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{{Rules}}
 
 
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{{InfoBoxProduct
| image = TechManual CAT35002-6.jpg
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| image = TechManual.jpg
 
| name = TechManual
 
| name = TechManual
 
| development = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]
 
| development = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]
 
| primarywriting = [[Herbert A. Beas II]] <br /> [[Ken Horner]] <br /> [[Nick Marsala]] <br /> [[David L. McCulloch]] <br /> [[Mike Miller]] <br /> [[Joel Steverson]] <br /> [[Andreas Zuber]]
 
| primarywriting = [[Herbert A. Beas II]] <br /> [[Ken Horner]] <br /> [[Nick Marsala]] <br /> [[David L. McCulloch]] <br /> [[Mike Miller]] <br /> [[Joel Steverson]] <br /> [[Andreas Zuber]]
 
| illustrations = [[Doug Chaffee]] <br /> [[Mike Jackson]] <br /> [[Chris Lewis]] <br /> [[Duane Loose]] <br /> [[Matthew Plog|Matt Plog]] <br /> [[Klaus Scherwinski]] <br /> [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
 
| illustrations = [[Doug Chaffee]] <br /> [[Mike Jackson]] <br /> [[Chris Lewis]] <br /> [[Duane Loose]] <br /> [[Matthew Plog|Matt Plog]] <br /> [[Klaus Scherwinski]] <br /> [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
| cover = [[Franz Vohwinkel]] (Original Cover Art) <br/> [[Doug Chaffee]] (2018 Cover Art)
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| cover = [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
| type = Rulebook
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| type = Rule Book
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| year = 2007
 
| year = 2007
 
| pages = 352
 
| pages = 352
| productioncode = [https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-techmanual-book-pdf 35002]
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| productioncode = [http://classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=221 35002]
 
| ISBN10 = 0979204720
 
| ISBN10 = 0979204720
 
}}
 
}}
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==Contents==
 
==Contents==
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* Introduction
 
* Introduction
* Construction basics
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* Construction Basics
* [[BattleMech]] construction
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* [[BattleMech]] Construction
* [[IndustrialMech]] construction
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* [[IndustrialMech]] Construction
* [[ProtoMech]] construction
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* [[ProtoMech]] Construction
* [[Combat vehicle]] construction
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* [[Combat Vehicle]] Construction
* [[Support vehicle]] construction
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* [[Support Vehicle]] Construction
* Conventional [[infantry]] platoon construction
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* Conventional [[Infantry]] Platoon Construction
* [[Battle armor]] construction
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* [[Battle Armor]] Construction
* [[aerospace fighter|Aerospace unit]] construction
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* [[Aerospace Fighter|Aerospace Unit]] Construction
  
 
* Weapons and Heavy Equipment
 
* Weapons and Heavy Equipment
** Heavy equipment
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** Heavy Equipment
** Industrial equipment
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** Industrial Equipment
** Battle armor equipment
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** Battle Armor Equipment
** Conventional infantry equipment
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** Conventional Infantry Equipment
  
 
* Costs and Availability
 
* Costs and Availability
** Basic cost calculations
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** Basic Cost Calculations
 
** Availability
 
** Availability
  
 
* [[Battle Value]]s
 
* [[Battle Value]]s
 
* Index
 
* Index
* Record sheets
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* Record Sheets
 
* Tables
 
* Tables
{{div col end}}
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
* Like ''[[Total Warfare]]'', most of the artwork in the book are pictures of painted miniatures.
 
* Like ''[[Total Warfare]]'', most of the artwork in the book are pictures of painted miniatures.
* FanPro published its own ''Classic BattleTech TechManual'' in 2007 with product code 35103 and the same art as the first Catalyst printing.
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* ''TechManual'' has some errors and clarifications available at the [http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=text&page=TechManual TechManual Errata Page].
* ''TechManual'' contains some errors; errata and clarifications are available at the [https://bg.battletech.com/errata/ BattleTech Errata Page].
 
* In 2018, a new edition of TechManual was published incorporating then-current errata. The book reused art from the 1994 Tactical Handbook art work by [[Doug Chaffee]].
 
  
==Gallery==
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[[Category:Books]]
<gallery>
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[[Category:Rule Books]]
TechManual.jpg|1st printing cover
 
Tech Manual Cover 2018.png|3rd and 4th printing cover
 
TechManual CAT35002-6.jpg|6th printing cover
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Rulebooks]]
 

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