Pod Vehicles are tinier machines used, by International Rescue, while out on rescue mission.

Pod VehiclesEdit

The Pod Vehicles are auxiliary vehicles carried to missions by Thunderbird 2. was designed to carry specialised rescue vehicles and equipment to disaster sites in one of six interchangeable pods. Most of the vehicles were designed by Brains for specific rescue situations, though some vehicles were purcharsed by International Rescue and adapted or upgraded. The pod vehicles were stored within Thunderbird 2's cavernous hangar (as seen in the episode "Cry Wolf" or kept on standby within the pods themselves. The only pod never used to contain equipment is Pod 2 (though it was used to transport a boy back home in "Security Hazard", and the most common pods used are 3 and 5.

List of Pod VehiclesEdit

Vehicles UsedEdit

In order of importance

• The Mole - a drilling machine - is the most recognizable and used of the pod vehicles.
• The Firefly
• The Domo
• The Elevator Cars
• The Transmitter Truck
• The Recovery Vehicles
• The Monobrake
• The Excavator
• The Mobile Crane
• The Fire Truck
• The Laser Cutter Vehicle
• The Thunderizer
• The Neutralizer Tractor
• The Jet-Air Transporter

Unused vehiclesEdit

International Rescue has a number of other pod vehicles that were seen in the Thunderbirds series, but not seen in active rescue missions.

• The Fire Tender
• Yellow Trailer Truck
• Red and Black Truck
• Red Curved Vehicle

Pod DevicesEdit

• Diacetyline Cage
• Sealant Device
• Electromagnetic Grabs

Notable AppearancesEdit

The following list is in Production Order

• Trapped In The Sky
• Pit Of Peril
• City Of Fire
• Sun Probe
• Move - And You're Dead
• Martian Invasion
• The Perils Of Penelope
• Terror In New York City
• Edge Of Impact
• 30 Minutes After Noon
• Cry Wolf
• The Duchess Assignment
• Security Hazard
• Path Of Destruction