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VR-102 Viper Veritech Armored Cyclone                       

I. Dimensions:

II. Type:

• Design: Robotech Research and Development and BMW
• Builders: BMW
• One man motorcycle, two-form veritech high-mobility power armor, special forces version.

III. Service History:

• Served with RDF Special Space Service from 2055 and is still in service.

IV. Performance:

• Speed, Motorcycle mode : 342kph max., 128kph typical cruising speed
• Speed, Battloid (running): 116 kph.
• Speed, Battloid (flying) : 288 kph at up to 500m, hover at 22.6m
• Max Output: 199hp / 18000rpm
• Fusion supply : 100 hours operational use, on one standard fusion cell.

V. Electronics

• Avionica GN/VR-42 short range millimeter radar (10 km range).
• Phillips GN/DOS-3600 Miniview UV, IIR and optical sight system with light intensifier and computer enhancement.
• Harris CT-23 computer targeting system with stereoscopic laser targeting and HUD in Battloid mode.
• Short range radio.

VI. Personal Armor:

• To use the VR-102 Viper, the pilot must be wearing a suit of PPAS-1 Bubblegum Personal Power Armor Suit, to which the Cyclone attaches in Battloid mode. 

VII. Armament:

Internal:

• 2 x GR-112 mini-missile launcher:  The main weapon of older cyclones has remained mostly unchanged in the newer models. The launchers are mounted side by side in breast plate and in front of drivers seat in motorcycle mode.  Both launchers hold 12 IM-07 Black Widow Infantry Missiles for a total of 24 missiles.
• 2 x Smith & Wesson 35mm autocannons: The VR-102 mounts a pair of concealed autocannons in the wrists of the mecha.  They are concealed behind armor plates when not firing and are mounted on either side of the front wheel in motorcycle mode.  Each cannon has 40 rounds of ammunition each and cannot be reloaded in the field.
• 1 x Krupp PBC-20 particle beam cannon: Fires 60 MJ of particle energy up to 14 times/minute with great accuracy to long ranges. Can also discharge at half-intensity but at double the normal rate of fire. The cannon is arm mounted and have a large field of fire. Drawing power from the mecha's power system, the particle beam has effectively unlimited ammunition.  The cannon is mounted in a hand held unit.

VIII. Armor:

The armor of the Viper is composed of an advanced lunarium alloy. The armor on the Viper stops all small arms fire, provides good protection against heavier infantry weapons, such as a 12.7mm machinegun round, and to light mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Zentraedi 22.3mm HE autocannon round. Vulnerable areas of the pilot are part of the upper arms, which are unarmored. The thighs and helmet are not protected by the Cyclone, but are covered by the power suit. Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection is limited to that provided by the power armor suit.

IX. Development:

Layout adapted from Robotech Reference Guide

Content by Jeffrey R. Spillner
Copyright © 2000, 1999, 1998 Jeffrey R. Spillner

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