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{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image=Thresher.jpg
|name=''Thresher''
|manufacturer=[[Manufacturing Plant DSF-51]]<ref name=TRO3058U/>
|model=THR
|production year=2849
|year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3198/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
|cost=12,862,400 C-bills
|Tech Base=Clan
|mech type=BattleMech
|mass=60
|chassis=[[DSHM Endo 2.4]]
|armor=[[Forging ZK10 Standard]]
|engine=300 [[Extralight fusion engine|extralight]]
|comsys=[[CrossBand System 20]]
|T&T=[[Dtrac Suite 1]]
|heat sinks=13 [[Double Heat Sink|double]]
|speed=86
|speed with MASC=108
|jumpjets=[[Grandthrust Mk. 3]]
|armament=
*1x [[Ultra Autocannon/10]]
*2x [[Medium Pulse Laser]]s
*2x [[SRM-6]]s
*1x [[ER Medium Laser]]
|BV (1.0)=2,043<ref name=TRO3058U/><ref>''Combat Operations'', p. 110</ref><ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 259</ref>
|BV (2.0)=2,314<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 159</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''''Thresher''''' is a second-line [[BattleMech]] that is all-around average. It excels at nothing, but will rarely turn in a particularly poor showing. It has modest speed for a 'Mech its size, which it compensates for with [[MASC]] and enough [[jump jet]]s to leap up to 150 meters. The ''Thresher'' is the result of a joint development project between [[Clan Sea Fox]] and [[Clan Hell's Horses]], the result of which was obvious to [[Inner Sphere]] observers before they had even encountered the 'Mech in battle. The obviously committee-designed unit is far from threatening, but it did provide the basis for a later [[OmniMech]], the ''[[Summoner]]''. This expensive garrison 'Mech uses an [[XL engine]] and an [[Endo Steel]] skeleton to save weight. It carries a modest nine and a half tons of armor.<ref name=TRO3058>''Technical Readout: 3058'', pp. 174-175, "Thresher 'Mech Profile"</ref><ref name=TRO3058U>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', pp. 178-179, "Thresher 'Mech Profile"</ref>

==Weapons and Equipment==
The largest gun on the ''Thresher'' is its Type DL [[Ultra Autocannon/10]]. The medium range weapon can dish out a fair amount of damage, but it is not a legitimate long-range threat. At closer ranges, the ''Thresher'' can bring a Series 2h [[ER Medium Laser]] and a pair of accurate Series 14a [[Medium Pulse Laser]]s to bear. Two Mk. 22 Type III [[SRM-6]] launchers can exploit holes the other weapons make in an enemy's armor. Thirteen [[double heat sink]]s keep the 'Mech cool.<ref name=TRO3058/><ref name=TRO3058U/>

==Variants==
*; ''Thresher'' 2: This variant is more respectable at long range. It downgrades the autocannon to an OVR-X [[LB 5-X Autocannon]]. The weight saved is used to upgrade the pulse lasers to Series 7J [[ER Large Laser]]s. BV (1.0) = 2,007<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 260</ref>, BV (2.0)= 2,337<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 160</ref>

===Custom Variants===
*;''Thresher'' Edward:The personal ‘Mech of ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Edward Brandon]] of the [[40th Dieron Regulars|Fortieth Dieron Regulars]], his captured ''Thresher'' has been modified with [[Inner Sphere]] technologies. Save for the removal of a heat sink, structurally the 'Mech is unchanged and the torso-mounted weapons remain intact, but all the arm mounted weaponry has been replaced with an Inner Sphere standard ER Medium Laser mounted in each arm in support of an [[MRM-20]] and a single ton of reloads in the right. BV (1.0) = ??, BV (2.0) = 1,862 <ref name=JTPL>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 14</ref>

== Design Quirks ==
The ''Thresher'' has the following [[Design Quirk]]:<ref>[[BattleMech Manual]], p. 95 Design Quirk Table - Thresher Entry.</ref>
* [[Improved Targeting|Improved Targeting (Medium)]]

==Related OmniMechs==
* ''[[Summoner (Thor)|Summoner]]'' - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] used captured ''Thresher''s as a template to construct their first OmniMech design, the ''Summoner'', which debuted around [[2870]]<ref name=TRO50-134>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 134, "Summoner"</ref>.

* ''[[Thresher Mk II]]'' - A Dark Age refit of the ''Thresher'' ordered by [[Clan Wolf]], outfitted to defeat the Republic of the Sphere's combat doctrine. The result was different enough from the baseline Thresher to warrant a new designation rather than a new model number.<ref name=RecGuideV4-8>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 4'', p. 8, "Thresher Mk II"</ref>.

==Notes==
* In German products, the unit's proper name was translated to '''''Drescher'''''.{{cn}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Thresher InvClans.png|Original ''Thresher'' from ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
File:Thresher.jpg|''Thresher'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3058|TRO:3058]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Combat Operations]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Luthien]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3055/3058]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''

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