Meister ATV 4

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Meister ATV 4
On Isla Dominio, in front of the presidents palace.
Vehicle in Just Cause
Type	Lightly armored truck
Weapons	None
Rarity	Police - Common Others - Unique
List of owners	San Esperito Police Department Black Hand San Esperito Military

The Meister ATV 4 is a truck in Just Cause (1).

Appearance

It is an armored looking truck with emergency vehicle lights on the roof, but strangely no siren.

Despite having ATV (normally "all-terrain vehicle") in its name, it's actually not good at off-roading, so in this case the ATV might stand for "armored transport vehicle". That would make sense, since one is used at the Banco Nacional to transport money. More about real money trucks at wikipedia.

It resembles a 1978-1989 International Harvester S-1700 with an armoured truck conversion.

Performance

It might look like a van to the untrained eye, but it's, in fact, a truck. As such, it has a decent ramming ability.

It has very poor off-roading abilities and is very vulnerable to turning over on its side, despite the low side-skirts. It is good at driving on paved roads, but otherwise doesn't perform well.

It looks armored, but it seems to be very thinly armored, as it can stand up to bullets for longer than an average car, but it will eventually be destroyed.

Versions and locations

• The usual San Esperito Police Department version appears at government heat level 3 and 4. It is driven by the SWAT, or riot police. It is not known if they have an official name, but they're believed to be a sub-division of the police. They wear black uniforms with grey helmets.
• The unique Black Hand version appears in the mission Streets of Fire, as a money transporter for the Banco Nacional. This vehicle has to be hijacked to complete the mission. It is possible to obtain if taken to the nearest safehouse garage and then kill yourself to fail (exit) the mission, allowing you to save the game. A safehouse within Esperito City, such as the Rioja 07 "Motor City" safehouse, would be the best option, as the Black Hand will end up destroying the vehicle if a safehouse is too far away.
• A unique San Esperito Military version appears in a Guerrilla side-mission (needs specifying) as a money transporter that has to be hijacked and brought to a garage that only opens during that side-mission.

See also

• Meister LAV 4 series 2, the other armored truck in the game, also made by Meister.
• Saas PP30 Ox, the vehicle succeeding this vehicle in Just Cause 2.
• Stadt Tresor ST 8530, the vehicle succeeding this vehicle in Just Cause 3.
• Forzudo Armored Van, the vehicle succeeding this vehicle in Just Cause 4.

Trivia

• All the other vehicles in Just Cause 1 can be driven without their sirens on but with their lights if you kill the driver. It's safe to assume it works with this vehicle too but since it doesn't have a siren anyway, it only serves to turn on the lights for a driverless Meister.
• The driver cab appears to have an additional seat between the two on the left and right, bringing the seating up to 3.
• The rear compartment is completely not detailed and empty. Additionally, it is windowless.
• It's made by the fictional Meister company.
• The big mud guards, big bumper and narrow windows make this vehicle similar in style to the MV and Triton - patroller.
• This is the only police vehicle in the Just Cause Game Series so far to only have a red siren. All other law enforcement vehicles in the game series have had a blue and red siren.
  • The MacNamara Emergency III also has a red siren, but that is an emergency vehicle as opposed to a police vehicle.

Gallery

Police version

With the emergency light turned on.

Black Hand version

All vehicles have the same engine texture.

Inside the Banco Nacional, during Streets of Fire.

Inside the Banco Nacional, during Streets of Fire.

Military version

Note that the police are not aiming at the vehicle because apparently shooting at a Guerrilla vehicle is more important than destroying a captured vehicle. The Vaultier Sedan Patrol Compact is also set up in a rather useless roadblock fashion.

Miscellaneous

Near a roadblock.

During a city liberation. This picture shows a rare moment where the driver and occupant was killed without exiting the vehicle, leaving the siren on.

A police version near a Vaultier ALEV Patrol Special. This particular Patrol Special is rare enough to have its sirens still on, due to the driver being killed while he was still driving the vehicle.

The vehicle it's based on.