Anti Missile System

Equipment Overview Anti Missile System  Tech Base: Inner Sphere  Equipment Type: Electronics  Tonnage: 0.5 tons Ammo per Ton: 1000  Critical Slots: 1

Equipment Specifications Recycle: .5 Damage: 3.5  DPS: 7 Range: 200

 

Overview

An Anti Missile System is used to destroy missiles before they strike their target. This is accomplished by using a short ranged rapid firing weapon which shoots at the missiles. Allied AMS will work together to shoot down the same missiles but will prioritize the missiles that are locked onto you.

Quick Facts

• Enemy LRM's are targeted and shot down in a 360' zone at 200 meters.
• All friendly AMS coordinate to protect ALL nearby friendly units (two 'Mechs standing near each other protect each other, 3 or 4 nearby can easily defend against large LRM volleys).
• In addition to the 1 critical slot and weight (0.5 t) of the AMS, ammunition takes 1 additional critical slot for every ton of ammunition.
• Does 2.0 damage per second to missiles.
• All missiles have 1 hitpoint, except the NARC which has 2.
• The range of the AMS is 200m.
• Works against all missiles including the LRM, SRM, SSRM, and Narc.

Theory of Operations

VS Long Range Missiles

If an LRM is moving towards you at a speed of 100m per second and you are standing still, it will take them 2 seconds to reach you once they are with in range of the AMS. In those two seconds, the AMS will fire 4 times and destroy 4 missiles. This makes no difference if four LRM 5s or a single LRM 20 is fired at you. Missiles that are fired in a series of volleys will give AMS more time to destroy more missiles. If you are running away from the LRM launcher, your AMS will have more time to destroy incoming missiles and visa versa. So if a LRM is moving at 100m / sec at and you are stationary, in a perfect world, the AMS may shoot down 4 LRMs in that volley. So 5 Allied AMS should be able to shoot down a whole LRM20 volley.

VS Short Range Missiles

Since SRMs and SSRMs move at a rate of 300m per second, the AMS system will only have one chance to fire at the incoming short range missiles and will only destroy 1 missile if you are standing still. Moving away from the SRM/SSRM launcher will possibly give your AMS system a chance to destroy 2 missiles

VS NARC

NARC missiles move at a speed of 250m per second, which means the NARC will cover the 200m range of the AMS system in less than 1 second. This means any NARC fired within range of an AMS will certainly not be destroyed.