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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''''Mad Dog''''' is a heavy Clan [[OmniMech]] used for long-range indirect fire support.  With hunched shoulders, a protruding head, and reverse-jointed legs, the ''Mad Dog'' resembles a vulture, so much so that it was [[Inner Sphere Designation for Clan BattleMechs|code-named]] '''''Vulture''''' and '''''Hagetaka''''' ("Vulture" in Japanese) by the [[Inner Sphere]] forces which first encountered it.  The name also fit the perceived battlefield role of the ''Mad Dog''; technical documents from the thirty-first century suggested the role of the ''Mad Dog'' was to act as a support 'Mech, and it was theorized to be intended to hold a hill and maintain constant watch over the entire battlefield, like a vulture waiting for its prey. The reality is that such behavior would be a violation of ''[[zellbrigen]]'' and that the ''Mad Dog''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s configurations are intended to take the fight to the enemy at all ranges.<ref>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 10'', p. 12</ref><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 28–29: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref>   
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The '''''Mad Dog''''' is a heavy Clan [[OmniMech]] used for long-range indirect fire support.  With hunched shoulders, a protruding head, and reverse-jointed legs, the ''Mad Dog'' resembles a vulture, so much so that it was [[Inner Sphere Designation for Clan BattleMechs|code-named]] '''''Vulture''''' and '''''Hagetaka''''' ("Vulture" in Japanese) by the [[Inner Sphere]] forces which first encountered it.  The name also fit the perceived battlefield role of the ''Mad Dog''; technical documents from the 31st Century suggested the role of the ''Mad Dog'' was to act as a support 'Mech, and it was theorized to be intended to hold a hill and maintain constant watch over the entire battlefield, like a vulture waiting for its prey. The reality is that such behavior would be a violation of ''[[zellbrigen]]'' and that the ''Mad Dog'''s configurations are intended to take the fight to the enemy at all ranges.<ref>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 10'', p. 12</ref><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 28–29: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref>   
  
 
With its ample firepower and decent speed of 86.4 km/h, it makes a highly mobile firing platform, and as such has spread to near ubiquity among the forces deployed by the Clans, although the design is favored more by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s.  The ''Mad Dog'' carries eight and a half tons of [[ferro-fibrous]] armor for decent protection, although it will not be able to stand up to heavy fire.<ref name=TRO3050Up130f>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 130–131: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 28–29: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 26–27: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref>
 
With its ample firepower and decent speed of 86.4 km/h, it makes a highly mobile firing platform, and as such has spread to near ubiquity among the forces deployed by the Clans, although the design is favored more by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]s.  The ''Mad Dog'' carries eight and a half tons of [[ferro-fibrous]] armor for decent protection, although it will not be able to stand up to heavy fire.<ref name=TRO3050Up130f>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', pp. 130–131: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 28–29: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3050R>''Technical Readout: 3050 Revised'', pp. 26–27: "Vulture OmniMech Profile"</ref>

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