Editing LTV-4 Hover Tank

{{Update Needed|[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 27]]}}
{{InfoBoxCombatVehicle
| image = Hawk LTV-4 Hover Tank RGilClan v27.jpg
| name = LTV-4 Hover Tank
| manufacturer = [[Lucas Technologies]]
| production year=2464
| year reference=<ref name=LTV4MUL>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5587/ MUL entry for the {{PAGENAME}}]''</ref>
| Mission = Combat
| Type = Hover
| Cost = 
| mass = 50
| armor = [[standard armor]] (Prototype)
| engine = [[115 ICE]]
| speed = 118
| Crew = 
| armament = 
* 1x [[PPC]]
* 1x [[SRM-4]]
| BV (1.0) = 452<ref>''BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicle'', Hover Tank - old BV1.</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 684<ref name=LTV4MUL/>
}}

==Description==
The vehicle simply known as the "Hover Tank" was originally developed by Lucas Technologies as a bid to gain a military contract for the [[Terran Hegemony]]'s Armed forces.  After years of development and proposals, the result their efforts would be the '''LTV-4 Hover Tank''' in [[2464]].  The LTV series was the response as part of an effort to counter proliferation of [[BattleMech]] technologies stolen from the Hegemony.  The vehicle was designed to swarm these early BattleMechs in groups and use their combined firepower to hold them until other forces could close and eliminate them.  With some resistance from [[HAF]] Leadership, CEO Harrison Lucas focused his company's efforts into making a more compelling design. Results of the LTV-4's lighter, but stronger armor would ultimately herald a new age in armored combat and make Lucas a very rich man. 

The LTV-4 would enter mass-production first through Lucus Technologies and later with [[General Mechanics]]. First in service with the Terran Hegemony and it would later be licensed during the [[Star League era]] to its fellow member states. The design would simply be known as "Hover Tank" over the centuries, staying in service in one form or another through the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]].<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2'', p. 11 - LTV-4 Background information.</ref>

==Weapons and Equipment==
LTV-4's main gun is its Particle Projector Cannon mounted in the turret.  A single 4-tube Short Range Missile launcher is added to the turret as secondary weapon. 

Powered by a 115 rated Internal Combustion Engine, the craft can achieve respectable speed of 110 km/h. Crowning achievement of design its prototype Standard-Grade Armor, 5.5 tons material encases the vehicle's hull.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2'', p. 11, 25 - LTV-4 Stats.</ref>

==Variants==
*;LTV-2 : Early version of the Hover Tank, this vehicle featured a single [[Large Laser|Heavy Laser]]. It was a speedy vehicle, however it used a primitive grade of armor which made it fragile. It only entered service in small numbers during the [[Age of War]].<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2'', p. 11 - Early LTV-2 Variant noted, with only a few details.</ref>

==Design Quirks==
The vehicle features the following [[Design Quirks]]:
* [[Easy to Maintain]]
* [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2700]]

==Notes==
* The Hovertank was first introduced without accompanying artwork. Later the image used for the LTV-4 belonged to the [[Scimitar]] Hover Tank. The LTV-4 is not related to this vehicle. 
* As of this writing, there are no stats for LTV-2 variant of the Hover Tank.
* It was confirmed by the Line Developers that LVT-4 and Hovertank in Record Sheets vol. 5. are one and same vehicle. 
{{Quote|The LVT-4's origins was in fact with the Hovertank in the old Record Sheets vol. 5. Just with some updating to keep in line with the current ruleset.<ref>[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,29976.msg726626.html#msg726626 Christoffer “Bones” Trossen, BattleTech Writer, 12 July 2013]</ref>}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hawk LTV-4 Hover Tank RGilClan v27.jpg|"Hawk" LTV-4 from ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 27|RG:ilClan vol. 27]]''
Falcon Hover Tank RGilClan v27.jpg|Falcon from RG:ilClan vol. 27
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]''
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''


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