |
CASE: Right Torso · Left Torso