The Škoda 1203 is a utility car produced in Czechoslovakia since 1968. It is known for its low price, great variety and spacious trunk, but also for its weak engine and unreliable transmission.
The S1203 is a minibus that uses a four-cylinder engine with a cab-over layout.
Features
It is available in two variants: the baseline, unmodified van/minibus, and an ambulance sub-variant with its rear seats removed to make way for medical stretchers.
Introduced in 1968, this outdated but trusty workhorse is still favoured by large Takistani families and merchants. Some S1203s are also converted for use by emergency services, acting as rudimentary ambulances to quickly ferry injured patients.
Crew Capacity
Unmodified S1203s provide enough seats for both the driver and up to five passengers.
It has a reduced transport capacity and is limited to ferrying just three passengers at a time; one of whom sits in the front seat while two lie in the back on the stretchers. However, wounded civilians and soldiers can heal themselves by approaching and "using" the vehicle.
Camouflage[]
Blue
Tan, Ambulance
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Blue: All-blue colour scheme.
Tan, Ambulance: Desert tan paint scheme with the Red Crescent symbol and ambulance markings.
Protection[]
The S1203 has a base armour value of 20.
Successful strikes to any of the following highlighted sections will inflict full damage to the component:
LEGEND Green = Body Orange = Engine Violet = Fuel tank
Body[]
The vehicle's body can resist up to 20 points of damage.
Engine[]
The engines can only survive up to 10 points of damage before failing. A damaged engine will prevent the S1203 from being able to attain its top speed.
Fuel tank[]
The fuel tank can only take a meagre 2.8 points of damage before rupturing. Incurred damage will cause the S1203 to gradually leak fuel over time.
Wheels[]
Each tyre can incur just 4 points of damage before bursting.
Trivia[]
In-game S1203s are modelled after their real-world Czech-made counterpart, the 1974 model of the "Škoda 1203" then-designed by AZV Škoda and TAZ.
When the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack was first released, the Ambulance variant lacked the ability to heal wounded humans. This was fixed with the release of Patch 1.52 for OA standalone (pre-End-of-Life patch).[1]
Prior to ArmA 3'sLaws of War DLC, the S1203 was the only non-military civilian vehicle that could "heal" wounded humans.
The S1203 was the first model to be created by Martin Valasek (aka "Redstone"), the senior artist of ArmA 3, as part of his "admission test" shortly after joining Bohemia Interactive for the development of the expansion pack.[2]
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ARMA Reforger[]
The S1203 Minibus is driven by Everonian civilians in ARMA Reforger.
Overview[]
Role:
Civilian transportation
Design[]
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The S1203 Minibus returns once more in Reforger as a civilian transport.
Features
Unlike its predecessor in ArmA 2, Reforger's S1203 Minibus now has one additional passenger seat for a total capacity of seven rather than six. However, it no longer has access to a dedicated ambulance sub-variant.
Crew Capacity
The S1203 Minibus supports a driver and up to seven passengers. Six of the passengers are seated in two rows of seats behind the driver while the seventh sits in the front-right next to the driver.
Camouflage[]
Beige
Blue
Brown
Red
1/4
Protection[]
TBA
Mobility[]
TBA
Logistics[]
Main article: Supplies (Reforger)
The S1203 Minibus has a maximum Supply capacity of 270 units. Supplies are stored internally at the rear of the vehicle in the boot space (trunk). However, one of the Supply crates will always be placed at the front in-between the driver and front-right passenger seat.
Trivia[]
Alongside the S105 Car, the S1203 Minibus was initially targeted for release in the Final Strike development milestone.[3] However, this was pushed earlier to the Air Assault milestone (post-Early Access) after the roadmap was refactored on October 14th, 2023.[4]
The S1203 Minibus would finally be added into the game after the release of Update 1.1.[5]
The information below details unused, pre-release or removed content.
A fifth camouflage variant of the S1203 Minibus that uses a bright yellow paint scheme is available in the Workbench.[6] However, it cannot be spawned in-game without resorting to custom addons or scripting commands.
