Armored personnel carrier

An APC was a heavily armored infantry transport.

History
Ever since armored warfare began, one of the important questions was: How to keep the infantry with the tanks. Tanks without infantry could quickly be slaughtered, even in the Tiberium age, by rocket infantry, which often necesitated an infantry screen. Furthermore, some infantry, such as commandos, needed a safe way to get into an out of difficult combat situations. The APC has had a prominant place in modern combat.

Description
The APC is a boxlike construction with thick armor and a powerful engine for signifiant speed. However, this focus on armor and speed meant that only a small weapon could be mounted, accordingly, only a small machine gun was used. The APC was also rather cramped, as only 5 infantry at a time could fit inside of it.

The Great War
Given their reliance on infantry (at least more than the Soviets), the Allies first developed the APC. Their APC was small, heavily armored and fast. Mounting a small machine gun, it was effective against infantry, and furthermore, its speed and ability to crush infantry made it highly effective against soldiers of all types - with the exception of the shock trooper, whose armored suit prevented him from being crushed. However, the machine gun was still effective against these targets. Although it could be used to transport engineers, the number of engineers required to capture most buildings meant that this was often not an effective tactic.

The First Tiberium War.
During the First Tiberium War, GDI used the APC. It was essentially the same APC that the Allies had used, with very few differences. However, owing to the different nature of that conflict, the APC accordingly had a different role. Although powerful against infantry and able to crush all types, the ability of the Engineer to capture full strength buildings meant that the APC could be used to transport Engineers into fortified Nod bases and have him capture enemy buildings, putting them to good use for the GDI.

Armored Personnel carriers could also be used as scouts, owing to their speed and their ability to absorb more damage than could the fragile [Humvee]s. One important feature that the APC provided was the ability for infantry to cross Tiberium fields without damage.