Editing Warhammer (BattleTech) (section)

==Overview==
The Warhammer was rolled out in 2515 by StarCorps Industries with the intent of the 'Mech being an absolute menace to other 'Mechs of the same or lower weight class. It achieved this using [[Dakka|balls-to-the-wall firepower]] while making itself hard to kill by being relatively heavy-armored. Needless to say, it did its job and went on to practically define its weight class. Back in the heyday of the [[Star League]], it was both a mainstay of their Defense Force and one of the 'Mechs selected for the Gunslinger Program.

After the collapse of the League brought everything to shit due to the Succession Wars, the Warhammer remained a mainstay since the factories to make it were still prevalent across the [[Inner Sphere]], though the rate of production was a shadow of what it once was. This also saved the design from having its original specs become [[LosTech]] like several other 'Mechs, though some of its League-era variants would meet that fate. Eventually, the Helm Memory Core would allow the Warhammer to regain its former glory, especially after the [[Clan Invasion]] made StarCorps get off their asses and start producing significant numbers of the 'Mech again, this time making variants for each of the major [[Inner Sphere|Successor States]].

Of course, the 'Mech is also found in the Periphery, with some Periphery powers making their own variants of the 'Mech. And [[The Clans]] get their own lineage in the form of IIC variants, based on OG Warhammers brought with them during Kerensky's Exodus and going up a weight class.