Walker AH-16 Hammerbolt

Walker AH-16 Hammerbolt
	; A military version in action, as seen in a screenshot from game developers.
Vehicle in Just Cause
Type	Attack helicopter
Weapons	Missiles and machine guns
Rarity	Rare
List of owners	San Esperito Military; Black Hand; Ejértico Revolucionario de Liberación (never seen in use)

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The Walker AH-16 Hammerbolt is one of the four attack helicopters in Just Cause (1).

Description[]

It is the largest attack helicopter in the Just Cause game series, but the second largest helicopter, being second only to the Jackson JC - 2 Alamo. It has two seats, but you can never have a passenger. The pilot sits in the front seat.

It resembles the Soviet Mil Mi-24 attack and transport helicopter and American Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk prototype attack helicopter.

It's made by the fictional Walker company.

Performance[]

Because of its size, the Hammerbolt is a little clumsy and slow. It has less than average maneuverability, but great fire power. It fires two salvos of four rockets with each pull of the trigger. It is good for all liberations, except for military bases with automatic surface to air missile launchers. The Hammerbolt is brilliant for making strafing runs due to its firepower. It can clear entire streets of enemies quickly, and can easily shoot down other helicopters. The autoaiming makes the rockets close in onto a target, so damage will be extraordinarily high. It can also be a great asset to have in this way.

This helicopter's armaments come with machine guns and missiles that are fired four at a time. This allows Rico to destroy any target in a single shot.

Durability[]

It will catch fire and explode from a single direct missile hit, but there are reports of AH-16s crashing into Delta 5H4 Boxheads and surviving without a scratch. Very rarely, it can withstand multiple rockets.

Its size makes it an easy target. The cockpit is harder to shoot, due to the windows being on top of the cockpit, rather than at the front, like on the Delta 5H4 Boxhead. This is useful when the enemies have a large number of handheld automatic weapons, because they will not be able to shoot Rico through the cockpit window. It can still be destroyed by sustained fire, so keep moving when using the Hammerbolt in combat.

Versions and locations[]

San Esperito Military[]

At two military bases. After these two bases are taken over for the Guerrillas, these helicopters technically become their property, but are never seen in use and remains in military colors.
- Córdoba military base. Located south-east from Guerrilla 27 Campo Halcon safehouse.
- La Perla Military Base.
During the mission Field of Dreams, one is marked as a black dot on the map and can be taken at an unmarked military base not far from the fields. It does not spawn outside of the mission.
Several appear in I've Got the Power as government reinforcements.
One might appear during city/town liberations after Some Enchanted Evening.

Black Hand[]

This one is black and becomes available only after the mission Some Enchanted Evening.

It's possible to hijack one during a town or city liberation if it spawns.
It can rarely spawn in the mission I've Got the Power in place of a military variant.
It is possible to encounter one at the Isla San Cristobal nuclear reactor after Taking Out The Garbage#Vol. 3. This only seems to appear when you are either hovering or flying over the reactor in an aircraft. If you leave the aircraft it will usually disappear (might only be in the Xbox 360 version).

Trivia[]

As a helicopter with two quad missile mounts as armament, this helicopter is as, if not more, dangerous than the Delta MAH-15 Chimaera. However, this helicopter does not appear in heat, whereas the aforementioned does.