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Old 04-01-2020, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
From a brief look at the Wiki page and checking the info given by Raellus, I would tentatively say that Razorback probably has a lower cargo capacity due to the ancillary systems installed e.g. the weapons mount, the C4ISR gear and so on.
I'm of the understanding that the payload capacity listed on Wiki is before such systems are installed. I seems that because there's so many sub-configurations of the three main variants that nobody has (unsurprisingly) listed the different weights with all the different equipment load-outs.
Even still, 500 kg seems light unless the vehicle is up-armored and carrying a heavy weapon, and the vehicle weight is also very light. It's quoted in the stat block as 3 tons, but the GVW is 10,266 kilograms, with a payload of 2,318 kg for the two-door (Combat Support Vehicle) and 1,590 kg for the four-door (Combat Tactical Vehicle). That GVW is with a load, since the curb weight for a bare-bones vehicle is supposed to be 6,400 kilograms, but the vehicle's certainly not 3 tons, and if it's in a 6.5 ton configuration, the payload should be at least triple.

There are four variants - the CTV comes in General Purpose, Heavy Guns Carrier, and Close Combat Weapons Carrier, while the CSV is a Utility vehicle that can carry a shelter (the Shelter is sometimes mentioned as a fifth variant, but that just seems to be kit that the Utility can have). Only three vehicle platforms exist, because the Heavy Guns Carrier is a package configuration for the General Purpose vehicle. As an M1278, the Razorback is a CTV, General Purpose vehicle platform, Heavy Guns mission package.

The base vehicle is defined as having an A-kit armor package, while a B-kit of modular armor can be added, as well as an anti-RPG cage. They can use various turrets and remote weapon stations, with possible payloads including (but not limited to) M240 or M2 machine guns, the M230 30mm chain gun, TOW missile launchers, and Mk 19 grenade launchers (I'm sure other weapons can also be fitted, but those are the ones I've either seen pictures of or seen mentioned in writings about the vehicle).

We've got beaucoup possible weights, since there are four variants that can each be bare or uparmored, might or might not have a cage, and can have different mountings with different weapons. Even when hard information starts coming out on weights, there'll need to be good detail to specify exactly how it's configured (armor package, weapons station, and weapon) or else it won't be maximally useful data.

As a spitball estimate, if the Razorback is properly up-armored and armed, it's probably close to 8 tons without cargo.
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