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General Purpose ("Jeeps") Vehicles
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Standard Jeep
Armoured Jeep
Anti-Armour Jeep
Standard Utility Jeep |
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The standard utility jeep is the workhorse of much of the New Anglian military, including the Army,
Marines, Navy and Aerospace Force. The original design has proven so successful, it has been adopted
by the New Swabian League military forces and by military forces of a number of smaller powers such
as the New Israel, the Dutch Kingdom, Sweden, Free Cal-Tex, and the Independent Antarctic States.
The design specifications called for a light-weight, highly mobile general purpose utility vehicle with
the ability to keep up with rapid-deployment forces, to carry a small but significant payload of men
or material, and to be adaptable to a number of roles on the same basic chassis (AT, AA, Comms/EW,
medical, NBC decontam, and other variants).
Another key criteria for the basic jeep design was that the vehicle would be manufacturable on larger
colony worlds with intermediate manufacturing capabilities. The jeep had to be maintainable by colonial
machine shops and repairable by outpost mechanics. The parts used in the design were required to be
robust, simple, and inexpensive.
The winning design satisifed all of those criteria and has been manufactured on at least six
worlds. At last count, jeeps of this basic design were in use on over 40 human inhabited places.
Estimated combined production numbers exceed 1,000,000 units. The average service life of one
of these has tended to be 10 years, with many of them lasting a further few decades in civilian
hands.
General Purpose ("Jeep") Vehicle: Unarmed Soft-Skinned Utility |
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The variant depicted to the left is a fine example of the standard
soft-skinned utility jeep without armament. The paint scheme is an NSL ambush scheme. |
Mobility Class |
Air Cushion (Fast GEV) |
Crew |
1: Driver |
Passengers/Cargo |
4 troops in full fighting order or 1000 kg of cargo |
Comms & Sensors |
Basic (both) |
EW & ECM |
Basic ECM |
Fire Control/Guidance |
Basic (D6) |
Stealth |
None |
Powerplant |
HMT |
DS2 Points |
10 |
Armour |
0 on all sides (soft-skinned, D6) |
Armaments |
NHR mount for HMG, AGL, or Gatling MG (no weapon mounted) |
Other Equipment |
Often equiped with portable fire extinguisher, portable vehicle toolkit, and
vehicular smoke dischargers. |
Armoured Utility Jeep |
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The Armoured Utility Jeep takes the basic utility jeep and adds a basic armaments
package and a NAC-standard sensor suite and some internal armour panels to provide protection against
small arms
General Purpose ("Jeep") Vehicle: Armoured and Armed Utility |
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The variant depicted to the left is a fine example of the standard
armoured utility jeep. The paint scheme is an NSL ambush scheme. |
Mobility Class |
Air Cushion (Fast GEV) |
Crew |
1: Driver |
Passengers/Cargo |
4 troops in full fighting order or 1000 kg of cargo |
Comms & Sensors |
Enhanced (both) |
EW & ECM |
Basic ECM |
Fire Control/Guidance |
Basic (D6) |
Stealth |
None |
Powerplant |
HMT |
DS2 Points |
10 |
Armour |
1 on all sides |
Armaments |
NHR mount for HMG, AGL, or Gatling MG. |
Other Equipment |
Often equiped with portable fire extinguisher, portable vehicle toolkit, and
vehicular smoke dischargers. |
Light Anti-Armour Jeep |
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The Light Anti-Armour Jeep takes the basic utility jeep and replaces it's infantry
or cargo carrying capacity with a turret mounted GMS/H launcher complete with an enhanced sensor
suite and enhanced guidance package for the GMS system. It also provides internal armour panels to
offer protection against small arms fire. Enhanced ECM buys it more battlefield survivability.
This vehicle is intended to offer security forces and rapid-deployment forces a lightweight and
cheap vehicle which can take out heavier armour. It has minimal survivability if it comes to a standing
slugfest with more heavily armoured vehicles and it has significantly reduced lethality against enemy
units with advanced ECM capabilities. A shoot-n-scoot philosophy is the standard modus operandi for
this type of vehicle.
General Purpose ("Jeep") Vehicle: Light Anti-Armour |
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The variant depicted to the left is a fine example of the standard
of the GMS armed anti-armour version. The paint scheme is an NSL ambush scheme. |
Mobility Class |
Air Cushion (Fast GEV) |
Crew |
2: Driver, Gunner |
Passengers/Cargo |
50 kg (enough for tools and personal gear for crew) |
Comms & Sensors |
Basic Comms, Enhanced Sensors |
EW & ECM |
Enhanced ECM |
Fire Control/Guidance |
Enhanced (D8) GMS/H |
Stealth |
None |
Powerplant |
HMT |
DS2 Points |
40 |
Armour |
1 on all sides |
Armaments |
NHR mount for HMG, AGL, or Gatling MG and turreted GMS/H (Enh) launch system. |
Other Equipment |
Often equiped with portable fire extinguisher, portable vehicle toolkit, and
vehicular smoke dischargers. Usually carries one full set of loads for the GMS launcher. |
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