DCMS Weapon Carrier Company - Circa 4th Succession War

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The venerable weapons carrier platform is one of the most beloved systems in Battletech - and frankly one of the most realistic.  In a game filled with over-gunned systems the weapon carrier is a simple design - a tracked chassis designed to slowly grind as much of a single weapon type into range as possible.  As a dedicated support platform it can't be beat.  

This is a DCMS weapons company sporting a platoon each of LRM, SRM and A/C carrier models.  The LRM and SRM are the new Catalyst game labs models which are outstanding representations.  There are a lot of really good 3d prints out there as well, but I had these on hand and no other specific use for them so I put them into the DCMS regiment - in this case a the last company of a medium armor battalion of the 3rd Luthien Guards.  Note the custom 3rd Luthien Guards logo.

The A/C carrier is from Locust Labs and probably the most aesthetically pleasing takes on the A/C carrier model.  I had originally printed a platoon of another design - basically gun barrels extruding from a LRM turret - which looks good but when I found the Locust Labs version I fell in love with its simplicity.

This fills out another Battalion of the 3rd Luthien Guards - I will post the custom logos I have made for these supporting units in a later post - with the goal now to do a one more battalion and a headquarters company to round out my first DCMS armor regiment... yes I said first; because I have a problem when it comes to support units.









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