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Manticore Heavy Tank "The Ballista"

Tech
Inner Sphere
Mass
60t
Intro
3076 Jihad
Rules
Experimental
Move
Armor
188 pts

Extended LRM 10C3 Slave Unit

Recognition Notes

The Manticore Heavy Tank "The Ballista" is a 60-ton tracked combat vehicle refitted as a missile boat, cruising at 43 km/h with a top speed near 65. Where the base Manticore packs its turret with an LRM 10, an SRM 6, and a PPC and carries a Medium Laser on the front of the hull, this refit strips all three turret weapons and the hull laser down to a single Extended LRM 10 in the turret. A C3 Slave Unit sits in the hull alongside CASE and a supercharger, and the hull now runs an XL engine in place of the original Fusion plant. Heavy Ferro-Fibrous plate replaces the base tank's Standard armor. The refit is fielded by no fixed manufacturer, built as a field refit at various facilities.

Armor & Loadout

MissileSupport
Front: 48 front
Right: 36 front
Left: 36 front
Turret: 40 front
Rear: 28 front
Weapon / EquipmentLocQtyAmmo
MslT12 t ammo in B
SupB1
otherHyper Velocity Auto Cannon/5T
otherCombat Vehicle Escape PodrearISRE
mobilitySuperchargerB
IS Ammo HVAC/5B ×222 t

CASE: Body

SkillPVSkill 0 54Skill 1 48Skill 2 42Skill 3 36Skill 4 30Skill 5 27Skill 6 24Skill 7 21Skill 8 18

Availability by era

2 eras · 1 faction

Manticore Heavy Tank variants (10)

Manticore Heavy Tank Introduced 2575 Battle value 993 Point value 28EC Introduced 2823 Battle value 1,147 Point value 28(3055 Upgrade) Introduced 3055 Battle value 957 Point value 29(LB-X) Introduced 3060 Battle value 961 Point value 26(C3M) Introduced 3063 Battle value 958 Point value 34(C3S) Introduced 3063 Battle value 1,008 Point value 31(RAC) Introduced 3069 Battle value 1,241 Point value 28(HPPC) Introduced 3074 Battle value 1,149 Point value 30
"The Ballista" current variant Introduced 3076 Battle value 1,135 Point value 30
(XL) Introduced 3117 Battle value 1,191 Point value 31
All 10 Manticore Heavy Tank variants