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I couldn't be arsed with the dot filter in the end, and the plastic was starting to complain about white spirits overdose as it was. So this'll be done.
While a kit for the AS-5E3 Leynos I don't have any interest there, so instead I've made it up as a "real world" what if. So I give you Stormkanonkyrass 431.
>With the Lüshunkou incident making ti clear that a generation shift was happening in mechs, and along with worldwide heightened tensions, the army put out a request for a new mech to replace the old Infanterikyrass 103 "Ymer", delivery ASAP. As a result few expected much more than a stopgap, but largely thanks to the newly developed SSAB-Gustavsberg composite armour becoming available Landsverk and Hägglunds-Bofors both managed to produce very solid designs, in both cases mostly held back by being somewhat sluggish since nothign more powerful than the Siemens PR3 reactor was available at the time. The Hägglunds-Bofors design won over the very cutting edge Landsverk design as it was considered a more balanced approach between technological maturity and future-proofing, and was adopted as Infanterikyrass 104 "Frej".
>Two years later the 104B was introduced. This included a few general tweaks and fixes, but most importantly made use of ASEA Atom's new Polaris 12 reactor to solve the power deficiency, the result being so good that the Kyrass 2000 project to replace the stopgap solution was seen cancelled as unnecessary.
>Of the 104 IK104 delivered, 44 were refitted to IK104B standard. The remaining were given the general upgrades, but not new power plants. Instead they were integrated with the 430mm ASEA Psk85 for use as support gun platforms, designated Stormkanonkyrass 431 "Hödr" (assault gun cuirass, 43cm gun, 1st adopted).
>All of the nicknames were unofficial. The Hödr one was due to an unfortunate accident during acceptance trials, and one which army brass and manufacturer alike was decidedly less than pleased with.
