Editing Gürteltier

{{InfoBoxCombatVehicle
| image = Gürteltier.jpg
| name = Gürteltier MBT
| manufacturer = [[Defiance Industries]]<ref name="TRO:3085p50+">''Technical Readout: 3085'', pp. 50-51, "Gürteltier MBT"</ref>
| production year=3081
| year reference=<ref name="MUL1">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4256/ MUL online data for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Mission = Frontline Combat Tank
| Type = Tracked
| cost = 19,970,000 [[C-bill]]s<ref name="MUL1"/>
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>
| mass = 100 tons<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>
| armor = [[Heavy Ferro-Fibrous|StarSlab/4 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]] w/ [[CASE]]<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>
| engine = [[Vlar 300 XL]]
| comsys = [[TharHes Muse 54-58K]] w/ [[Guardian ECM]] & [[C3 slave]]<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>
| T&T = [[TharHes Mars8.2]] w/[[Targeting Computer]]<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>
| heat sinks = 15 [[Heat Sink|single]]
| speed = 54
| Crew = 3
| armament = 
* 1x [[Gauss rifle]]
* 1x [[ER PPC]]
* 1x [[MML-7]]
* 3x [[Light Machine Gun]]
| BV (1.0) = ???
| BV (2.0) = 2,125<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/><ref name="MUL1"/>
}}

== Description ==
The '''Gürteltier Main Battle Tank''' was a frontline combat vehicle produced for [[House Steiner]] in the early 3080s.  The tank was designed as a multipurpose combat vehicle to fill in the roles that lighter [[Patton]] and [[Rommel]] tanks serve in their own respective weight class.  

The tank was later sold to the [[Federated Suns]] and the [[Republic of the Sphere]] for their armed forces' C3-networked units.<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
The tank's main weaponry is composed of its Poland Main Model A Gauss Cannon and Defiance 1001 Extended Range PPC which are mounted in the turret.  Also mounted there is a 7-tubed Multi-Missile Launcher, which has 3 ammunition bins from which to draw different ordnance.<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>

The tank has three Coventry Light Autoguns mounted right, left and rear to offer some protection against infantry forces.  In addition to the impressive weaponry, the tank's hull is protected by 19 tons of Heavy Ferro-Fibrous armor with CASE integrated into it. The bulk of the tank's armor is placed on its front side with modest protection to is other areas.<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>

The Gürteltier's electronics include a [[C3 slave|C3 slave computer]] and a [[Guardian ECM Suite]]. This gives the tank the ability to coordinate its actions while disrupting enemy C3 Networks and other advance electronics.<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>

== Variants ==
*; C3 master : Being produced at [[Introduction Year::3086]]<ref name="MUL2"/>, the Gürteltier's command variant that was created to coordinate a full lance of C3-equipped units.  This version removes the Gauss Rifle to make room for the larger [[C3 master computer]]. In its place, a [[LB 10-X Autocannon|Class 10 LB-X Autocannon]] was installed in the turret.  A [[Targeting Computer]] has been added to the turret as well to help guide the tank's weaponry. Additional weaponry includes a forward firing Light Machine Gun and an[[Artemis IV FCS|Artemis IV Fire Control]] slaved to the MML-launcher<ref name="TRO:3085p50+"/>. BV (2.0) = 1,863<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 70</ref><ref name="MUL2">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4255/gurteltier-mbt-c3m/ MUL online data for the Gürteltier MBT (C3M) variant]''</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''


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