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Longbow LGB-8C

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Type
BattleMech
Tech
Inner Sphere
Mass
85t
Role
Missile Boat
Intro
2615 Star League
Rules
Introductory
Move
Armor
232 pts

Medium Laser ×4LRM 20 ×2LRM 5 ×2

Battle Value
1,653by skill
Point Value
45
Longbow LGB-8C line art

Art © The Topps Company · Catalyst Game Labs

Technical Readout: RGv1 · Record Sheets: RG20

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LGB-8C
Longbow
PV45
TP: BMSZ: 4TMM: 0MV: 6"
ROLE: Missile Boat
Damage
S (+0)
3
M (+2)
4
L (+4)
3
OV: 0Heat scale123S
Longbow LGB-8C line art
Special , ,
Critical hits
ENGINE+1 Heat/Firing Weapons
FIRE CONTROL+2 To-Hit Each
MP½ MV Each
WEAPONS-1 Damage Each
Alpha Strike Stats
SkillPVSkill 0 81Skill 1 72Skill 2 63Skill 3 54Skill 4 45Skill 5 40Skill 6 35Skill 7 30Skill 8 25

Availability by era

11 eras · 37 factions

Federated SunsFree Worlds LeagueLyran CommonwealthMagistracy of CanopusOutworlds AllianceRim Worlds RepublicStar League (First)Terran Hegemony
GunPilotAdj BV
G013,818
G123,339
G232,777
G342,182
G451,653
G561,422
G671,273
G781,124
G881,058

Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.

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Recognition notes

The Longbow LGB-8C is an 85-ton missile boat that fights at long range, a 2615 rework of the 2480 LGB-0C. It keeps the paired LRM 20 racks in the arms, but where the original mounted a single medium laser in each torso and a small laser in the head, this variant adds a second, rear-facing medium laser in each torso along with an LRM 5, and drops the head-mounted small laser. A lighter 255 fusion engine replaces the 310 fusion engine of the original without changing the cruising speed of 32 km/h or the top speed of 54 km/h. Standard armor replaces the primitive plating of the LGB-0C, and the heat-sink count rises from 15 single to 20 single. Anti-aircraft fire control replaces the enhanced communications gear of the original; the minimal, weapon-pod arms without hands and the fixed searchlight carry over. StarCorps Industries builds it at Fletcher.

Armor & loadout

Mech rightFrontMech left
LONGBOW LGB-8C
EnergyMissile
Weapon / EquipmentLocQtyAmmo
EnrRT · LT2
MslRT · LT224 rds · 1 t in CT
MslRA · LA224 rds · 4 t in RT, LT
EnrrearRT · LT2

Longbow variants (19)

LGB-0C Introduced 2480 Battle value 1,295 Point value 36LGB-0W Introduced 2529 Battle value 1,337 Point value 36LGB-0W2 Introduced 2531 Battle value 1,410 Point value 38LGB-7Q Introduced 2610 Battle value 1,618 Point value 45
LGB-8C current variant Introduced 2615 Battle value 1,653 Point value 45
LGB-7V Introduced 3056 Battle value 1,816 Point value 49LGB-10C Introduced 3061 Battle value 1,898 Point value 48LGB-12C Introduced 3061 Battle value 1,686 Point value 50LGB-0H Introduced 3065 Battle value 1,813 Point value 45LGB-8V Introduced 3068 Battle value 1,808 Point value 59LGB-13NAIS Introduced 3069 Battle value 1,804 Point value 48LGB-13C Introduced 3070 Battle value 1,397 Point value 49LGB-14C Introduced 3070 Battle value 1,421 Point value 40LGB-12R Introduced 3082 Battle value 1,979 Point value 39LGB-14C2 Introduced 3088 Battle value 1,291 Point value 45LBG-14Q Introduced 3101 Battle value 1,828 Point value 50LGB-14Q Introduced 3103 Battle value 1,828 Point value 46LGB-14V Introduced 3105 Battle value 1,763 Point value 42LGB-10K Introduced 3140 Battle value 1,791 Point value 41
All 19 Longbow variants