Where's the Long Tom?

[DarkFenix]

We have indirect LRMs, now where's my indirect fire boomstick that hits like an AC/20? I checked the wiki, it's within time frame, I need my giant boomstick, how else am I going to massively overcompensate?

[Wantoomany]

You didnt read enough of the wiki. Especially the part where the weapon is so large it needs to be mounted on a multi-car train or heavy carriage.

[DarkFenix]

Originally posted by Wantoomany:

You didnt read enough of the wiki. Especially the part where the weapon is so large it needs to be mounted on a multi-car train or heavy carriage.

You didn't read enough of the wiki, that's the Long Tom Artillery. Now look up the Long Tom Cannon, aka the short-barreled version designed to be mounted on mechs, aircraft, and generally things with more mobility than a brick.

[Xen]

The exact Mech would have been the Hollander. The Fortress Class Dropship had Long Tom Artillery. Along those lines, where is the Catapult with the Arrow IV battery?

[DarkFenix]

Hollander is a 3054 mech (I'd bet on seeing it eventually, it's the crazy light mech built around a gauss rifle), Arrow IV is Lostech until 3044.

I know of no mech that packs a Long Tom on it's stock configuration, but the gun itself is within the scope of this game.

[tsengar]

Originally posted by DarkFenix:

I know of no mech that packs a Long Tom on it's stock configuration, but the gun itself is within the scope of this game.

Well, there's the Loki/Hellbringer Mk II configuration B, but that's a clan mech from 3121. I actually can't find any reference to the Long Tom cannon being used for anything other than stationary emplacements before 3077.