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| − | | Name = Centaur Battle Armor
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| − | | Manufacturer = [[Rhodes Foundry Limited]]<ref name=trorots9>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 9</ref>
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| − | | Use = Mobile Artillery
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| − | | Weight Class = Heavy
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| − | | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
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| − | | Cost = ???
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| − | | Mass = 1500<ref name=trorots9/>
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| − | | Top Speed = 23
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| − | | Armament = 1x [[Tube Artillery (Battle Armor)|Battle Armor Tube Artillery]] <br> 1x [[Small Laser (Battle Armor)|Small Laser]]
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| − | | Armor Type = [[Reactive Armor]]
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| − | | BV (2.0) = 52<ref name=trorots9/>
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| − | ==Description==
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| − | The '''Centaur''' is a powerful [[battle armor]] suit incorporating [[artillery]] capabilities. Despite its short range compared to usual artillery, this battle armor can bring huge firepower at cheap cost to the front, with greater mobility than a mortar squad. It also features [[Magnetic Clamp]]s, which allow it to "hitch a ride" with friendly units for faster deployment. The Centaur carries reactive armor, which provides increased protection against accidental ammunition explosions and counterbattery fire than [[standard armor]].<ref name=trorots8/>
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| − | ==Weapons and Equipment==
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| − | The Centaur mounts a portable artillery unit, of unknown type, in a disposable backpack mount. Deployable stabilizers, linked to the knees of the suit, allow the pilot to set up into a firing position, fire, and move out with little difficulty. Powerful enough to take out light [[Combat Vehicle|vehicles]], the suit carries eight rounds of ammunition for this system. The Centaur also features an arm mounted laser system for personal defense.
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| − | The Tube Artillery system is mounted to each suit via a [[Detachable Weapon Mount]]. Though the Centaur can move at more than 20km/h in theory, to do so it has to jettison the Tube Artillery system. Most operators dislike this option, and so the suit rarely exceeds 13km/h.<ref name=trorots8>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 8</ref>
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| − | ==Variants==
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| − | Several field units have experimented with replacing the artillery system with more commonly available mortars.{{cn}}
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| − | ==References==
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| − | <references />
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| − | ==Bibliography==
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| − | *''[[Mechwarrior: Age of Destruction]]''
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| − | *''[http://www.classicbattletech.com/downloads/DA_3136_LinkNet.pdf Dark Age Linknet Articles 3136]''
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| − | *''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere]]''
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| − | [[Category:Battle Armor]]
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| − | [[Category:Dark Age]]
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