Black Mamba, Barbed Fang
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Black Mamba, Barbed Fang   Threat Value: 588
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 992
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 588
Cost: 391,333.00 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 183
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 7
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 8
Height: 4.6 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.0 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.5 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 56mm
Armor Material: Armoplast w/composite   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 6750 kg   Light Damage: 17
Primary Move Mode: Walker (51 kph)   Heavy Damage: 34
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (78 kph)   Overkill: 51
Deployment Range: 450 km
Sensor Range: 3 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 12 km   Availability Threshhold: 6
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 3
Engine Output: 630hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +1   Combat Speed: 4
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 8
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 7
    Top Speed: 13
    Maneuver: +1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Medium Autocannon
 MAC
 F
 0
 x10
 3/6/12/24
 +1
 40
  
 1
  Heavy Rocket Pack/48
 HRP/48
 F
 -1
 x20
 3/6/12/24
 +4
 48
  IF
 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
 Autopilot
 
  Acts as Level 1 Pilot
 AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Weak Facing
 
  Half Armor against attacks from R Arc
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Although the Long Fang Black Mamba was designed to provide mobile artillery support to commando units and to replace dedicate fire-support models when necessary -- two tasks it does relatively well -- many commanders during the War of the Alliance felt that it just did not bring enough firepower into play to act as a true fire-support Gear. With the availability of Spitting Cobras strained by the War, units which had already received the quite rare Black Mamba were often passed over for resupply in heavy fire-support vehicles. Thus the Barbed Fang BM was born as a field refit of the basic Black Mamba. To provide long range firepower, the Vogel-8 rocket pod was eliminated and a FLRP-98 heavy rocket pod used by the Spiting Cobra was mounted on the Mamba's back pack. FLRP-98 production outstriped that of the Cobra, mkaing their acquisition relatively straightforward.