Battletech Lore - Urbanmech Light Battlemech 

This little guy turned out to be a surprising threat in MW5. That heavy a gun at lower levels can just ruin your smaller mechs, and because of his 360 degree torso twist, you can't out flank him. Several of these popping out of a city can turn a cake walk mission in to an expensive repair bill.

Because of it's low battle value, in table top there is a strategy called the Urbie Swarm. When dealing with equal BV you can usually field 2-4 Urbies per enemy. There is something to be said for dozens of AC-10's on the battlefield.

Coring something three times your own size with a lucky shot all while piloting an underdog trashcan. That will always be the appeal of the Urbie~

Did I just get cored by that trashcan?!??

If I ever used one , the pilot would have to be named 'oscar' and stenciled by the cockpit 'the grouch'

They are pretty good as mobile turrets, put them in pairs or quads with an ammo truck & crew and let them hold an intersection all day long.

This is my trashcan, there are many like it but this one is mine

You say "underpowered" and "underarmed" and I say "It's cheap enough to field in mass numbers, easy enough to train in, fast enough for city fighting, and can core a medium mech in a few volleys". After all, if there's one Urbanmech, there's usually another pack of urbies right behind them. The Urbanmech is hilarious because it's actually genius in what it is: a cheap militia defense unit for city fighting. But it also looks like a trash can and has a big gun, so of course it's a meme, and we love it anyway.

Look at that overgrown assault mech! It's huge, dangerous, and full of murderous ac-20 rounds!

It's a very silly mech, but it _is_ pretty good at one specific thing...and you can buy a bunch of them for cheap. It's a municipal government's dream mech, and no one will commit parking violations if they have to worry about their cars meeting with a Police Urbie's AC10.

Never underestimate the little guy...

Urbie is the little spoon. I just want to take care of it, and love it, and make sure it feels safe.

Atlas says "oops I thought that was a speed bump...."

"Hello there, my fellow angry trash cans". This has to be one of your best intros. xD

The urbie might be my favorite, at least as far as mwo goes. Just refit with an 170+ rated engine and more weight-efficient weapon loadout, and you have yourself a mobile sturdy low-profile punish machine!

Ah yes, the greatest mech of all time.

The walking trash can. The only mech in the BT universe that an Atlas can out run! There is another variant in the Rogue tech mod; if you play it on brutal, there is a Word of Blake version called the 'Nuke Urbie'. As you can guess, it's a nuke armed suicide mech. Thanks for the laughs GDN, you did the poor thing justice!

I refer to the Urby as an "Infantry Support Mech." Infantry can keep up with it. If an enemy concentrates on the urby, then the INF eats them alive. If they concentrate on the infantry, then they get disembroiled by the urby.

R2-d2 bigger brother.

It has one job that it does really well, but only in that setting. City fighting is always brutal, quick, and unpredictable. An urbanmech lance defending Scott has more advantages than you would think. They know where all the ambush spots, refit points, and angles of attack are. A larger mech is at a 👊 NCT disadvantage in this setting unless it wants to just plow through every building in it's way. Even so, a defense garrison can pit 4-8 urbanmechs against a single larger target and still come out ahead in terms of costs.

I respect them as enemies. Hiding in a city waiting to shoot me with AC/20, seems like the perfect mech for the job.

Don't overlook Hanse Davion's UM-R90 (Suburbanmech):- 3/5/3; PPC; 2xML; SL; 13h/s; 6 tons armour.

I like the idea behind it but due to most of the combat in BattleTech being "open country" then it does seem somewhat limited in it's use. Hopefully the new "URBAN" upgrade might make the little trashcan shine in all it's glory!

The savior urbanmech

There just is nothing like KO'ing a bigger opponent with an AC20 head shot or a DFA headstomp in a trashcan.

The battletech equivalent of the Killa Kan. "Dey call me stompy!"

There was 2 variants that used an xl160 engine and endosteel to increase speed, 2 jumpjets for maneuverability, it used either a few star league light ppc's with a long range machine gun array or 5 ermedium lasers with the array with a bunch of double heat sinks. A periphery pirate stole a vulture from clan diamond shark and sold it to buy a few lance worth of these Compellan urbies.

The spicy trashcan is unstoppable.

The urban mech has a lot more potential then most people think, just have to make sure it's used properly, usually best suited to veteran mech pilots who would know how to get the most out of it.

Could see the logic for Solaris, honestly, at least in the Lights Only style matches. The Urbie hits hard and can survive a lot of punishment for that weight-class, after all, so the poor speed might be a worthwhile sacrifice. ...Free-for-alls, though? Yeah, at that point, it's either what you can afford, or you're the funniest little target on the whole range.

TY for making an objective video about the urbanmech GDN rather than just trashing it as most do. Having recently gotten into Battletech & only played 2 games I did find them to @ least be inexpensive & in squads can be usefull as support . Thats all I can say for them though & TY for covering all the variants. lastly better than no mech 2 all...sorta

In Mechwarrior Online this little guy is a beast.

For what you get for the c-bill, it pretty good. A lance of them for the cost of an average medium mech. 4 ac10 shots every turn.

"Hello my fellow angry trash cans!" Perfect.

If they ever EVER make an omni version that's slightly better I want it to be called the Heavy Urbanmech or Hurbie.

Should be painted in the Colors of 'Herbie the Love Bug'. Because that little rally car wouldnt quit. In MWO I respect this mech. As it can maintain a constant bead on you with its weapons. While you have too move torso twist and aim arms. You aren't getting the equal face time. Against a Herbie. He can run away and fire on you at the same time.

i love the little trash-can, the fact that most ppl just underestimate it is what makes it so likeable to me ^^

I’m having much fun with this little guy. The AC20 cannon is a nasty surprise for the unaware 😊😁

As a pilot of a captured Clan Cougar I posed as an urbanmech with a little hack of IFF software pipped through the ECM filter.

In NWO the Urbi is one of my favorite fun Mechs..... it is often ignored until it's too late for the opponents and I'm in a good attacking position XD.

My only beef with the Urbie is that per the design specs the BT rules should've been written to encompass its advantages. Like giving it movement bonuses in urban settings, allowing it to rotate its torso 360˚, the ability to move through buildings, advantages vs. infantry, etc. That would've justified in game the use of what is otherwise almost always a death trap. What else can you call something with such appalling low speed complimented with tissue paper armor and ammo capacities that barely lasted beyond its survival chances?

If you wanna use an annihilator and some urban mechs in your lance you can paint them all like Godzilla. Do whatever the heck you want with some quad lbx 10s and your urban mechs ac20bf and ac10bfs All will fall in your wake as your unit stays together bound by the speed limit lol

Love the urbanmech. I always keeps one in my mechwarrior 5 hanger. With the ac20 is great foe head shoots at low tonnage and at the start of the games it is super cheap

Tiny, slow, but cute. Y'gotta love this little guy. Hilarious. :) If you give it an XL engine you can mount RACs on it and make it much faster. Turns it into a killing machine to be feared. Try it!

I absolutely love the urbie in MWO. I managed to fit an XL170 with 4 heatsinks and still have the AC/20 in.

Apart of me had a story concept that I wish I could have ran in a game. It was very much in an urban environment. Just the Urbanmechs were used by the local planetary police force. Not on a large scale and set up for more of riot deterrent than combat. Tear Gas Cannons, Water Cannon with large accompany tank and ability to hook hoses to fire hydrants if needed. Plus still having ability to handle those rioters that decide to get more violent. Either going with some "Less" deadly Rubber to lethal anti-personnel guns. Personally see it perfect in the role. Doesn't need to be fast and just the fact it is a fucking Mech. Any Protesters or Would Be Rioter may have second thoughts in causing trouble. And keep in mind...this is only if Protesting is even allowed by the Planetary Government. Now if it came down to being against another mech. That is the major drawback...it isn't armed for Mech on Mech combat. It is a Police Mech! Got to call SWAT for that kind of shit and they got Awesomes! (I kid)

My only problem with the URBANMECH was it's slow speed. One would think it would have Proto Mech speed.

My favorite mech nice

Now I'm imagining what a scaled-up version could be- say, 45 or even 60 tons.

I will always remember the arrow4 variant can carry nukes. And someone used them in a dropship as cab units. Yes I like them, but have mostly been on the receiving end of the buggers.

And I'd point out its canonical that an urbanmech with a nuke took out most of the Kell Hounds. So while its not the best unit for fighting on a flat featureless plane...they have their uses with the right load-out.

The Urbanmech can't even jump over a lot of buildings! If you use the rules for it from, I think it was Future Wars magazine then it is more useful. The rules were based on the pic and description in the original 3025 Tech Readout. They did it for all the stuff from both the 3025 and 3026 Tech Readouts.

Love the missile version in MWO. I run it with two SRM6As and three ERMLs.

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Thanks for the vid sir.

It may be mocked and called "fire plug," "trashcan"or "R2D2," but it was probably the last defender of the old Star League as things fell apart. It has enough fire power you can't ignore it. In city fighting or other tight terrain it can be bothersome. I have lost an Ostroc to one and have seen them take out a Zeus.

The hi-point of Mechs.

😂Hurbie the Urbie😅

i'd have to say yes it is one of my favorites. In Alpha Strike it does just enough damage to threaten larger mechs but not so much to make it a primary target, it's tough enough to take a hit from some medium mechs but will melt if a heavy or assault mech farts in it's direction. It also looks cool.

I missed the battle where it fought some gorillas and other battlemechs!

The one design that was absolutely loved or absolutely hated by players. BY math it's a good city defense mech.

Urbanmech. Mech from the hood.

Solaris jocks.....are strange.

"In Universe" this Mech isn't that bad when it sticks to it's designed application. This is like the Honda Civic of Mechs. If you use it to to do what it's designed for you are good to go.... Try and make it go faster and hit harder... And you end up looking like a fool.

Swoll2-D2

I saw this coming eventually. Here we go. The only mech I know that can't out run standard battle armor... Or even well equipped conventional infantry! It has a decent gun and about as much armor as it's weight allows. This guy needed tight terrain to survive long, and I mean tight enough that other machines can't fit. It has jump jets, but not enough to jump over a building much taller than it is. That means it's often stuck on a roof top at least one turn. I would say hit and run tactics are useful, but they really aren't. Attacking from hiding and getting a couple of hits off is about as good as it can hope for, one identified it's life span is either moments or it's bypassed so rapidly it's contribution is minimal. If you spread a half dozen in built up, mutually supported positions with battles armor and infantry support it can be a bit annoying holding an objective, or drop a 100 ton imp into a formation to hide it, that's it's only real tactically realistic options outside of bullying civilian and low tech populations and cheap mech security in places even cheaper units like infantry or battle armor aren't as well suited like hostile environment. Normally I talk about table top performance and RPG performance. But honestly what I said about fits both. I have seen rpg players dispossessed and steal locusts and stingers over a gift urbie. What kind of mech can't out run jump infantry in terrain that's exactly where the PBI are safest? I have never heard any real life explanation or rumor why FASA even bothered to waist print on it let alone invest molds into a mini but dang if they didn't and they cranked out a bunch of them during their run.

OH LORD HE COMIN

I get my best match scores with my urbie.

I don't know about you, but my new favorite mech is the Hollander, artillery in a 35t mech is mean.

Yes! Yes!

What is this about Warhammer Beyblades?

30 ton mechs were not meant to move 2/3 the same way 80 ton non-clan mechs were not meant to move 5/8.

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A shitty underpowered and underarmored Baneblade? like a Macharius Heavy tank?

What's the Aragorn mech?

“Furbie the Urbie”

Urbie Chan lore? :O Yes please!

Til urbie=baneblade

Ah, lolmech.

I have limited interest in Battletech, as of 40k. I kinda think this is my Favourite BT Mech. As it looks like no other mech I have seen (it looks, more like a Gundam.) Also it is so Derpy, like an upside down Easter-Egg with legs and guns. So Derpy, they are Cute.

I ❤ Urbis 😍

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Once again I asked you please keep it BattleTech don't bring religious innuendos or anything like that into it you don't have to some people can be offended by this if you want to talk BattleTech talk BattleTech if I were you I wouldn't bring jokes about something that you don't know where me know and don't like why can't we just have BattleTech

I'm trying to build a clan as my first unit, but now st Ives is gonna have to be my second lol.