Dropship

"Packed to the brim with robotic infantry, Dropships conduct rapid deployment of Automaton units."

The Dropship is a large nonhumanoid machine/Automaton vehicle used by Automatons to rapidly transport Troops and other vehicle to planet surface or one of their ships. They are often use during rapid repose to deliver reinforcements to crush any Helldivers that dare to infiltrate their planets.

Tactics

 * Dropships are designed to quickly bring additional Automaton soldiers to the battlefield (spawn).
 * They lack an easily identifiable weak-point. However, if you aim at one of the thrusters with either the recoilless rifle, disposable anti-tank weapon or the quasar cannon, it will down the ship.
 * If a Dropship is downed with Automatons on board, they will be crushed; If they survive, the Dropship also explodes on impact and can kill all bots on board. Any bots that survive usually are pinned under the ship, and though they can't move, are still able to fire at you.
 * It is possible to shoot the bots as the dropship opens up to deploy them, although this is not recommended due to the risk of being crushed and not arriving in time to destroy all the bots before they deploy. If you do decide to do this, using explosive weapons like the grenade launcher can expedite the process as the splash damage can destroy multiple bots.