Rondel

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Rondel
Production information
Manufacturer Greenock Aero Manufacturing, Ltd.[1]
Production Year 3095[2]
Model RDL-01C
Class Medium
Tech Base Inner Sphere (Advanced)[1]
Cost ???
Technical specifications
Mass 55[1]
Structural Integrity 8[1]
Frame Greenock Ltd. Model 3[1]
Power Plant VOX 330 XL[1]
Fuel 400 - 5 Tons[1]
Armament

1x Rotary AC/5[1]
6x ER Medium Lasers

Communications System Rander 100B[1]
Tracking & Targeting System Jalastar TargiTrack 777[1]
Heat Sinks 11 [22][1]
BV (1.0) ???
BV (2.0) 2,274[1]
2,332[3]

Description

Introduced to service by Greenock Aero Manufacturing, Ltd. of Firgrove in the decade prior to the Victoria War between the Capellan Confederation and Federated Suns, the Rondel was a workhorse mediumweight fighter, although not one that was produced in particularly large numbers. Although the Rondel lacked the heavy main weapon of many of its competitors and initial production runs initially went to mercenary units and planetary militias, a large production order issued by the Capellan March Militia in 3112 brought the Rondel to the field in greater numbers and earned the Rondel greater fame.[1]

The Rondel performed equally well in the atmosphere and in space, capable of strafing with the wing-mounted weapons or carrying substantial bomb loads on bombing missions.[1]

Weapons and Equipment

The Rondel mounts a single Mydron Tornado Rotary Class 5 Autocannon in the nose, supplied with three tons of ammunition; each wing of the Rondel mounts a trio of Diverse Optics ER Medium Lasers.[1]

Variants

By 3145 no additional variants of the Rondel had entered service.[1]

Design Quirks

The Rondel is subject to the following Design Quirk.[1]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 50-51, "RDL-01C Rondel"
  2. online date for the Rondel
  3. Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 219

Bibliography