Phoenix Logs/UNSC Units/Mastodon


 * Armored personnel carrier.


 * Mastodons are heavy troop carriers available to Commander Jerome. Each is
 * armed with a M41 machine gun in a remotely operated weapon station, but the
 * vehicle's primary offensive utility comes from the three units of infantry it can
 * carry. Each of these units can engage the enemy using their weapons through
 * the ABC's firing ports. The Mastodon can be upgraded to carry an additional
 * infantry unit. If the Mastodon is destroyed the troops within will survive, but
 * suffer heavy damage.


 * M650 Mastodons are widely used by the UNSC Army and colonial defense
 * forces. Their large troop compartments enable them to carry heavy infantry
 * (such as Spartans in powered assault armor) and their armor protects against
 * most heavy weapons, but their size made them difficult to deploy and they lack
 * the mobility of smaller (but far less protected) Warthog troop carriers. With
 * troops in short supply on the Ark——and reinforcement unlikely——Jerome has
 * investigated starting production of these vehicles to minimize infantry
 * casualties.