Combat Vehicle Technical Readout
Name/Model: Armored Tank Anti-Aircraft "Swatter" ATAA-1-S2
Designer: Vagabond
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: E
Tonnage: 70
Role: Sniper
Configuration: Combat Vehicle
Era/Year: Jihad / 3068
Rules (Current): Advanced
Rules (Era): Advanced
Rules (Year): Advanced
Total Cost: 1,647,450 C-Bills
Battle Value: 463
Movement Type: Wheeled
Power Plant: GM Turbodiesel 260 Internal Combustion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Star Slab/3 with CASE
Armament:
4 Mydron Snipehunter Light AC/2s
Manufacturer: Bowie Industries
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications: CeresCom Model 8
Targeting & Tracking: Cat's Eyes 7 with Advanced Targeting Computer
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Overview:
With the recent revival of what was assumed to be antiquated aircraft designs like the Lyran
Stuka dive bomber, conventional force crews have been taking ever-increasing losses due to
the increased use of these conventional fighter craft. Force commanders were forced to task
more expensive aerofighters to fly CAP or to assign mech lances to escort armored companies.
In response to this crisis, the Department of the Quartermaster of the AFFS announced the
Armored Tank Anti-Aircraft (ATAA) program to develop a combat support vehicle specialized in
anti-air escort. The resulting chassis and trio of variants was designed for one sole
purpose, to provide tank columns with air suppression.
Capabilities:
The ATAA program?s requirements consisted of three primary variables: aircraft detection,
anti-air firepower, and mass producibility. Bowie Industries managed to meet these program
requirements by developing three vehicles all built on the same common chassis and engine.
Though, lightly armored compared to MBT's the ATAA has enough protection to prevent easy
destruction from a single strafing run.
Designed around a four-vehicle lance, the ATAA is meant to be deployed as a complete support
unit unless a vehicle is destroyed in combat. Deployment doctrine places the ATAA on the
inside of the outer edges of an armored force where it can quickly respond to enemy air
assets while still being supplied cover from enemy ground fire.
The major component of the ATAA?s success is that every lance is tied together via a C3
computer allowing for the quick relay of firing data to their fellow units. Functionally,
no enemy air asset is farther than the closest member of the lance. Resulting in anywhere
from four to twelve units firing their guns at any incoming hostile aircraft.
Variants:
In 3068, the ATAA received a refit due to the production of new equipment. The 1-S2, as it
has been labeled, replaces the twin turret mounted Mydron Model RD 30 mm rotary autocannons
with quad Mydron Snipehunter 30mm light autocannons supplied by at least a ton of flak
rounds; in addition to the standard 4-ton targeting computer and C3 system, the 1-S2 also
mounts an enhanced visual surveillance system capable of visually detecting targets 18 km
away and a high-intensity spot light for night time illumination. While ideally the ATAA
should never have to engage in a ground engagement, reality has seen many ATAA forced into
ground combat and destroyed by ground forces; as such, the 1-S2 also mounts two additional
bins of ammunition to allow the use of HEAP and AP rounds.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 7.00
Engine: 260 Internal Combustion 27.00
Cruising MP: 4
Flanking MP: 6
Heat Sinks (Single): 0 0.00
Control Equipment: 3.50
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Power Amplifier: 0.00
Turret: 2.00
Armor Factor: 80 5.00
Type: Standard
Armor
Value
Front: 16
R/L Side: 16
Rear: 16
Turret: 16
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Weapons and Ammo Location Tonnage
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4 Light AC/2s Turret 16.00
Recon Camera Turret 0.50
Searchlight, Mounted Turret 0.50
C3 Slave Body 1.00
CASE Body 0.50
Light AC/2 (Ammo 22) [Armor-Piercing] Body 1.00
Light AC/2 (Ammo 45) Body 1.00
Light AC/2 (Ammo 45) [Flak] Body 1.00
Targeting Computer Body 4.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 19
TP: CV, SZ: 3, TMM: 1, MV: 8"w
Damage: (S) 1 / (M) 1 / (L) 1
Armor (A): 3, Structure (S): 4
Specials: C3S, CASE, EE, MHQ1, RCN, SRCH, TUR(1/1/1)
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