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=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
[[File:MONGOOSE PROFILE WIREFRAME.JPG|200px|left|thumb|A wire frame profile of the M274 Mongoose ULATV.]] | [[File:MONGOOSE PROFILE WIREFRAME.JPG|200px|left|thumb|A wire frame profile of the M274 Mongoose ULATV.]] | ||
The Mongoose is one of the fastest and most maneuverable ground vehicles in the arsenal of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. It is a highly effective vehicle for reconnaissance, rapid transportation, swift tactical versatility, and for shooting between positions. A smaller cousin to the ubiquitous [[M831 Troop Transport]], the Mongoose is a small ATV capable of carrying a driver in the middle of the vehicle, and features a rear platform that can be used to carry one additional passenger, although official UNSC safety protocols advise against this.<ref name="wp mongoose">[https:// | The Mongoose is one of the fastest and most maneuverable ground vehicles in the arsenal of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. It is a highly effective vehicle for reconnaissance, rapid transportation, swift tactical versatility, and for shooting between positions. A smaller cousin to the ubiquitous [[M831 Troop Transport]], the Mongoose is a small ATV capable of carrying a driver in the middle of the vehicle, and features a rear platform that can be used to carry one additional passenger, although official UNSC safety protocols advise against this.<ref name="wp mongoose">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011201605/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/gallery/mongoose/b5c99753-e4e4-48cd-a2f6-efc2ec3c97e9 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''M247 Mongoose(Internet Archive)'']</ref> | ||
AMG Transport Dynamics manufactured the first predecessors to the M274 in [[2483]] and have since released seventeen variants of the vehicle, the M247 ULATV being the most recent.<ref name="wp mongoose"/> | AMG Transport Dynamics manufactured the first predecessors to the M274 in [[2483]] and have since released seventeen variants of the vehicle, the M247 ULATV being the most recent.<ref name="wp mongoose"/> | ||