Bear, Mauler
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Bear, Mauler   Threat Value: 668
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 1,316
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 226
Cost: 429,428.57 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 461
Manufacturer: Northco   Size: 7
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 9
Height: 5.6 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.7 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.7 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 74mm
Armor Material: Composites   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 8572 kg   Light Damage: 17
Primary Move Mode: Walker (36 kph)   Heavy Damage: 34
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (60 kph)   Overkill: 51
Deployment Range: 380 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 5
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 5
Engine Output: 780hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 6
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 5
    Top Speed: 10
    Maneuver: -1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Grenade Launcher
 LGL
 F
 -1
 x15
 1/2/4/8
 +2
 60
  IF
 2
  Medium Rocket Pack/36
 MRP/36
 FF
 -1
 x18
 2/4/8/16
 +4
 36
  IF
 1
  Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 F
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
  AE0, AI, IF
 2
  Heavy Machine Gun
 HMG
 FF
 0
 x4
 1/2/4/8
 +3
 300
  L1 AI
 1
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 F
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 200
  AI
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Anti-Personnel Charges
 2
  50 shots
 AUX
 Double Towing Capacity
 
  Can tow twice its own weight
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 7
  Can punch
 
 Weapon Link
 
  L1: 2xHMG
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
  Subtract rating from Concealment
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance Flaw
 
  Machinegun flash blinds pilot
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Originally developed in the TN 1850s but fielded in very small numbers by Northern forces, the Mauler Bear would be revived and updated by the Peace River Army many cycles later. The MAuler was conceived as a dedicated infantry killer and sported numerous high explosive warheads capable of literally filling the air around the machine with lethal shrapnel. The main fire support and assault weaponry of the Bear -- the T-12 Mortar and the M225 autocannon -- were eliminated and replaced by a manipulator-held Ankerson G-60 grenade launcher as well as by linked torso-mounted GU-7 gatling machine guns, which replaced the GU-4 already installed. The layout of the twin gatling layout would later be revived for the Kodiak. The Mauler Bear was used in specialized city-clearing squadrons by the Western Frontier Protectorate Army until the TN 1870s when a change in deployment doctrine and the introduction of the Grizzly lead to its withdrawl from service.