Hunter, Desert Tank
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Hunter, Desert Tank   Threat Value: 276
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 289
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 178
Cost: 161,000.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 359
Manufacturer: Northco   Size: 6
Use: Assault   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 4.3 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 2.9 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.0 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 45mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 6515 kg   Light Damage: 14
Primary Move Mode: Walker (42 kph)   Heavy Damage: 28
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (69 kph)   Overkill: 42
Deployment Range: 500 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 5
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 10
Engine Output: 450hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: -1   Combat Speed: 4
Communications: -1   Top Speed: 7
Fire Control: -1   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 6
    Top Speed: 12
    Maneuver: -1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Bazooka
 LBZK
 F
 0
 x15
 2/4/8/16
 
 20
  
 1
  Light Rocket Pack/24
 LRP/24
 F
 -1
 x12
 1/2/4/8
 +3
 24
  IF
 1
  Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 FF
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
  AE0, AI, IF
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 3
  AI, Dis
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Easy to Modify
 
  +2 to Repair and Modify rolls
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Location Armor
 1
  Increase base armor by 1 at Crew
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Despite the officially assigned identification code, the desert Tankhunter is not a standard Northern war machine. Rather it is a variant based on the largely decommissioned Desert Hunter which was developed in the Badlands by rovers and militias using th eolder machines. The Tankhunter uses the chassis of the Desert but with an anti-armor weapons layout, including a Paxton Surefire-60 recoilless cannon. The Tankhunter is in fact very close in design to the classic Hunter Zerstorer Mk 1 anti-armor varaint of the Hunter. Nevertheless, the Tankhunter is a patchwork job and benefitted from none of the targeting upgrades that were featured in the Zerstorer, much less the generalized upgrade of the Zerstorer Mk II. Consequently the battlefield effectiveness of the Tankhunter is very limited when compared to the more modern machines featured in polar armies. For a Badlands homesteader or a rover bandit, however, the Tankhunter can make all the difference.