Schrek
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| Schrek PPC Carrier | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Aldis Industries New Samarkand Metals |
| Mission | Long-range heavy fire support |
| Type | Tracked |
| Cost | 3,829,500 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 80 |
| Armor | ArcShield VII Mk 5 |
| Engine | Goretek 240 Fusion Engine |
| Speed | 54.0 km/h |
| Crew | 6 Members |
| Armament |
3 x PPCs |
| BV (1.0) | ??? |
| BV (2.0) | 935 |
Contents
Description
Designed for extended, long-range bombardments, the Schrek PPC Carrier is capable of unleashing a deadly rain of particle fire.
Developed by Aldis in 2813 to overcome the heat issues which hampered the effectiveness of their immensely popular Demolisher tank, the company took an entirely different tack, replacing the Demolisher's mammoth autocannons with a trio of PPCs and enough Heat Sinks to fire them continuously. [1]
While highly effective when firing from cover and the perfect partner to the short-ranged Demolisher, the design is unpopular with crews due to the Schrek's limited mobility and pitifully low seven tons of ArcShield VII Mk 5 plate, making it highly vulnerable to counter-battery fire. The Schrek's reputation also suffered due to the decline of technical knowledge during the Succession Wars era, its use of increasingly rare Fusion Engine to power its weapons array drove up the costs to buy and maintain the vehicle, pricing it outside the range of all but the most elite units until after the War of 3039. [2]
Armament
The trio of turret mounted HellStar PPCs allow the Schrek to unleash horrific firepower on a target. Also unlike other vehicles or BattleMechs mounting as many particle projection cannons as the Schrek, such as the fearsome Awesome, the vehicle mounts enough heat sinks to continuously fire all three at once from a fixed position. Because the Schrek mounts no other weapons, and due to inability of PPCs to effectively fire at close range, it is rarely deployed without escorts such as the Demolisher. [1]
Variants
To date no factory built variant exists, though a small number of relatively rare field refits have appeared:
- Anti-Infantry - A relatively rare field variant, several units drop a few tons of armor to mount an Machine Gun or Small Laser to fend off infantry attacks. [1]
- Autocannon - Born of the dark days of the Third Succession War when Schreks were often cannibalized to replace the PPCs or fusion engines of BattleMechs, some owners re-purposed the design as an "autocannon carrier", installing an I.C.E. engine and autocannons. Boasting a similar mission profile, stripping out unneeded heat sinks also allows extra armor to be added. [2]
- Vacuum (from apocryphal source[3]) - Upgraded to operate in an airless environment, dropping one of the design's three PPCs in the process, this version was deployed by Ronin forces on Krakau, the moon of Predlitz, in 3034.
References
- Technical Readout: 3026 - p. 74-75
- Technical Readout: 3026 Revised - p. 78-79
- Technical Readout: 3039 - p. 90-91