[Steam-Punk] British War Cart

[Phaelen Bleux]

http://www.freewebs.com/steamnoir/landvehicles.htm (the inspiration. . .this will be showing up in my Pyrates campaign soon!)

British War Cart 1855 (TL5)

The cart has a crew of five: 2 loaders for each 4-pdr cannon, and a driver (who also operates the 1-pdr swivel gun). The cart carries enough coal for 20 hours of steam production.

Subassemblies: Body +3, 5 Heavy Wheels +0.
Powertrain: 0.5-kW Early Steam engine with 0.5-kW Wheeled drivetrain.
Fuel: 1 cf coal.
Occupancy: 5 XNCS.
Cargo: 0 cf.

Armor
Body: 2/2W
Wheels: 3/5

Weaponry:
2x 4-pdr Cannons [Body:F,B] (5 rounds each).
50mm Swivel Gun [Body:T] (10 rounds).

Equipment:
Body: Lantern, shovel.

Statistics:
Size: 16'x4'x2' Payload: 0.6 tons Lwt.: 2.77 tons
Volume: 132 cf. Maint.: 159 hours Price: $12,341

HT: 12. HPs: 207 Body, 28 each Wheel.

gSpeed: 5 gAccel: 0.3 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.75 gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Very High. 1/8 Off-Road speed.

Design Notes:
Body is 110 cf; wheels are 22 cf. Structure is Medium, Standard. Armor is standard wood for the Body and standard metal for the wheels. Mechanical controls. Empty weight is 4,397 lbs. The lantern is considered "free" as a pseudo-headlight (p. VE27).