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Unique cutscene version, seen in Devil's Drop Zone. | |
Vehicle in Just Cause | |
Type | Military off-road car |
Weapons | Unarmed Mounted Gun |
Rarity | Common |
List of owners | San Esperito Military Guerrillas Black Hand The Agency San Esperito Police Department Montano Cartel |
The MV is a large military off-road car in Just Cause. The guerrilla PDA page calls it an "EMVEE Armadillo".
For any other MVs, see MV (disambiguation).
Appearance[]
It is obviously based on the HMMWV. Unlike the HMMWV, which is available in many versions, the MV's rear end is only available as the "pickup" version. It's distinguished from the HMMWV mostly by its large mud guards / fenders and its large bumpers.
The mission Devil's Drop Zone shows a little bit of the interior of the Agency version, revealing the left end of the radio and showing what seems to be the gear lever of an automatic gearbox. The main focus of the scene is the ignition key that has a small figure of Salvador Mendoza attached to it. When inspected through an open door, the usual gear lever is completely different and seems to be that of a manual transmission.
Performance[]
It is quite good off-road, but it is not fast enough to be recommended for those sidemissions where you have to catch a sports car. It gains higher speed than most cars when driving down steep hills, possibly due to its large mass.
In terms of durability, the MV isn't all that impressive. It does seem to be lightly armored, but small arms fire and explosives can make short work of it. The Agency variant is completely bulletproof.
Versions and locations[]
Owner | Color | Weapons | Locations |
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Agency | Black | Mounted Gun pointing backwards. |
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Pattern of purple and black. |
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Unmarked | Pattern of different greens. | None. |
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Mounted Gun pointing forward. |
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Mounted gun pointing backward. |
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Black Hand | Black | Mounted gun pointing forward. |
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Mounted gun pointing backward. |
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San Esperito Military | Pattern of differnt grays. | Mounted gun pointing forward. |
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Montano Cartel | Purple | Mounted Gun pointing forward. |
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San Esperito Police Department | Dark gray, with big police symbols. | None. |
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How to drive the Agency MV on PC[]
This guide shows PC players how to remove Tom Sheldon from the car, to allow the player to drive it. It's not possible (or just not known how to) bring the vehicle out of the mission and into freeroam. There is however a modification that allows any vehicle to be spawned with any faction liveries.
- Play the mission normally until you are prompted to get into the Agency MV's mounted gun.
- Get in one of the Cutler Bullhorns and use it to nudge the Agency MV forward.
- An enemy Wallys GP will spawn as soon as the Agency MV is moved.
- Immediately get out of the Cutler Bullhorn and kill the mounted gunner in the Wallys GP.
- After he is disposed of, hijack the Wallys GP to evict the San Esperito Military soldier.
- After this, he must be defeated. Use the mounted gun on the rear of the Wallys GP, run him over, or simply shoot him until he dies.
- Use either the Cutler Bullhorn or the Wallys GP you captured to push the Agency MV down to Guerrilla 1. It doesn't matter which vehicle you use, but the Wallys GP is smaller, so it is preferred.
- After pushing the vehicle all the way around the land and across the bridge, once you've reached Guerrilla 1, line up the Agency MV with the garage door.
- Ram the vehicle as hard as you can with the Wallys GP or Cutler Bullhorn and push it towards the garage door. When it gets close enough, turn your wheel and head around the Agency MV up to the garage. The door should open and the Agency MV should roll in.
- Try not to let the door open while the Agency MV is too close, otherwise it'll get catapulted backward and away from the garage door.
- If the vehicle stops shy of the door, don't be afraid to push it in further.
- Let it roll in until the garage door closes on the MV. When it closes, immediately get out of your Wallys GP.
- By getting out of the Wallys GP the game should no longer register you as being in a vehicle, and it should open the garage door for you. It might take a couple of seconds. and a few more door closes.
- Once the door opens, the Agency MV will now be respawned and fully drivable. Tom Sheldon will now be stuck in the garage, so the player should not go more than 70 meters away from him.
- Alternatively, get into the mounted gun of the Wallys GP and Tom Sheldon should then get into the car himself, allowing him to be pushed wherever you please.
Trivia[]
- In normal gameplay, the vehicle is called simply "MV", but the Guerrilla PDA page names it "EMVEE Armadillo". This could be considered cut game content, with "EMVEE" being a parody of HMMWV or a homophone for "MV". It's normal for real military vehicles to have semi-official animal names for use in less formal situations to avoid long random letter and number combinations that make up the official full names.
- The Rioja Cartel is the only faction in Just Cause that does not have a variant of this vehicle.
- However, technically, the Guerrillas doesn't have a variant either, because their variant that spawns at safehouses has no decals.
- As an iconic military off-roader used frequently by military forces and other factions alike, the MV is the predecessor to the MV Command/MV V880/MV Quartermaster in Just Cause 2 and a spiritual predecessor to the Urga Szturm 63A in Just Cause 3 and Warrior Offroader in Just Cause 4.
- The only ones with mounted guns at the back are only seen in missions. Take for example, the Agency version in Devil's Drop Zone, or the unmarked version in The San Esperito Connection, or even some Black Hand versions in Streets of Fire.
- Just Cause Demo calls the GP Thunder Extreme Prototype a Prototype MV. With the prototype itself resembling the Hummer HX Concept Car, it is a clear reference to how the HMMWV is the predecessor of the Hummer brand.
- This is one of the relatively few vehicles that can be driven to the Rioja 04 safehouse. Other such vehicles include The Vampire and Rotor industries ATRV.
- The Black Hand variant may appear all black, but in the proper lighting, one can see that it's actually a camouflage design of multiple shades of black, like the other variants.
- The forward-facing mounted gun is slightly offset to the left.
- The big mud guards, big bumper and narrow windows make this vehicle similar in style to the Meister ATV 4 and Triton - patroller.
- The Agency variant in Devil's Drop Zone is immune to small arms fire, similar to the Ballard series armored vehicles.
- The vehicle's secondary name Armadillo is a company name in Just Cause 4. The connection between them remains unknown.
Gallery[]
San Esperito Military version[]
Black Hand version[]
Guerrilla version[]
San Esperito Police Department version[]
Agency version[]
Unmarked and armed version[]
Montano Cartel version[]