Armored personnel carrier (Red Alert 1)

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Armoured Personnel Carrier

Unit
Affiliation	Allies Soviets (rare)
Role	Troop transport
Armament	M60 machine gun
Protection	Heavy
Tier	1
Tech level	3
Properties
Hit points	200
Armour type	Heavy
Transport slots	5 infantry units
Production
Cost	$800
Produced by	War factory
Requires	Allied barracks
Combat
Ground attack	15 (SA)
Cooldown	20 frames
Speed	10
Attack range	4
Sight range	5

The M113 armoured personnel carrier, or APC for short, was an Allied vehicle used during the Second World War.

Background

Ever since armoured warfare began, one of the important questions was how to keep the infantry with the tanks. Tanks without infantry could quickly be slaughtered by rocket infantry, which often necessitated an infantry screen. Furthermore, some infantry, such as commandos, needed a safe way to get in and out of difficult combat situations. The Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) was the solution.

Game unit

The APC is small, heavily armoured and fast. Mounting a small machine gun, it is effective against all infantry. Its speed and ability to crush infantry make it highly effective against soldiers of all types, with the exception of the shock troopers, whose armoured suits prevented crushing

Although it can be used to transport engineers, the number of engineers required to capture most buildings means that this is often not an effective tactic. The APC can be chronoshifted, but any infantry inside are simply erased from time.

Compared to the Ranger, the APC has the same weapon, but is much more durable, and unlike the Ranger it can crush infantry.

Legacy

Tiberium Universe

The APC was further used by the Global Defense Initiative in the First Tiberium War.

Red Alert Universe

The Allied Phase transport was built around an M113 chassis in the aftermath of the war. The design eventually phased out after the war and was replaced by the Battle Fortress during the Psychic Dominator Disaster.

Trivia

In the Soviet campaign, some APCs appear to be on the Soviet side.
The APC is depicted by the M113 armoured personnel carrier in the sidebar icon and in cutscenes.

Gallery

Videos

Red Alert APC Escape

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Allied Second World War Arsenal

Units

Infantry


Rifle Infantry	Rocket Soldier	Engineer	Spy	Thief

Medic	Field Mechanic (Aftermath only)	Tanya Adams

Vehicles


Ranger	Light Tank	Medium tank	Anti-Tank Minelayer	Demolition Truck (Aftermath only)

Artillery	Armored Personnel Carrier	Ore Truck	Radar Jammer	Chrono Tank (Aftermath only)

Mobile Gap Generator	Mobile Construction Vehicle

Aircraft


Longbow	Badger (campaign only)

Vessels


Gunboat	Destroyer	Cruiser	Transport

Cut content

Megan • Helicarrier

Structures

Production


Construction Yard	Barracks	War Factory	Naval Yard	Helipad

Support


Power Plant	Advanced Power Plant	Radar Dome	Ore Refinery

Ore Silo	Service Depot	Tech Center	Gap Generator

Defense


Pillbox	Camouflaged Pillbox	Anti-Aircraft Gun	Turret	Chronosphere

Sandbags	Concrete Wall	Nuclear Missile Silo (multiplayer only)

Fake


Fake Construction Yard (Aftermath only)	Fake Radar Dome (Aftermath only)	Fake War Factory (Aftermath only)	Fake Naval Yard (Aftermath only)

Campaign-only

Technology center

Support Powers

Powers


Sonar Pulse	Global Positioning System	Chronoshift	Nuclear Weapon (multiplayer only)

Items in italics are exclusive to expansion packs

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Soviet Second World War Arsenal

Units

Infantry


Rifle Infantry	Grenadier	Engineer	Attack Dog	Flamethrower Infantry

Shock Trooper (Aftermath only)	Rocket Soldier (multiplayer only)	Tanya Adams (multiplayer only)

Vehicles


Heavy Tank	Anti-Personnel Minelayer	Demolition Truck (Aftermath only)	V2 Rocket Launcher	Tesla Tank (Aftermath only)

Ore Truck	Mammoth Tank	Mobile Construction Vehicle