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Winstons Amen 69 | |
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Vehicle in Just Cause 2 | |
Type | Heavy patrol boat |
Weapons | Non-usable: Torpedoes, Depth Charges Usable: Miniguns |
Rarity | Common |
List of owners | Panau Military Roaches Reapers Ular Boys A foreign journalist (in Stop the Press) Some unnamed gangsters (in Smugglers do Run) |
Top speed (km/h) | 101.18 |
Top speed (mph) | 62.87 |
The following statistics are from the official strategy guide. | |
Top Speed | 35 |
Acceleration | 10 |
Armour | 75 |
Handling | 45 |
The Winstons Amen 69 is a military boat in Just Cause 2.
Appearance[]
It's the largest vessel in the Panauan Navy (aside from the U1 nuclear submarine, which isn't seen outside of missions). It's a large attack boat resembling a modernized American WW2 PT boat, or a British Motor Torpedo Boat, or a Motor Gun Boat.
Like most military vehicles, it spawns in desert and jungle camouflage, along with some exceptions in missions, and a yellow one at the Ular Boys HQ.
Performance[]
This vehicle is a large, heavy boat with 2 powerful diesel engines driving two propellers, and so is fast enough to be a pursuit vehicle. However, it isn't very agile and its low top speed means it cannot outrun a YP-107 Phoenix. Its heavy mass however means it can easily ram and damage smaller watercraft without suffering much itself, and it can absorb take a large amount of gunfire before it is destroyed.
The Winstons Amen 69 is equipped with two passenger-operated minigun turrets, one at the bow and one just behind the cabin. They have enough stopping power to quickly shred watercraft/helicopters and damage chaos objects with their ~240° coverage, and despite being offset by the vehicle's own instability in turbulent waters or their own recoil, they remain formidable weapons.
Versions and locations[]
The Winstons Amen 69 is the least used Panau Military boat, but despite being the strongest weaponized ship at Panau, the factions have managed to obtain several of them.
In free roam[]
- One is stationed at all 11 offshore rigs on the other side of the rig from a docked YP-107 Phoenix.
- Appears at some military ports, often within reach of destructibles.
- Kem Port Rodrigo.
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- Appears in water traffic at heat levels 4 and 5. You will find military Amen 69s firing their miniguns at Rico, when in the water or flying over it.
- Ular Boys HQ. The Ular Boys possess a yellow camouflage version of the Amen 69, most likely stolen from the military, along with a YP-107 Phoenix and Zhejiang 6903 ferry.
In missions[]
- The Roaches faction mission Stop the Press has a unique dark blue variant as the Singaporean journalist's escape vehicle, complete with gunners. This boat can be stolen and driven away after finishing the mission, provided you don't destroy it to kill the journalist.
- The Roaches faction mission River Runs Red has a variant converted into a cargo ship named the Minerva, which you must protect. This boat is a Roaches light blue color, with sunshades placed all over it and a crane instead of a front turret. The crane is the same as used on the Fengding EC2 Lift. The rear turret, for the purposes of the mission, is untouched. You, unfortunately, cannot control this boat and it will simply disappear after you leave the area and the mission has been completed. Interestingly, it's not the only Amen 69 in this mission, as the military use desert and forest camouflaged versions to chase you down between the locks. This is also the only time the Panau Military uses them outside of high heat levels.
- The Reapers faction mission Checking the Menu. At the end of the mission, you will find one of these at a dock, presumably the transport vessel for the canned food you just stole. After you get to the drop-off point, you can simply hop out of your truck, steal the boat and speed away with two Reaper gunners in tow. This would naturally defeat the purpose of the entire mission, especially if you destroy the boat while having fun on the seas... let's hope that Bolo Santosi has more than a few of these boats.
- The Roaches faction mission Smugglers do Run. If you follow one of the smuggling boats, it'll eventually stop at a dock guarded by 3 unique black variants and some smugglers with Rocket Launchers. Unfortunately, they are only there during the mission.
Trivia[]
- The boat is most likely named after The Winstons 1969 song, "Amen Brother" and the commonly sampled break contained within. The "Amen Break" has been used in many pieces of music since then, commonly in Jungle and Drum & Bass. It is also likely that it got the numbering '69' from the year of the song.
- It could seen as the successor to the Triton Broadsider from Just Cause (1). Both have unusable torpedoes and both are pretty long, but the Broadsider has a cannon that can be controlled by the driver and a mounted gun at the front, whereas this one has miniguns at the front and back of the boat.
- Other than the Minerva, there is another one that is green-marked: at Kem Kuala Utara.
- Despite being a fairly common Panau Military vessel, it is featured in only two side-missions, one of which is not Panau Military property: River Runs Red.
- This boat is a good option for taking over Offshore Rigs in Panau, as its mounted Miniguns can reach most if not all of the Fuel Depots on the under side of the rigs. Its armor also allows it to ward off wave after wave of enemy boats.
- The dark blue version in Stop the Press has a label on the back which says "Makoto MZ 250".
- You cannot find the unique side mission versions without modifying the game.
- "Minerva" is one of the few uniquely named vehicles, or vehicle versions. Other such vehicles include: Annabelle and Loochador.