This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or later the old stuff should reappear at omeyer.gmxhome.de Onno Meyer, 2007-07-29
Anachronistic SRBM TEL v1.0 (TL6) Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer In some alternate history stories, one side finds efficient uses for historical technologies. In other novels, genuine time travelers bring modern concepts with them. This ballistic missile carrier looks like a SCUD transporter/erector/launcher, a heavy truck with a missile gantry, hydraulics to raise the missile and fire control systems to aim it. It is very difficult to intercept a ballistic missile with 1940s-era technology, and the TEL can move quickly after each launch. This makes the SRBM a good choice for the side which lost the air war. The other side would find heavy bombers more cost-effective. In a game, the TEL is probably best used as a high-value target for commando raids. At routine travel speed, the diesel engine burns 24 gallons per hour and the APU burns 0.2 gallons. A tank of diesel is $72 and one missile is $400,000. Subassemblies: Body +4, eight Off-Road Wheels +2, Open Mount +4. Powertrain: 600-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 600-kW diesel engine; 5-kW diesel engine; 16,000-kWs lead-acid batteries. Fuel: 300 gallons diesel (fire 10). Occ: 6 RCS. Cargo: 50 cf enclosed, 100 cf open. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 Wheels: 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 Weaponry 790mm SRBM Launcher [OM:F] (1 missile) +4. Equipment Body: Two long range radios with scramblers; meteorology instruments; precision navigation instruments; IFF; advanced radar detector; 2 chaff and 2 smoke dischargers; C3 mainframe dedicated to fire direction; fire extinguisher system; 6-man environmental controls. Open Mount: Universal mount for SRBM Launcher. External: Pin; hitch. Statistics Size: 40'x12'x10' Payload: 8 tons Lwt.: 40 tons Volume: 1,920 cf Maint.: 38 hrs. Price: $275,210 HT: 10. HPs: 1,800 Body, 225 each Wheel, 1,600 Open Mount gSpeed: 60 gAccel: 3 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 5 Ground Pressure Very High. 1/6 Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Body is 800 cf. Wheels are 320 cf (increased volume). Open Mount is 800 cf. Structure is heavy and standard. Armor is standard metal. Mechanical controls. 5.2 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 64,000 lbs. Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL 790mm SRBM Launcher 20,000 400 $101,000 - 10,000 200 $400,000 6 Weapon Guid Malf. Type Damage SS Spd End IFR 790mm SRBM Launcher IG 15 exp. 6d*3,850[12d] 30 3,200 60 545 mi. The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi, VXii (including the armor volume rule) and the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: Probably a prop fighter. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
