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APC ''Hippalectryon''

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The Hippalectryon is an amphibious APC (Armoured Personnal Carrier) used for different kind of missions : tank combat, vehicle towing, search and rescue, ... It has a 120mm cannon mounted on the turret, a 12.7mm coaxial machine gun, and a minigun turret used for anti-personnal or anti-air defense.

The 120mm cannon has a stabilizer, helping maintaining aim at a target while moving. It has an effective range of about 4 kilometers. It takes more or less 6 seconds to reload it, which means that you can fire around 10 rounds in a minutes. Speaking of rounds, you only have 30 shells, so make them count.

The crew of this APC is composed of 4 persons minimum : the driver, the turret operator, the tank commander and the spotter, who is also the mechanic.

Actions Groups :
AG-1 : engines
AG-2 : 120 cannon and coaxial gun
AG-3 : minigun turret
AG-4 : stabilizer (you might wanna use it when firing on a distant target ; it help reducing the recoil, and maintaining aim)
AG-5 : towing magnet
Throttle : towing cable

Recommended road maximum speed : 130km/h
Recommended all-terrain maximum speed : 80km/h
Maximum water speed : 40km/h

Be careful, you may have difficulties if you try to go at an angle higher than 10 degrees...

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 12.5ft (3.8m)
  • Length 35.8ft (10.9m)
  • Height 14.5ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 14,568lbs (6,608kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,800lbs (7,620kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.1
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.059
  • Wing Loading 2,138.0lbs/ft2 (10,438.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 7.9ft2 (0.7m2)
  • Drag Points 9796

Parts

  • Number of Parts 285
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,094