The AWC-2405 Spartan (Jawaese: Sbartaidd) is a Jawa and Helghast cooperatively designed dropship.
Design Details[]
The AWC-2405 entered development in 2400 to replace the aging Overlord dropships in present Helghast service. Spartan dropships boast a modular weapons layout, room in the troop hold for 10 troopers, and storage for two Jet bikes that are deployed by a rear hatch. Weapons include: compressed petrusite autocannons, missile pods and door mounted machine guns or composite beam laser turrets. It has a cockpit for two, pilot and gunner. The pilot sits below the gunner. The Spartan uses VTOL propulsion and is for atmosphperic operation only.
Statistics[]
Top Speed- 100 kilometers per hour
Weight- 3 tons (fully loaded)
Capacity-10 fully equiped troops, two jet bikes
History[]
- Started development in 2400.
- Prototype saw combat in the last three months of the Akmir Civil War
- Entered Helghast service in 2405
- Units were mobilised in 2410 for the Third Extrasolar War
Users[]
- Helghast Army
- Akmir Red Party