| Overview and History |
| Vehicle Specifications | General Stats | |||
| Name: | Jaguar, Fire | Threat Value: | 695 | |
| Vehicle Type: | Walker | Offensive Value: | 890 | |
| Production Type: | Mass Produced | Defensive Value: | 553 | |
| Cost: | 521,250.00 marks | Miscellaneous Value: | 640 | |
| Manufacturer: | Northco | Size: | 6 | |
| Use: | Assault | Original Default Size: | 9 | |
| Height: | 4.6 meters | Indv. Lemon Dice: | 3 | |
| Length: | 2.9 meters | Crew: | 1 | |
| Width: | 3.4 meters | Bonus Actions: | 0 | |
| Avg. Armor Thickness: | 51mm | |||
| Armor Material: | Durasheet/Ceramic | Armor | ||
| Standard Op. Weight: | 7245 kg | Light Damage: | 16 | |
| Primary Move Mode: | Walker (53 kph) | Heavy Damage: | 32 | |
| Secondary Move Mode: | Ground (81 kph) | Overkill: | 48 | |
| Deployment Range: | 530 km | |||
| Sensor Range: | 3 km | Vehicle Availability | ||
| Communication Range: | 15 km | Availability Threshhold: | 5 | |
| Powerplant: | V-Engine | Max Number on Field: | unlimited | |
| Engine Output: | 620hp | |||
| Movement | ||||
| Electronics | Primary Move Mode: | Walker | ||
| Sensors: | 0 | Combat Speed: | 5 | |
| Communications: | +1 | Top Speed: | 9 | |
| Fire Control: | 0 | Secondary Move Mode: | Ground | |
| Combat Speed: | 7 | |||
| Top Speed: | 14 | |||
| Maneuver: | +1 | |||
| Quantity | Name | Code | Arc | ACC | Damage | Range | ROF | Ammo | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Autocannon | |||||||||
| Medium Rocket Pack/36 | IF |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects | AUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airdroppable | Can be airdropped | ||
| HEP: Desert | - | ||
| Improved Rear Defense | Reduce Rear and Flank attack penalty by 1 | ||
| Manipulator Arm x2 | Can punch | ||
| Reinforced Armor | F Arc; add to base armor |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Annoyance | Cramped head space |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|
| Variants |
| There are no variants. |
| Designer Notes |
| Although rather common, the Fire Jaguar is not an official factory variant of the standard machine. A field conversion, it was first used in TN 1913 against the Colonial Expeditionary Force units. With the large support Gears being used elsewhere, front line Hunters and Jaguars were left with only light field artillery as fire support. Although resilient, these artillery vehicles could not follow the Gears into combat. Many regiments thus converted some of their machines into makeshift fire support units. For the Jaguar teams, these machines became known as Fire Jaguars. The conversion, quite simple, consisted mostly of replacing the standard RP-111 Pepperbox II light rocket pack with two GH-16 36-warhead rocket pods, and removing the grenades and vibroblade. The somewhat makeshift placement of the GH-16 rocket pods created several problems. Quite heavy, the pods entailed a shift in the Gear's center of gravity that forced an impromtu recalibrating of leg actuators and the targeting computer. Unfortunately, the Fire Jaguar could never match the accuracy of factory calibrated models. The thrust of the launching rockets tended also to damage the Jaguar's sensitive sensor pods and blind the pilot, leading to a simple non-armored polarized lens being placed over the omnicamera. Additional armor plating was also placed on the chest and between the V-engine backpack and cockpit of the Fire Jaguar. |