Pit Bull (Truck)
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Pitt Bull Medium Truck | |
Production information | |
Manufacturer | Pinard Protectorates Limited |
Use | Military Non-Combatant Transport Off-Road Cargo Hauler |
Tech Base | ??? |
Chassis Type (Size) | Wheeled (Small) |
Equipment Rating | |
Cost | ??? |
Introduced | ??? |
Technical specifications | |
Mass | 3 Tons |
Top Speed | 64 Kph |
Power Plant | ICE |
Fuel (Type/Range) | 1,000 km |
Armament | None |
Heat Sinks | None |
Armor | (BAR 2) |
Crew | 1 |
BV (1.0) | ??? |
BV (2.0) | ??? |
Description
The Pit Bull Medium Truck is a Taurian Concordat military logistics truck. The vehicle is used by TDF, as a off-road cargo transport vehicle that used when a flatbed truck is un-needed.
The vehicle most noted uses was in 3044, when Lady Death Trevaline’s Tortuga Pirates struck the world of Althea's Choice. The vehicle was dispatch to dangerous backroads to a isolated TDF Infantry Battalion which was under attack by the Pirates. The battalion only had training equipment and need military gear to survive. A convoy of Pit Bulls transversed through backroads, crews risking lives getting weaponry to the isolated battlalion. The Pit Bull, had successfully reached the battalion, they were able fight off the Pirates and their survivors used the trucks return TDF base.[1]
In 3054, the Pinard Protectorates Limited executives were indicted by Concordat courts when they sabotaged Vandenburg Mechanized Industries's prototype that was to compete with Pit Bull for TDF logistic transport business. The Thomas Calderon removal from power, Vanderburg drop its bid to try produce a competitive vehicle.
Capabities & Abilities
The vehicle has a 1,383 kg cargo capacity, .234 less tons than its civilian sister. Its bed, is covered with a rear door to access the cargo bed. The Vehicle features Off-Road Chassis and Control Modifications, with 4 passenger capacity. It also has 4 searchlights mounted in the front.
Variants
- Bulldog Medium Truck - The original civilian version of the Pit Bull.
Notes
The Pit Bull has no published Record Sheet for it as of this writing.
References
- Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex pp. 26-27
- ↑ Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex p. 26 - TDF Infantry Battalion's owe their lives due to effects of drives of unarmored Pit Bull trucks.