- "Military transport"
- — Merchant of Menace store caption
The Transport Truck is a North Korean truck featured in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.
Overview[]
- "If you need to operate in a contested area, you'll blend in with this official North Korean military transport truck."
- — Merchant of Menace store description
The Transport Truck is a six-wheeled five-ton truck used primarily by the North Koreans. It is mainly brown, save for one North Korean flag painted on its hood. It is identical to the Cargo variant except that it has a white soft cover over the holding area, successfully transforming it into a troop transport of up to four in the rear and two in the cabin.
They are very common in NK outposts and can be seen driving around North Korea without escorts. The most notable Transport Truck in the game is the one the mercenary has to steal for the 'Foothold' contract, which will be used later to transport the thugs that will snatch the FROG 7 during the contract 'Bait and Switch'.
The Russian Mafia will pay a bounty of $2,000 for every Transport Truck delivered to their garage at full hp and full Mafia standings, and the Allied Nations will pay the same bounty for every Transport Truck the mercenary destroys.
Completing the contract 'Bait and Switch' will make the Transport Truck available for purchase from the Merchant of Menace for a minimum of $8,000 and a maximum of $11,200.
Tactics[]
The Transport Truck is a "soft-skinned" vehicle, a military work truck with no armor at all. In combat the Transport Truck has no offensive capability, as it mounts no weapons, but the player must be careful if encountering one on foot as the truck's KPA driver will attempt to run the player over. The Transport Truck's lack of armor and weapons mean that while it has some resistance to small arms fire, it will not hold up for long if heavy fire comes its way. The Transport Truck is not a combat vehicle and poses no threat to anyone who is not on foot.
The Transport Truck has no NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) shielding and if it is driven into an area contaminated by radiation, the truck's driver and passengers will quickly begin to suffer from its lethal effects.
Thanks to its covered bed it is very useful for transportation duties. While the truck cannot stand up to a firefight, missions requiring infiltration of North Korean-held areas to rescue a downed pilot or VIP make the truck highly useful. A Transport Truck can hold up to four passengers in the back and a driver and passenger in the cab up front.
Being a six-wheeled truck with every wheel being a drive wheel, the Transport Truck's large tires give it good off-road capability and decent speed for a vehicle of its size and weight. Used in its intended role as a troop carrier away from direct combat and outside of nuclear contaminated areas, the Transport Truck will prove a useful vehicle throughout North Korea.
Real Life[]
The Transport Truck is based off the Ural-4320, a general purpose off-road 6x6 truck produced for the Russian Army since 1976. It is also based on the Sungri Motor Plant truck.
Related Pages[]
- KPA ground vehicles in Playground of Destruction
- Cargo Truck (North Korea)
- Capuchin - Mercenaries 2: World in Flames equivalent
- Bolivar Truck - Mercenaries 2: World in Flames other equivalent