| Overview and History |
| Vehicle Specifications | General Stats | |||
| Name: | Hun, Ballista | Threat Value: | 591 | |
| Vehicle Type: | Tank | Offensive Value: | 364 | |
| Production Type: | Mass Produced | Defensive Value: | 421 | |
| Cost: | 236,400.00 dinars | Miscellaneous Value: | 986 | |
| Manufacturer: | SRWI Motor Division | Size: | 10 | |
| Use: | Light Support | Original Default Size: | 8 | |
| Height: | 2.85 meters | Indv. Lemon Dice: | 3 | |
| Length: | 6.09 meters | Crew: | 2 | |
| Width: | 4.17 meters | Bonus Actions: | 1 | |
| Avg. Armor Thickness: | 97mm | |||
| Armor Material: | Armorplast | Armor | ||
| Standard Op. Weight: | 24,600 kg | Light Damage: | 25 | |
| Primary Move Mode: | Ground (71 kph) | Heavy Damage: | 50 | |
| Secondary Move Mode: | ( kph) | Overkill: | 75 | |
| Deployment Range: | 460 km | |||
| Sensor Range: | 2 km | Vehicle Availability | ||
| Communication Range: | 15 km | Availability Threshhold: | 5 | |
| Powerplant: | Turbine (x2) | Max Number on Field: | 3 | |
| Engine Output: | 670hp (x2) | |||
| Movement | ||||
| Electronics | Primary Move Mode: | Ground | ||
| Sensors: | 0 | Combat Speed: | 6 | |
| Communications: | 0 | Top Speed: | 12 | |
| Fire Control: | 0 | Secondary Move Mode: | ||
| Combat Speed: | ||||
| Top Speed: | ||||
| Maneuver: | -1 | |||
| Quantity | Name | Code | Arc | ACC | Damage | Range | ROF | Ammo | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Light Rocket Pack/128 | IF, Snpr |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects | AUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibious | Can move in water hexes | ||
| Autopilot | Acts as Level 1 Pilot | ||
| HEAT Resistant Armor | Add to base armor vs HEAT weapons | ||
| HEP: Desert | - | ||
| Reinforced Armor | F Arc; add to base armor | ||
| Shielded Weapons | Aborbs first "Weapon" hit | ||
| Sniper System | +1 to long and Extreme rolls for VLRP/128 |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Annoyance | Low ceiling; max BLD 0 |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
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| Variants |
| There are no variants. |
| Designer Notes |
| The Ballista is a light armored vehicle based upon the successful Hun light tank chassis. The first machine in the "80" series, the Ballista is a close support vehicle capable of launching a swarm of unguided rockets equipped with various warheads. Its layout is conventional, with the driver in the front and the weapons officer's station at the rear under the large missile launcher. A sophisticated millimeter wave radar transmits target and flight data to the rocket launcher's drive computer for extra accuracy at long range. The Ballista's main armament is the Southern Republic Weapon Industries' Dart-IV rocket launcher, an ingenious weapon composed of eight clusters of launching rails. Each cluster contains eight rockets and is automatically reloaded from an internal magazine. Thus, the Dart-IV can launch up to 64 rockets at once and contains enough ammo in its magazine for three more salvoes of 64 projectiles. The Ballista was manufactured in large numbers during the War of the Alliance. Terranovan commanders routinely created "death zones" with hidding Ballistas to trap unsuspecting CEF hovertanks. Even with their speed, the hovertanks could not hope to avoid the massive barrage of rockets heading their way. |