Alor of Clan Gred, Mando'ad'jetii
- Intent: Create a TD/SPA vehicle for the Mandalorians.
- Image Source: From here
- Canon Link: N/A
- Primary Source: HA-1 Beskad, HA-2 Pike, T-1 Slugger Tank
- Manufacturer: Concord Specialized Technologies
- Affiliation: Mandalorian Union, Silver Jedi Order
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: A-1 Frontline TD/SPA
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Duraplast
- Classification: Tank
- Role: Tank Destroyer, Artillery, Assault Gun, Airdrop Armored Vehicle
- Size: Average
- Weight: Heavy
- Minimum Crew: 1 Commander, 1 Gunner, 1 Driver
- Optimal Crew: 1 Commander, 2 Gunners, 1 Driver
- Propulsion: Tracks
- Speed: Slow
- Maneuverability: High
- Armaments: Very High (PC-4 Jair "Shriek" Particle Cannon)
- Defenses: High (Duraplast, Durasteel, and Duraplast/Durasteel alloy armor, light shielding, Duraplast/Durasteel alloy tracks)
- Passenger Capacity: None, possibly one if absolutely needed
- Cargo Capacity: Very Small
Airdrop Vehicle: Designed specifically the operate with the HA-1 Beskad, while now working with the HA-2 Pike, the Frontline is designed with quick drops in mind. Her suspension is capable of taking heavy falls, and her tracks are durable enough to not snap during these drops.
Dual Firing Modes: The PC-4 possess two different firing mods. The first mode fires a lower damaging particle bolt as high speeds, with the speed giving it a low drop rate in a gravity field. It is also good at punching through armor. The second firing mode fires a slower bolt, with a much quicker drop, but the bolt itself possesses much more explosive power, but loses out on penetration.
Strengths:
- Multiple firing mode cannon.
- On contact explosive bolt of cannon.
- Airdrop vehicle.
- High turn rate.
- Low lying profile.
- Fairly slow.
- Limited cannon traverse angle.
- Tracks can be broken by cannons.
Designed by Concord Specialized Technologies as a way to support troops when dropped behind enemy lines, the A-1 Frontline is a tank destroyer/self propelled artillery hybrid, occasionally referred to as an assault gun by troops, built around the versatile PC-4 Jair particle cannon. While definitely and odd step for a company famous for starships, weapon systems, and droids, the frontline was seen as a way to fill a gap occasionally missing from Mandalorian lines. An armored vehicle that could be delivered via gunship. While the Frontline couldn't mount its cannon on a turret, it's double role as a TD/SPA does not necessarily require one, and the ability to bring a larger cannon to bare could be seen as its main advantage. Combined with its low profile, this armored vehicle is clearly well suited for being hard to spot, and will use it to send a particle bolt into the enemy before that can fire back.
After its initial production, with Mandalore being strip mined, the few operational Frontlines' Beskar component were removed and replaced using Duraplast.
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