Marauder II MAD-5A

The MAD-5A is a 3049 rebuild of the 3012 MAD-4A, shifting the Marauder II from a close-in juggernaut into a 100-ton sniper that fights at long range. Where the MAD-4A mounted a PPC in each arm, this variant carries an ER PPC in the left arm and another in the right, each still paired with a medium laser, and the Large Laser in the right torso is replaced by an LB 10-X AC. A 300 XL fusion engine stands in for the earlier standard fusion plant, and CASE now lines the right torso alongside the autocannon. Cruising speed holds at 32 km/h with a top speed near 54, and a single jump carries it 90 metres. It remains a command 'Mech with a low, hard-to-target silhouette and hyper-extending arm actuators, built by General Motors/Blackwell Corporation at New Valencia.