Black Mamba, Defender
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Black Mamba, Defender   Threat Value: 752
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 573
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 617
Cost: 564,000.00 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 1,064
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 6
Use: Defense   Original Default Size: 9
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: 6230 kg   Light Damage: 17
Primary Move Mode: Walker (55 kph)   Heavy Damage: 34
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (84 kph)   Overkill: 51
Deployment Range: 500 km
Sensor Range: 5 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: +2   Combat Speed: 5
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 9
Fire Control: +1   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 7
    Top Speed: 14
    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
  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
 Airdroppable
 
  Can be airdropped
 
 Anti-Missile System
 2
  60 shots
 
 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
The Defender Black Mamba is a recent variant of the Mamba that was born to take advantage of the new availability of the machine. As production of the high-technology unit continues apace and more and more of them are found in the field, specialized function variants are coming into play. The Defender is designed to act as a shielding escort vehicle for units likely to come under missile fire. To that end, a Rucker Group Bouclier-14 automated anti-missile rapid-fire machine gun is mounted in a self-targeting turret on the Defender's modified V-engine backpack similar to that of the Razor Fang command model. The Bouclier-14's firing turret is relatively small and is fed from an armored drum placed on the rear armor skirt of the Defender. To avoid line-of-fire complications, the Defender's Vogel-8 rocket pod had to be removed. To ensure the Defender could spot incoming fire and concealed enemy units, it received an upgraded sensor package. Developed by the Humanist corporation Aardman Electronics, the Defender's TrueSight sensor suite uses an alternate sensor head configuration similar to that on the Razor Fang.