Armored Personnel Carrier

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Armored Personnel Carrier

Production information
Class	Repulsorcraft
Technical specifications
Armament	Double blaster cannons (2) E-web heavy repeating blaster (1)
Crew	Pilot (1) Gunner (1+)
Passengers	At least 7
Usage
Role(s)	Troop transport
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

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The Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was an armored, land-based repulsorlift transport vehicle used by the Galactic Empire.

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances

CharacteristicsEdit

The vehicle was armed with two double blaster cannons, and one mounted E-web heavy repeating blaster. The two blaster cannons were positioned in turrets flanking the main door, while the E-web was mounted on top. The APC also included holding cells for prisoners.

HistoryEdit

Luke Skywalker encountered these vehicles on Dantooine and Ralltiir during the Galactic Civil War, where they were used to deploy troops, serve as medium attack vehicles, and transport the Imperial defector Tycho Celchu. During his encounters, he discovered that they had weak hulls around the double blaster cannons and was, for the most part, able to disable them with fire from E-Web blasters.

APCs were later dispatched to the Empire's invasion and subsequent blockade of Ralltiir. Sarkli, when defecting to the Empire during the Alliance's attempt at evacuating the scientists, boarded an APC, taking one of the scientists with him.

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Behind the scenesEdit

In real life, "Armored Personnel Carrier", or "APC", is a military term used to describe armored troop transports, i.e vehicles used to ferry troops to the battlefield and built with either a fully or a partially armored chassis. They are usually armed with defensive weaponry to protect their occupants, but not always. Different vehicles in the Star Wars universe fit into this category, like the Republic Troop Transport, the All Terrain Open Transport, the Multi-Troop Transport, and the A-A5 speeder truck.