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INTRODUCTION
Dear Readers,
Welcome to another special edition of
Modern Warrior.
This season, we bring you an educational look into the ancient history
of armored warfare. No, this is not a look back at the halcyon days of the first Star League, or even the bloody chaos of the Age of
War, but to a far more critical time in the history of warfare, when mankind had but one planet upon which to live, space travel was
a fantasy, and it seemed the fate of the world rested in the hands of its greatest generations.
Let us go back in time to the 1940s, to the Second World War.
Historians to this very day still look to the twentieth century as perhaps the most critical time in our collective past. Technology
was progressing at an ever-accelerating rate, armored warfare and air combat matured into their own, and great empires and
ideologies vied for supremacy. Nowhere was this more apparent than in World War II, when virtually every industrialized nation
was drawn into the conflict between the forces of fascism and the various states that opposed their tyranny. It was an age of great
atrocities, long before the BattleMech. The first jet-powered aircraft and rockets arrived too late to tip the balance, but it would end
with the first detonations of atomic weaponry ever devised.
The technologies you will see described in this edition pale in comparison to the modern designs seen today, but they were
the cutting edge tools of war at the time, when many refinements were being learned only through desperate trial and error.
Today, even the denizens of a modestly industrialized world can manufacture upgunned commercial vehicles that would not only
outperform these tanks and fighters, but could last far longer with proper care.
But make no mistake: these were weapons of war, and the warriors who commanded them could use them to kill one another
every bit as effectively as today’s MechWarriors and aero-jocks. Millions of our ancestors perished at the hands of these war
machines, in a time long before the thermographic-electromagnetic sensors, battle computers, and ambient electronic noise that
characterizes today’s battlefronts.
Read, enjoy, and reflect on what once was,
—Senior Editor Sean Tarkinton,
Modern Warrior Magazine,
Galatean Press, 11 February 3095
How to Use tHis Book
The vehicles and aircraft described in
Technical Readout: 1945
provide players with a sampling of the most common or
noteworthy designs employed in Terra’s Second World War by the various Allied and Axis powers. The designs featured in this book
reflect production-grade units, produced during the pre-spaceflight age, using the technology of the mid-twentieth century.
The rules for using vehicles and aircraft in
BattleTech
gameplay can be found in
Total Warfare,
while the basic rules used for
constructing these units can be found in the Support Vehicles chapter of
TechManual.
However, the extremely primitive time
covered by this volume has prompted the author to make use of certain special supplemental rules that are explained in a rules
chapter at the back of this book, along with a listing of the common weapons of this era, and how they equate to the technologies
presented in the “present” BattleTech timeline.
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INTRODUCTION
Credits
Project Development
Herbert A. Beas II
Development Assistance
Randall N. Bills
BattleTech Line Developer
Herbert A. Beas II
Assistant Line Developer
Ben H. Rome
Primary Writing
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Production Staff
Cover Design and Layout
Ray Arrastia
Photos provided under Creative Commons license by:
“äquinoktium” (Tiger I), “cclark395” (Spitfire), “cliff1066tm” (Macchi 202),
Larry Darling (Mosquito), Erwan David (Yak), “deckarudo” (Semovente
75/18), Wasile Grabar (T-70), Tom Hardin (Zero), Mark Holloway (M-3,
M-4), Alex Jilitsky (R-35), Ryan Keene (Panzer IV), Andrey Korchagin (Ha-
Go, Chi-Ha, Shturmovik), D. Miller (Val), Miroslav Petrasko (T-34), Brian
Proctor (Mustang), Simon Q. (Crusader III), John Tewell (Lightning),
James Vaughan (Bf 109), Vadzim Vinakur (Matilda II), Jeff Web (MS 406),
and Tom Wigley (Fw 190).
Record Sheets:
Sebastian Brocks and Johannes Heidler
Factchecking/Playtesting:
The Allied and Axis Powers of World War II.
Special Thanks:
To Paul Sjardijn, Johannes Heidler, Keith Hann,
Øystein Tvedten, Amy Michalenka, Loren Coleman, and a host of on-
line personalities from the BattleTech forums and Facebook for—
knowingly or unknowingly—contributing to the ideas in these pages.
And also to the vast network of contributors who make up Wikipedia,
which made my core research so much easier. And—most of all—
to the veterans and servicemen who served and are serving their
homelands in times of war.
Under License From
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Type 95 Ha-GO
Classification:
Light Tank
Primary Manufacturer:
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. (Japan)
Production Run:
1936-1943
Number Produced:
2,300 (approx.)
Weapon Analysis:
1x Type 98 37mm Cannon
2x Type 97 7.7mm Machine Gun
overview
The Type 95 Ha-Gō was a light tank used by the Imperial Japanese
Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Terra’s Second World War, and
in other combat actions against the Soviet Union. While suitable for use
against hostile infantry, the Ha-Gō was largely outclassed by other tanks
of the day. Nevertheless, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and other Japanese
companies produced roughly 2,300 of these units, which made the Type 95
the most common armored fighting vehicle used by the Japanese military
at the time.
Notable Commanders
Toyosaku Shimada and Shiegeo Gotanda:
During the 1942
Malayan campaign, Ha-Gōs from multiple Japanese regiments played a
significant role in many of the key engagements. During the Battle of Slim
River, for instance, a force of seventeen Chi-Has and three Ha-Gōs under the
command of Major Toyosaku Shimada staged a daring night-time frontal
assault that overwhelmed the Allied defenders.
Later in the same campaign, during the siege of Bakri in the Battle
of Muar, Captain Shiegeo Gotanda—inspired by the tanks’ success at Slim
River—led an unsupported charge against an Allied position. Nine Type
95s spearheaded this attack. In this case, Gotanda’s hubris got the better
of him; all nine tanks were destroyed by a pair of Australian anti-tank guns.
Type:
Type 95 Ha-Gō
Movement Type: Tracked (Medium)
Equipment Rating: B/X-X-X/D
Mass: 7.5 tons
Equipment
Chassis:
Engine/Controls:
Type
Cruise MP:
Flank MP:
Heat Sinks:
Fuel:
Turret:
Armor Factor (BAR 5):
Mass
2
2
Weapons and Ammo
37 mm Gun
7.7mm Machine Gun
7.7mm Machine Gun
Ammo (37mm) 80
Ammo (7.7mm) 1,000
Crew:
3
Cargo:
740 kg
Notes:
*The 7.7mm Machine Gun in the Ha-Gō’s turret always fires in the
opposite direction of the turret’s facing; Features Armored Chassis
Modification; Features the following Design Quirks: Poor Performance,
Obsolete/1950
Location
Turret
Turret (R)*
Front
Body
Body
Slots
1
1
1
1
0
Tonnage
0.55
0.02
0.02
0.08
0.04
120 hp
ICE
2
3
0
250 km
19
Internal
Structure
1
1/1
1
1
Front:
R/L Side:
Rear:
Turret:
0
0.05
0.5
1.5
Armor
Value
4
4/4
3
4
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Type 97 CHI-Ha
Classification:
Medium Tank
Primary Manufacturer:
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. (Japan)
Production Run:
1938-1943
Number Produced:
2,100 (approx.)
Weapon Analysis:
1x Type 97 57mm Cannon
2x Type 97 7.7mm Machine Gun
overview
Not to be confused with the vehicle that shared its name during the
Age of War, the Type 97 Chi-Ha was a medium tank used by the Imperial
Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, Terra’s Second World War,
and in other combat actions against the Soviet Union. Designed to replace
the Type 89 Chi-Ro, the Chi-Ha was effectively an upscaled version of the
Ha-Gō light tank, with a larger frame, greater armor, and a larger engine (to
maintain performance). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi Industries
produced roughly 2,100 of these units before they were upgraded to the
Kai variant (which swapped the main cannon with a 47mm gun). This
made the Type 97 the most common armored fighting vehicle used by the
Japanese military in this period.
Notable Commanders
Liao Yaoxiang:
Liao was a general for the Republic of China during
World War II, and played a role in several key battles in that conflict as
commander of the New 22nd Division and the New 6th Army. In April of
1945, Liao earned the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun after his New
6th Army defeated the Japanese at the Battle of West Hunan. After the war,
Liao continued to serve the Republic until late 1948, when he was captured
during the Liaoshen Campaign by forces from the People’s Liberation Army
during the Chinese Civil War. Chi-Has played a key part of that battle, which
resulted in the fall of Manchuria, a vital step toward the ultimate victory of
the communist movement.
Type:
Type 97 Chi-Ha
Movement Type: Tracked (Medium)
Equipment Rating: B/X-X-X/D
Mass: 15 tons
Equipment
Chassis:
Engine/Controls:
Type
Cruise MP:
Flank MP:
Heat Sinks:
Fuel:
Turret:
Armor Factor (BAR 5):
Mass
5.5
3.5
Weapons and Ammo
57mm Cannon
7.7mm Machine Gun
7.7mm Machine Gun
Ammo (57mm) 40
Ammo (7.7mm) 1,000
Crew:
4
Cargo:
780 kg
Notes:
Features Armored and Tractor Chassis Modifications; Features the
following Design Quirks: Low Profile, Poor Performance, Obsolete/1950
Location
Turret
Turret (R)
Front
Body
Body
Slots
1
1
1
1
0
Tonnage
1.50
0.02
0.02
0.08
0.04
170 hp
ICE
2
3
0
210 km
34
Internal
Structure
2
2/2
2
2
Front:
R/L Side:
Rear:
Turret:
0
0.08
1
2.5
Armor
Value
7
7/7
5
8
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