Industrial armor

Industrial armor, also called IndustrialMech armor, was introduced in 2439 by the Terran Hegemony. Like their military cousins, IndustrialMechs mount armor in sheets weighing a full ton or half ton. Unlike BattleMechs, IndustrialMechs are not usually designed for combat, and may have been built with armor that has a Barrier Armor Rating of less than 10. IndustrialMechs can only mount a few armor types, none of them advanced.


 * Heavy Industrial armor is functionally the same as BattleMech armor, with a stated BAR of 10.
 * Industrial armor also has a BAR of 10, but only offers 67% points per ton that Heavy Industrial armor does. Industrial armor is very similar to Primitive Armor used by the first BattleMechs.
 * Commercial armor offers 50% more protection per ton of weight, but only has a BAR of 5.