Chitauri Chariot

Chitauri Chariot
Alias(es)	Chitauri Cruisers
Builder	Chitauri
Users	Chitauri Loki † Natasha Romanoff †
Status	Inactive
Appearances
Movie	The Avengers Captain America: Civil War (footage) Spider-Man: Homecoming Avengers: Endgame
TV Series	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned) What If...? Hawkeye
Web Series	WHiH Newsfront *WHIH Newsfront: The Cost of Saving the World (footage)
Game	The Avengers - The Mobile Game
Comic	The Avengers Adaptation Iron Man 3 Prelude Thor: The Dark World Prelude Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude
Book	Phase One: Marvel's The Avengers Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey

"You wanna get up there, you're gonna need a ride."
"I got a ride. I could use a lift though."
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yeah. It's gonna be fun."

―Captain America and Black Widow^[src]

Chitauri Chariots, also known as Chitauri Cruisers, are the primary methods of transportation used by the Chitauri. They were notably used as air fighter squadrons during the Battle of New York.

History

"After New York, we found transceivers in the wreckage of one of the Chitauri cruisers."

―Fischer to Hale^[src]

In 2012, Chitauri used these chariots, which resembled jet skis, during the Battle of New York, as their main method of air combat. Due to their speed, the chariots had poor handling, making a chase through numerous turns difficult. The chariots were disabled when the Chitauri Command Center was destroyed.

Herman Schultz with the Chitauri Chariot

The power source of the chariots were later used by Adrian Toomes and his crew for their criminal activities.

During the clean-up, the chariots fell into the custody of the United States Air Force, who found transceivers in one of the chariots. The HYDRA members within the Air Force, led by General Fischer, used a transceiver to send out a signal in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials, resulting in the Confederacy shifting their focus on Earth and striking an alliance with HYDRA.

Alternate Universe Versions

Battle of Earth

The Chitauri using the chariots

The chariots were brought by Chitauri in Thanos’ warship through the Quantum Realm to another universe where they were used in the battle at the ruins of the Avengers Compound. Early in the battle, one chariot was smashed and destroyed by Bruce Banner. The remaining chariots disintegrated when Tony Stark used the Infinity Stones.

Appearances

In chronological order:

• The Avengers
  • Hawkeye
    • Season One
      • Never Meet Your Heroes (concurrent events)
• What If...?
  • Season Two
    • What If... Captain Carter Fought the HYDRA Stomper? (alternate universe)
  • Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (flashback)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Captain America: Civil War (footage)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Season Five
    • Rise and Shine (mentioned)
• Avengers: Endgame