the Tiger Shark
The Water Moccasin is a medium-sized attack boat driven by a powerful Destro v-12 airfan engine. It's fast and quiet, and packs quite a lot of punch. Usually piloted about by Copperhead or other aquatically inclined Cobra goons, the Water Moccasin is versatile and dangerous.
This is why the Gi Joe team decided to make limited use of the things. You see, having captured several Water Moccasins over the years, they just had to 'clean' the boats up and give them a new paint job, and thus created the Tiger Sharks. They have these capabilities:
| C Ex 20 |
S Pr 4 |
B Ex 20 |
P Gd 10 |
Body Armor: the Tiger Shark's hull is built from a boron-epoxy composite to form a proper, military-grade hull. This heavy duty construction provides it the Body and Protection scores listed above, and makes it considerably resistant to enemy damage.
Communications Array: the Tiger Shark is equipped with a gigahertz frequency, frequency wobbler clandestine operations radio system. This makes for Typical (6) communications power (with a 200 mile range) that has Remarkable (30) ranked signal encryption.
Destructor II Cannons: these two 50mm guns are each mounted flanking the Tiger Shark's cockpit; one port and one starboard. They can each be fired to inflict Excellent (20) Shooting damage each, or fired simultaneously to achieve a +1 CS to the damage inflicted.
DES-20b Machine Guns: these twinned 20mm cannons inflict Excellent (20) Shooting damage in a short burst, raised +1 CS when fired fully automatic. The difference between them and the Destructors, though, is that they're on a pivoting and rotating ring turret.
Exterior Crew Decks: though the Tiger Shark primarily seats two (the pilot and the gunner), it can also carry several additional folks as is necessary. It can do this on two rear-mounted panels, though these hangers-on don't benefit from the Protection listed above.
Gator Torpedo: mounted on the bottom of the Tiger Shark is a small, remote-guided torpedo. This small vehicle is propelled by a water jet and can rapidly strike other boats with ease, thanks to its high speed operation. It has these statistics:
| C Gd 10 |
S Ex 20 |
B Gd 10 |
Damage Rm 30 Edged Attack (fragmentary) |
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Cobra directories featuring a version of the Water Moccasin:
| 1984 |
Gi Joe directories featuring a version of the Water Moccasin:
| 1988 |