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| name = Target Acquisition Gear
 
| name = Target Acquisition Gear
 
| Type = Equipment
 
| Type = Equipment
| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)<ref name="TMp238">''TechManual'', p. 238: "Target Acquisition Gear (Tag)"</ref>
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| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)<ref name="TMp238">''TechManual'', p. 238, "Target Acquisition Gear (Tag)"</ref>
 
| Year Availability =  
 
| Year Availability =  
 
Clan = [[2830]]
 
Clan = [[2830]]
 
IS = [[3044]]<ref name="TMp292"/><ref name="TMEp20">''TechManual'' Errata v3.1, p. 20</ref>
 
IS = [[3044]]<ref name="TMp292"/><ref name="TMEp20">''TechManual'' Errata v3.1, p. 20</ref>
| Year Introduced =  
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| Year Introduced =
 
Clan = [[2830]] [[Clan Hell’s Horses|CHH]]
 
Clan = [[2830]] [[Clan Hell’s Horses|CHH]]
IS = [[2593]] [[Terran Hegemony|TH]]<ref name="IOp73">''Interstellar Operations'', p. 73: "TAG-P"</ref>
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IS = [[2593]] [[Terran Hegemony|TH]] <ref name="IOp73">''Interstellar Operations'', p. 73, "TAG-P"</ref>
| Year Extinction =  
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| Year Extinction =
 
IS = [[2835]] [[Inner Sphere|IS]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
 
IS = [[2835]] [[Inner Sphere|IS]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
| Year Reintroduced =  
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| Year Reintroduced =
 
IS = [[3044]] [[Federated Commonwealth|FC]]<ref name="TMp292"/><ref name="TMEp20"/>
 
IS = [[3044]] [[Federated Commonwealth|FC]]<ref name="TMp292"/><ref name="TMEp20"/>
 
| Tech Rating = [[Technology Rating#E|E]]<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Tech Rating = [[Technology Rating#E|E]]<ref name="TMp342"/>
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| Succession Wars = [[Availability Rating#F|F]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
 
| Succession Wars = [[Availability Rating#F|F]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
 
| Clan Invasion – Present = [[Availability Rating#D|D]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
 
| Clan Invasion – Present = [[Availability Rating#D|D]]<ref name="TMp292"/>
| Heat = 0<ref name="TMp342">''TechManual'', p. 342: "Inner Sphere Heavy Weapons and Equipment Table"</ref>
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| Heat = 0<ref name="TMp342">''TechManual'', p. 342, "Inner Sphere Heavy Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref>
 
| Damage = N/A<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Damage = N/A<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Minimum Range = 0<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Minimum Range = 0<ref name="TMp342"/>
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| Critical Slots = 1<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Critical Slots = 1<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Ammo Per Ton = N/A
 
| Ammo Per Ton = N/A
| Cost (unloaded) = 50,000<ref name="TMp292">''TechManual'', p. 292: "Heavy Weapons and Equipment (Cont) - Table"</ref>
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| Cost (unloaded) = 50,000<ref name="TMp292">''TechManual'', p. 292, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment (Cont) - Table"</ref>
 
| Ammo Cost (per ton) = N/A<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| Ammo Cost (per ton) = N/A<ref name="TMp342"/>
 
| BV (1.0) = N/A
 
| BV (1.0) = N/A
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
'''Target Acquisition Gear''' ('''TAG''') is an advanced targeting device for use by artillery spotters.  While laser designators had been in use for centuries, the development of laser-spoofing systems had decreased their usability by the [[twenty-sixth century]].  To foil these countermeasures TAG utilizes several systems at once to accurately mark the target.  The first is a multifrequency laser emission diode which paints the target with an infrared laser beam for a smart weapon to track.  Mated to the designator is a highly sensitive polarized electromagnetic sensor which detects if the target starts emitting corresponding laser beams to throw off the incoming smart weapon.  If the sensor does detect these countermeasures in action, the targeting laser begins quickly shifting the frequency of its beam at random to throw off the countermeasures.  Information on the changing frequencies are continually transmitted to the smart weapon via tight-beam, multifrequency laser communication system so that it tracks the correct laser designator.<ref name=ER:2750p103>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 103: "TAG"</ref><ref name="TMp238"/>
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'''Target Acquisition Gear''' ('''TAG''') is an advanced targeting device for use by artillery spotters.  While laser designators had been in use for centuries, the development of laser-spoofing systems had decreased their usability by the [[26th century]].  To foil these countermeasures TAG utilizes several systems at once to accurately mark the target.  The first is a multi-frequency laser emission diode which paints the target with an infrared laser beam for a smart weapon to track.  Mated to the designator is a highly-sensitive polarized electromagnetic sensor which detects if the target starts emitting corresponding laser beams to throw off the incoming smart weapon.  If the sensor does detect these countermeasures in action, the targeting laser begins quickly shifting the frequency of its beam at random to throw off the countermeasures.  Information on the changing frequencies are continually transmitted to the smart weapon via tight-beam, multi-frequency laser communication system so that it tracks the correct laser designator.<ref name=ER:2750p103>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 103, "TAG"</ref><ref name="TMp238"/>
  
 
One drawback to using TAG is that it emits enough electromagnetic energy to reveal the location of the unit using it.  Additionally, aircraft using TAG to paint a target are forced to fly straight and level to maintain an accurate lock, putting them in greater danger from air defenses.<ref>''Shadows of War'', ch. 16</ref>
 
One drawback to using TAG is that it emits enough electromagnetic energy to reveal the location of the unit using it.  Additionally, aircraft using TAG to paint a target are forced to fly straight and level to maintain an accurate lock, putting them in greater danger from air defenses.<ref>''Shadows of War'', ch. 16</ref>
  
The system was first introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2593]] as a bulkier prototype, and then mass produced in [[2600]], but it became [[lostech]] during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] until it was recovered by the [[Federated Commonwealth]] in [[3044]].
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The system was first introduced by the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2593]] as a bulkier prototype, and then mass produced in [[2600]], but it became [[lostech]] during the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] until it was recovered by the [[Federated Commonwealth]] in [[3044]]. TAG is compatible with systems such as [[Arrow IV Homing Missile]]s or [[Semi-Guided LRM]] munitions.<ref name="TMp238"/><ref name="IOp73">''Interstellar Operations'', p. 73, "TAG-P"</ref>
 
 
The [[Clans]] never lost the ability to make the system but their focus on ritualized warfare favoring personal glory over supporting roles meant that the Arrow-IV and TAG system saw little use even in the most pragmatic of Clans and so they never refined the system, with modern Clan examples being no different than recovered Star League and modern Inner Sphere examples.
 
 
 
TAG is compatible with systems such as [[Arrow IV Homing Missile]]s or [[Semi-Guided LRM]] munitions.<ref name="TMp238"/><ref name="IOp73">''Interstellar Operations'', p. 73: "TAG-P"</ref>
 
  
 
==Game Rules==
 
==Game Rules==
TAG has its own special phase, in which it must be fired immediately after the movement phase, but before the actual fire phase. The weapon to hit is identical to any other standard laser weapon. If the TAG hits, the target is tagged for any potential allied homing missiles, artillery and shells to target. If the TAG misses however, nothing happens and play continues as normal.<ref name=TW>''Total Warfare'', p. 142: "TAG"</ref>
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TAG has its own special phase, in which it must be fired immediately after the movement phase, but before the actual fire phase. The weapon to hit is identical to any other standard laser weapon. If the TAG hits, the target is tagged for any potential allied homing missiles, artillery and shells to target. If the TAG misses however, nothing happens and play continues as normal.<ref name=TW>''Total Warfare'' p. 142 "TAG"</ref>
  
 
== Models ==
 
== Models ==
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===A-Track===
 
===A-Track===
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
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| [[Wallis]]
 
| [[Wallis]]
 
| [[Ronin Incorporated]]
 
| [[Ronin Incorporated]]
| ''[[Patriot]]'', [[Tufana]]
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| [[Patriot]], [[Tufana]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 82</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 20</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3075, p. 82</ref><ref>TRO:3085, p. 20</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Apple Churchill 442x===
 
===Apple Churchill 442x===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
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| [[Sian]]
 
| [[Sian]]
 
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
| ''[[Raven]]'', ''[[Sha Yu]]''
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| [[Raven]], [[Sha Yu]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 30</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 60</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3050 Upgrade, p. 30</ref><ref>TRO:3067, p. 60</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Bundesweyth Target Acquisition Gear===
 
===Bundesweyth Target Acquisition Gear===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
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| [[Terra]]
 
| [[Terra]]
 
| [[Grumman Industries]]
 
| [[Grumman Industries]]
| [[Zephyr (Combat Vehicle)|Zephyr]]
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| [[Zephyr]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 162</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3050 Upgrade, p. 162</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===CherrySeed Bullseye TAG===
 
===CherrySeed Bullseye TAG===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
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| [[Coventry]]
 
| [[Coventry]]
 
| [[Coventry Metal Works]]
 
| [[Coventry Metal Works]]
| ''[[Scarabus]]''
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| [[Scarabus]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 22</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3055 Upgrade, p. 22</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Diverse Optics TAG===
 
===Diverse Optics TAG===
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
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|'''Typically used in'''
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| [[Detroit]]
 
| [[Detroit]]
 
| [[Detroit Consolidated MechWorks]]
 
| [[Detroit Consolidated MechWorks]]
| ''[[Eyleuka]]''
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| [[Eyleuka]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 78</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3075, p. 78</ref>
|}
 
 
 
===Forward 1===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''References'''
 
|----
 
| [[Aix-la-Chapelle]]
 
| [[Diplan 'Mechyards]]
 
| ''[[Hitman]]''
 
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 18</ref>
 
|----
 
| [[New Samarkand]]
 
| [[Yan Manufacturing]]
 
| [[Crow (Combat Vehicle)|Crow]]
 
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 42</ref>
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Garret Mole===
 
===Garret Mole===
 
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
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| [[Connaught]]
 
| [[Connaught]]
 
| [[Kong Interstellar Corporation]]
 
| [[Kong Interstellar Corporation]]
| ''[[Ostscout]]''
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| [[Ostscout]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 82–83</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3050, p. 82, 83</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Hellion Class Homing TAG===
 
===Hellion Class Homing TAG===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
|'''Manufactured on'''
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''References'''
 
|'''References'''
 
|----
 
|----
| [[Hector (system)|Hector]]
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| [[Hector]]
 
| [[Hector MechWorks Facility Beta]]
 
| [[Hector MechWorks Facility Beta]]
| ''[[Icestorm]]''
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| [[Icestorm]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 138</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3060, p. 138</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===ICD Type 4 Target Acquisition Gear===
 
===ICD Type 4 Target Acquisition Gear===
 
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|'''Manufactured on'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Manufactured by'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
 
|'''Typically used in'''
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| Various
 
| Various
 
| [[Asshur]]
 
| [[Asshur]]
| <ref>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 36</ref>
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| <ref>TRO:3060, p. 36</ref>
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|}
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===Forward 1===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
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|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Aix-la-Chapelle]]
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| [[Diplan Mechyards]]
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| [[Hitman]]
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| <ref>TRO:3055 Upgrade, p. 18</ref>
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|----
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| [[New Samarkand]]
 +
| [[Yan Manufacturing]]
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| [[Crow]]
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| <ref>TRO:3075, p. 42</ref>
 
|}
 
|}
  
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* ''[[Shadows of War]]''
 
* ''[[Shadows of War]]''
 
* ''[[TechManual]]''
 
* ''[[TechManual]]''
* [http://d15yciz5bluc83.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TechManual-v3.1-2016-06-06.pdf?x64300?action=text&page=TechManual ''TechManual'' Errata Page]
 
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''
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* [http://d15yciz5bluc83.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TechManual-v3.1-2016-06-06.pdf?x64300?action=text&page=TechManual TechManual Errata Page]
 
* ''[[Total Warfare]]''
 
* ''[[Total Warfare]]''
 
  
 
[[Category: Technology|Target Acquisition Gear]]
 
[[Category: Technology|Target Acquisition Gear]]

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