TME-06 Russian Bear Main Battle Tank

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STATISTICS

Mass:  70 tons Movement Type:  Tracked
Power Plant:  TME 280 eXtraLight Armor Type:  TME 3049 Ferro-Fibrous
Comm Systems:  TME Vox Et Deus Cruising Speed:  45 kph
Targeting/Tracking Systems:  
     TME 3050 Point-And-Shoot
Maximum Speed:  63 kph
Chassis:  TME BTHT Model 2
Armament
    1 TME/BTSTS-LL:3000 "BigZappa" Large Laser
    5 TME/BTSTS-ML:3000 "ZapEmGood" Medium Lasers
    3 TME/BTSTS-MG:3000 "Chatterbox" Machine Guns

OVERVIEW

    The TME-06 Russian Bear is a heavy command tank designed to spearhead armored assaults.  Protection and enough speed to keep up with other heavy tanks were the orders of the day for the Bear.

CAPABILITIES

    With average heavy-tank speed, heavy armor, and a respectable array of weaponry, it has the force to participate in such assaults.  Being well protected from enemy missiles by three antimissile systems and from tank-hunter infantry by three machine guns, it is a respectable, if somewhat large, steed for a company or battalion commander.  A large forward command "deck" provides an unusually spacious area for commanders to plan and coordinate their battlespace.

DEPLOYMENT

    Initially sold in 3049 to ComStar, the Russian Bear is not extremely popular due to its lack of a turret.  Despite that drawback, it is still a popular tank division commander.

VARIANTS

    There are no factory variants of the TME-06, although there are undoubtedly field modifications of which we are unaware.

TME-06 Russian Bear Main Battle Tank

70 tons Tracked Cruising MP: 4 (43.2 kph) Flank MP: 6 (64.8 kph)
Engine:  280 XL Fusion Engine Mass:  12.0 t Control Mass:  3.5 t No Lift Equipment
No Power Amplifier 24 Heat Sinks Internal Structure:  7 t No Turret
Armor Mass:  16t Ferro Armor Points:  286 Crew:  6-7

 

ARMOR

EQUIPMENT

Front:

74

Large Laser Front
Left/Right Side:

69 / 69

5 Medium Lasers Front
Rear:

51

Machine Gun Front
Front Turret:

not applicable

Machine Gun Left
Rear Turret:

not applicable

Machine Gun Right
Anti-Missile System Front
Anti-Missile System Left
Anti-Missile System Right
50 Machine Gun shots Body
36 AMS shots Body

    DESIGNER'S NOTE:  Micro Machine.

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