PDRMN AATV
The PDRMN Armoured All Terrain Vehicle is a specialized heavy transport rover, meant to carry personell on land. This land can be near anything, atmosphere or no, life or no. However, this is a rare situtation for the PDRM, at least in practice.
It is theoretically capable of acting as a boat, with minor modifications, but this is not a primary goal.
It is heavily modular, with the drive train being confined to the base of the vehicle. On top are mounted typically 2, possibly more, modules. These are the cab and the mission package. The cab is relatively standard, while the mission package tends to be one of four things, a personel cabin, a main AP gun, a missile battery or an artillery cannon. However, there are dozens of other designs, such as a lowG maneuver unit, a field hospital, a simple flatbed, an orbital intercept launcher, a long term habitation unit, a CIC unit, a mine dispersal unit, a power Unit, a Drone Command unit, or any one of the specialized packages carried aboard.
In personell mode, it can transport 18 passengers (or 8 heavy infantry), with 2 crew. In main gun and missile battery mode, it has 3 crew. In artillery it has 4 crew. CIC has 2 crew and 6 CIC personel. Crew is almost exclusivly in the PDRMN Espatier Corp Cavalry
SOP is for these to travel in caravans, typically 4-10 depending on size, with 1 CIC and the rest mission loadout.
These are very rarely used, which is why they are all modular rather than individually designed.
The vehicle is commonly driven and operated by a pair of humans. While of course it can be remote piloted by humans or by the mothership AI, this is very uncommon due to worries of jamming. The front cab can be replaced with a module that holds a well armoured HV-1 AI, but due to the fragile and energy hog nature of these machines, it is typically reserved for AATVs that will not be under fire.
It is theoretically capable of acting as a boat, with minor modifications, but this is not a primary goal.
It is heavily modular, with the drive train being confined to the base of the vehicle. On top are mounted typically 2, possibly more, modules. These are the cab and the mission package. The cab is relatively standard, while the mission package tends to be one of four things, a personel cabin, a main AP gun, a missile battery or an artillery cannon. However, there are dozens of other designs, such as a lowG maneuver unit, a field hospital, a simple flatbed, an orbital intercept launcher, a long term habitation unit, a CIC unit, a mine dispersal unit, a power Unit, a Drone Command unit, or any one of the specialized packages carried aboard.
In personell mode, it can transport 18 passengers (or 8 heavy infantry), with 2 crew. In main gun and missile battery mode, it has 3 crew. In artillery it has 4 crew. CIC has 2 crew and 6 CIC personel. Crew is almost exclusivly in the PDRMN Espatier Corp Cavalry
SOP is for these to travel in caravans, typically 4-10 depending on size, with 1 CIC and the rest mission loadout.
These are very rarely used, which is why they are all modular rather than individually designed.
The vehicle is commonly driven and operated by a pair of humans. While of course it can be remote piloted by humans or by the mothership AI, this is very uncommon due to worries of jamming. The front cab can be replaced with a module that holds a well armoured HV-1 AI, but due to the fragile and energy hog nature of these machines, it is typically reserved for AATVs that will not be under fire.
Power Generation
16L V8 Primary Engine.
Can recieve microwave power from mothership
20 kW Ceasium RTG
Power Unit Module has a small (light shuttle size) tokomak (5 GW)
Can recieve microwave power from mothership
20 kW Ceasium RTG
Power Unit Module has a small (light shuttle size) tokomak (5 GW)
Propulsion
8 run-flat vacrubber tires. Independant steering out to 42° in either direction.
LowG mode has a small ion drive on the top to achor it to the ground, though it requires the remove of a heavy machine gun.
LowG mode has a small ion drive on the top to achor it to the ground, though it requires the remove of a heavy machine gun.
Weapons & Armament
Standard Cabs has a light machine gun, 2 smoke launchers and 2 double coil grenade launchers.
All mission packages have 4 extra smoke launchers.
APC: 2 mortar tubes, 2 Heavy Machine Guns
MG: 84 mm Coilgun, 120 MJ at 42% efficiency. Typical slug 36 kg at 1.6 km/s. AP slug 12 kg at 2.8 km/s. Autoloading with 3 24 round mags and 1 48 round mag, 6 rpm. Energy for 100-120 shots.
MB: 12 missiles in tubes. 25 km range, 42 kg package. 2 m long each.
AC: 120 mm Coilgun, 88° max elevation, 500 MJ at 37% efficiency. 140 km range. 2 rpm. Energy for 80-100 shots. 20 km range.
OI: 2 Suborbital rockets, 6.5 m long. Launch from Moving in 3 min.
Mine-Layer: 88 Antitank/Antipersonel mine mix.
All mission packages have 4 extra smoke launchers.
APC: 2 mortar tubes, 2 Heavy Machine Guns
MG: 84 mm Coilgun, 120 MJ at 42% efficiency. Typical slug 36 kg at 1.6 km/s. AP slug 12 kg at 2.8 km/s. Autoloading with 3 24 round mags and 1 48 round mag, 6 rpm. Energy for 100-120 shots.
MB: 12 missiles in tubes. 25 km range, 42 kg package. 2 m long each.
AC: 120 mm Coilgun, 88° max elevation, 500 MJ at 37% efficiency. 140 km range. 2 rpm. Energy for 80-100 shots. 20 km range.
OI: 2 Suborbital rockets, 6.5 m long. Launch from Moving in 3 min.
Mine-Layer: 88 Antitank/Antipersonel mine mix.
Armor and defense
All modes have at least 82 mm of armour, with a 12 cm offset wipple shield.
The main gun mode has 123 mm armour and ERA blocks.
All modes have a pair of Phased Array PD strips on their sides.
APC has an additonal PD strip on the dorsal surface.
PD strips can allow for limited cloaking (1 cm^3 pixels)
The main gun mode has 123 mm armour and ERA blocks.
All modes have a pair of Phased Array PD strips on their sides.
APC has an additonal PD strip on the dorsal surface.
PD strips can allow for limited cloaking (1 cm^3 pixels)
Communication Tools & Systems
Dedicated antennae for various radio broadcasts.
Short range comms via PD systems.
Short range comms via PD systems.
Additional & auxiliary systems
All have 6-8 atmospheric drones, 3-4 in air at all times.
Drone Command Unit has 20-24 drones, as well as a couple more specialized ones, and a double coil launcher.
Field Hospital Module is a blanket term for a couple of units, typically deployed in groups (1 surgery, 3 recovery, 2 storage, 1 CIC, 2 LTH, 1 Medical Printer)
Surgery module has a full sterile microsurgery suite, similar to the one found on frigates.
Recovery module is deployable, holding isolated recovery rooms for up to 8 patients, or non-isolated for up to 12.
Medical Printer Module is a construction module that can internally, from feedstock, build many bio-replacement prosthesis. These are better or at least as good as the parts they replace, and can be replaced with a bio version when at a hospital.
Long Term Habitation module is deployable, capable of housing and feeding up to 12 personel for a week without resupply.
Drone Command Unit has 20-24 drones, as well as a couple more specialized ones, and a double coil launcher.
Field Hospital Module is a blanket term for a couple of units, typically deployed in groups (1 surgery, 3 recovery, 2 storage, 1 CIC, 2 LTH, 1 Medical Printer)
Surgery module has a full sterile microsurgery suite, similar to the one found on frigates.
Recovery module is deployable, holding isolated recovery rooms for up to 8 patients, or non-isolated for up to 12.
Medical Printer Module is a construction module that can internally, from feedstock, build many bio-replacement prosthesis. These are better or at least as good as the parts they replace, and can be replaced with a bio version when at a hospital.
Long Term Habitation module is deployable, capable of housing and feeding up to 12 personel for a week without resupply.
Hangars & docked vessels
APC can swap out 6 passengers for a small ATV with a mounted medium machine gun.
Manufacturer
Owning Organization
Beam
3.4 m
Length
8.3 m
Height
3.2 m
Weight
30.02 tons APC
Speed
70 km/h on road, 28 km/h off road
Complement / Crew
2-4 crew, HV-0.8 mind
Cargo & Passenger Capacity
18 APC
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