Chimera APC
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The Chimera is an all purpose Armored Personnel Carrier, with many variants and different purposes for each. Many mobile Arillery Pieces are based off of its Chassis. The Chimera remains the most reliable form of ground Transport for New Covenant Guardsmen, as it provides the protection they need to get to the front lines as well as provide fire support for troops in the field.
Armor
The Chimera's Armor can protect it well against infantry weapons as well as provide it protection against bigger ordinance. However this vehicle is still rather light and anti-Armor weapons will have not problem with it like any carrier vehicle. However it can have reactive armor added as well as anti-rocket mesh fencing added.
Armament
The Chimera can be equipped with Various weapons its most typical layout is as follows.
- Turreted Multi-Laser
- Pintel Storm Lance
- Forward Heavy Lance
- Six Broadside Laser Rifle Turrets.
The Broadside weapons are operated by the passengers of the vehicle, adding additional firepower when a squad is being transported.
Other armaments can change the function of the tank as well, such as Missile Tubes for anti-Armor and fortification, or an Auto-cannon, turning the vehicle into light tank capable of fighting other armored targets.
Chassis Variants
The most common variation between the chassis of these tanks is whether the Chassis has Tracks or Armored Wheels, and this is mostly based on preference and the terrain the APC need to traverse, Wheels only being good in certain circumstances while tracks preferred to others.
There are also Rare Hover Variants of this APC, but those are expensive and rarely seen.
