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The Inner Sphere's Thumper Artillery Piece is the smallest conventional artillery piece in MW:LL. While it can be used as Field Artillery weapon, the Thumper is perhaps best known for its use as a direct firing main gun.
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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Thumper, a direct fire artillery piece. The unit must be anchored down to fire like a MobileLongTom, but it can scoot about much more readily when undeployed, and can change states very quickly. Mastering the Thumper takes time as it lacks the Long Tom's targeting computer, but the rapid rate of fire and nigh-infinite range allow it to repeatedly blast approaching enemies. The cannon can also be used at point blank, though its sustained damage-per-second is fairly mediocre.
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Using the '''Thumper''' as an ''[[Indirect Fire|indirect]]'' artillery piece can be challenging as it lacks the [[Long Tom|Long Tom's]] targeting computer, and the shell explosion radius is smaller compared to the Long Tom counterpart.
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Thumper projectiles arc toward there intended target so lining up your cross hairs on the target may cause the shell to drop short, in which case you'll have to aim above the target in-order for the shell to strike. The amount of arc is trial and error but with a little practice one can become proficient at devastating the enemy in a couple of shots, at the least you will remove much of their armor causing them to retreat. Thus taking them out of the fight and reducing their CBills having to repair and possibly keeping them from moving up to a larger variant.
  
 
==Weapon Stats==
 
==Weapon Stats==
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All stats are current as of release 0.9.1.
 
  
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Max Range''' <!-- calculated and/or approximated max range to cause damage -->
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! '''Ammo/ton'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Dmg Drop<br>Range'''
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! '''Heat'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Dmg Drop<br>/m'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 80px" | '''Hit Damage<wbr/>/Shot''' <!-- Shot is the minimum amount of ammo/beams one can shoot-->
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! style="width: 6%" | '''[[Damage types|Damage Type]]'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 80px" | '''Splash Damage<wbr/>/Shot''' <!-- Shot is the minimum amount of ammo/beams one can shoot-->
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! '''Splash Radius'''
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! class="unsortable" style="width: 100px; padding: 5px;" | '''[[Damage types|Damage<br>Type]]'''
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! '''Shots/min'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 100px" | '''Splash Radius'''
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! '''Mech Damage/sec'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 80px" | '''Shots<br>/min''' <!-- Shot cycles per minute more accurately. (Max rpm for rapid fire weapons) -->
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! '''Heat/sec'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Sustained<br>[[DPS]]''' <!-- average sustainable max DPS against assets (mechs,tanks,hovers,asf,vtol)-->
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! '''Ammo Cost/ton'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Speed<br>(m/s)'''
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! '''Max Damage/ton Ammo'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''[[Heat]]<br>/Shot'''
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! class="unsortable" | '''Notes'''
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Ammo<br>/ton''' <!-- Half ton ammo treated as one ton -->
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width: 70px" | '''Ammo cost<br>/ton'''
 
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! data-sort-value="1" | '''Thumper (Rommel)'''
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| Weapon
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| rowspan="2" | 13900m
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| Listed Range
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| rowspan="3" | ---
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| Max Range
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| rowspan="3" | ---
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| Ammo/ton
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| rowspan="3" Data-sort-value="1000" | 1000
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| Heat
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| rowspan="3" Data-sort-value="1000" | 1000
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| Damage
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| rowspan="3" | Energy
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| Damage Type
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| rowspan="3" | 10m
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| Splash Radius
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| 9
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| Shots/min
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| 316
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| Mech Damage/sec
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| rowspan="2" | 700
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| Heat/sec
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| rowspan="2" | 200
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| Ammo Cost/ton
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| rowspan="3" | 8
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| Max Damage/ton Ammo
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| rowspan="3" | 2400
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| Notes
 
 
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| Thumper Artillery
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! data-sort-value="2" | '''Thumper (Behemoth)'''
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| 3000m
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| rowspan="2" | 6
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| 11000m
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| rowspan="2" | 210
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| 15
 
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| 200
 
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| 1000
 
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| Energy
 
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| 10m
 
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| 10
 
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| 166.67
 
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| 33.33
 
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| 2400
 
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| 15000
 
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| ---
 
 
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! data-sort-value="3" | '''Snub-Nose Thumper'''
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| 1120m
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| 350
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| 250
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==Gameplay & Hints==
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===Thumper (Rommel Tank)===
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*The [[Rommel#Variant A - "Howitzer"| Rommel]] needs to be at a complete stop and then must be [[Crouch/Deploy|deployed]] using ''(Left CTRL - Deploy/Un-Deploy)'' in order to fire.
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This weapon can inflict massive amounts of damage on the target and its immediate surroundings and it doesn't require a great gunner due to the splash damage radius.
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Note: [[MWLL_Basics_Guide#Common_problems|Suspension Kick]] doesn't work unless the Thumper Rommel is deployed.
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===Snub-Nose Thumper (Marauder A) and (Schrek G)===
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*The [[Marauder#Variant_A|Magnum]] mounts the Artillery piece in a Dorsal Fin configuration and shares similar attributes of the Thumper minus the anchoring criteria of the Rommel. It has a slower fire rate and shell velocity as well.
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When mounted on BattleMechs it provides artillery support at much closer ranges than its cousin. The Thumper Artillery Cannon fires a shell at an enemy location like an autocannon. Unlike an autocannon, the artillery cannon's targeted location isn't an enemy unit but a physical location (hill, tree, etc) due to it's high parabolic arc.
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*Although not as highly mounted as on the Marauder, the [[Schrek#Variant G - "KV-2813"|KV-2813]] carries an identical Thumper Artillery Cannon.
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Artillery is the use of war devices that can far exceed the range of conventional personal and BattleMech weapons, and is primarily used to support an additional force. Due to the highly explosive nature of artillery, most artillery weapons cause not only substantial primary damage, but also secondary damage to adjacent areas, that is to say Mass Bombardment.
  
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==History==
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Smub-Nose variant was added to the game in release 0.11.3
  
 
==Canon==
 
==Canon==
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Thumper was created by Brooks Incorporated as a cheap knockoff of the SLDF's Thor Artillery Vehicle. The vehicle was mass produced and sold to the Successor States from 2735 to 3046. Sales of the vehicle fell off in the years following the Fourth Succession War.
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The Thumper Artillery Piece is the smallest conventional artillery piece with an effective range of 10.5 kilometers. While an effective Field Artillery weapon, the Thumper is perhaps best known for its use as the main gun on the SLDF's Thor Artillery Vehicle, as well as the Thor's knock-off the Thumper. It is later mounted on the Danai Support Vehicle and a variant of the Padilla Artillery Tank, as well as the Cloud Ten Airship Carrier and Schwerer Gustav FrankenMech.  
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The vehicle was put into production again and refitted for modern combat during the Jihad. During this chaotic time, Brooks Inc. used the advantage of defense spending increases to begin selling its vehicle to the Word of Blake. It is suspected that Brooks conspired with the fanatical Blakists to ensure that newly revised equipment and sales would go to them. Brooks Inc attempted to sell the vehicle to other powers, including Periphery realms, however had failed in their endeavors.
 
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The current version of the vehicle is noted for its mobility, crew comfort, and electronic defenses. By the time of the Dark Age, it has become the most common mobile artillery platform used in that era.
 
  
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[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Thumper_(Combat_Vehicle) BattleTech reference]
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Date Introduced 2734 during the Era known as "Star League" (2571 - 2780) - Unit Role: Artillery Support
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[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Thumper_Artillery_Piece BattleTech reference]
  
 
==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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The following Variants equip these weapons.
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The following Inner Sphere assets equip Thumpers:
  
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! Thumper Artillery
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! class="unfilterable" style="width: 150px; left:0; z-index:99999" | '''Asset'''
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* [[Rommel]]
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! class="unfilterable" style="width: 60px;" |'''Thumper'''
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! class="unfilterable" style="width: 60px;" |'''Snub&#8209;Nose Thumper'''
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![[Marauder|Marauder A ]]
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||Mech||IS||75||||1
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![[Rommel|Rommel A ]]
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||Vehicle||IS||65||1||
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![[Schrek|Schrek G]]
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||Vehicle||IS||80||||1
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![[Behemoth|Behemoth E ]]
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||Vehicle||IS||100||1||
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==See Also==
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*[[Long Tom Artillery]]
 
  
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<br>{{Navbox Weapons}}
 
  
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{{Navbox Weapons}}
 
[[Category:Lists]]
 
[[Category:Lists]]
 
[[Category:Ballistic Weapons]]
 
[[Category:Ballistic Weapons]]

Latest revision as of 21:56, 7 January 2024

The Inner Sphere's Thumper Artillery Piece is the smallest conventional artillery piece in MW:LL. While it can be used as Field Artillery weapon, the Thumper is perhaps best known for its use as a direct firing main gun.

Overview

Using the Thumper as an indirect artillery piece can be challenging as it lacks the Long Tom's targeting computer, and the shell explosion radius is smaller compared to the Long Tom counterpart.

Thumper projectiles arc toward there intended target so lining up your cross hairs on the target may cause the shell to drop short, in which case you'll have to aim above the target in-order for the shell to strike. The amount of arc is trial and error but with a little practice one can become proficient at devastating the enemy in a couple of shots, at the least you will remove much of their armor causing them to retreat. Thus taking them out of the fight and reducing their CBills having to repair and possibly keeping them from moving up to a larger variant.

Weapon Stats

Weapon Max Range Dmg Drop
Range 		Dmg Drop
/m 		Hit Damage/Shot Splash Damage/Shot Damage
Type 		Splash Radius Shots
/min 		Sustained
DPS 		Speed
(m/s) 		Heat
/Shot 		Ammo
/ton 		Ammo cost
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Thumper (Rommel) 13900m --- --- 1000 1000 Energy 10m 9 316 700 200 8 2400
Thumper (Behemoth) 6 210
Snub-Nose Thumper 1120m 350 250
All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

Thumper (Rommel Tank)

  • The Rommel needs to be at a complete stop and then must be deployed using (Left CTRL - Deploy/Un-Deploy) in order to fire.

This weapon can inflict massive amounts of damage on the target and its immediate surroundings and it doesn't require a great gunner due to the splash damage radius.

Note: Suspension Kick doesn't work unless the Thumper Rommel is deployed.

Snub-Nose Thumper (Marauder A) and (Schrek G)

  • The Magnum mounts the Artillery piece in a Dorsal Fin configuration and shares similar attributes of the Thumper minus the anchoring criteria of the Rommel. It has a slower fire rate and shell velocity as well.

When mounted on BattleMechs it provides artillery support at much closer ranges than its cousin. The Thumper Artillery Cannon fires a shell at an enemy location like an autocannon. Unlike an autocannon, the artillery cannon's targeted location isn't an enemy unit but a physical location (hill, tree, etc) due to it's high parabolic arc.

  • Although not as highly mounted as on the Marauder, the KV-2813 carries an identical Thumper Artillery Cannon.


Artillery is the use of war devices that can far exceed the range of conventional personal and BattleMech weapons, and is primarily used to support an additional force. Due to the highly explosive nature of artillery, most artillery weapons cause not only substantial primary damage, but also secondary damage to adjacent areas, that is to say Mass Bombardment.

History

Smub-Nose variant was added to the game in release 0.11.3

Canon

The Thumper Artillery Piece is the smallest conventional artillery piece with an effective range of 10.5 kilometers. While an effective Field Artillery weapon, the Thumper is perhaps best known for its use as the main gun on the SLDF's Thor Artillery Vehicle, as well as the Thor's knock-off the Thumper. It is later mounted on the Danai Support Vehicle and a variant of the Padilla Artillery Tank, as well as the Cloud Ten Airship Carrier and Schwerer Gustav FrankenMech.

Date Introduced 2734 during the Era known as "Star League" (2571 - 2780) - Unit Role: Artillery Support

BattleTech reference

Usage

The following Inner Sphere assets equip Thumpers:


Asset Type Faction Tons Thumper Snub‑Nose Thumper
Marauder A Mech IS 75 1
Rommel A Vehicle IS 65 1
Schrek G Vehicle IS 80 1
Behemoth E Vehicle IS 100 1
All stats are current as of release 0.14.10



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