The Desert Striker is essentially a Mark 4 V.A.M.P. (Vehicle Attack - Multi Purpose), altered to the point that it's virtually another vehicle altogether. The Striker was first adopted for use by the Joe team in the year 2001, and has a tan, desert-esque color scheme. It has these vehicular statistics and abilities:

C Ex 20

S Am 50

B In 40

P Pr 4

60mm Machine Gun: this heavy duty, hood-mounted dealer of doom can be fired by a passenger sitting in the Desert Striker to inflict Excellent (20) Shooting damage in a small bust, or Remarkable (30) Shooting damage in a full-auto stream of lead.

Bullet-Proof Armor: the frame of the Desert Striker has been built from 'bullet-proof' metals, making the vehicle a bit heavier overall, but at the same time much more resistant to damage. This accounts for the high Body rating of the Desert Striker, since the vehicle overall has an Incredible (40) m.s.

Communications Array: the Desert Striker is equipped with an extremely powerful, gigahertz-frequency, frequency-wobbler radio system. This makes for Typical (6) communications power (with a 100 mile range) that has Remarkable (30) ranked signal encryption - not bad at all, that.

Halogen Lamps: the Desert Striker's headlights are quartz-halogen bulbs that can illuminate an area with Remarkable (30) ability. They are equipped with an electrical defrost capability, allowing them to cook ice and muck clean off of them in the event that this is necessary; this takes one turn.

Heavy Laser Cannon: the primary weapon of the Desert Striker, this devastating device is mounted on the roof of the vehicle. When fired at a target, it can inflict Incredible (40) Armor Piercing Energy damage per blast, causing considerable harm to whatever structures, vehicles, or personnel (!) it hits.

Mine Dropper: the occupants of the Desert Striker can drop spiky mines out the rear of their vehicle, mines that are stored in a large drum until needed. These explosives will detonate to inflict Remarkable (30) Edged Attack damage to something that strikes them sufficiently hard enough (Good (10) impact).

Roll-Cage: while the Desert Striker doesn't actually offer it's driver, gunner, or passenger (it seats three comfortably) much protection, in a game mechanics sense, its titanium roll-cage allows for Excellent (20) protection from collision or incidental damage in the event that it experiences a roll or crash.

Side Cannon: a back-up for the laser cannon should it be rendered inoperable or useless due to inclement conditions, this machine gun (mounted on the side of the laser cannon) can be fired to inflict Typical (6) Shooting damage with a single shot, +1 CS in a small burst, and +2 CS in a large burst.

Specialty Tires: these extremely expensive tires are of the off-road, self-sealing variety, and can withstand up to Remarkable (30) damage before being disabled. Also, these are floatation tires, allowing the Desert Striker to even drive on water for short, short periods of time (about one turn) before it sinks.