The Zamak heavy truck is a 6x6 vehicle used for transport, repair and utility. Fitted with a powerful V8 engine, these trucks are reliable even in harsh conditions.
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Design[]
The Zamak is a medium-sized 6x6, general utility truck that can transport and heal troops, or repair and refuel military vehicles although it can also be used for civil purposes as well.
Features
There are a total of six more variants of the Zamak (not including the baseline troop transport variant). These are a fuel tanker, medical transport, vehicle repair, munitions carrier, and a tanker carrying a water cistern. With the exception of the munitions carrier, civilian versions of each military variant also exist.
Last but not least, there is also a dedicated self-propelled artillery variant that uses the Zamak's chassis as a base, and has a rocket launcher pod mounted onto the rear flatbed.
Relatively compact in size compared to its NATO and larger counterparts, it has the smallest profile of the three logistical trucks currently available.
Mobility
While not as fast as the Tempest, the Zamak has better handling and acceleration while driving on paved roads and requires little space to perform tight turns on corners.
Drawbacks
Just like the HEMTT and Tempest families of trucks, the Zamak is completely unarmed and cannot defend itself from enemy fire. Coupled with being the least armoured of the three truck designs (even the cab provides essentially no protection against small arms fire), it is vital that Zamaks be given cover by friendly forces or at least be escorted by a convoy when going near the front line.
Crew Capacity
Passenger capacity depends on the variant, but all of them will support a crew of at least three that includes both the driver and two passengers in the front cab.
Variants[]
NOTE: The Zamak MRL variant is not listed here. For specific details on the MRL variant, refer to its dedicated article here.
It has an extended, open-top flatbed fitted behind the cab that can transport up to fourteen passengers. The rear two positions are FFV-enabled. There is also a civilian counterpart to this variant that has the exact same functionality but uses a different paint job.
This variant has a gross weight of 10800 kg.
Troop transport.
Identical feature-wise to the baseline variant; the sole difference is that the flatbed section is covered with a tarpaulin that can hide troops from view (note that the tarpaulin does not provide ballistic protection). Also has a civilian/IDAP counterpart to this variant that has the exact same functionality but uses a different paint job.
This variant has a gross weight of 11000 kg.
Has a large water cistern fitted to the rear of the cab.
Purely designed for humanitarian purposes - it retains no unique features other than having a custom IDAP paint scheme. As with the Fuel variant, the Zamak Water cannot be slingloaded by heavy-lift helicopters.
Uses a sealed cargo compartment that has spare parts, tools, and components for use in repairing nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft.
Has only three seats in the cab and cannot transport any other passengers. There is also a civilian counterpart to this variant that has the exact same functionality but uses a different paint job.
This variant has a gross weight of 13400 kg.
Has a sealed cargo compartment fitted behind the cab that carries ammunition. It can re-arm nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft. Contains the same number of seats as the Repair variant and is visually identical as well.
This variant has a gross weight of 13400 kg.
Has a large fuel cistern fitted to the rear of the cab. It can refuel nearby land vehicles and grounded aircraft.
Contains the same number of seats as the Repair variant. Also has a civilian counterpart to this variant that has the exact same functionality but uses a different paint job. Unlike other variants of the Zamak, it cannot be slingloaded by heavy-lift helicopters.
This variant has a gross weight of 16900 kg.
Medical support/transport variant. Injured soldiers can approach the vehicle and "use" its supplies to fully recover from their wounds.
Its benches and litters have enough space for up to thirteen wounded soldiers (not including the cab driver/passengers). Unlike the regular transport variants, the two rear passenger seats do not have FFV capability.
This variant has a gross weight of 11500 kg.
Camouflage[]
Military[]
Hex
Green Hex
Digital Green
Geometric
Hex (Covered)
Green Hex (Covered)
Digital Green (Covered)
Geometric (Covered)
Hex (Ammo/Repair)
Green Hex (Ammo/Repair)
Digital Green (Ammo/Repair)
Geometric (Ammo/Repair)
Hex (Fuel)
Green Hex (Fuel)
Digital Green (Fuel)
Geometric (Fuel)
Hex (Medical)
Green Hex (Medical)
Digital Green (Medical)
Geometric (Medical)
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Hex: Arid Hexacam camouflage pattern. Useful for forested, grass plains, and desert environments. Applied onto Mediterranean CSAT trucks.
Green Hex: Tropical Hexacam pattern camouflage. This is used in heavily forested and tropic environments. Only utilised by Pacific CSAT forces.
Digital Green: Digitised semi-fractal camouflage pattern used by all AAF vehicles and aircraft. Suited to forested and grassy environments, but otherwise useless in arid and desert terrain. Exclusive to the AAF's Zamaks.
Geometric: Fractal woodland camouflage pattern. Utilised by LDF Zamaks only.
Civilian[]
Orange
Blue
IDAP
Orange & Olive (Covered)
Orange & Blue (Covered)
Blue (Covered)
Blue & Olive (Covered)
IDAP (Covered)
Orange (Repair)
Orange & Olive (Repair)
Blue & Olive (Repair)
Blue & Orange (Repair)
Orange (Fuel)
Blue (Fuel)
IDAP (Water)
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Orange & Blue: Pattern-less two-tone paint scheme with the cab painted in red orange and the rear cargo bed blue.
Orange & Olive: Pattern-less two-tone paint scheme with the cab painted in red orange and the rear cargo bed olive green.
Blue: Pattern-less blue paint scheme.
Blue & Olive: Pattern-less two-tone paint scheme with the cab painted in blue and the rear cargo bed olive green.
IDAP: Flat white paint scheme with additional livery in the form of IDAP logos and signage. Used exclusively by IDAP aid workers.
Protection[]
All variants of the Zamak have base armour values of 100. They cannot be fitted with Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) blocks/panels nor slat cages.
The following highlighted positions serve as weak points on Zamak trucks:
LEGEND Green = Body/Hull Orange = Engine Violet = Fuel tank
Note that weak point positions remain identical on all variants of the Zamak with only slight deviations depending on the flatbed (i.e. the cistern on Zamak Fuel variants).
Body[]
The body on all trucks can withstand up to 100 points of damage. They receive 150% increased damage from high-explosive (HE) type munitions.
Wrecking the truck's body will always result in a catastrophic loss.
Hull[]
Zamak hulls can take up to 44 points of damage. 100% of incoming damage to its hull will always be shared with the truck's main "health" pool. It takes 50% increased damage from HE-type munitions. It will not cause a catastrophic kill by itself unless the Zamak has been critically damaged.
Engine[]
The engine can only take a maximum of 50 points of damage. 100% of incoming damage to the engine will be transferred to the Zamak's main "health" pool. It takes 50% increased damage from HE-type munitions. It will not cause a catastrophic kill by itself unless the Van has been critically damaged.
If damaged: Greatly reduces the engine's power output, Zamaks can no longer attain their top speed and will have difficulty making simple manoeuvres. If destroyed: Instantly immobilises the Zamak.
Fuel tanks[]
The fuel tanks (not the cistern) can only take up to 50 points of damage before rupturing.
100% of incoming damage is always shared with the truck's main "health" pool. It takes 150% increased damage from HE-type munitions. A destroyed fuel tank will not cause a catastrophic kill unless the Zamak is critically damaged.
If damaged: Gradually leak fuel over time. If destroyed: Rapidly lose entire fuel capacity in just a few seconds.
Wheels[]
All six of the Zamak's wheels can withstand up to 200 points of damage their tyres burst.
They are susceptible to small arms fire and take 400% damage from explosive-type damage, meaning any HE-type munitions or landmines can instantly pop them. No damage inflicted upon any of the wheels will be shared with the Zamak's "health" pool.
Trivia[]
Zamak is simply Kamaz spelt backwards, which is the name of the company that designs the real-life "KamAZ-4310" family of trucks that the Zamak is based on.[1]
It even appears to use an updated port of the same "Kamaz" truck model from ArmA 2. This is especially evident by the fact that the majority (if not all) of the ArmA 3 Zamak's textures[2][3][4][5][6][7] share a 1:1 UV layout with their predecessors in ArmA 2.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
No variants of the Zamak were originally included in ArmA 3's Alpha and would only later be added with the release of Game Update 0.70 (as part of the Beta).[14]
Additional variants of the Zamak for civil use and their accompanying textures were only added after Game Update 1.58.[15] They were further expanded after the release of Game Update 1.66.[16]
Tac-Ops'Stepping Stone mini-campaign/scenario uniquely features an uncovered Zamak truck with a mortar "mounted" onto the rear flatbed section of the vehicle.[17]
It is specifically utilised by North African CSAT forces and serves as a destructible target for the first mission.[18] However, no such variant actually exists in regular gameplay, as the mortar is simply fitted onto the truck using the attachTo scripting command.
The information below details unused, pre-release or removed content.
Unused strings leftover in the game files following the release of the main campaign'sthird episode (String name: str_a3_cfgvehicles_i_truck_02_mlrs_f0[19]) indicate that an MLRS version of the Zamak called the Zamak LRS was planned to have been added initially.
The actual rocket artillery-equipped Zamak would ultimately not be added until the release of the Tanks DLC.[20]
↑ARMA 3:Tac-Ops 2017 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Stepping Stone, Fait Accompli, "First though, we'll need to silence a mortar - firing on our lines from this area here, not far from Sainte Marie. It seems to be constantly switching positions."
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