Caiman, Support Crocodile
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Caiman, Support Crocodile   Threat Value: 612
Vehicle Type: APC   Offensive Value: 602
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 74
Cost: 306,000.00 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 1,159
Manufacturer: Brok Enterprises   Size: 8
Use: Troop Transport   Original Default Size: 8
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: 15,855 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
 
  -
 
 Laboratories
 1
  Rating adds to skill
 
 Passenger Seating
 5
  Seats for 5 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
Armored fighting vehicles, while they may not look like tanks, are actually very different. They are equipped to carry infantry personnel to the battle position and back, not slug it out with heavy weaponry. In the case of the Support Crocodile, however, the mission of the vehicle was ill defined from its inception and several political intrigues weakened the result of what would have been an excellent support vehicle. Initially commissioned to be a dedicated field support vehicle, the Support Crocodile evolved into a combat-oriented mobile repair shop. Unfortunately, it was staffed with non-combat personnel and sent into hot spots with little to no preparation. The lack of preparedness and the misuse of the vehicle during the War led to countless deaths. It was finally decided not to waste any more technicians in the field, especially considering the morale problems which ensued. Of the thousand Support Crocodiles which the Republic fielded during the days of the War of the Alliance, only four hundred survived; most of them were later retrofitted to become standard Caiman APCs.