Caiman, Crocodile AFV
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Caiman, Crocodile AFV   Threat Value: 317
Vehicle Type: APC   Offensive Value: 602
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 74
Cost: 138,687.50 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 274
Manufacturer: Brok Enterprises   Size: 8
Use: Troop Transport   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 2.66 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 5.23 meters   Crew: 2
Width: 2.42 meters   Bonus Actions: 1
Avg. Armor Thickness: 37mm
Armor Material: Ceramic   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 14,732 kg   Light Damage: 13
Primary Move Mode: Ground (97.2 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: 4
Powerplant: Electric (x2) / Turbine   Max Number on Field: 3
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
 Heavy Rocket Pack/48
 HRP/48
 T
 -1
 x20
 3/6/12/24
 +4
 48
 IF

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 due to armor
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
When Brok Enterprises designed the Caiman APC in TN 1877, the vehicle was answering a need for a relatively fast transport with some bite that would deliver its infantry rapidly and safely. Unfortunately, while the design was more than valid prior to the War of the Alliance, and despite its good performance even during the War, it was ill-equipped to deal with the GREL threat. The arrival of the Colonial Expeditionary Force in TN 1913 made military commanders realize they needed more than an APC; they needed an armored fighting vehicle that could survive and perhaps defeat a hovertank. There was little time to create a new design, so the engineers recycled the Caiman APC and came up with the Crocodile AFV. The Crocodile fared well against GRELs, and while outmatched it could even holds its own against some of the lighter colonial tanks. Some did even better and occasionally came back unscathed from the battlefield. Sadly, too many units equipped with Crocodile fared poorly. By the end of the War, they were staffed by mostly combat-inexperienced personnel and most were destroyed piece-meal.