Editing Hollander (section)

==[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFFFyPdBEg&feature=player_detailpage#t=38s Wir sind die Hollander]==
While the Hollander was decent at what it was designed for (sniping), the Lyran Alliance commissioned a number of retreads of the design:

* The BZK-G1 replaced the Gauss Rifle with a LB-X Autocannon/10, added a pair of Medium Lasers and more armor to change it into an anti-vehicle/aircraft platform, which it was quite good at, though it sacrificed its powerful anti-'Mech capabilities that the Gauss Rifle gave it.
* The BZK-F5 (also known as the Hollander II) turned the 'Mech into a Medium weight by adding 10 tons of weight to the Hollander, alongside a Medium Laser and a Streak SRM-2. Though it fixed the problem of not having backup weapons, it still had the same problems of low speed and armor.
* The BZK-F7 gave the finger to fixing its problems, doubling down on the "big gun on a small chassis" concept by strapping on the then-new Heavy Gauss Rifle to make it even better at the things the Hollander did well. Problem is, there's a ''reason'' people usually don't put Heavy Gauss Rifles on light and medium mechs: Simply put, between recoil, light armor, and game rules, this mech is the only one in the game that has a chance of ''destroying itself'' when it fires

Eventually, the Lyran Alliance grew tired of the Hollander's problems and commissioned the Blitzkrieg instead: while a weight class higher than the Hollander it had more armor, was faster and packed a massive Ultra Autocannon/20 to deal with anything it comes across. During the era of the Jihad its armor was replaced by a lighter variant to carry a Heavy PPC, Jump Jets, a Targeting Computer and a C3 Slave Computer.

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