Spitting Cobra, Artillery
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Spitting Cobra, Artillery   Threat Value: 964
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 2,006
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 328
Cost: 688,571.43 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 558
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 7
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 10
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: 8990 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: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 20 km   Availability Threshhold: 7
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 2
Engine Output: 940hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: +1   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
  Heavy Autocannon
 HAC
 F
 0
 x12
 3/6/12/24
 +1
 30
  
 1
  Heavy Field Mortar
 HFM
 F
 -1
 x25
 6/12/24/48
 
 15
  AE0, MR6, IF, Stbl
 1
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 FF
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 400
  AI
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 6
  AI, Dis
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Counter-Battery Sensor
 5
  Detects Artillery Fire (within 1km)
 AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 7
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Crew Compartment
 
  Absorbs first "Crew" hit
 
 Stabilizer Mount
 
  Must stop and set for one action to use HFM
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
  Subtract rating from Concealment
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Most Southern fire support Gears use more precise guided mortars or field guns, rather than area effect field mortars, so the use of a massive Rucker ML-4 160mm mortar on the Artillery Cobra came as a surprise to the Northern commanders. The Gear was made a factory variant starting in the TN 1920s. The greatest change from the basic Spitting Cobra came in the weapons load and backpack assembly. The traditional rockets of the Spit were eliminated and replaced by the ML-4 mortar system. A huge weapon capable of lobbing high explosive charges 2400 meters away, the ML-4 is mounted on the Artillery Cobra's backpack on a firing rail. A collapsible stabilizing bipod must be extended from the assembly before firing, securing the Gear for the recoil. Although designed for long range fire support, the Gear maintains the MR60 heavy autocannon, MGU-77 minigun, hand grenades, and vibromachete for close defense purposes. The electronics package of the Artillery Cobra was also modified to suit its new mission profile, including a more powerful communications array and a dedicated counter-battery sensor. The shoulder mounted CBS system is capable of picking up artillery platform positions up to 16,000 meters away; the Artillery Cobra can then respond to enemy artillery itself or relay the proper coordinates to a nearby friendly battery.