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{{otheruses|the bridgelayer|other uses|Prometheus}}
{{InfoBoxSupportVehicle
| image = [[File: Prometheus (Support Vehicle).jpg|191px]]
| Name = Prometheus Combat Support BridgeLayer
| Manufacturer = [[Olympus Construction Vehicles]]<ref name="TRO:3075p222">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 222: "Prometheus Combat Support BridgeLayer"</ref>
| Production Year        = 2471
| Year Reference         =<ref name="MUL1">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4872/prometheus-combat-support-bridgelayer-standard/ MUL online entry for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Bridgelayer,<br/> Combat Engineering Vehicle
| Tech Base              = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Chassis Type (Size)    = Tracked (Medium)
| Equipment Rating       = D/E-E-E/E
| Cost                   = N/A<ref name="MUL1"/>
| Introduced             = 2471
| Mass                   = 75 Tons
| Structural Integrity   = 
| Speed                  = 
| Top Speed              =
| Cruise                 = 30 km/h
| Flank                  = 50 km/h
| Power Plant            = [[Fusion engine|fusion]]
| Power Plant Type       =<!-- Optional field -->
| Fuel (Type/Range)      = Unlimited
| comsys                 = Unspecified
| T&T                    =<!-- Targeting and Tracking system Optional field -->
| Fire Control System    = [[Advanced Fire Control|Advanced]]
| Heat Sinks             = 3 [[Heat Sink|single]]
| Armament               = <span></span>
* 1x [[LRM 15]]
* 1x [[medium laser]]
| Fitted Equipment       = 2x [[heavy bridgelayer]]
| Armor                  = [[Heavy commercial armor]]
| BAR                    = [[BAR 10|10]]
| Crew = 8 (2 officers, 2 enlisted/non-rated, 4 gunners)
| BV (1.0) =
| BV (2.0) = 747<ref name="MUL1"/><ref name="TRO:3075p222"/><br>704<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War'', p. 119: "Prometheus Combat Support Bridgelayer" [''sic'']</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''Prometheus Combat Support BridgeLayer''' (also known as the '''Prometheus CSB''') is a [[Federated Suns]] combat [[support vehicle]] used to assist conventional ground vehicles in traversing tough terrain and downed bridges. The vehicle was first designed by [[Olympus Construction Vehicles]] of [[Fallon II]] in [[2471]]. The [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] were in need of a vehicle that could help its extensive conventional forces keep up with their [[BattleMech]]s' all-terrain abilities.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

Once in service, the ''Prometheus'' was put into use to overcome battlefield difficulties for the troops, such as destruction of fortifications and clearing minefields.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

==Deployment==
The AFFS deployed the vehicle with its forces during the last years of the [[Age of War]], trying to help conventional vehicles compete with the BattleMechs of the era.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

The vehicle was viewed by combatants as an inferior [[tank]], and was never targeted by either frontline forces or conventional [[infantry]].  This allowed the vehicle to remain in service despite its factory having been destroyed in the [[First Succession War]] by the [[Draconis Combine]]. A few of these even survived well into the late [[thirty-first century]].  By the [[Jihad]], demand for the vehicle had resurfaced as Federated Suns forces were rebuilding after the bloody [[FedCom Civil War]]. Production resumed with the return of Olympus as its main manufacturing company.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

All AFFS [[RCT]] formations during the Jihad had least one ''Prometheus CSB'' attached to them.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

==Weapons and Equipment==
The vehicle’s main equipment is its two side-mounted [[heavy bridgelayer]]s, one on each of the vehicle's flanks.  The bridges can each span 30-meter gaps, and are able to handle vehicles or 'Mechs up to 90 tons. The vehicle has a five-ton infantry compartment which allows it to carry a [[platoon]]’s worth of troops, typically [[combat engineer]]s.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

For the vehicle's defense, it is armed with a 15-tubed [[long range missile]] launcher mounted in its front.  Meant as a stand-off weapon only, the vehicle has only one ton of ammunition for it.  Also mounted in the front is a [[medium laser]]. These weapons are linked to an [[advanced fire control]], which enables the vehicle to fire with military precision. The Prometheus has a small five-ton cargo capacity, with a door mounted in the rear.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

The Prometheus has ten tons of BAR 10 grade armor protecting its hull from damage.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

==Notes==
The vehicle features an armored chassis and control modifications. As of this revision, there are no published record sheets for the vehicle.<ref name="TRO:3075p222"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Prometheus (Support Vehicle).jpg|Original ''Prometheus'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3075|TRO:3075]]''
</gallery>

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''

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