Cheetah, Fang
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Cheetah, Fang   Threat Value: 518
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 326
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 800
Cost: 345,333.33 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 426
Manufacturer: Shaian Mechanics   Size: 6
Use: Assault   Original Default Size: 8
Height: 4.1 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.4 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.3 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 20mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 5415 kg   Light Damage: 10
Primary Move Mode: Walker (65 kph)   Heavy Damage: 20
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (91.6 kph)   Overkill: 30
Deployment Range: 600 km
Sensor Range: 5 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 25 km   Availability Threshhold: 6
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 2
Engine Output: 425hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +2   Combat Speed: 6
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 11
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 8
    Top Speed: 15
    Maneuver: +2
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Bazooka
 LBZK
 F
 0
 x15
 2/4/8/16
 
 15
  
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 4
  AI, Dis
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 ECM
 3
  Offensive Electronic Warfare equipment
 AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance
 
  Cramped cockpit; max pilot BLD 0
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Introduced in TN 1910 as an anti-armor variant of the Cheetah, the Fang has been replaced in large part by the more recent and versatile Strike Cheetah. It nonetheless remains in service in many less prestigious units of the Northern Guard and some league armies and is even preferred by some pilots and commanders who feel it performs better than the Strike. The Fang was the first variant to prove that the Cheetah had a real future as an assault Gear. The M25 Pack Gun and the RP-109 Pepperbox from the basic Cheetah were removed in favor of a Surefire-60 Recoilless Cannon. Shaian's designers felt that the Surefire's range and hitting power would compensate for the Fang's reduced interior ammo storage (only 15 rockets). Tactically, the Fang was intended for coordinated use with standard Cheetahs during reconnaissance missions, and its assumed role in squadrons was to close with and kill enemy recon vehicles by direct fire. The combination of hitting power combined with great maneuverability made the Fang valuable for typical scouting missions as well, including anti-Gear ambushes. Heavier weaponry was often necessary, however, for missions against more heavily armored targets, such as fire-support Gears, striders, or tanks.