the Desert Coyote

Looking at the Desert Coyote, it's hard not to imagine a weaponized go-kart. And that's essentially what a Desert Coyote is - it's built in the same general shape, albeit one with a rear gunner station and a side launcher. The Desert Coyote has an m.s. of 8, and these characteristics:

Communications Suite (i): the Desert Coyote is equipped with an advanced radio transceiver system, allowing the operator to send battle-field data to a central command, and then receive new orders in turn. This functions at intensity 5, and has a maximum range of about 25 miles.

Driver's Cannon (a): mounted on the front of the Desert Coyote is a small machine gun - it rests over the steering wheel, in fact. It can discharge a short burst of rounds to inflict the driver's Agility +5 in damage, or be fired continuously to inflict their Agility +6 in damage.

Gunner Station (a): the Desert Coyote has a slightly extended rear bumper with a cage around it, allowing one Joe to desperately hang on to the rear of the vehicle and man its top-mounted gun. And this weapon is no joke, for it's a full-on heavy machine gun mount.

It can discharge a short burst of rounds to inflict one's Agility +6 in damage, or be fired continuously to inflict their Agility +7 in damage. This is more than enough to give most infantry pause, as the Desert Coyote can usually carry a whole lot of ammunition.

Launcher (i): finally, the Desert Coyote has a one-shot missile pod mounted on its left side. The vehicle doesn't have room for a reload, so its operator has to save it for the optimum usage, depending on the situation. It inflicts intensity 10 fragmentary damage to its target.

Propulsion (a): the Desert Coyote is pretty spry for its size. The thing can move at intensity 3 speeds (around 75 miles per hour) on level ground (say, a highway), reduced to intensity 2 speeds (around 45 miles per hour) on less agreeable terrain (off-road).

2005 Variations

After just two short years of operation, the Desert Coyote was upgraded by GI Joe! They started by giving it a new, tan and green camouflage paint job, as opposed to its previous, inverted color scheme, and enhanced its gunner station with, well, more gun, as follows:

Twinned Mini-Guns (a): replacing the gunner station's original weapon, its gun mount now holds dual, rotary-barreled mini-guns! They can fire a short burst of ammunition to inflict one's Agility +7 in damage, or be fired continuously to inflict their Agility +8 in damage!

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