Ferret

Description

The Ferret is an obsolete, British-built 4×4 armored car, now in service with non-British armies and paramilitary police forces worldwide. It was produced in several variants, and most are now armed with MAG MGs in a turret mount. The vehicle has a single hatch on the turret top serving both driver and commander/gunner. A few models have been fitted with ATGM launchers.

Controlling Skill

Ground Vehicle (Wheeled)

Associated Games/Campaigns

Merc: 2000 $95,000 (—/S)
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Originally Published:  2010-06-04
Last Updated:  2010-06-04
Original Concept:  Historical
Final Design: Gerry Harris 
 

 

Vehicle Statistics

Name: Ferret
TL
: 6
Type: Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle
Year: 1949
Nation: Great Britain
Price: §26,135
Size: 13.286 kiloliters displacement = 0.95 ton (SM)
Mass: 4.86 tonnes empty/5.502 tonnes loaded
Power: 0.2-MW Improved Internal Combustion
Maintenance: 2
Controls: Enhanced Mechanical
Communications:  1×Radio (30-km)-6
Sensors:  2×Headlight (0.03-km)-4
Life Support: Heat & Light
Crew: 2
Passengers: 0
Accommodations:  Driver (1×Crew Station-6); Commander/Gunner (1×Crew Station-6)
Cargo: 0.215 tonnes/0.86 kiloliters
Armament

Ammo:

Features:  None

Vehicle Performance

Speed: 122 km/hr (road)/49 km/hr (cross-country)
Travel Move: 245 km/period (road)/100 km/period (cross-country)
Combat Move: 55 m/turn (road)/25 m/turn (cross-country)
Fuel Capacity: 200-liters Hydrocarbon Distillates (HCD)
Fuel Consumption: 50 liters per hour (endurance = 4 hours)

House Rules Combat Statistics

Configuration: Turret
Suspension: Cross-Country Wheel (2) with auxiliary water propulsion

Front: 3
Side: 2
Rear: 2
Deck: 2
Belly: 2

Weapon Statistics

M240 Machinegun

. Recoil .
Round ROF Dam Pen Bulk Mag SS Burst Range
Ball-6 5 4 2-3-Nil 8 1200 180
HE-6 5 4 Nil 8 1200 140
HEAP-9 5 4 2-2-2 8 1200 140
DS-8 5 4 1-2-3 8 1200 230
Tranq-6 5 -1* Nil 8 1200 30

Striker II Statistics
Quality: Morale: Initiative:
Movement: 110 Road (—, 1, 2); 50 Cross Country (, —, 1)
Front: 3 Deck: 2 MC: III
Side: 2 Belly: 2 EDM: -3
Rear: 2 Fire Control: None
Stabilization: None
Cargo Capacity: 0.215 tonnes
Environmental: Heat & Light
Electronic Warfare: None
Ammunition: None
Maintenance Points: 2
Systems Short:

Medium:

Long:

Extreme:

Notes

Weapons

Ball-6 18: 5 (2) 36: 4 (2) 72: 2 (1) 144: 3 (Nil) None.
Sensors
Eyeballs 100 cm 200 cm 400 cm 800 cm
Headlights 3 cm 6 cm 12 cm 24 cm

Communicators

Radio (30-km)-6 30 km 60 km 120 km 240 km