MV

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MV
Unique cutscene version, seen in Devil's Drop Zone.
Vehicle in Just Cause
Type	Military off-road car
Weapons	Unarmed Mounted Gun
Rarity	Common
List of owners	San Esperito Military Guerrillas Black Hand The Agency San Esperito Police Department Montano Cartel

The MV is a large military off-road car in Just Cause. The guerrilla PDA page calls it an "EMVEE Armadillo".

For any other MVs, see MV (disambiguation).

Appearance

It is obviously based on the HMMWV. Unlike the HMMWV, which is available in many versions, the MV's rear end is only available as the "pickup" version. It's distinguished from the HMMWV mostly by its large mud guards / fenders and its large bumpers.

The mission Devil's Drop Zone shows a little bit of the interior of the Agency version, revealing the left end of the radio and showing what seems to be the gear lever of an automatic gearbox. The main focus of the scene is the ignition key that has a small figure of Salvador Mendoza attached to it. When inspected through an open door, the usual gear lever is completely different and seems to be that of a manual transmission.

Performance

It is quite good off-road, but it is not fast enough to be recommended for those sidemissions where you have to catch a sports car. It gains higher speed than most cars when driving down steep hills, possibly due to its large mass.

In terms of durability, the MV isn't all that impressive. It does seem to be lightly armored, but small arms fire and explosives can make short work of it. The Agency variant is completely bulletproof.

Versions and locations

Owner	Color	Weapons	Locations
Agency	Black	Mounted Gun pointing backwards.	Appears only in the first mission "Devil's Drop Zone". To get it, you need to push it inside the garage with another vehicle immediately after the mission ends. Be sure to find it on the dirt path and get on the turret. Failure to do so will make it disappear once you lose line of sight. Once in the garage it will become a fully useable vehicle and can be saved. In the PC version, the vehicle does not appear on the dirt path after the mission, and therefore cannot be obtained. It can, however, be driven. The steps to do this are located below.
	Pattern of purple and black.		This one appears during the cut-scenes of the mission "Devil's Drop Zone". It differs from all other versions by having a higher suspension and different wheels. It can not be obtained.
Unmarked	Pattern of different greens.	None.	Appears at Guerrilla safehouses after obtaining a certain rank in their "army". El Crucero air base.
		Mounted Gun pointing forward.	Villa Loretta cartel villa, at Provincia Los Islas. At an unmarked military base near another unmarked military base with one of the unmarked Jackson JC - 2 Alamos.
		Mounted gun pointing backward.	In the mission "The San Esperito Connection", manned by Rioja Cartel soldiers. It is possible to drive and preserve it after killing Franco Alifano. This is the only time you will find such a vehicle.
Black Hand	Black	Mounted gun pointing forward.	Appears during a high level of Heat. In some "liberation" sidemissions. Two appear parked inside the Secret Police Headquarters in the storyline mission Dismissed Without Honors. If you use one of them to complete the mission, depending on the game version (PC, Xbox, or other) it may be parked right next to you when the final mission cut-scene ends. In Streets of Fire.
		Mounted gun pointing backward.	Appears exclusively to Streets of Fire and can be obtained.
San Esperito Military	Pattern of differnt grays.	Mounted gun pointing forward.	de los Bravos military camp. La Perdida military base. At a unmarked government site halfway down the hill from Rioja 4 "Eagles Nest" safehouse near to the supposed medical facility featured in the mission Love is in the Air. Can be found parked there at all times after the mission. In traffic, in Government stable provinces. Several sidemissions deal with an army MV. Some missions include one just as show for some defecting military personnel, and some include having to ... steal the keys from it and then bring them (the keys) to the Guerrilla contact at the military base, liberated or not.
Montano Cartel	Purple	Mounted Gun pointing forward.	Appears during a Guerilla sidemission. This one cannot be put into a garage. This one contains a "Montano Cartel interrogator" which is nothing more but a fatso wielding a ... Harker 357 Sawback. More realistically he would use a Moretti CCW Centurion, or even a Adler FF M-72.
San Esperito Police Department	Dark gray, with big police symbols.	None.	Appears in the mission Dismissed Without Honors, driven by Carmona. To obtain, grapple onto his vehicle, reel in, and then get in, kicking him out. Once he's out, the mission ends. After the game asks to save post-mission, look to your right, and it should be sitting there. Another one appears in a Guerilla sidemission. But be warned, if you drive it, the Guerrillas will turn on you and use everything they've got on you, including their helicopters.

How to drive the Agency MV on PC

This guide shows PC players how to remove Tom Sheldon from the car, to allow the player to drive it. It's not possible (or just not known how to) bring the vehicle out of the mission and into freeroam. There is however a modification that allows any vehicle to be spawned with any faction liveries.

1. Play the mission normally until you are prompted to get into the Agency MV's mounted gun.
2. Get in one of the Cutler Bullhorns and use it to nudge the Agency MV forward.
3. An enemy Wallys GP will spawn as soon as the Agency MV is moved.
4. Immediately get out of the Cutler Bullhorn and kill the mounted gunner in the Wallys GP.
5. After he is disposed of, hijack the Wallys GP to evict the San Esperito Military soldier.
6. After this, he must be defeated. Use the mounted gun on the rear of the Wallys GP, run him over, or simply shoot him until he dies.
7. Use either the Cutler Bullhorn or the Wallys GP you captured to push the Agency MV down to Guerrilla 1. It doesn't matter which vehicle you use, but the Wallys GP is smaller, so it is preferred.
8. After pushing the vehicle all the way around the land and across the bridge, once you've reached Guerrilla 1, line up the Agency MV with the garage door.
9. Ram the vehicle as hard as you can with the Wallys GP or Cutler Bullhorn and push it towards the garage door. When it gets close enough, turn your wheel and head around the Agency MV up to the garage. The door should open and the Agency MV should roll in.
   1. Try not to let the door open while the Agency MV is too close, otherwise it'll get catapulted backward and away from the garage door.
   2. If the vehicle stops shy of the door, don't be afraid to push it in further.
10. Let it roll in until the garage door closes on the MV. When it closes, immediately get out of your Wallys GP.
11. By getting out of the Wallys GP the game should no longer register you as being in a vehicle, and it should open the garage door for you. It might take a couple of seconds. and a few more door closes.
12. Once the door opens, the Agency MV will now be respawned and fully drivable. Tom Sheldon will now be stuck in the garage, so the player should not go more than 70 meters away from him.
13. Alternatively, get into the mounted gun of the Wallys GP and Tom Sheldon should then get into the car himself, allowing him to be pushed wherever you please.

Trivia

• In normal gameplay, the vehicle is called simply "MV", but the Guerrilla PDA page names it "EMVEE Armadillo". This could be considered cut game content, with "EMVEE" being a parody of HMMWV or a homophone for "MV". It's normal for real military vehicles to have semi-official animal names for use in less formal situations to avoid long random letter and number combinations that make up the official full names.
• The Rioja Cartel is the only faction in Just Cause that does not have a variant of this vehicle.
  • However, technically, the Guerrillas doesn't have a variant either, because their variant that spawns at safehouses has no decals.
• As an iconic military off-roader used frequently by military forces and other factions alike, the MV is the predecessor to the MV Command/MV V880/MV Quartermaster in Just Cause 2 and a spiritual predecessor to the Urga Szturm 63A in Just Cause 3 and Warrior Offroader in Just Cause 4.
• The only ones with mounted guns at the back are only seen in missions. Take for example, the Agency version in Devil's Drop Zone, or the unmarked version in The San Esperito Connection, or even some Black Hand versions in Streets of Fire.
• Just Cause Demo calls the GP Thunder Extreme Prototype a Prototype MV. With the prototype itself resembling the Hummer HX Concept Car, it is a clear reference to how the HMMWV is the predecessor of the Hummer brand.
• This is one of the relatively few vehicles that can be driven to the Rioja 04 safehouse. Other such vehicles include The Vampire and Rotor industries ATRV.
• The Black Hand variant may appear all black, but in the proper lighting, one can see that it's actually a camouflage design of multiple shades of black, like the other variants.
• The forward-facing mounted gun is slightly offset to the left.
• The big mud guards, big bumper and narrow windows make this vehicle similar in style to the Meister ATV 4 and Triton - patroller.
• The Agency variant in Devil's Drop Zone is immune to small arms fire, similar to the Ballard series armored vehicles.
• The vehicle's secondary name Armadillo is a company name in Just Cause 4. The connection between them remains unknown.

Gallery

San Esperito Military version

This is the most common variant.

Engine texture and front grill of a San Esperito Military version.

The interior of a Military version.

At the de los Bravos military camp.

A weaponless San Esperito Military version found in a Guerrilla sidemission.

Black Hand version

With the mounted gun facing backwards. This variant appears only once in the mission Streets of Fire. Note the black and grey camouflage design as it can be seen well in this picture.

Regular Black Hand variant, with the mounted gun facing forward.

Near two Huerta SPA Ocelots.

Guerrilla version

San Esperito Police Department version

In the mission Dismissed Without Honors.

The same version except this time in a sidemission. Also, how are they out in the middle of a jungle?

Agency version

While at this time this wiki does not know if the Agency MV is possible to save on PC, it is certainly possible to drive it.

The vehicle in the background is a Wallys GP.

A little bit of the interior of this vehicle.

The van is a Cutler Bullhorn.

Unique cutscene version with different wheels and a higher suspension, seen in Devil's Drop Zone.

Agency version, seen in the mission Devil's Drop Zone at its parking spot.

Rear view.

The Mounted Gun.

Slightly damaged.

Unmarked and armed version

A rare unmarked version with a Mounted Gun pointing forward.

Unmarked and armed version in the mission The San Esperito Connection but with the Mounted Gun pointing backward.

Inside view.

Close-up of the Mounted Gun.

Underside view.

Montano Cartel version

Miscellaneous

A Guerrilla Wallys GP seen on roads in Guerrilla and unstable provinces is on the left and on the right is an MV provided at Guerrilla safehouses, together side by side.

MV at Rioja 4 safehouse.

An unmarked one is inside the shed.

An unmarked version is in the foreground. The vehicle pictured is a Scando 700 Sedan.

The HMMWV (or Humvee), the vehicle which this vehicle is based on.

An unmarked one in an unmarked military base near the field that's destroyed in Field of Dreams.