M2 series Assault Personnel Carrier

"This bastard girl must deserve this little friend!"

- An Sandman gunner's last word shoot his autocannon at Kasami Hiiragi (Memory of Kagami Rebirth)

M2 Sandman

Production information

Manufacturer: Unknown Line: M2 series Model: Sandman Model Class: Armored personnel carrier

Technical specifications

Height/depth: 2.41 meter Mass: 13.6 ton Maximum speed: 95 km/h Engine unit: Mark 2 Naquadah generator Sensor systems: Unknown Armament: 25mm 500 RPM Bushmaster cannon (1)                    FN M3 Heavy Autocannon (1) Crew: 5 - 30

Usage

Role: Troop Transport           Light Vehicle Affiliation: Stardoor                   Neutral Alliance                   Lucas's Alliance

The Mark-2 Sandman series Assault Personnel Carrier, shortly known as M-2 was a armored personnel carrier from Stardoor used by Neutral Alliance and later Lucas's Alliance, this is "assault personnel carrier" that capable to assault infantry as well as troop transport in the Neutral Alliance Armed Force, but it sacrifice their armor to allow them move faster, it easily to get shot by an MBT-21 without any problem. These APC were first saw in Operation Sandman when against Lucian Alliance.

Although their Bushmaster cannon can't punch against MBT-21, it still take down light armor such as M-2 Sabertooth Tank. (Memory of Kagami Rebirth)


Behind the Scene
Background

"Rule Number 1 for Sandman, see Infantry, shoot! Number 2, see Tank or cute girl, run! Number 3, if you are no choice, Touched it!"

- An Stardoor General (Memory of Kagami Rebirth)

The M2 series was based on real life APC, BTR-80 which originally was made by Russia, likely that Stardoor command want Chekov back to SDC which allow to sell some these APC as exchange which later prove more powerful than their American version.

In Memory of Kagami Rebirth, M-2 was based on Ukrainian BTR-4 since the turret's position is back instead of front unlike in Lady White Heart which this version is mix with LAV-25 reconnaissance vehicle and seem faster than Lady White Heart.

Trivia
- M2 often to called as Assault Personnel Carrier more than Armored Personnel Carrier because they was design for assault more than carry some heavily armored.

Touhou Galaxy Project:

An LAV-25 is the based of M2 Sandman
in Memory of Kagami Rebirth

- Lady White Heart (First Appeared)
- Memory of Kagami Rebirth