Mammoth
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Mammoth   Threat Value: 1,501
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 3,394
Production Type: Limited Production   Defensive Value: 313
Cost: 3,669,111.11 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 794
Manufacturer: Hartmore Motor Co   Size: 9
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 11
Height: 6.8 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 2
Length: 7.0 meters   Crew: 2
Width: 9.2 meters   Bonus Actions: 1
Avg. Armor Thickness: 145mm
Armor Material: Durasheet/Ceramic   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 21,880 kg   Light Damage: 25
Primary Move Mode: Walker (31 kph)   Heavy Damage: 50
Secondary Move Mode: ( kph)   Overkill: 75
Deployment Range: 320 km
Sensor Range: 3 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 12 km   Availability Threshhold: 5
Powerplant: V-Engine (x2)   Max Number on Field: 5
Engine Output: 1200hp (x2)  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +1   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 5
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode:
    Combat Speed:
    Top Speed:
    Maneuver: -2
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Medium Autocannon
 MAC
 T
 0
 x10
 3/6/12/24
 +1
 200
  
 1
  Anti-Tank Missile
 ATM
 F
 +1
 x25
 3/6/12/24
 
 8
  Guid, IF
 1
  Snub Cannon
 SC
 F
 -1
 x28
 1/2/4/8
 
 20
  
 2
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 FF
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 600
  AI
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Ammo/Fuel Containment
 
  -2 from hit rolls for Ammo/Fuel Hit results
 
 Backup Sensors
 
  Absorbs first "Sensors" hit
 
 Battle Arm x2
 9
  Can punch
 
 HEAT Resistant Armor
 5
  Add to base armor vs HEAT weapons
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Improved Off-Road
 
  - 1 MP cost, minimum 1 MP
 
 Limited Life Support
 
  Life support for 1 week
 AUX
 Reinforced Armor
 2
  F Arc; add to base armor
 
 Target Designator
 3
  Designates targets for guided weapons
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 2
  Subtract rating from Concealment
 Sensor Dependent
 
  Must rely on sensors in combat
 Annoyance
 
  Continual lurching walking movement
 Annoyance
 
  Stale smell in life support system
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Mammoth is the most common strider unit used by the forces of the CNCS. Originally a Norlight design, the Mammoth is now built under license by no less than three companies throughout the Northern Hemisphere, although Hartmore Motor Company continues to hold the primray production license. The machine is rugged and tough, and its large clawed feet and balance plates are perfectly suited to the rocky environment of the North. The bent hevay legs of the Mammoth give it a loping walk that can be difficult for crews to adapt to, and that is responsible for the development of the name "strider." There are two crewman (one pilot and one system operator/gunner) who sit in a tandem configuration similar to the layout of a helicopter gunship: the pilot sits at right and the gunner at left, with the former placed ahead of the latter. Some units reverse this positioning (although this is more common in the Assault Mammoth variant), but this has little effect on combat efficiency. The Mammoth is sturdy and well armored, featuring heavy durasheet plates supplemented by additional ceramite layers designed to redirect shaped-charge ammunition and to burn off or deflect laser fire. The armored casing of the crew compartment is broken only by very small vision slits (and even they are usually protected by reinforced shutters) forcing the crew to depend on the vehicle's sensor array for information. The Mammoth uses an AFLIC sensor pod mounted on the nose of the cockpit as its main array, supplemented by several redundant systems to prevent the strider from being blinded in combat.