Technical (vehicle)

A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle that includes a civilian ground vehicle - commonly a pickup truck - that has been armed and possibly armored to participate in an armed conflict. Pickup trucks are chosen for their ability to mount large-caliber machine guns, light anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles, mortars and other support weapons on its open cargo area. It can also provide effective transport for factions that lack a quantity of armored personnel carriers, but the soldiers would then travel without the protection of bullet-proof walls unless these are equipped before a mission. Having both some flank protection and a frontal weapon is possible and commonly practiced by actual countries using this type of improvised warfare, but this would limit the weapon's ability to fire against enemies at the flanks. The advantage of a technical is that it is faster than most military-issue vehicles and can transport their cargo or troops quickly across the battlefield, while being difficult to avoid when coming at full speed towards enemy infantry. Its drawback is that it generally lacks armor, and don't have the terrain ability to compare with APCs.

The AORA has at least 20 technicals as shown in the introduction video, most of them equipped with machine guns and at least five having improvised protection consisting of sheet metal put up around the flanks. They provide a primary offensive force for the AORA, and utilizes a strategy of driving through a city at highway speed while gunning down enemy infantry, and quickly retreat should the opposition deploy armor or rocket launchers. Technicals are also used to deploy blockades over roads, and to intercept enemy convoys.