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Z-40 'T-Rex' 280 mm self-propelled artillery
Length: 26 m; Width: 5.9 m; Height: 5.15 m
Weight: 132,800 kg
Armament: 1 x 280 mm ETC gun; 1 x 30 mm autocannon; 1 x 40 mm grenade launcher; 2 x smoke grenade launchers. Carries extended range, full bore (ERFB) shells.
Rate of Fire: Burst: 5 rounds/20 seconds; Intense: 8 rounds per min./3 min.; Sustained: 2 rounds per min.
Range: 55 km
Armour: (RHA values) Front: 600 mm; Side: 325 mm; Top: 175 mm; Rear: 150 mm
Propulsion: One Windham & Green diesel/electric hybrid engine; 2,100 hp
Speed: 35 km/hr. road; 20 km/hr. over rough terrain
Electronics: Windham & Green Electronics TacWeap (Tactical Weapons) Suite featuring night vision, GPS-guided munitions, and target acquisition and priortisation software. Hard-wired, maximum encryption communications.
Crew: Six
Price: $7.75 million.

Designed with big targets in mind, the SZ-40 'T-Rex' can bring frightening ordnance to the battlefield in support of infantry actions. The T-Rex is optimised for attacking fortified positions, while the smaller Z-38 'Panther' can be adapted for anti-personnel fire. A smaller anti-infantry unit is currently under development.

OOC: Did you see all the posts on the other NSDraftboard?

Yes I did. If I deployed these things, I'd have AA defences set up to counter that particular threat, plus they wouldn't be deployed alone. Sending these out alone without anti-air defence or other armoured units in support would be like a capital ship without escorts: A sitting duck.

I was just thinking that with Bolos you could deploy these much farther forward then you could otherwise. Much closer to combat then they would otherwise be deployable, just a random idea that I thought you might be interested. It would make an interesting thread about the whole exchange, maybe someone trying to do counter espionage or something like that.