Transportable Tactical Battle Platform

] =History= First Deployed in 1985 (Marvel Issue #40, Hydrofoil) to serve as base of operation in the Gulf of Mexico, for the G.I. Joe team that was present when Cobra tricked the Joes into forming Cobra Island.

Vehicle Profile
Approxamiately 30 feet long by 30 feet wide, square. It comes armed with A Surface to Air Missile launcher holding 4 MIM-72 "Chaparall" S-A-Ms, controlled from a fire-control room on the opposite side of the platform, along with a recoiless 75mm Dual-Cannon "Defender" Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Ship System.

There is a One-Chopper Heli-Pad, and a ramp, for loading and onloading Land vehicles, if land is close enough to reach, or if a ship is close enough to dock.

It takes 4 XH-1 Dragonfly's or 2 Tomahawk's to move the platform into position.

Thie Battle Platform can be mounted on an Offshore Drilling Platform's legs, or can be 'floated' on pontoons, if no pre-existing system is in place. It can hold up to 15 people for extended periods of time, and provides a base from which Naval operations can be conducted.