User:Spartan G-23/M7 Basenji Armoured Personnel Carrier

Summary
The M7 Basenji Armoured Personnel Carrier, is the cousin to the M5 Serval Armoured Fighting Vehicle. The vehicle itself is fully enclosed with the excepetion of a single roof-mounted .50 caliber machine-gun. It has 13 centimetres armour plating, and can hold up to 10 passengers at a time.

Introduction to Service
The project was started in 2548 alongside the M5 Serval, but the Basenji was not fully completed until 2551, where it first saw action. When it was first introduced, marines used it to a counter-part of the Covenant Shadow, in which it was used to successfully get marines safely into battles. It was also used to get important civilians and government personnel safely to the escape ships.