CDF wheeled armoured vehicles

The Land Service of the Community Defence Forces of Sober Thought operates wheeled armoured vehicles which are roughly comparable to their tank and tracked armoured vehicle counterparts. Thus, WAVs may be used in conjunction with either or both of its counterparts.

The weight, size, armament, carrying capacity and range of the WAVs are generally the same as their tank and TAV equivalents. However, wheeled armoured vehicles are generally deployed in urban areas, as part of the Civil Guard, on peacekeeping missions and against lightly armed enemies.

Armoured cars

The most powerful wheeled armoured vehicle is the heavy armoured car, armed with a 100 mm gun and crewed as if it were a main battle tank. In a city or on smooth terrain, it is every bit as good as a MBT -- better, since wheeled vehicles are more reliable, get better fuel economy and do not destroy roads as easily as tracked vehicles.

A rarity in the CDF, this is an orphan design, i.e., one that has no other variants or weapons that use basic platform to achieve other objectives after modifications. Although its chassis is not the identical basis for any other design, it is obvious that the design experience of the medium tank and wheeled armoured vehicle family below helped.

The medium armoured car, often simply referred to as "armoured car," is armed and crewed as if it were a light tank. Needless to say, twin 20 mm automatic cannon appearing in front of a restless crowd which seems on the verge of rioting can have a very calming effect.

The regular armoured car is built on the utility chassis used on the four variants described in the following section. While there is the theoretical provision for a light armoured car armed with 12 mm machineguns on the same chassis, in basic function is so similar that none of them were actually built. Should it come necessary or desireable, some or all of the auto 20 mm cannon could be converted to 12 mm MGs on fairly short notice.

Other wheeled armoured vehicles

Like its tracked counterparts, one chassis provides a base for five bodies which are designed for diverse purposes. However, one variant has been dropped an a different added to create the following family tree: above-described armoured car, wheeled armoured personnel carrier, wheeled armoured infantry combat vehicles, wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicles and wheeled armoured command vehicles.

Given the similarities, both the vehicle and passenger crews are identically organized and their details can be found in the article on Community Defence Forces tracked armoured vehicles.