Caiman APC
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Caiman APC   Threat Value: 191
Vehicle Type: APC   Offensive Value: 224
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 74
Cost: 71,625.00 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 274
Manufacturer: Brok Enterprises   Size: 8
Use: Troop Transport   Original Default Size: 6
Height: 2.71 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 5.23 meters   Crew: 2
Width: 2.42 meters   Bonus Actions: 1
Avg. Armor Thickness: 37mm
Armor Material: Composites   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 14,210 kg   Light Damage: 13
Primary Move Mode: Ground (96 kph)   Heavy Damage: 26
Secondary Move Mode: ( kph)   Overkill: 39
Deployment Range: 460 km
Sensor Range: 1.5 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 8 km   Availability Threshhold: 2
Powerplant: Electric (x2) / Gas Turbine   Max Number on Field: 5
Engine Output: 320hp (x2) / 140hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Ground
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 8
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 16
Fire Control: -1   Secondary Move Mode:
    Combat Speed:
    Top Speed:
    Maneuver: -3
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Medium Autocannon
 MAC
 T
 0
 x10
 3/6/12/24
 +1
 40
  
 1
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 T
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 800
  AI
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Passenger Seating
 10
  Seats for 10 passengers
 
 Reinforced Crew Compartment
 
  Absorbs first "Crew" hit
 
 Shielded Weapons
 
  Aborbs first "Weapon" hit
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance
 
  Minimal passenger headroom
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Caiman represents a different concept in APC design which is popular with the Southern MILICIA forces. In TN 1829, the Southern Republic issued a requirement for a new type of armored personnel carrier, which could withstand a great deal of damage, go almost anywhere (including swamps), mow down enemy infantry and perform some reconnaissance if necessary, all this for under 50,000 dinars. Brok's initial bid met all these requirements for 48,000 dinars, something none of its competitors could even approach. It was not until the contract was awarded that someone in the Southern Republic Army finally realized that the Caiman could only carry ten infantry, not twenty as was expected (but not clearly specified in the call for bids). Also, some hidden costs emerged during the design, and the SRA, having already sunk too much money into the project, could only further invest into the development. In the end, however, the Caiman turned out to be an excellent APC. In order to recuperate some of the initial investment, the Southern Republic arranged for several thousand Caimans to be bought by the Southern MILICIA, thus forcing the other Southern leagues to finance most of the project, then had most of the APCs "loaned" to Republican Army units.