Heavy Tracked APC

Heavy Tracked APC
Production information
Manufacturer	Various
Mission	Infantry Transport
Type	Tracked
Cost	130,600 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass	20
Armor	Generic Standard Armor
Engine	Generic 100 ICE
Speed	86.4 km/h
Crew	???
Armament	2 x Machine Guns
BV (1.0)	77
BV (2.0)	206

Description

Armies have used armored personnel carriers (APCs) for centuries to transport troops to the front lines, which continues even in the era of Battle Armor. The Heavy Tracked APC is a larger version of its standard counterpart able to carry two full platoons of Infantry.

While the more common 10-ton Tracked APC is 10 km/h faster, it can carry only a single squad of infantry. In order for an entire platoon to be deployed at a target location, a single platoon must be spread across a lance of four APCs, forcing the APCs to stay in tight formation for the insertion. The heavy model is twice as large as standard APCs and is designed to carry two full platoons of foot troopers along with their gear. This improved capacity, in addition to additional ton more armor protection, makes heavy APCs the preference of commanders who can obtain them with the majority used by the Federated Commonwealth Regimental Combat Teams.

Armament

No more fighting vehicles than its "standard" counterpart, the Heavy Tracked APC carries two front mounted Machine Guns supplied by half a ton of ammunition, increase of one gun. The lack of turrent makes the APC particularly vulnerable to flanking attacks from the rear, but most can successfully unload their troops before an enemy is in poisition to launch such an attack.

Variants

The most common variants of these vehicles replace the infantry bay with additional weaponry, usually an SRM-4 or even a single LRM-5 launcher. When deployed in urban areas against heavy infantry opposition, these vehicles mount additional machine guns.

References

• Technical Readout: 3060, pp. 12-13

Bibliography

• Master Unit List.pdf
• Technical Readout: 3060