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[[File:VTOL Mast Mount.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Image of a VTOL Mast Mount]]

'''VTOL Mast Mount''' is an [[Technology Rating|Advanced]] piece equipment designed to  allow [[VTOL|VTOLs]] enhance its sensor abilities while allowing to protect craft from enemy fire.

== Description ==
Introduced in the [[BattleTech Eras|Pre-Spaceflight Era]], the Mast Mount is mounted on the top of a VTOL's rotors.  A VTOL using a Mast Mount can use cover, and be able to see over the cover, while protecting itself from enemy fire. Mast Mounts were generally not found on modern VTOLs due the reduced size of them as compared to their pre-spaceflight predecessors.<ref name="TOp350">''Tactical Operations'', p. 350, "VTOL Mast Mount"</ref>

== Rules ==
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=== Game Rules ===
The mast is considered one level higher than the craft it is mounted on. It is always mounted above the Rotor. This allows for VTOLs to use spotter aircraft while hovering behind buildings, hills and other obstructions.<ref name=TOp350/>  

The mast is designed to allow a VTOL to mount sensors and other nonweapon equipment (example; [[C3 computer]] systems, [[active probe]]s, [[ECM suite]]) above the main rotor. Weapons and combat equipment including [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]] & [[Narc]] cannot be placed in the Mast.<ref name="TOp350"/>

The equipment placed in a mast mount is considered to be mounted in the rotor itself versus in the aircraft. However, the mast is not considered an actual location. The destruction of the rotors will result in the destruction of the mast mount and all equipment placed in it.<ref name="TOp350"/>
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]'' 


[[Category:Equipment|VTOL Mast Mount]]
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