Armored Personnel Carrier (Fallout 4)

An armored personnel carrier or APC was an armored fighting vehicle of the United States Armed Forces before the Great War, also referred to as a military infantry fighting vehicle.

Background
Deployed routinely across the United States during the Sino-American War, the APC was used for crowd control and to transport troops to key hotspots in the safety of its armored shell. For defense, it had a 105mm gun in an autonomous dorsal turret and a pair of ball-mounted 76mm guns to the sides of the driver's cabin.

Characteristics
The APC is a six-wheeled vehicle designed for supporting infantry operations and transporting soldiers through the battlefield. It is tall with a forward driver's position sitting over the primary engine. The driver's seat is contained within a compartment isolated from the troop section. The vehicle can carry six soldiers and two power armor units in this section with instructions on the wall that power armor units must stand for transportation.

The APC was used for other purposes aside from troop transportation, as some APCs are found with a gurney and other medical equipment within. Due to its shielding, it could also be used to transport radioactive waste, for example, in decontamination operations. There are three variants found in the Commonwealth. The first is missing the back entrance door, the second is accessible with the door open serving as a ramp, and the third has the back entrance sealed. Some loot can usually be found in or around these vehicles including stimpaks and level-dependent weapons.

Locations

 * During War Never Changes, the vehicle can be seen on the street of Sanctuary Hills while soldiers direct the residents towards Vault 111 just before the nuclear bombs hit the Greater Boston area. It is removed sometime before the Sole Survivor leaves Vault 111.
 * One can be found carrying several barrels of nuclear waste. It is located on a small island in Misty Lake west of Sanctuary Hills after the Sole Survivor has left Vault 111.
 * One can be found just south of the rotten landfill on the road adjacent to the freeway.
 * One can be found at a military checkpoint near Mass Gravel & Sand and Wattz Consumer Electronics. This unnamed armored vehicle contains a crate with some loot. There is a power armor without a helmet in an advanced storage box at the same location.
 * Two can be found on the barge behind the wreck of the USS Riptide.
 * An abandoned armored vehicle rammed into a mound of dirt with several armed frag mines around it and an army skeleton inside with a box of three fragmentation mines, two food items, a silver locket, a weapon (depending on the one's level), and a duffle bag with around 32 stacks pre-war money can be found north, northeast of relay tower 0BB-915.
 * Another can be found at a military checkpoint just south of Big John's Salvage.
 * One can be found in the southwestern edge of Boston Common. It contains some loot and the name "Swann" is written on it.
 * One can be found at the Wilson Atomatoys factory, and when fast traveled to after the landing of the Prydwen brotherhood members can be seen walking out of it, suggesting that they may have used it.
 * Two can be found to the east of Breakheart Banks. Part of a crashed military convoy, one is still on the back of a flatbed semi, and another has fallen off. The location is guarded by leveled military robots.
 * One can be found on the road out the front of the Weston water treatment plant.
 * Two can be found immediately south of West Everett Estates as part of a convoy patrolled by a utility Protectron alongside the wreckage of a Stingray Deluxe.
 * Two can be found on a barge to the northwest of Nahant Sherrif's Department on the land bridge.
 * Three can be found northwest of Neponset Park, with one half-sunken into a pond and a nearby suit of leveled power armor.
 * Three can be found on a barge north of the Old North Church by a crashed vertibird.
 * Three can be found west of Finch farm, two behind a wrecked trailer, and one in front of it.
 * One can be found behind the bunker at the South Boston military checkpoint.
 * Two in the military convoy slightly southwest of Dry Rock Gulch.
 * Two in the military convoy south of the Hubologist's camp.

Appearances
The APC appears in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes

 * The APC was modeled by Istvan Pely.


 * The vehicle is actually an infantry fighting vehicle, rather than an armored personnel carrier. The difference is in armaments: Armored personnel carriers are designed to safely transport infantry inside and are either unarmed or provided with self-defense weapons to deter minor attacks. Infantry fighting vehicles can not only transport and protect infantry, but also provide fire support and actively participate in combat. The "APC"'s high caliber gun place it squarely in the IFV category.
 * The APC contains a design flaw with the frontal turrets known as a shot trap. Rather than being deflected, shots striking the indented zones from the front may be guided into the turret socket, potentially disabling it.