V2.00ÿÿ BStriker (panzer) Light Tank ر’í,€ D@ D0AA@@GL 007 1 1 1—10WtagJ 6%%å (Unknown)Î (Unknown) (Unknown)¨ (Unknown)h The Striker is a joint effort between Valiant Systems, long known for quality war equipment, and Wunderland Enterprises, a newer company that has made a name in the communications and electronic equipment industry. The two companies decided to work together when it became obvious that neither one had the capability to produce military vehicles. They realized that by combining their resources, they could create a profitable joint company. The Striker Light Tank was the first vehicle produced by Valiant and Wunderland because it had the greatest potential marketability. Combining both short-range and long-range fire capability, the vehicle could be used anywhere for almost any function. To ease the engineering difficulties of developing new chassis and suspension systems, wheels were used instead of the more popular track and hover systems. Wheeled vehicles are also cheaper to produce than either tracked or hover types, which meant the manufacturers could hope to sell the tanks in large quantities. © The Striker is a fairly effective fighting vehicle. Though many other vehicles also employ missile systems of different ranges, the Pilum and Heavy CrossBow missile systems make an excellent combination because they can use the same tracking and targeting systems. The Pilum is a new system developed by Valiant especially for the Striker. Although not originally battle-tested, the Pilum has proven to be as effective, and sometimes more effective, than many other "typical" light missile systems. Unlike the Pilum, the CrossBow was an early design from Valiant. After they had tested it extensively, the firm sold the original design to other weapons manufacturers, who used it as a basis for their own missile systems. As the original design was basically unmodified from company to company, Valiant engineers correctly assumed that their missile system worked well. The communications, targeting, and tracking system designed and developed by Wunderland Enterprises is unique in combining all the electronics into a single-component unit. Though this has the advantage of being cheap to produce and easy to repair, a lucky hit can effectively blind the whole tank. Ê During a Davion attack on the Kurita world of Styx, a company of Strikers on defense found themselves in a difficult situation. A Leopard Class DropShip landed six kilometers from their position to deposit an attack group of light 'Mechs. Following proper defensive doctrine, the company of Strikers moved into position behind a series of hills and opened fire with their long-range missiles on the incoming 'Mechs. This pinned the 'Mechs down because they did not have the long-range capability of the Strikers. Minutes later, another Leopard landed to the east, depositing another group of light 'Mechs. Once again following standard operating procedure, the Strikers moved into a wedge formation to allow maximum firepower against both units. The Strikers succeeded in also pinning down the new unit of 'Mechs. Five minutes after the second DropShip left, two more DropShips landed to the south and west of the Strikers, and deposited another two units of light 'Mechs. This time, the commander of the Strikers moved his vehicles into a simple circle and awaited the slaughter to come. Because of the surrounding high hills, the Strikers could not see all the 'Mechs all the time. Every once in a while, a token attack would come from the surrounding terrain; eventually, even these stopped. Two hours later, the commander of the company took his Striker out to investigate the silence. He discovered that the 'Mechs had crawled away and left them alone. ØThe most popular modifications of the Striker remove either the short-range missile racks and add another long-range missile rack or else increase the size of the LRM10 . Another common modification is to substitute extra or larger short-range missile racks for the Valiant LRM . Some other versions of the Striker break the SRM6 pack into three SRM2 packs . Depending on the situation , weapons will be removed and extra ammunition for the other weapon installed . B''Wild Bill'' Knutson and ''Psycho'' Moll These two Striker crewmen earned their nicknames on a daring , suicidal attack against a Union Class DropShip . When the DropShip had landed and unloaded its forces , Wild Bill and Psycho ran their Striker into the open door of the DropShip and attacked it from the inside . Although their stay was brief , they did manage to damage the ship enough that it could not immediately leave . After a quick exit from the Union , Psycho managed to get though to a unit of friendly artillery , who succeeded in destroying the DropShip . ]Entered by: Dave Hill & Chris McIntosh Validated by: Corbin Ball Source: RS 3025/26 Valiant Systems (Unknown) InterComBustValiant BucklerWunderland XXI-3 seriesWunderland XXI-3 series[ none ]