Wildcat - Attack Helicopter

   

    The Wildcat is the first VTOL designed and produced by the United Outworlders Corporation (UOC), a combat vehicle and AeroSpace Fighter manufacturer in the Periphery state of the Outworlds Alliance (OA). With limited BattleMech forces, the OA's land forces depended heavily on combat vehicles which also lead to the development of their own designs.

    Based on a civilian VTOL, the Wildcat is a reliable and affordable helicopter moved by a single small conventional turbine for a maximum speed of 119kph, faster than most land vehicles and BattleMechs.

    Initial versions were armed with a single Autocannon class 10 acquired from the Taurian Concordat and 3.5 tons of standard armor, but for the final production version adopted a Large Laser from Lushann Industries Limited, less powerful than the AC/10 but not dependent on ammunition and produced within the OA. The weight allocated to heat sinks and the power amplifier also further reduces the thin armor of this VTOL.

    The Wildcat is an efficient hunter-killer machine against small enemy units like pirates and raiders that constantly land on OA's worlds. Due to the inherent fragility of the VTOLs, in special to rotor hits, it depends on the speed and surprise to attack from unexpected directions.

    Later, the Wildcat was complemented by the heavier Hellcat and both were successfully exported to Inner Sphere States, mainly the Draconis Combine.

Type/Model:	Wildcat
Mass:	25 tons

Equipment		Crits	Mass
Int.Struct.:	15 pts Standard	0	2.5
Engine:	35 I.C.E.	0	2

 Power Amplifier:                                                                                                        0.5

Cruise MP:	7
Flank MP:	11
Jumping MP:	0
Heat Sinks:	8 Single	0	8

Cockpit & Controls:	0	1.5
Crew: 2 members	0	0
Rotor Equipment: Main/Tail Rotors	0	2.5

Armor Factor:

48 pts Standard

0

3

Critical	Internal	Armor Points
Front	3	20
Left/Right	3/3	10/10
Rear	3	6
Rotor	3	2

	Weapons & Equipment	Loc	Heat	Ammo	Crits	Mass
1	Large Laser	Front	8		1	5
	TOTALS:		8		1	5

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:	734`403 C-Bills
Battle Value 1:	411
Battle Value 2:	388
Cost/BV:	1468 C-Bill/BV

Record sheet (pre-series version with 1 AC/10)

Record sheet (production series with 1 Large Laser)