Wombat II APC

The Wombat II is an NBC-protected amphibious wheeled armoured personnel carrier with high mobility legs.

It can carry twelve soldiers and their equipment, deploy them near the combat area, and if necessary provide fire support, but its relatively weak armour makes the latter a risky proposition best left to hardier or cheaper vehicles.

The Wombat II has a crew of two, a driver and a gunner, on a cabin open to the troops' compartment.

Armament
The Wombat II is typically equipped with a 12.7mm HMG on a remotely operated ring turret.

It can also be fitted with a second turret on the rear mounting a Gauss rifle, twin triple missile pod with four AT and two AA missiles, or a 12 dumbfire rockets rack; however this is not a common configuration.

Armour
The Wombat II has 25mm of composite armour on the sides, and 35mm on the frontal plates. This is sufficient to defend against medium arms, proximity-fused explosives and anti-personnel mines, but it's vulnerable to 12.7mm weapons except from a frontal cone of 30º to each side.

Mobility
Akras recent advances in heat disposal allowed it to rethink its paradigms. All Akras vehicles are now equipped with miniature Helium-3 fusion reactors thermally shielded by Heatsink Stone(TM) technology.

Its four independent legs are fully mobile, allowing the Wombat II to walk on its bullbar fenders, being able to transverse the most rugged terrains, crab sideways, cross ditches longer than itself and even climb ledges. When the legs aren't enough, the harpoon and electric winch allow the vehicle to hoist itself to otherwise inaccessible heights.

On flat terrain, the Wombat II can achieve its best speed to deliver soldiers to their destination in a timely manner. Its amphibious characteristics allow it to transverse rivers or calm waters, extending its operational range and improving its versatility.