Hatchback

Hatchbacks are civilian cars that have made appearances in ArmA: Armed Assault, ArmA 2, and in ArmA 3.

ArmA: Armed Assault

Hatchback
Faction	Civilians
Type	Compact Car
Seats	4 seats: 1× Driver 3× Passengers
Item capacity	Max: 3× Weapons 20× Magazines
Top speed	120 km/h
Fuel capacity	50 L
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	None
Variants	None
Games

The ArmA: Armed Assault Hatchback is driven by Sahranian civilians.

Overview

• Role:
  • Civilian transportation

Design

The Hatchback is a five-door compact car with a hatchback layout.

Features
Old but reliable, the Hatchback is a simple civilian vehicle used to get from one location to another (on paved roads). There are few differences to the Sedan, save that the Hatchback has a slightly lower top speed in comparison.

Drawbacks
Extremely fragile even by the standards of most civilian vehicles, the Hatchback is ill-suited for use in any combat situation. A few bursts of gunfire are more than enough to cause the vehicle to explode soon after being shot at.

While driving off-road, the Hatchback also has terrible handling and suffers severe penalties to its top speed. It will have immense difficulty in climbing up hills and faces an increased risk of rollovers while driving on steep terrain.

Crew Capacity
The Hatchback contains enough seats for the driver and up to a maximum of three other passengers.

Trivia

• The Hatchback in Armed Assault is modelled after the Volkswagen "Passat B1" (alternately known as the "Typ 32").

ArmA 2

Hatchback
Faction	Civilians
Type	Compact Car
Seats	5 seats: 1× Driver 4× Passengers
Item capacity	Max: 10× Weapons 50× Magazines 2× Backpacks
Top speed	~ 101 km/h
Fuel capacity	50 L
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	None
Variants	Old
Games

The ArmA 2 Hatchback is driven by Chernarussian civilians.

Overview

• Role:
  • Civilian transportation

Design

The ArmA 2 Hatchback is a five-door compact car with a hatchback layout.

Features
It is available in both modernised and older variants, with the only difference being their appearance, layout, and maximum speed.

Each variant otherwise has virtually identical performance metrics and handling to the other.

Mobility
The ArmA 2 Hatchback is very similar to the Czech-made Touring car, and has overall decent handling while driving on flat surfaces.

The modern Hatchback can comfortably accelerate up to an absolute maximum speed of 241 km/h depending on the terrain. The older variant however, is limited to a maximum of only 125 km/h but can still drive at a decent pace of 101 km/h on most roads.

Drawbacks
Just like in Armed Assault, the ArmA 2 Hatchbacks are no different and remain just as fragile as they were previously. Both variants will not survive any form of combat and will be quickly disabled after one or two bursts; either to their engines or wheels.

Crew Capacity
Aside from the driver, both variants of the Hatchback support up to four more passengers.

Variants

Camouflage

• Red: Bright red paint scheme. Only used by modern Hatchbacks.
• Yellow: Scratched and worn-out flat yellow paint scheme. Only used on old Hatchbacks.

Trivia

• The standard ArmA 2 Hatchback is modelled after the German-made Volkswagen "Golf Mk4" compact car (also known as the "VW Type 1J").
  • The old variant is a slightly updated port of the Hatchback from Armed Assault, and is similarly based on the 1985 model of the "Passat B1".
• Amusingly enough, the fourth passenger seat is actually located in the boot/trunk of the Hatchback itself. The passenger will be forced into a fetal position while riding in this "seat".

Gallery

Old (front) and new (rear) Hatchbacks being driven in downtown Elektrozavodsk.

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ArmA 3

Hatchback
Faction	Civilians
Type	Five-Door Hatchback
Seats	4 seats: 1× Driver 3× Passengers
Item capacity	Max: 2000 mass 12× Weapons 64× Magazines
Top speed	152 km/h (regular) 326 km/h (sport)
Fuel capacity	40 L
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	None
Variants	Standard, Sport
Games

The ArmA 3 Hatchback is driven by Altian civilians.

The sport variant of the Hatchback is currently the fastest ground vehicle in ArmA 3, with a top speed of 326 km/h (~90 m/s).

Overview

• Roles:
  • Civilian transportation
  • Motorsports

Design

The ArmA 3 Hatchback is a five-door car that uses a front-wheel drive layout.

Features
It is available in two variants; the standard version and a dedicated sports variant designed for motorsports racing. Unlike its standard variant, the sports model has a stronger engine that enables it to reach more than double the top speed of regular Hatchbacks.

Mobility
The Hatchback remains mostly similar to its predecessor in that it has fairly decent acceleration on paved roads but has otherwise average handling in general. As is to be expected, it also has very poor acceleration while driving off-road.

Drawbacks
The ArmA 3 Hatchback naturally retains the same flaws as its predecessor, namely that it doesn't have any armour plating that would protect its passengers from gunfire or explosives.

The vehicle itself is quite fragile as a result, and can be rendered disabled (if not becoming a total loss) from colliding with small objects or structures even at moderate speeds.

Crew Capacity
Both variants of the ArmA 3 Hatchback are capable of transporting up to four passengers (including the driver).

Camouflage

Hatchback

• Beige: Pattern-less beige paint scheme.
• Green: Pattern-less bright green paint scheme.
• Blue: Pattern-less turquoise blue paint scheme.
• Blue (Custom): Dark blue paint scheme with small lime green-coloured line patterns on the doors.
• Beige (Custom): Beige paint scheme with small orange-coloured line patterns on the doors.
• Yellow: Pattern-less amber yellow paint scheme.
• Grey: Pattern-less flat grey paint scheme.
• Black: Pattern-less black paint scheme.
• Dark Grey: Pattern-less dark grey paint scheme.

Hatchback (Sport)

• Red: Red paint scheme with a light red stroke pattern.
• Blue: Two-tone dark blue/sky blue paint scheme with red, black, and yellow-coloured stripe/line patterns.
• Orange: Bright orange paint scheme with a light orange stroke pattern.
• White: White paint scheme with black and red-coloured stripe/line patterns.
• Beige: Beige paint scheme with a sand-coloured stroke pattern.
• Green: Dark green paint scheme with a light green/lime green-coloured stripe/line patterns.

Variants

Trivia

• The ArmA 3 Hatchback is based on the "Civic" series of Japanese sedans/hatchbacks manufactured by the Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
• Like the SUV, the release of Game Update 1.82 altered the Hatchback's handling so that it is possible to drift while turning.
  • An unintended side effect of this update was that the Hatchback was also made significantly more fragile due to the new armour system, which means that the Hatchback is liable to explode on even the slightest of crashes against hard objects.

Gallery

Dashboard view of the Hatchback's interior.

Dark blue

Green

Orange

Red

Tan

White and black

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External links

• Wikipedia: Volkswagen Golf Mk4
• Wikipedia: Volkswagen Passat
• Wikipedia: Honda Civic

See also

• List of vehicles by top speed (ArmA 3)

Vehicles of comparable role and configuration

• SUV
• Sedan (ArmA: Armed Assault only)
• Touring car (ArmA 2: ACR only)