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Line 22: ==Description== ==Description== − Japanese for ''Flying Dragon'', the '''Hiryo''' armored infantry transport is a [[Wing in Ground Effect]] vehicle designed to carry [[battle armor]] [[infantry]] into the field while providing protection and firepower to ensure it gets to the unit's destination. + Japanese for ''Flying Dragon'', the '''Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport''' is a [[Wing in Ground Effect]] vehicle designed to carry [[Battle Armor]] [[infantry]] into the field while providing protection and firepower to ensure it gets to the unit's destination. − [[Pesht Motors]], the [[Draconis Combine]]'s primary manufacturer of civilian transports, developed the Hiryo as a means of getting back at [[Wakazashi Enterprises]], a nominally military manufacturer whose civilian [[Koi|Koi WiGE Transport]] intruded on what Pesht considered its personal domain. The design was already well advanced when the [[DCMS]] called on the Combine's vehicle manufacturers to develop suitable battle armor transports to redress the critical lack of such vehicles revealed by the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. Capturing the attention of the Procurement Department, despite aggressive lobbying by Wakazashi, the Hiryo has become the Combine's battle armor transport of choice during the [[Jihad]]. + [[Pesht Motors]], the [[Draconis Combine]]'s primary manufacturer of civilian transports, developed the Hiryo as a means of getting back at [[Wakazashi Enterprises]], a nominally military manufacturer whose civilian [[Koi|Koi WiGE Transport]] intruded on what Pesht considered its personal domain. The design was already well advanced when the [[DCMS]] called on the Combine's vehicle manufacturers to develop suitable Battle Armor transports to redress the critical lack of such vehicles revealed by the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. Capturing the attention of the Procurement Department, despite aggressive lobbying by Wakazashi, the Hiryo has become the Combine's Battle Armor transport of choice during the [[Jihad]]. − Powered by a 205-rated [[GM]] [[Light Fusion Engine]], the Hiryo is capable of speeds up to 129 km/h while carrying eight soldiers in full battle armor, its range and endurance limited only by its crew. Its troops are able to disembark either via a large rear ramp or eight extra hatches on the craft's underside for rapid airborne deployment, the Hiryo able to get its crew into and out of the heaviest combat zones thanks to its six tons of New Samarkand [[Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]] armor. + Powered by a 205-rated [[GM]] [[Light Fusion Engine]], the Hiryo is capable of speeds up to 129 km/h while carrying eight soldiers in full Battle Armor, its range and endurance limited only by its crew. Its troops are able to disembark either via a large rear ramp or eight extra hatches on the craft's underside for rapid airborne deployment, the Hiryo able to get its crew into and out of the heaviest combat zones thanks to its six tons of New Samarkand [[Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]] armor. ==Weapons and Equipment== ==Weapons and Equipment== Line 34:
Line 34: *;Hiryo (Light PPC) : A test variant developed by Pesht Motors which replaces the vehicle's Snub-Nose PPC for two [[LPPC|Light PPCs]] to give the vehicle a longer range. (BV 2.0) = 686,<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 19</ref> 708<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 96</ref> *;Hiryo (Light PPC) : A test variant developed by Pesht Motors which replaces the vehicle's Snub-Nose PPC for two [[LPPC|Light PPCs]] to give the vehicle a longer range. (BV 2.0) = 686,<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 19</ref> 708<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 96</ref> − *; Hiryo (MRM) : A much more radical weaponry change, the vehicle Snub-Nose PPC is replaced by a [[MRM 20|Twenty-Tube Medium Range Missile Launcher]]. Mounted on the nose, the vehicle has been given three tons of ammunition at the cost of four tons of its battle armor/infantry bay. Leaving it with only a four ton capacity. The vehicle is noted as being more effective against soft targets, but the dubbed "Gunship" has proved less popular with DCMS forces. BV (2.0) = 644.<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 20</ref> 666<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 97</ref> + *;Hiryo (MRM) : A much more radical weaponry change, the vehicle Snub-Nose PPC is replaced by a [[MRM 20|Twenty-Tube Medium Range Missile Launcher]]. Mounted on the nose, the vehicle has been given three tons of ammunition at the cost of four tons of its Battle Armor/Infantry Bay. Leaving it with only a four ton capacity. The vehicle is noted as being more effective against soft targets, but the dubbed "Gunship" has proved less popular with DCMS forces. BV (2.0) = 644.<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 20</ref> 666<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 97</ref> *;Hiryo "Hound" :[[Experimental Technology|Experimental]] prototype of the Hiryo which was produced by Pesht Motors on [[Unity]] in the late 3070s under supervision of [[Montague Waltrip]]. This version recasts the infantry transport as a scout as well as a transport. The variant's name comes from the experimental [[Bloodhound Active Probe]] found in the nose. The Hiryo's engine is exchanged for an [[extralight fusion engine]], and its Snub-Nose PPC is exchanged for an experimental [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]. The vehicle's cargo capacity is reduced to only 4 tons, to make room for a [[C3 Remote Sensor Launcher]] with four C3 Sensors in its "ammo" bay. Also to help Hiryo deal with the hazardous environments the [[Jihad]] has created for soldiers, it has been fitted with [[Environmental Sealing]]. BV (2.0) = 628<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', pp. 9, 21 Hiryo "Hound" Infantry Transport - Fluff and stats for experimental variant of Hiryo.</ref> *;Hiryo "Hound" :[[Experimental Technology|Experimental]] prototype of the Hiryo which was produced by Pesht Motors on [[Unity]] in the late 3070s under supervision of [[Montague Waltrip]]. This version recasts the infantry transport as a scout as well as a transport. The variant's name comes from the experimental [[Bloodhound Active Probe]] found in the nose. The Hiryo's engine is exchanged for an [[extralight fusion engine]], and its Snub-Nose PPC is exchanged for an experimental [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]. The vehicle's cargo capacity is reduced to only 4 tons, to make room for a [[C3 Remote Sensor Launcher]] with four C3 Sensors in its "ammo" bay. Also to help Hiryo deal with the hazardous environments the [[Jihad]] has created for soldiers, it has been fitted with [[Environmental Sealing]]. BV (2.0) = 628<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', pp. 9, 21 Hiryo "Hound" Infantry Transport - Fluff and stats for experimental variant of Hiryo.</ref> Line 58:
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Japanese for ''Flying Dragon'', the '''Hiryo''' | + | Japanese for ''Flying Dragon'', the '''Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport''' is a [[Wing in Ground Effect]] vehicle designed to carry [[Battle Armor]] [[infantry]] into the field while providing protection and firepower to ensure it gets to the unit's destination. |
| − | [[Pesht Motors]], the [[Draconis Combine]]'s primary manufacturer of civilian transports, developed the Hiryo as a means of getting back at [[Wakazashi Enterprises]], a nominally military manufacturer whose civilian [[Koi|Koi WiGE Transport]] intruded on what Pesht considered its personal domain. The design was already well advanced when the [[DCMS]] called on the Combine's vehicle manufacturers to develop suitable | + | [[Pesht Motors]], the [[Draconis Combine]]'s primary manufacturer of civilian transports, developed the Hiryo as a means of getting back at [[Wakazashi Enterprises]], a nominally military manufacturer whose civilian [[Koi|Koi WiGE Transport]] intruded on what Pesht considered its personal domain. The design was already well advanced when the [[DCMS]] called on the Combine's vehicle manufacturers to develop suitable Battle Armor transports to redress the critical lack of such vehicles revealed by the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. Capturing the attention of the Procurement Department, despite aggressive lobbying by Wakazashi, the Hiryo has become the Combine's Battle Armor transport of choice during the [[Jihad]]. |
| − | Powered by a 205-rated [[GM]] [[Light Fusion Engine]], the Hiryo is capable of speeds up to 129 km/h while carrying eight soldiers in full | + | Powered by a 205-rated [[GM]] [[Light Fusion Engine]], the Hiryo is capable of speeds up to 129 km/h while carrying eight soldiers in full Battle Armor, its range and endurance limited only by its crew. Its troops are able to disembark either via a large rear ramp or eight extra hatches on the craft's underside for rapid airborne deployment, the Hiryo able to get its crew into and out of the heaviest combat zones thanks to its six tons of New Samarkand [[Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]] armor. |
==Weapons and Equipment== | ==Weapons and Equipment== | ||
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*;Hiryo (Light PPC) : A test variant developed by Pesht Motors which replaces the vehicle's Snub-Nose PPC for two [[LPPC|Light PPCs]] to give the vehicle a longer range. (BV 2.0) = 686,<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 19</ref> 708<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 96</ref> | *;Hiryo (Light PPC) : A test variant developed by Pesht Motors which replaces the vehicle's Snub-Nose PPC for two [[LPPC|Light PPCs]] to give the vehicle a longer range. (BV 2.0) = 686,<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 19</ref> 708<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 96</ref> | ||
| − | *; Hiryo (MRM) : A much more radical weaponry change, the vehicle Snub-Nose PPC is replaced by a [[MRM 20|Twenty-Tube Medium Range Missile Launcher]]. Mounted on the nose, the vehicle has been given three tons of ammunition at the cost of four tons of its | + | *;Hiryo (MRM) : A much more radical weaponry change, the vehicle Snub-Nose PPC is replaced by a [[MRM 20|Twenty-Tube Medium Range Missile Launcher]]. Mounted on the nose, the vehicle has been given three tons of ammunition at the cost of four tons of its Battle Armor/Infantry Bay. Leaving it with only a four ton capacity. The vehicle is noted as being more effective against soft targets, but the dubbed "Gunship" has proved less popular with DCMS forces. BV (2.0) = 644.<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged'', p. 20</ref> 666<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 97</ref> |
*;Hiryo "Hound" :[[Experimental Technology|Experimental]] prototype of the Hiryo which was produced by Pesht Motors on [[Unity]] in the late 3070s under supervision of [[Montague Waltrip]]. This version recasts the infantry transport as a scout as well as a transport. The variant's name comes from the experimental [[Bloodhound Active Probe]] found in the nose. The Hiryo's engine is exchanged for an [[extralight fusion engine]], and its Snub-Nose PPC is exchanged for an experimental [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]. The vehicle's cargo capacity is reduced to only 4 tons, to make room for a [[C3 Remote Sensor Launcher]] with four C3 Sensors in its "ammo" bay. Also to help Hiryo deal with the hazardous environments the [[Jihad]] has created for soldiers, it has been fitted with [[Environmental Sealing]]. BV (2.0) = 628<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', pp. 9, 21 Hiryo "Hound" Infantry Transport - Fluff and stats for experimental variant of Hiryo.</ref> | *;Hiryo "Hound" :[[Experimental Technology|Experimental]] prototype of the Hiryo which was produced by Pesht Motors on [[Unity]] in the late 3070s under supervision of [[Montague Waltrip]]. This version recasts the infantry transport as a scout as well as a transport. The variant's name comes from the experimental [[Bloodhound Active Probe]] found in the nose. The Hiryo's engine is exchanged for an [[extralight fusion engine]], and its Snub-Nose PPC is exchanged for an experimental [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]. The vehicle's cargo capacity is reduced to only 4 tons, to make room for a [[C3 Remote Sensor Launcher]] with four C3 Sensors in its "ammo" bay. Also to help Hiryo deal with the hazardous environments the [[Jihad]] has created for soldiers, it has been fitted with [[Environmental Sealing]]. BV (2.0) = 628<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', pp. 9, 21 Hiryo "Hound" Infantry Transport - Fluff and stats for experimental variant of Hiryo.</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *''Technical Readout: 3075'', pp. 50-51 | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | *''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | ||
*''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]'' | *''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Combat Vehicles]] | [[Category:Combat Vehicles]] | ||