Light Vehicle

A Light Vehicle is a wheeled ground vehicle with little or no armor. This category includes Trucks and Jeeps as well as lightly armored HMMWVs and similar combat cars. Some Light vehicles may be armed, but most are completely unarmed.

Light Vehicles are unique in that they offer no real protection for the crew and passengers, not even against Small Arms. Pretty much any weapon can either damage or completely defeat a Light Vehicle, either by shooting at the tires, at the driver/gunner, at the fuel tank, or even at the engine.

Light Vehicles typically have room to transport Infantry. Trucks, in particular, can carry a large number of them. Smaller Light Vehicles can carry fewer troops, but are generally much faster and harder to hit, allowing them to quickly move a handful of troops from one place to another.

Armed Light Vehicles may carry widely different weapons, from HMGs to HAT launchers or SPGs. Such a vehicle might even be able to take out enemy Armor, given the element of surprise. However any return fire from the enemy may destroy the Light Vehicle instantly - meaning the that vehicle should avoid any engagement in which it does not have the element of surprise.

The most common models of Light Vehicles include the HMMWV and HEMTT for BLUFOR; the UAZ and KAMAZ for OPFOR; Technicals and private cars for INDFOR. A great variety of other Light Vehicles have also been featured in ShackTac over the years.