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{{Merge|Light Target Acquisition Gear (Battle Armor)}}
 
 
{{InfoBoxWeapon
 
{{InfoBoxWeapon
 
| image = [[File:Light TAG.jpg|191px]]
 
| image = [[File:Light TAG.jpg|191px]]
 
| name = Light TAG
 
| name = Light TAG
 
| Type = Utility Laser
 
| Type = Utility Laser
| Tech Base = [[Clan]] <br> [[Inner Sphere]]
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| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]]
 
| Year Availability =  
 
| Year Availability =  
Clan = Battle Armor [[3054]]<ref name="TMp270">''TechManual'', p. 270, "TAG (Light)"</ref>
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Clan = 'Mech - [[3054]]
IS = Battle Armor [[3053]]<ref name="TMp270"/>
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IS = Battle Armor - [[3053]]
 
| Year Introduced =   
 
| Year Introduced =   
Clan = [[3054]] 'Mech [[Clan Wolf|CWF]]<ref name="TMp292"/><ref name="TMp238">''TechManual'', p. 238, "Light TAG"</ref>
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Clan = [[3054]] [[Clan Wolf|CWF]]
IS = [[3063]] 'Mech [[Draconis Combine|DC]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
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| Heat = 0
| Availability Rating =
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| Damage = 0
| Age of War–Star League = [[Availability Rating#X|X]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
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| Minimum Range = n/a
| Succession Wars = [[Availability Rating#X|X]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
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| Short Range = 1-3
| Clan Invasion – Present = [[Availability Rating#F|F]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
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| Medium Range = 4-6
| Heat = 0<ref name="TMp343">''TechManual'', p. 343, "Clan Heavy Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref>
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| Long Range = 7-9
| Damage = 0<ref name="TMp343"/>
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| Tons = 0.5
| Minimum Range = 0<ref name="TMp343"/>
 
| Short Range = 1-3<ref name="TMp343"/>
 
| Medium Range = 4-6<ref name="TMp343"/>
 
| Long Range = 7-9<ref name="TMp343"/>
 
| Tons = 0.5<ref name="TMp343"/>
 
 
| Mass = 36
 
| Mass = 36
| Critical Slots = 1<ref name="TMp343"/>
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| Critical Slots = 1
 
| Space Slots = 1
 
| Space Slots = 1
| Cost (unloaded) = 40,000<ref name="TMp292">''TechManual'', p. 292, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment - Table"</ref>
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| Cost (unloaded) = 40,000  
 
| BV (1.0) = ??
 
| BV (1.0) = ??
 
| BV (2.0) = ??
 
| BV (2.0) = ??
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'''Light Target Acquisition Gear''', otherwise known as '''Light TAG''', is a smaller and lighter, but shorter ranged version of the standard [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] system.
 
'''Light Target Acquisition Gear''', otherwise known as '''Light TAG''', is a smaller and lighter, but shorter ranged version of the standard [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] system.
  
== Description ==
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==Description==
While lost to the [[Inner Sphere]] during the devastation of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Clans]] retained the missile based [[Arrow IV]] artillery system and its target acquisition gear, but rarely made use of them due to their culture's focus on personal glory rather than supporting roles. Because of this disdain, the TAG systems carried by the [[OmniMech]]s taking part in the [[Clan Invasion]] were all but identical in weight, bulk and performance to the recovered technology versions fielded by the [[Successor States]].<ref name="TMp238"/>
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While lost to the [[Inner Sphere]] during the devastation of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Clans]] retained the missile based [[Arrow IV]] artillery system and its target acquisition gear, but rarely made use of them due to their culture's focus on personal glory rather than supporting roles. Because of this disdain, the TAG systems carried by the [[OmniMech]]s taking part in the [[Clan Invasion]] were all but identical in weight, bulk and performance to the recovered technology versions fielded by the [[Successor States]].
  
It was only after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] that the [[Scientist Caste]] of [[Clan Wolf]], one of the largest users of the Arrow IV launchers among the Clans, investigated enhancing the technology, eventually settling on reducing its weight. The first examples appearing in the [[Clan Wolf Occupation Zone]] in [[3054]] weighed half that of the standard version, but also had a 40% reduction in range compared it, an effective range on-par with the standard [[medium laser]].<ref name="TMp238"/><ref name="BT:MRp134">''BattleTech Master Rules'', p. 134, "Light TAG"</ref>
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It was only after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]] that the [[Scientist Caste]] of [[Clan Wolf]], one of the largest users of the Arrow IV launchers among the Clans, investigated enhancing the technology, eventually settling on reducing its weight. The first examples appearing in the [[Clan Wolf Occupation Zone]] in [[3054]] weighed half that of the standard version, but also had a 40% reduction in range compared it, an effective range on-par with the standard [[Medium Laser]].
  
While Clan Wolf succeeded in developing the first [['Mech]]/[[Combat Vehicle]] scale Light TAG system, which the Inner Sphere powers have so far been unable or unwilling to replicate, they were beaten by over a year by the [[Draconis Combine]] in developing the [[battle armor]] scale version. First seen in [[3053]] on the Combine's [[Kage]] battlesuit but having since spread to the other Great Houses and Clans, the system is carried as a [[Squad Support Weapon Mount|squad support weapon]].<ref name="BT:MRp64">''BattleTech Master Rules'', p. 64, "Kage Light Battle Armor"</ref><ref name="TMp270"/><ref name="FM:DCp155">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 155, "Kage Light Battle Armor"</ref>
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While Clan Wolf succeeded in developing the first [['Mech]]/[[Combat Vehicle]] scale Light TAG system, which the Inner Sphere powers have so far been unable or unwilling to replicate, they were beaten by over a year by the [[Draconis Combine]] in developing the [[Battle Armor]] scale version. First seen in [[3053]] on the Combine's [[Kage]] battle suit but having since spread to the other Great Houses and Clans, the system is carried as a [[Squad Support Weapon]].
  
== References ==
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==References==
 
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<references/>
  
== Bibliography ==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''  
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*''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]'' - pg 64, 117, 134
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''  
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*''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' - pg 155
* ''[[TechManual]]''
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*''[[TechManual]]'' - pg 238, 270, 292, 298, 343, 347, 348
  
 
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