Pickup

	Pickup
Faction	ChDKZ; NAPA; Takistani Rebels; Civilians
Type	Compact Pickup Truck
Seats	All variants: 2 seats: 1× Driver; 1× Passenger; Armed only: 3 seats: 1× Gunner;
Item capacity	Max: 10× Weapons; 50× Magazines; 2× Backpacks;
Top speed	~ 138 km/h (guerilla); 125 km/h (civilian)
Fuel capacity	50 fuel units
Primary armament	Armed only: 1× PKT 7.62 mm;
Secondary armament	None
Variants	Unarmed, Covered, Tube frame, PK
Games	;

	Pickup
Faction	Black Element; Civilians
Type	Compact Pickup Truck
Seats	All variants: 2 seats: 1× Driver; 1× Passenger; Armed only: 3 seats: 1× Gunner;
Item capacity	Max: 3× Weapons; 20× Magazines;
Top speed	~ 138 km/h (PMC); 125 km/h (civilian)
Fuel capacity	50 fuel units
Primary armament	Armed only: 1× PKT 7.62 mm;
Secondary armament	None
Variants	Unarmed, Datsun PK, Datsun DShKM
Games	;

Pickups are compact pickup trucks featured in ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA 2.

ArmA: Armed Assault

Pickups are used by both Sahranian civilians and Black Element PMCs in ArmA: Armed Assault.

Overview

Roles:
- Armed scout
- Civilian transportation

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A pickup truck which was very popular in the United States in the 1970s.

Library Description

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Design

The Pickup is a 4x4, 2-door offroad truck with a cab chassis.

Features
It is available in three variants: the baseline unarmed variant, a medium machine gun-armed variant, and an alternate armed variant fitted with a heavy machine gun.

Largely comparable to its bulkier counterpart configuration-wise, the Pickup serves as a fairly rugged offroad-capable truck.

There are few differences between the two aside from minor handling quirks, as both are outfitted with the same armament loadout options.

Mobility
The Pickup is similar to the Offroad in that both vehicles excel at travelling across rough terrain but have difficulty maintaining control on sharp turns. Care should still be taken as the Pickup is prone to rollovers on steep terrain.

While not particularly fast, the Pickup does have decent acceleration and can comfortably reach its maximum (not top) speed of 150 km/h on a flat surface.

However, it should be noted that civilian Pick-Ups are much slower and cannot drive as fast as the armed mercenary versions.

Crew Capacity
All Pickup variants have a maximum seating capacity of two, which supports both the driver and a single passenger who sits alongside them inside the cab. Armed versions support a single gunner, who controls the roof-mounted MMG from the rear flatbed.

Variants

Baseline unarmed civilian model. The rear flatbed can be fitted with either a hard-top cover or tube frame.

It can transport only one passenger in the front-right seat (inside the cab).

This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.

Armed variant.

It is fitted with a forward-facing 7.62 mm medium machine gun with a restricted horizontal rotation arc. The mounted PK MMG feeds from 100-round belt boxes, and is pre-loaded with one by default. The gunner has access to five spare belt boxes, totalling to a combined amount of 600 rounds.

It transports the same number of passengers as the baseline model.

This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.

Alternate armed variant fitted with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.

The DShKM is pre-loaded with one 50-round belt box and carries a further five spares in reserve, for a combined total of 300 rounds. It transports the same number of passengers as the PK-armed variant.

Camouflage

Civilian 1
Civilian 2
Civilian 3
Guerrilla 1 - PK
Guerrilla 2 - PK
Guerrilla 3 - DShKM
Guerrilla 4 - DShKM

Civilian (1-3): Used on civilian Pickups, either in a pale light blue, crimson red or dark green paint schemes.
Guerrilla (1-4): Various spraypainted schemes. Exclusive to PMC Pickups.

Protection

All variants of the Pickup have base armour values of 20.

Body

The vehicle's body can resist up to 20 points of damage.

Engine

The engine can survive 8 points of damage before failure.

Fuel tank

The fuel tank can only take 6 points of damage before rupturing.

Wheels

The tyres on Pickups will burst if they take more than 3 points of damage.

Armament

The weapons on all variants are controlled exclusively by the gunner:

PKT

NOTE: Only available on Datsun PK variants.

Base damage value	Initial velocity (m/s)
12	900

7.62 mm medium machine gun. Good against infantry, unarmoured ground vehicles and low-flying helicopters.

It can attain a fire rate of up to 800 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 900 m/s. Accuracy-wise, the PKT has a dispersion of 0.003 rad at distances of up to ~ 700 metres away. It takes 7 seconds to reload another belt box.

DShKM

NOTE: Only available on Datsun DShKM variants.

Base damage value	Initial velocity (m/s)
28	850

12.7 mm heavy machine gun. Useful against infantry, unarmoured/lightly-armoured ground vehicles as well as low-flying helicopters at distances of up to 1,200 metres.

It has a fire rate of 600 RPM, a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s, and takes a total of 10 seconds to reload a fresh belt box. Accuracy-wise, it has a fixed dispersion of 0.002 rad regardless of range.

Trivia

Armed Assault's Pickups are modelled after the Japanese-made "Datsun 620" pickup truck, first manufactured by the Nissan Motor Company Ltd in 1972 (parodied as the product of an Armaverse company named "SUNDAT").
The armed variants were not initially available upon Armed Assault's release, and were only added after the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.
- As with the Offroad, the armed Pickups are strangely referred to by their real manufacturer names as opposed to the generic "Pickup" name used for the baseline model.

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