| The Spitting Cobra was designed as both an assault fire support Gear and most of its variant highlight one of these two functions. The Support Cobra, developed during the War of the Alliance, was designed to be the ultimate fire support machine, wielding a potent LTV-28 field gun as its main weapon. Despite the power and range of the LTV-28, however, its simple tube format made the Support somewhat imprecise and Southern commanders requested a similar vehicle capable of firing guided weapons. Territorial Arms responded in TN 1926 with the release of the Slashing Cobra. Still based on the successful Cobra chassis, the Slashing does not feature the Support's LTV-28, but instead uses an ATML-6 anti-tank missile launch system. The system, despite being housed in two paired missile pods on each shoulder, uses a single firing computer and targeting system. The system, despite being housed in the two paired missile pods on each shoulder, uses a single firing computer and targeting system. The missile system required the removal of the standard FSRP-36 rocket pod and MGU-77 minigun from the Cobra chassis, and the back-mounted SCRP-98 rocket pod was removed as well to lighten the load. Defensive capabilities were assued by keeping the standard MR60 autocannon and by the inclusion of a back-mounted Rucker Group Bouclier-14 anti-missile system. To ensure continued mobility (and to reflect the Gear's second-line deployment), the armor was reduced slightly.
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