Jager, Blacksmith
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Jager, Blacksmith   Threat Value: 404
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 104
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 276
Cost: 235,666.67 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 832
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 6
Use: Assualt   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 4.3 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 2.9 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.0 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 29mm
Armor Material: Armoplast   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 7030 kg   Light Damage: 15
Primary Move Mode: Walker (36 kph)   Heavy Damage: 30
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (61 kph)   Overkill: 45
Deployment Range: 500 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 5 km   Availability Threshhold: 6
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 2
Engine Output: 450hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 6
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 5
    Top Speed: 10
    Maneuver: 0

Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
 Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 FF
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
 AE0, AI, IF
 1
 Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 FRr
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
 AE0, AI, IF
 1
 Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 3
 AI, Dis
 1
 Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
 

Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Easy to Modify
 
 +2 to Repair and Modify rolls
 
 HEP: Desert
 
 -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
 Can punch
 
 Mine Detectors
 
 Detects mines
 AUX
 Mine Sweeping Equipment
 1
 Mine Clearing Device
 
 Reinforced Armor
 4
 F Arc; add to base armor
 
 Reinforced Crew Compartment
 
 Absorbs first "Crew" hit
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Exposed Auxiliary Systems
 
 "Aux" hits are one step worse
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
 Subtract rating from Concealment
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
Duties involving mines and other explosives are among the most dangerous tasks a combat engineer must face. To perform this job, he must have access to a vehicle that will be up to the task. The most commonly used one is the Jager Blacksmith, a significant modification of the Stone Mason engineering vehicle. A combat engineer is too skilled to be allowed to become a casualty, and so the cockpit is enclosed and armored. The entire front of the Gear also receives additional armor. Provided with basic armament only (anti-personnel grenade launchers, grenades, and a vibroblade as a last resort) the Blacksmith should never be placed in a situation where the use of its weapons is required. The standard Blacksmith, while very capable of performing battlefield engineering operations, is not equipped to handle offensive duties. Outfitted with mine detectors and various types of minesweeping equipment, it is capable of quickly creating a path through virtually any minefield. The modular design of the chassis, a hold-over from the basic Jager, allows the relatively quick installation and removal of minelaying or minesweeping equipment or whatever tool attachment is required. The most popular addition is a modular minelaying unit with which the Blacksmith can quickly make an area impassable to the enemy. During the War of the Alliance, teams of Blacksmiths equipped with these minelayers successfully cut off entire areas to GREL and CEF armored forces, although they took enormous losses in the process.