Combine APC

From Combine OverWiki, the English Half-Life Wikia

First Seen: Half-Life 2, Chapter One, Point Insertion

• Health total: 750
• Weapon damage: Mounted gun (5) Guided Missile launcher (25)
• Entity: prop_vehicle_apc (does not work when spawned during play)

Combine APCs are used by Combine Overwatch and Civil Protection units to deploy in an area quickly. They are used extensively in the Canals to help Civil Protection patrol the area. They use guided rocket launchers and a mounted Pulse Rifle to attack enemies. The missles are fired through tubes which can be seen in between the two front platings. It is unknown how they operate the mounted pulse rifle, as there seems to be no trigger for it and there are no drivers seen through the windshield. It should also be noted that, should a player attempt to lift an APC in the earlier sections of the game while using the Super Gravity Gun (which can be done by using the console to acquire the gun), the game will crash.

[edit] Usage

The Combine APC is first seen in combat on the Canals, and the only way to destroy them is to use a mounted Hunter Chopper gun on the Airboat. APCs are also used by Combine Overwatch in The Coast to patrol and transport Combine Soldiers to areas in need of maintenance (such as reactivating Antlion restricting devices).

[edit] Tactics

Although powerful, they are vulnerable to damage from certain weapons. Hand grenades, SMG grenades, rockets, and the pulse cannon (salvaged from a Hunter-Chopper) that is mounted on the Airboat in Water Hazard all damage the APC to varying degrees. As the APC takes damage, pieces of its armor start to fall off, until it eventually disintegrates.

Much like how a gunship can shoot down your own missiles, the missiles the APC launches can be shot down with the Airboat's pulse gun.

Units of the Combine
Humanoid:		Civil Protection · Overwatch Soldier · Overwatch Sniper · Overwatch Elite · Nova Prospekt Guard · Stalker
Synth:		Combat Pod · Crab Synth · Dropship · Gunship · Hunter · Mortar Synth · Shield Scanner · Strider
Other:		APC · Hunter-Chopper · Manhack · City Scanner