Demon Medium Tank

This article is about the Republic Age tank. For other uses, see Demon.
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Demon medium tank
Production information
Manufacturer Leopard Armor

Brigadier Corporation[1]

Production Year 3077[2]
Mission Urban Combat
Anti-Battle Armor
Civil Defense
Anti-Infantry
Type Wheeled
Cost 1,553,300 C-bills[2]
Technical specifications
Tech Base Inner Sphere[1]
Mass 45 tons[1]
Armor Leopard II Heavy Ferro-Fibrous[1]
Engine GM 295 fusion engine[1]
Speed 110 km/h
Crew 3
Communications System Exeter LongScan[1]
Targeting Tracking System Standard TargetTrack[1]
Heat Sinks 10 single
Armament
BV (1.0) 372[3]
BV (2.0) 452[4]


Description

The Demon medium tank was created by the Republic of the Sphere, given the same name as the old SLDF Demon combat vehicle to give the crews a sense of history and esprit de corps. The new version of the Demon has twice the speed of the original and is fifteen tons lighter. Originally the vehicle was designed for urban combat, with anti-battle armor and anti-infantry roles in mind.[5]

The Demon medium tank was created at the same time as the M1 Marksman tank, and the vehicle was considered inferior to other contemporary designs by its crews.[6]

After the HPG Blackout in 3132, fighting broke out within Republic of the Sphere. Many of these vehicles found themselves in hands of the splinter militias fighting over Republic territory.[5]

Weapons and Equipment

The tank is armed with two medium pulse lasers in the turret, while a pair of light machine guns and vehicle flamers covers the front arc. A half-ton of ammunition is provided for the light machine guns, while the two vehicle flamers get a ton of ammo.[1]

Variants

  • Brigadier Corporation 
    Produced on Oliver by the Brigadier Corporation this variant of the Demon Medium Tank had a completely different weapons load. Focusing purely on the anti-infantry and anti-battlesuit role, Brigadier's Demon was equipped with a pair of Medium Pulse Lasers, a pair of Vehicle Flamers, and a pair of Machine Guns. Each of these weapons was particularly devastating to the Word of Blake forces that faced them, but were eventually replaced. BV (2.0) = 454[1]
  • Rifle carrier 
    This variant introduced in 3084[7] of the Demon was designed to provide additional fire support. Instead of missiles or autocannon however, it uses a single Medium Rifle with two tons of ammunition. Though not particularly effective against modern armor, the rifle is more than adequate to smash enemy infantry formations. It also adds an extra half-ton of armor.[1] BV (2.0) = 386[8][7]
  • Armor upgrade 
    This variant introduced in 3100[9] of the Demon replaces the Medium Pulse Lasers with ER Medium Lasers, and drops the Flamers and Light Machine Guns, replacing them with a quartet of regular Machine Guns. The weight freed by this weapon redesign is devoted to extra armor.[10] BV (2.0) = 636[11][9]

Notable Crewmembers

See Category:Notable Demon Medium Crewmembers

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Technical Readout: 3085, pp. 24–25: "Demon Medium Tank"
  2. 2.0 2.1 MUL online date for the Demon Medium Tank
  3. Record Sheets: MechWarrior Dark Age I, p. 23
  4. Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 23
  5. 5.0 5.1 MechWarrior: Dark Age - Dossiers and Pilot Cards, p. 7: "Alec Denner"
  6. Ghost War, p. 158
  7. 7.0 7.1 MUL online data for the Demon Medium Tank (Rifle) variant
  8. Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 24
  9. 9.0 9.1 MUL online data for the Demon Medium Tank (Armor) variant
  10. Technical Readout: 3145, p. 209: "New Tech New Upgrades - Vehicles"
  11. Record Sheets: 3145 New Tech, New Upgrades, p. 45

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