Spitting Cobra, Air Support
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Spitting Cobra, Air Support   Threat Value: 729
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 1,640
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 328
Cost: 468,642.86 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 218
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 7
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 9
Height: 5.0 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 4.0 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 4.0 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 90mm
Armor Material: Armoplast   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 8575 kg   Light Damage: 21
Primary Move Mode: Walker (35 kph)   Heavy Damage: 42
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (62 kph)   Overkill: 63
Deployment Range: 400 km
Sensor Range: 4 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 7
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 2
Engine Output: 940hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +2   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 6
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 5
    Top Speed: 10
    Maneuver: -1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Medium Anti-Air. Cannon
 MAAC
 F
 0
 x10
 3/6/12/24
 +4
 200
  
 1
  Anti-Aircraft Missile
 AAM
 FF
 +1
 x10
 8/16/32/64
 
 2
  MR10, Guid, Snpr
 1
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 FF
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 400
  AI
 1
  Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 F
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
  AE0, AI, IF
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 7
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Crew Compartment
 
  Absorbs first "Crew" hit
 
 Sniper System
 
  +1 to long and Extreme rolls for AAM
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
  Subtract rating from Concealment
 Exposed Auxiliary Systems
 
  "Aux" hits are one step worse
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Surface to air missile systems are a huge threat to air superiority or airborne attack runs, and reconnaissance treats them with the utmost respect. Known positions of dedicated AA platforms are highlighted on all of Air Command's tacitcal battle maps, and these positions are often visited by a great many air-to-surface missiles before a major flight goes through. To counteract this problem, fixed SAM sites are supplemented, or even replaced, by mobile AA platforms. Most of the vehicles sporting surface-to-air weaponry (both missiles and cannons) are traditional wheeled or tread vehicles such as the Artemis anti-aircraft tank, but some are AA Gears because they provide startling mobility and can be difficult for enemy craft to identify as dedicated anti-aircraft units when deployed with standard ground warfare Gears.