the C.U.D.A. Transport

The C.U.D.A., or Coastal Unit Defense Amphibious Transport, is a slightly repainted old A.P.C., itself a versatile vehicle that the Joe team uses when moving large amounts of troops to a trouble zone. It is a rather large, ten ton troop transport, and can carry (including the driver and such) about thirty people within. The C.U.D.A. Transport is possessed of these vehicular characteristic and statistics:

Amphibious Capabilities (a): the C.U.D.A. Transport is a fully functional vehicle on the ground or on the water. It can move about on either surface at approximately thirty five miles per hour (intensity 2), whether it be fully loaded or not. It can maintain buoyancy with or without the flotation tires that assist its amphibious functions, though it moves more sluggishly (at an increased driving / boating difficulty level) when doing so.

Armor Plating (s): the C.U.D.A. Transport is covered by 1.5 inch thick armor plating, solid steel walls that are effective in deflecting all but the most powerful of shells and/or explosive devices. This armor essentially offers +7 protection from attacks aimed at its frame, though only +5 protection to everybody within (since the canopy itself is, actually, rather open to assault).

First Aid / Repair / Road Tool Kits (i): the C.U.D.A. Transport has several useful kits scattered around its frame, some mounted on the inside and some mounted on the exterior. Regardless, it has fully functional and fully loaded repair, first aid, and road tool kits available for personnel use; this allows them to either patch up the vehicle or themselves, or make emergency modifications to the road ahead of them.

Recoil-less Automatic Cannon (a): sources vary as to whether this cannon is either a 50mm or 105mm implement of destruction, but the end result is basically the same. This top-mounted automatic gun fires shells capable of acting as +7 implements of destruction (high explosive armor piercing rounds) per small burst, +8 in a full auto blast of doom. It can be loaded with up to 225 deadly rounds.

Self-Sealing Flotation Tires (a): the C.U.D.A. Transport's six heavy duty, all-terrain tires are equipped to assist the amphibious nature of the vehicle by maintaining its buoyancy; the C.U.D.A. Transport can float with all six tires missing, but steering would be difficult. These tires can withstand up to 12 points of damage before becoming disabled, which is quite a lot compared to ordinary tires...

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