M87 Bloodhound Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle

Canine CVR

"We found a Wraith, popping blobs off at the colony. It thought, us being little tanks, wouldn't make a dent on it. The first shot by Willis penetrated its frontal armour and blew out the reactor and the gunner."

- Captain Jacob Hardy

The M87 Canine CVR is a lightly modified version of the M85 Coyote. The only difference is the armament, with the Canine mounting a 40mm high Velocity Gauss gun, capable of penetrating the frontal armour of MBTs. This has given it a rightly feared reputation, as within a squadron of Coyotes it cannot be easily distinguished, making mixed units deadly effective.

The vehicle however, does suffer from problems. It has a large fusion core to pwoer the weapon, but this is prone to over heating after 24 consecutive shots. Though armed with a liquid coolant system, the weapon is prone to over heating also. Also the weapon is, for the majority, entirely outboard of the turret and due to damage to external fittings and the floation screens, it has a three inch spacer. The shells are ejected out of the vehicle and loaded in three round stripper clips.

UNSC Remarks
"Range ain't amazing, nothing like the Monitor, but we can certainly hit targets a fair way off"

"During trial runs we had a k/d ratio of 7/1 against Scorpion drones. That was in one on one urban combat. Open combat was somewaht less fantastic at 1/1."

"Problem is, most MBTs can smash us in a single hit. Thats providing they can hit us."