Ground Effects Vehicle, Armored (GEV) (Tech Level 12)
The GEV
has a crew of 4 (commander/driver, and 3 gunners). All crew
positions
are
in the chassis. It mounts a 16 MW Pulse-1 laser in the front
chassis; port and starboard 3 cm hypervelocity mass drivers in side
sponsons; and, twin linked 3cm hypervelocity mass drivers in a remote
turret. All weapons have TL 12 stabilization. Height: 2.1m
(+0.8m
turret). Width: 3.6m Length: 7.0m. Total volume: 54.54 m3.
Weight: 99.342 tons. Price: Cr. 4,194,632 plus fuel and ammunition.
Movement:
Not
Firing: Road: 453 kph/377 cm; Cross Country: 136 kph/113 cm;
Amphibious: 453 kph/377 cm.
Firing Weapons: Road:
163 kph/136 cm; Cross Country: 49 kph/41 cm; Amphibious: 163 kph/136 cm.
Ground Pressure: 0 tons/m2.
Movement Effects on Fire: no effect.
Armor: Chassis front, 47; chassis sides, 39; chassis rear,
34; chassis bottom, 29; top, 34; turret front, 47; turret sides and
rear, 34.
Target Size DMs: +2 low, +1 high.
Equipment: Extensive ECM; 20 prismatic aerosol dispensers;
laser sensor
(roll 4+); sealed environment; life support; two 500 power
radios;
thermal image; TL 9 image enhancement; battle computer; map box;
chemical mine
sniffer;
wire cutters; and, has 1m3 cargo space. The vehicle has 0.971m3 of waste space.
Power: 40.0 MW TL 12 fusion power plant consumes 60 liter
per hour; fuel capacity is 4 kl, enough for 66.6 hours.
Weapons:
16 Megawatt Pulse-1 Laser:
The laser has TL 12 direct fire control and
stabilization.
| Type |
Direct Fire (cm, eff/long/ext)
|
Penetration |
Hit DM
|
Targets
|
Signature
|
16 MW Pulse-1
|
800/1600/8000 |
48/24/12
|
0
|
|
+1
|
3cm Hypervelocity
Mass Drivers:
The
weapon
has the following direct fire characteristics:
Input: 3.2 MW
ROF 160; 8 targets per
phase
Signature DM is 0
The cannons have TL 12 direct fire control and stabilization.
The remote turret twin mass drivers
have TL
12 point defense fire control as well.
Rounds
weigh
0.4 kg each. Their characteristics are listed below.
| Type |
Ammo Price
(Cr)
|
Direct
Fire
(eff/long/ext)
|
Characteristics |
| HE |
2 |
250(+4)/350(+3)/500(+1)
|
Contact pen./burst size/fragmentation pen.: 9/1/1
|
HEAP
|
3
|
250(+4)/350(+3)/500(+1) |
Contact pen.:18
|
| KEAP |
4
|
300(+4)/400(+3)/550(+1)
|
Penetration, effective/long/extreme: 18/16/14
|
| KEAPER |
4.4
|
300(+4)/400(+3)/550(+1) |
Penetration, effective/long/extreme: 16/14/12
|
The vehicle has storage space for
1600 rounds for each mass driver (3200 rounds for the twin-linked mass
driver), enough for 20
fire phases for each station.