Klemm, Chaser
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Klemm, Chaser   Threat Value: 783
Vehicle Type: Tank   Offensive Value: 739
Production Type: Early Production   Defensive Value: 421
Cost: 704,700.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 1,188
Manufacturer: Norlight Industries   Size: 10
Use: Assault   Original Default Size: 9
Height: 2.53 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 6.08 meters   Crew: 2
Width: 4.24 meters   Bonus Actions: 2
Avg. Armor Thickness: 125mm
Armor Material: Durasheet/Ceramic   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 25,650 kg   Light Damage: 25
Primary Move Mode: Ground (72 kph)   Heavy Damage: 50
Secondary Move Mode: ( kph)   Overkill: 75
Deployment Range: 500 km
Sensor Range: 1 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 15 km   Availability Threshhold: 8
Powerplant: Gas Turbine   Max Number on Field: 3
Engine Output: 500hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Ground
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 6
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 12
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode:
    Combat Speed:
    Top Speed:
    Maneuver: -1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Autocannon
 LAC
 F
 0
 x8
 2/4/8/16
 +2
 200
  
 1
  Medium Anti-Air. Cannon
 MAAC
 T
 0
 x10
 3/6/12/24
 +4
 400
  
 1
  Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 T
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 16
  AE0, AI, IF
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Automation
 2
  Acts as 2 crew
 
 Autopilot
 
  Acts as Level 1 Pilot
 AUX
 Backup Sensors
 
  Absorbs first "Sensors" hit
 
 HEAT Resistant Armor
 5
  Add to base armor vs HEAT weapons
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Reinforced Armor
 5
  F Arc; add to base armor
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance
 
  Cramped combat chamber; max BLD 0
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Klemm, named after a famous Terranovan officer of the early days of the Norlight Confederacy, is the main CNCS light battle tank. They were commissioned in TN 1798 by the Norlight Armed Forces to intimidate the two neighboring leagues (UMF and WFP) to avoid confrontations, and initially designed by Variance Industries. The latter only manufactured 200 units before selling them to the Norlight army and transferring all manufacturing rights to a new branch of Variance, Norlight Industries, which was partially owned by the Norlight government. While it was never proven, there were always strong suspicions that Variance (whcih went bankrupt in TN 1881) had been coerced into selling the rights to the Klemm; it never received other contracts from the NLC and never prospered as it should rightfully have. Since its first production run, there have been two revisions to the Klemm's design, one to improve its fire control system (in TN 1820) and another one to upgrade its internal electronics (in TN 1878). There have been discussions of another overhaul of the Klemm during the coming cycles, particularly with the re-emergence of North-South tensions, but budgets may not allow for it.