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Motive Type
CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY
WEIGHT TABLE
Base Weight
(per Trooper)
Minimum Breakdown Level
(in Troopers)
Foot 0.1 ton 1
Motorized 0.21 ton 1
Jump
Mechanized
0.18 ton 1
Hover 1 ton 5
Tracked 1 ton 5
Wheeled 1 ton 5
The above applies only to foot, motorized and jump infantry
platoons. Mechanized conventional infantry incorporate
their own transports as an abstraction of their unit weight.
Though they can be carried by cargo transports as well (and
so should have their platoon weight computed), designers
may not break them down to less than a squad in size to do
so, as each squad represents both the troopers in the squad
and their attached Support Vehicle.
To fi nd the weight of a platoon, multiply the number of
troopers by the Base Weight (per Trooper) provided in the
Conventional Infantry Weight Table below. This table also
notes the platoon type’s Minimum Breakdown Level—the
minimum number of troopers into which the platoon may
be broken for transport purposes.
Having tracked the Range and Damage values for
his platoon all through the creation process, Darrell
simply verifi es that all is well and notes that his Motorized
Laser Rifle Platoon retains its 3 MP of Ground
MM MM
Bored security guards look on as a squad of Kage battle armor perform exercises.
Movement. He also notes that the entire platoon of
28 troopers weighs 6 tons (28 troopers x 0.21 Motorized
Trooper Base Weight = 5.88 tons, rounded up to 6
tons) and may be broken down to as few as 1 trooper
per transport.
Eberhard makes sure his details are noted on the
various platoon lines for his Marian Machine Gun Foot
Platoon, including that the platoon has 1 Ground MP
and that it may only move or attack (not both) in one
turn, by adding “Move or Shoot” to the Movement
Type line. He even adds “+1D6 v. conventional infantry”
below the Max Weapon Damage header, to remind
him that when his platoons fi re on standard infantry,
they add 1D6 points to their attack damage.
In all, Eberhard’s 100-trooper infantry unit weighs 10
tons for transport purposes (100 troopers x 0.1 Foot Trooper
Base Weight = 10 tons), but since Eberhard has broken his
platoon up among 4 lines, he notes that each line of troopers
weighs 2.5 tons (10 tons ÷ 4 platoon rows = 2.5 tons per
row). They, too, may be broken down to as few as 1 trooper
per transport.
Glenn fi lls in his data as well, noting that his Mechanized
Hover LRM Platoon has 4 Hover MP (5 MP base
– 1 MP for carrying 2 Support Secondary Weapons per
squad). He then calculates that at 20 troopers, his platoon
weighs 20 tons in all (20 troopers x 1 ton per Mechanized
Hover Trooper Base Weight = 20 tons), and may only be
broken down as far as 5 troopers per transport.
Jason fi nalizes his record sheet like his fellow platoon
creators, noting that his Mechanized Tracked Bearhunter
Platoon has 3 MP of Tracked-type Movement (3 MP base,
unmodifi ed for carrying Support Secondary Weapons).
He then calculates that at 25 troopers, his platoon
weighs 25 tons in all (25 troopers x 1 ton per Mechanized
Tracked Trooper Base Weight = 25 tons), and may only
be broken down as far as 5 troopers per transport.
INTRODUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
BASICS
BATTLEMECH
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIALMECH
CONSTRUCTION
PROTOMECH
CONSTRUCTION
COMBAT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
SUPPORT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
CONV. INFANTRY
CONSTRUCTION
BATTLE ARMOR
CONSTRUCTION
AEROSPACE UNIT
CONSTRUCTION
WEAPONS AND
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
INFANTRY WEAPONS
AND EQUIPMENT
COSTS AND
AVAILABILITY
BATTLE VALUE
INDEX
RECORD SHEETS
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