The U. S. Army Mark II "Sheridan" Light Mechanized Walker

 

"It was on us before we knew it . . . we thought there were only Marines and they are tough enough . . . suddenly we heard the quick crashing movement and the mechanical man was tearing through us . . . it was so fast . . ." Intelligence debrief from the Moro attack on the outskirts of Manilla, 1895.

The US Army Mark II "Sheridan" Light Mechanized Walker is the world's first mechanized walker to successfully combine steam technology with hydraulics to give it the flexibility to move quicker, is more agile and essentially uncannily mimics the movements of the steersman. In the US Army the steersman is a commissioned officer, usually from the Corps of Engineers.

The Mark II "Sheridan" Light Mechanized Walker.

Currently the Sheridan is armed with Steam Fists, a Machine Gun and a Carbide Lamp, but the Mark III will replace the machine gun with an arc rifle as an Arc Cannon is too heavy for the current design.

US Marines conducting mop-up operations supported by a Sheridan.

 

The Sheridan is a Warbot from Hydra Miniatures and is approximately 2 1/2" (65mm) tall and is supplied in four parts: body, two arms and head. I added a Fallschirmjager jump container to the back to make a steam pipe and added some limber hooks to the pipe that were left over from one of my (unknown) artillery pieces. Always keep those bits! The steam coming from the pipe is merely cotton with very watered down white glue to keep it stiff.

 

1st Lieutenant Samuel Johnson, US Corps of Engineers, standing next to his Sheridan "Miranda".

Name: U. S. Army Mark II "Sheridan" Light Mechanized Walker

Move: 12"

Basic Equipment: Steam Fist, Machine Gun, Carbide Lamp

Armor: 11
Points: 51

Rules for Mechanized Walkers can be found on page 29 of In Her Majesty's Name. (Paid Link) Of course the stats or rules can be modified for other popular rule sets.

  The Sheridan "Miranda" was instrumental in the freeing of Eden Pedecaris and her children, William and Jennifer from a band of Berber insurrectionists led by Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli. 

 

Another successful mission.