【RA3】珍爱生命，远离跳蚤跳——镰刀设定&语音

设计用途：
反步兵步行机甲
制造方：
卡兹米诺夫（Kazminov）设计局
原产国：
苏联
量产方：
苏联战争工厂
关键特征：

• PKX 12.7mm重机枪x3

• 可旋转的密封球形驾驶舱x3

• 增压式高脚悬架

• 防止内部起火的密闭式弹药舱

• AM收音闹钟

历史资料：
   最初设计作为警用载具，用于镇压附属共和国内如火如荼的起义浪潮，苏联KDB-5镰刀由四条耐用的钢质高脚以及三个铰接式炮架，这些结实的部件组装在一起。镰刀特别适合在城市地带行动，能出色地控制暴动人群。其能力远超预期，成为了苏联机械化装甲师中的一支中坚力量，卡兹米诺夫设计局凭借此作品成为了苏联军火的主要供应商。

    镰刀的蜘蛛造型令人印象深刻 (很显然是在致敬近十年前Sversky机器人公司所制、臭名昭著的远程遥控斥候恐怖机器人)，迅速遏制了一些地区的犯罪活动。不过，镰刀间或也可能刺激到那些忘恩负义、早已想造反的人，引发全面的暴动和巷战。几次这样的事件之后，苏联军方才注意到镰刀能以快得惊人的速度隔开数量众多的反叛人群，不管里面是些是男人、女人还是小孩子（嘲弄镰刀玩的他们是多么愚蠢啊！）。镰刀的纺锤型体有些纤细，但事实证明它并不失稳定性和机动能力，3挺机关枪能打得敌人满地找牙。
    军用镰刀更为坚固，更结实的腿部设计允许整台机甲进行较长距离的跳跃，所以没有什么可以阻碍它的行进，无论是设置的路障还是拥堵的十字路口。在设计时，技能“跳蚤跳”仅仅只是为了获取战术上的各种优势而已，但苏联当局已经承认，镰刀机枪手们已经将跳跃当成了一种消遣，还越来越沉迷其中。战场上的所有镰刀机甲都已经被硬性编码，严格限制了进行跳跃的频率，不过即便如此，军事法庭上依然有针对此项的适当刑罚措施。

    虽然镰刀有着爱国主义的响亮名号和卫国战争的军事目的，但还是有人对心存担忧。一些采访会谈和仍在进行着的心理学数据收集分析证明，镰刀机枪手们——标准配置是每台机甲三个，他们以前都还是精神正常的青年士兵——比起普通的苏联动员兵，变成施虐狂、暴力狂以及蔑视当局的可能性要高出整整两倍。这也许解释了为什么镰刀机枪手的平均寿命不过才31.8岁。看起来，即便反复为他们播放安全影像，也不能避免这些镰刀机枪手继续做出愚蠢的暴力或自残行径。无论如何，苏联将继续在军事行动中大规模使用镰刀，而苏联的公民们也源源不绝地自愿参军，只为了能坐进镰刀的驾驶舱内。

战场笔记

通过战地侦察，已获悉镰刀至少具有以下几个特征：

• 火力覆盖——每一台镰刀机体都搭载有三门重机枪，每门可以覆盖周围130度的弧形火力范围。即便是在移动过程中也可以攻击多个目标，但不能三挺同时对着一个目标火力全开。

• 对空不能——虽说镰刀有着独一无二的能力，即可以对它周围任意方向开火，可由于它们的炮台垂直转动幅度有限，射击敌方空军还是做不到的。至于说KDB是故意这样设计来限制镰刀的表现，以确保镰刀和KDB-2牛蛙都能收到大笔订单的推测，那当然是胡说八道。

• 跳蚤飞跃——事实证明，“跳蚤跳”是一种极为有效的军事侦察手段，比方说，镰刀借此可以跳上其他单位无法到达的高地。一些镰刀机枪手也会跳到敌方步兵师团的头顶上去。即使敌军能从跳击下存活，镰刀也会转动着炮台，轻松地收割掉他们。

• 物美价廉”——KDB用不怎么昂贵的合金来打造镰刀，因而镰刀的价格相当可观，足以在现代战争中大量使用。一场令人失望的冰球比赛结束后，不满的观众爆发的轻武器交火几乎损伤不了镰刀的护甲，不过和反坦克武器的小规模交火则已经是镰刀护甲所能承受的极限了。

Manufacturer: Kazminov Design Bureau

National Origin: U.S.S.R.

Mass-Produced at: Soviet War FactoryKey Features:

» Three PKX 12.7 mm heavy machine guns

» Three sealed swivel-ball canopies

» Pressurized stilt-leg suspension

» Sealed ammo hold prevents internal fires

» AM clock-radio 

history

Originally designed as a police vehicle for use in fringe-republics noted for their "heightened" risk of revolt, the Soviet Union's KDB-5 Sickle has a compact form factor, four durable steel stilt-legs, and three articulated gunnery positions that make it ideal for urban operations and crowd control. It exceeded expectations in its original role, becoming a mainstay in Soviet mechanized armor divisions while escalating the Ukraine's Kazminov Design Bureau to the upper echelons of the Soviet Union's weapons manufacturers.

Three hundred and sixty degrees of firepower, in addition to an exotic form factor, make the KDB-9 Sickle one of the more popular Soviet military vehicles in use today.

The Sickle's dramatic spiderlike shape--clearly a response to Sversky Robot Works' infamous "Terror Drone" remote-operated military scout created almost a decade prior--quickly deterred crime in some areas. However, occasionally the Sickle had the opposite effect, provoking an already-disrespectful and ungrateful populace into full-on riots and street fighting. It was through several of these incidents that the Soviet military took notice of the vehicle, for it managed to cut down a staggering number of traitorous men, women, and children in record time. (How foolish they were to poke fun at the Sickle!) In spite of the spindly look of the vehicle, it proved stable and fast enough to allow its three machine gunners a near-perfect vantage point for silencing enemy combatants.

The militarized version of the Sickle features a much sturdier, reinforced leg design that allows the entire vehicle to leap long distances, sending it clear over obstacles such as roadblocks or traffic intersections. The maneuver was intended only to provide these types of tactical advantages, though Soviet authorities have conceded that the Sickle's ability to "flea jump", as Sickle gunners affectionately refer to the technique, has increasingly been used for recreational purposes. Appropriate punishment is still being vetted in military courts, though for now, all Sickles in the field have been hard-coded with a strict limit on how frequently the jump maneuver may be used.

Shown here is an earlier model whose flank gunnery positions were vulnerable to return fire. In addition to its omni-directional weaponry, the Sickle's ability to leap long distances make it as unpredictable as it is effective.

Some concerns abound about the Sickle, despite its patriotic name and purpose. From interviews and ongoing psychological profiling, it is becoming Apparent that Sickle gunners--typically three once-normal young men per vehicle--are fully twice as prone to acts of sadism, excess, or disregard for authority than the average Soviet conscript. This perhaps explains that the average life expectancy of Sickle gunners is but 31.8 years. In spite of repeated safety video screenings, operators of these vehicles seem unable to help themselves from engaging in senseless acts of violence or self-endangerment. At any rate, the Soviet Union continues to use Sickles extensively as part of its military operations, and citizens continue to volunteer by the throng for a chance to drive one.

notes

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Sickle:

• Fully covered -- Each Sickle has three heavy machine guns, each covering a 130-degree firing arc around the vehicle. Sickles may effectively fire while moving and can engage multiple independent targets, but cannot bring their full force to bear on any one target.

• Cannot attack aircraft -- While Sickles have an unparalleled ability to attack in any direction around them, their turrets cannot swivel vertically far enough to engage enemy aircraft. Speculation that KDB purposely designed this limitation to ensure that both its Sickles and its KDB-2 Bullfrogs get purchased in bulk is patently false.

• Flea-jumping -- The "flea jump" has proven to be extremely useful for reconnaissance purposes, as Sickles may leap right up onto plateaus unreachable on foot, for example. Some Sickle gunners have even been known to literally jump right on top of enemy infantry divisions. Should the enemies receiving this attack survive, Sickles wind up poised to finish them easily.

• Cost-effective -- KDB uses an inexpensive alloy to keep Sickle costs very reasonable, which makes this unit plentiful in modern battles. While the Sickle's armor can all but shrug off the sort of small-arms fire that might erupt after a disAppointing ice hockey contest, it cannot withstand much more than a brush with anti-tank weaponry.