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The (IS) Thumper Artillery Piece is the smallest conventional artillery piece with an effective range of 11.0 kilometers. While an effective Field Artillery weapon, the Thumper is perhaps best known for its use as the main gun.
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The (IS) 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==
Thumper, a direct fire artillery piece. The unit must be anchored down ''(Left CTRL - Deploy/Un-Deploy)'' 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 indirect artillery piece can be challenging as it lacks the [[Long Tom]]'s targeting computer, and the shell explosion radius is fairly small compared to the Long Tom counterpart.
  
Artillery 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.
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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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==Gameplay & Hints==
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===Thumper===
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*The [[Rommel#Variant A | unit]] must be anchored down ''(Left CTRL - Deploy/Un-Deploy)'' to fire
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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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==See Also==
 
*[[Long Tom Artillery]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:03, 11 January 2020

The (IS) 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 indirect artillery piece can be challenging as it lacks the Long Tom's targeting computer, and the shell explosion radius is fairly small 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
/ton
Thumper 13900m --- --- 1000 1000 Energy 10m 9 316 700 200 8 2400
Snub-Nose Thumper 970m 6 210 300 250
All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

Thumper

  • The unit must be anchored down (Left CTRL - Deploy/Un-Deploy) to fire

History

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

Canon

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. 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. 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.

BattleTech reference

Usage

The following Inner Sphere assets equip Thumpers:

Thumper Snub-Nose Thumper