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MCK-5S Mackie

Mass: 50 tons

Chassis: Ford Super H QWA3X

Power Plant: Nissan 200

Cruising Speed: 43.2 km/h

Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h

Jump Jets: None

Jump Capacity: 0 meters

Armor: Standard

Armament:

1 AC5
1 PPC
2 Small Lasers
1 SRM2

Manufacturer(s):

Skobel Mechworks

Communications System: Unknown

Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

 

Overview:

FASA Apocryphal mech sheet, via William Ward; Stats courtresy of Hugh H. Browne, author of Technical Readout 3058. Later changed to a 100-ton design by FASA in the Record Sheets and TR3058. However, the history of the BT universe supports the Mackie's description as a 50-ton mech, since it was the first battlemech, but the Griffin, produced a few years later, was described at 55 tons as "considered an assault mech". I adhere to the theory that the Emperor's early design date was for a Level 1 prototype, and that the Griffin as an "assault" mech did not refer just to the Periphery states' lesser mech design capabilities, but to the mech weight mindset of the time. Under these assumptions, the Mackie fits better as a 50 ton mech. This theory is also supported by the appearance several years ago of a MechForce UK L2 refit of the Mackie: though it was 100 tons, it sported twin SRM4 launchers, when no missile launchers were present on the FASA 100-ton version, only on this 50-ton Apocryphal mech.

Type: MCK-5S Mackie

Technology Base: Inner Sphere Level 1 Custom

Tonnage: 50

BV : 818 Cost : 3419501

ACTUATORS:
HEAT SINKS: 1LT 1RL 1LL 1RA
ENDO STEEL:
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