Bolos III: The Triumphant by Keith Laumer

None

No

Mark XII

2240

500

50

50

Heavy VLS missile system

12 laser InfRpt

Strategic

No

Mark XIII

2247

565

50-75

50-75

1 laser cannon

12 laser InfRpt

Strategic

No

Heavy VLS missile system

4 15cm BL mortars

Mark XIV

2307

728-900

60-75

60-75

1 25cm Hellbore

12 laser InfRpt

Tac/Theater

No

VLS missile system

Mark XV/B

2396

1,500

65

85

1 25cm Hellbore

14 gatling laser InfRpt

Tac/Theater

No

4 20cm howitzers

VLS missile system

Mark XV/L

1,100

89

116

none

point def/AP only

None

No

Mark XV/M

3,000

65

85

1 35cm Hellbore

16 gatling laser InfRpt

Tac/Theater

No

4 20cm howitzers

8 18cm BL mortars

VLS missile system

Mark XV/R

2626

5,000

75

95

1 50cm Hellbore

12 gatling laser InfRpt

Tactical

No

4 20cm howitzers

4 18cm BL mortars

VLS missile system

Mark XVI

2650

3,600

90

100

1 50cm Hellbore

8 ion-bolt InfRpt

Tactical

No

6 20cm BL mortars

Mark XVII

2650

6,500

75

88

1 60cm Hellbore

15 ion-bolt InfRpt

Strategic

No

6 25cm howitzers

Heavy VLS missile system

Mark XVIII

2672

10,000

70

80

1 60cm Hellbore

12 ion-bolt InfRpt

Strategic

No

6 25cm howitzers

Heavy VLS missile system

Mark XIX

2790

13,000

90

120

1 60cm Hellbore

16 ion-bolt InfRpt

Tactical

No

8 30cm BL mortars

Mark XX

2796

as Mk XIX

as Mk XIX

as Mark XIX

2 30cm Hellbores

as Mark XIX

Tactical

Limited

Mark XXI

2869

Varies

Varies

1 60cm Hellbore

16 ion-bolt InfRpt

Varies

Limited

+ varying VLS capability

4-8 30cm BL mortars

Mark XXII

2890

15,000

80

135

1 90cm Hellbore

16 ion-bolt InfRpt

Tac/Theater

Limited

VLS missile system

6-8 30cm BL mortars

Mark XXIII

2912

15,000

80

148

2 80cm Hellbores

18 ion-bolt InfRpt

Tactical

Limited

VLS missile system

6 30cm BL mortars

General Armament Notes

In addition to the weapons listed, all Bolo secondary armaments include small-caliber high-velocity projectile weapons for close-in defense and anti-personnel fire. All Bolos after Mark V also mounted multiple-shot flechette anti-personnel “clusters” with progressively heavier flechettes.

Any Bolo secondary gun with anti-armor capability was always referred to as an “infinite repeater,” although the term originally applied only to a small- to medium-caliber projectile weapon with a high rate of fire and large magazine space.

Like most of their other weapon systems, the vertical launch system missile outfits of Bolos evolved tremendously over the course of the Bolo’s design history. The original Mark III VLS consisted of only 60 non-reloadable cells, although more than one missile might be loaded per cell if they were small enough. By the time of the Mark XIX, the VLS consisted of reloadable, magazine-fed cells, and all future Bolo VLSs followed that pattern. The term “light” or “heavy” used to describe a VLS refers to (1) the number of cells (and thus salvo density) and (2) the VLS magazine capacity, not to the weight or size of missiles thrown.

The breech-loading mortars fitted to most Bolos after the Mark XIII might be considered automatic weapons, as their rate of fire averaged from 8 to 12 rounds per minute. The Mark XXXIII’s 15cm BLMs had a maximum effective range of 3,000 meters; the 40cm BLMs of the Mark XXIX and Mark XXXIII had a maximum effective range of 9.75 kilometers.

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