Here's the Unimog... DLC vehicle

[PZ]

I'm kind of liking the Unimog - takes plenty of punishment and sounds like a diesel.

Notice the .50 cal turret gun
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Driving the beast...
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[JRD]

Hehehe I noticed the corpse in the first picture....  ;D

Or is it someone getting a tan in Africa???

[PZ]

oops.... [snicker]  I think he fell down...

[Art Blade]

nice pics, PZ :)

say, are some of those vehicles bigger, as in higher? Should allow for new climbing experience, maybe the little bit you missed out on the truck... climbig a fence or the roof of a shack?

[PZ]

Thanks, Art
Good thinking - I've not tried that, but it sounds like something to go for!

[Hacko]

oops.... [snicker]  I think he fell down...

Or maybe he ran headlong into the UniMog and keeled over, like the animals do in the game. ;D

[RedRaven]

defo best vehicle in the game, great over any terrain, rolls nicely, often back onto its wheels, good mounted gun, and its a Merc!!!
they should run ad campaign with the tag line "The Best Mercs only drive Mercs"

[PZ]

Sounds like you have experience with the Unimog that is quite positive - can't wait to use it some more to test it's performance.

[Ricamundo]

This is the first playthru where i've driven way more than i've walked, on account of the Uni, and the ATV. Its hard fro me to walk past either without grabbing it for a ride. 8)

[PZ]

Because I finally purchased the DLC for the PS3, I was able to drive the Unimog this morning for the first time on the console.  Although I have not tested it completely, I did notice the following:

• It is quite resistant to damage
• It stands quite a bit taller than other vehicles
• the .50 is a good weapon, but a GL would have been the ultimate
• Repair manuals are not available, and it does not seem as if the standard repair upgrades w@&k with the Uni.
• It's a diesel and sounds like the big truck, but is fast and agile.
  

An assault truck (what was your acronym Art?) came at me, crashing into the front end of the Uni - although I slowed, the power of the Uni allowed it to push the assault truck back down the road and off an embankment.

Taking all into consideration, I really like this vehicle!  :-X

[Art Blade]

ATP (assault truck patrol)

as in Association of Tennis Professionals, or Adenosine Tri Phosphate, or more likely to be recognised: Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a term used with modems :)

[PZ]

Sounds like a good acronym for us to use - we might need to spell it out for a while to get people accustomed to it, but I'm sure that it will catch on.  :-X

[Art Blade]

haha, reminds me... DMP for Datsun Merc Patrol
or DDP for Datsun Dummy Patrol. Not sure which one is better...

DMP as in Disease Management Program, or Digital Manufacturing and Production, or Dynamic Multi-Pathing :)

DDP as in Delivered Duty Paid, or Disc Description Protocol,  or Debian Documentation Project, or Defect Detection Percentage :)

[PZ]

Both are good!

I was able to get some seat time in the Unimog this morning, and the thing is a beast off road.  Evidently the high ground clearance and huge tires are not just for show - they're for go.  For instance, I approached Sepoko from the west through the relatively narrow pass.  I normally am using an assault truck, but this time I was in the unimog, and what a difference!  Places that the AT usually had to carefully navigate, the Uni just cruised through.  Rocks that stopped other vehicles were often navigable by the Uni (as long as they weren't too tall).

Great off road vehicle and the handling is not too bad!

[RedRaven]

 Unimog has got to be best vehicle in the game, certainly most fun to drive, have found when it rolls it usually ends up back on its wheels too. :-X
its the only vehicle i try to keep running, others are just part of my arsenal ;D