TME-37 Wirbelwind Artillery VTOL

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STATISTICS

Mass:  30 tons Movement Type:  Counter-Rotational VTOL
Power Plant:  TME 70 eXtraLight Armor Type:  TME 3049 Ferro-Fibrous
Comm Systems:  TME Vox Et Deus Cruising Speed:  75 kph
Targeting/Tracking Systems:  
     TME 3050 Point-And-Shoot
Maximum Speed:  120 kph
Chassis:  TME XMHC Model 545
Armament
    1 TME/BTSTS-MAS:3049 "Gastrophetes" Arrow-IV Artillery Missile System

OVERVIEW

    The TME-37 Wirbelwind is a major modification of the TME-18 Nebelwerfer.  While similar in outward appearance, the Wirbelwind's interior layout is almost entirely different from that of its predecessor.

CAPABILITIES

    The Wirbelwind fills an entirely new role for a helicopter--fast artillery support.  With an underslung Arrow-IV artillery missile launcher, the Wirbelwind can strike targets up to two kilometers away, giving commanders the first truly mobile artillery platform in existance.

DEPLOYMENT

    It is popular with airborne calvary units and light motorized panzer brigades.

TME-37 Wirbelwind Long Range Assault Copter

30 tons VTOL (Rotor) Cruising MP: 7 (75.6 kph) Flank MP: 11 (118.8 kph)
Engine:  70 XL Fusion Engine Mass:  1.5 t Control Mass:  1.5 t Lift Equip Mass:  3 t
No Power Amplifier 10 Heat Sinks Internal Structure:  3 t No Turret
Armor Mass: 3.5 t Ferro Armor Points:  59 Crew:  1 Rotor Arrange: Twin Rotor

 

ARMOR

EQUIPMENT

Front:

20

Arrow-IV System Front
Left/Right Side:

14 / 14

12 Arrow-IV shots Body
Rear:

9

Turret:

not applicable

Rotor:

2

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