Thunderbolt TDR-5SE
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 65t
- Role
- Skirmisher
- Intro
- 3000 Late Succession War (LosTech)
- Rules
- Introductory
- Cost
- 5.56M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 208 pts
Medium Laser ×3Large LaserLRM 10
Technical Readout: TR:SW · Record Sheets: RSFP:Wave 1
Compare this unitRecognition Notes
The Thunderbolt TDR-5SE is a 65-ton skirmisher, a field-refit rework of the TDR-1C that traded that model's missile-boat role for closer, harder-hitting work. Where the 1C carried a pair of machine guns in the left arm and split its missile fire between an LRM 15 and an SRM 2 in the right torso, the 5SE strips the machine guns and consolidates its indirect fire into a single LRM 10 in the left torso, joined there by three medium lasers; the Large Laser stays in the right arm. A heavier 260 fusion engine lifts cruising speed from the 1C's 32 km/h to 43 km/h and top speed from 54 to 65 km/h, and a jump capability of 120 metres gives it mobility the original lacked entirely. Standard armor replaces the 1C's primitive plating, and the heat-sink count rises from 10 single sinks to 17. The type carries a rugged, field-serviceable frame, consistent with its origin as a field refit built at various sites rather than a dedicated production line.
Armor & Loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msl | LT | 1 | 24 rds · 2 t in CT |
| Enr | LT ×3 | 3 | |
| Enr | RA | 1 |
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Availability by era
3 eras · 1 faction