Viper (Black Python) 5
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Clan
- Mass
- 75t
- Role
- Skirmisher
- Intro
- 3055 Clan Invasion
- Rules
- Standard
- Cost
- 19.55M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 211 pts
ER PPC ×2Machine Gun ×2Gauss Rifle
Technical Readout: RGv1 · Record Sheets: RG12
Compare this unit
Availability by era
7 eras · 10 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 6,757 |
| G1 | 2 | 5,909 |
| G2 | 3 | 4,914 |
| G3 | 4 | 3,861 |
| G4 | 5 | 2,925 |
| G5 | 6 | 2,516 |
| G6 | 7 | 2,252 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,989 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,872 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Viper (Black Python) 5 is a 75-ton heavy that trades the base model's paired large pulse lasers and their attendant medium and small pulse lasers for a Gauss rifle in the right arm and a pair of ER PPCs, one in each torso. The targeting computer that supported the original's pulse-laser array in the right arm is gone, and the twin machine guns in the left arm carry over unchanged. Heat-sink count falls from 13 to 11 double sinks, while the 375 XL fusion engine, endo steel structure, and ferro-fibrous armor are unaltered, holding cruising speed at 54 km/h and top speed at 86 km/h with a 150-metre jump capability. New Kent Armorworks builds it at New Kent (Celebes).
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enr | RT · LT | 2 | |
| Bal | RA | 1 | 16 rds · 2 t |
| Bal | LA ×2 | 2 | 200 rds · 1 t |