MTVR

MTVR
Faction	USMC U.S. Army British Army
Type	Utility Truck
Seats	Transport: 13 seats: 1× Driver 12× Passengers Supply/Salvage: 2 seats: 1× Driver 1× Passenger Logistics: 3 seats: 1× Driver 2× Passengers
Item capacity	Trns./Sup./Salv./Ammo.: 50× Weapons 200× Magazines 8× Backpacks Fuel/Repair variants only: 10× Weapons 50× Magazines 8× Backpacks
Top speed	Normal: 83 km/h Turbo: 94 km/h Reverse: 16 km/h
Fuel capacity	303 fuel units
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	None
Variants	Transport, Repair, Ammunition, Fuel, Supply, Salvage
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The MTVR (full name: Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement) is a logistics truck used by several BLUFOR factions in ArmA 2.

Overview

• Roles:
  • Troop transport
  • Ground vehicle repair
  • Refuelling
  • Vehicle munitions rearmament

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The MTVR (Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement) is a 6x6 all-terrain vehicle Used by the US Marine Corps and US NAVY. It is capable of transporting up to 7 tons of cargo in most terrain and up to 15 tons on good roads. Armoury Description

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Design

The MTVR is a multipurpose utility truck that uses a 6x6 wheel configuration, with its engine located underneath a forward fibreglass bonnet. The roof of the cab has a hinged aluminium windscreen, and the door frames can be folded down to reduce overall height.

Features
Forming an integral part of the U.S. military's logistical backbone, the MTVR serves as the primary utility truck of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps and the British Army. The MTVR is available in up to six configurations:

• The baseline troop transport truck
• Fuel tanker that can refuel nearby ground vehicles and landed aircraft
• An ammunition resupply truck variant
• A mobile repair vehicle variant
• A salvage truck designed to scrap destroyed vehicle wrecks
• A supply truck designed exclusively to transport supplies

Mobility
With a top speed of 94 km/h on turbo, the MTVR is quite fast for a truck and possesses surprisingly decent handling and a good acceleration rate. Though its turn rate is mediocre and it suffers from a speed penalty while going off-road, its stability is much better compared to the Russian-made Kamaz. Compared to the Kamaz, it doesn't face as much of risk of rollovers when turning at high speeds.

Drawbacks
As an unarmoured truck, the MTVR remains vulnerable to any kind of anti-vehicle weapon and small arms fire. Unlike the Czech Army's T810, no variant of the MTVR is outfitted with any kind of armament. As a result, the driver won't be able defend themselves or their passengers against hostiles. Unless it's absolutely necessary, the MTVR should never be brought anywhere close to areas where enemies are to be expected as it will not last long under fire.

Crew Capacity
The MTVR only requires a single driver to operate the truck. Troop carrier MTVRs can transport up to twelve passengers, while logistics-oriented MTVRs are limited to just two cab passengers. Only the wreck salvagers/supply carrier trucks specifically support just one passenger in the cab (alongside the driver).

Variants

Transport

• MTVR
• Supply Truck*
• Salvage Truck*

Baseline variant. Can transport up to twelve passengers. Serves as a troop transport that has a flatbed section in the rear that is covered with a tarpaulin which can hide troops from view (note that the tarpaulin does not provide ballistic protection).

Visually identical to the baseline variant but cannot actually transport any troops (other than one passenger in the cab). It will automatically be dispatched from the closest forward base to a nearby town to increase its "supply" value.

Visually identical to the Repair variant but cannot actually repair ground vehicles or aircraft and can only transport a single passenger in the cab. It will automatically be dispatched from the closest forward base to disassemble destroyed vehicle wrecks on the battlefield.

(*) These variants are completely non-functional in normal gameplay and only work in Capture The Island (CTI) scenarios created with the Warfare module.

Logistics

• MTVR (Repair)
• MTVR (Ammunition)
• MTVR (Fuel)

Carries spare parts, tools, and additional components that can repair nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft within a radius of 7.5 metres (up to 200,000,000 points of damage can be restored). Has only three seats for the driver and two cab passengers.

It should be noted that this variant specifically has a small cargo space that only allows for 10× weapons and 50× magazines to be stored, though the number of slots available for storing backpacks remains unchanged (8×).

Visually identical to the baseline variant but cannot transport troops as the rear flatbed is occupied by ammunition crates instead. It can rearm nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft within a radius of 2.5 metres (up to 300,000 units of ammunition). It can transport the same number of passengers as the Repair variant (two).

Has a large fuel tanker attached to the rear flatbed section. It can refuel nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft within a radius of 6.3 metres (up to 3,000 units worth of fuel). It can transport the same number of passengers as the Repair variant (two).

It should be noted that this variant specifically has a small cargo space that only allows for 10× weapons and 50× magazines to be stored, though the number of slots available for storing backpacks remains unchanged (8×).

Camouflage

• Desert - [MTVR]
• Woodland - [MTVR]
• Desert - [MTVR (Repair)]
• Woodland - [MTVR (Repair)]
• Desert - [MTVR (Ammunition)]
• Woodland - [MTVR (Ammunition)]
• Desert - [MTVR (Fuel)]
• Woodland - [MTVR (Fuel)]

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• Desert: Flat desert sand/desert tan paint scheme with a mud brown tarpaulin. Used by both U.S. Army and British Army MTVRs.
• Woodland: Three-colour woodland paint scheme with an dark green tarpaulin. Used by USMC MTVRs.

Protection: Hitpoints

All variants of the MTVR share the same base armour value of 32.

Successful strikes to any of the following highlighted sections will inflict full damage to the component:

LEGEND
Green = Body
Orange = Engine
Violet = Fuel tanks

All MTVR variants share the same component hit zones regardless of their intended role.

Body

The truck's body can withstand up to 32 points of damage. Depletion of the body's integrity will always result in the truck's destruction.

Engine

The truck's engine can take a maximum of 12.8 points of damage before it fails. At least 20% of incoming damage will always be shared with the truck's main "health" pool. Destruction of the engine can potentially result in the MTVR blowing up if it is at critical "health" status.

Fuel tank

The MTVR's fuel tanks can take up to 44.8 points of damage before they rupture. 100% of incoming damage will always be shared with the truck's main "health" pool. Destroying the fuel tank is likely to result in the MTVR outright blowing up if it is at critical "health" status.

Wheels

The MTVR's wheels can each withstand a maximum of 9.6 points of damage before their tyres burst. At least 30% of incoming damage upon any of the wheels will be shared with the truck's main "health" pool. Depending on how many wheels are destroyed at the same time, the MTVR can potentially explode if it is at critical "health" status.

Protection: Armour

LEGEND
Teal = armor_3mm_plate.bisurf
Purple = armor_7mm_plate.bisurf
Yellow = armor_11mm_plate.bisurf

.bisurf Parameter	armor_3mm_plate.bisurf	armor_7mm_plate.bisurf	armor_11mm_plate.bisurf
Density	7800	7800	7800
Thickness	3	7	11
bulletPenetrability	200	200	200
bulletPenetrabilityWithThickness	13	13	13

The truck's cab, bonnet and parts of the body/rear flatbed are protected by metal armour plates with a thickness of 3 millimetres. The exhaust pipes and parts of the lower body utilise plates with a thickness of 7 millimetres. Lastly, the truck's chassis is protected by plates with a thickness of 11 millimetres.

Defensive sensors

No variant of the MTVR is equipped with defensive sensors. The truck's crew will not be alerted if a guided weapon or projectile is attempting to acquire a lock onto the vehicle, nor will there be an alert if a projectile has successfully locked onto the truck and is inbound towards it.

Trivia

• The MTVR is erroneously portrayed as a U.S. Army vehicle. In actuality, the Marine Corps is the only branch of the U.S. military that uses the MTVR series of trucks.
  • The real-world Army exclusively utilises the "Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles" (FMTV) and "Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck" (HEMTT) series of trucks.
• Following the release of the latest Steam version patches, two lingering bugs from ArmA 2's launch were fixed:
  • The proxy point for the driver's seat was readjusted so that the driver no longer clips into their seat.
  • The "threat" array values for the MTVR were changed so that AI-controlled infantry units will no longer prioritise attacking the MTVR over every other target. As an example of this, the "threat" value of the MTVR to infantry units was originally set to 1. This meant the MTVR was considered to be an extremely dangerous target for infantry units even though it was clearly an unarmoured truck that poses no real threat.
    • This is no longer the case after CorePatch's fixes, as CorePatch made it so that the MTVR now has a threat value of zero (adjusting it to be in line with every other utility truck in ArmA 2).

Gallery

Config/script references

CfgVehicles .rvmat .bisurf Formulae

External links

• Wikipedia: Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

See also

Vehicles of comparable role and configuration

• T810 (ACR counterpart, ArmA 2: ACR only)
• Kamaz (Russian Armed Forces counterpart)
• Ural (CDF/ChDKZ/Alternate Takistani Army counterpart)
• Truck 5T (U.S. predecessor, ArmA: CWA/Armed Assault only)
• M923A1 (U.S. predecessor, ARMA Reforger only)
• Zamak (AAF/Light CSAT counterpart, ArmA 3 only)

British Army - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
Wheeled	ATV • Jackal 2 MWMIK • Military Offroad • MTVR
Tracked	FV510 Warrior
Rotor-wing	Apache AH-1 • AH-11 Wildcat • Chinook HC4 • Merlin HC3
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | British Armed Forces