The Agnebergus war

+++ The Rapider Scout Vehicle +++

+++ To the Visum Geata Adeptus Mechanicus  +++

General Garnif has long expressed a need have the artillery keep up speed with the new troop carriers. With the production of the new Masiffs running smoothly we could continue with the work of finding a vehicle possible to convert to artillery tractor. Starting by inventory the agriculture tractor production around Hive Agnebergus we found a promising base vehicle to develop. An transport tractor commonly used on the planet. It is propelled by four large wheels. First plans was to replace the wheels with tracks but field test showed that just increasing the size with another half meter gave adequate field performance and a superior road performance to a tracked version. This had the advantage that the tractor could move with considerable speed making it not only useful as tow-vehicle for light artillery but also useful as scout vehicle and transport vehicle for special operation troops.

I supply the data for the construction to be stored in the library.

+++ START NDSTC TRANSFER +++

++ NAME + RAPIDER SCOUT VEHICLE ++
++ TOP SPEED ROAD + 40 kph ++
++ CRUISING SPEED ROAD + 29 kph ++
++ TOP SPEED OFF ROAD + 32 kph  ++
++ CRUISING SPEED OFF ROAD + 26 kph ++
++ PROPULSION + 1 STEAM ENGINE ++
++ CAPACITY + 5 soldiers and a light mortar on tow ++
++ ARMOUR + SIDES AND FRONT 5 CM, TOP AND BOTTOM 3 CM +
++ ARMAMENT + 1 HEAVY STUBBER ++
++ LENGTH + 5,8 M ++ 
++ WIDTH + 3,1 M ++
++ HEIGHT + 2,1 M ++
++ WEIGHT + 4,5 TONNES ++
+++ END NDSTC TRANSFER +++

+++ 867.994.M41 Artisan Bonde, Visum Geata Mechanicus +++