The Battle Android Trooper, the perfect Cobra soldier: never questions orders, needs no pay or leave, and is cheap to replace. They shoot at anything that moves, and have an unfortunate tendency to burst into flame when hit from behind. "B.A.T.s are dangerous to everybody. Even Cobra Infantrymen don't like to be on the same battlefield with them."
B.A.T. is a Cobra operative in the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1986, with 2 distinct figure versions produced across the 1982 to 1994 ARAH run.
B.A.T. did not appear by name in the Sunbow or DiC cartoon series synopses. Original Hasbro file-card lore and Marvel ARAH comics appearances are the primary characterization sources.