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Maddox FVA 45 | |
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In Ular boys color. | |
Vehicle in Just Cause 2 | |
Type | Armed patrol buggy |
Weapons | Mounted Gun turret |
Rarity | Moderately common |
List of owners | Ular Boys Panau Military Reapers (never seen in use at Kem Gunung Gurun) |
The following statistics are from the official strategy guide. | |
Top Speed | 60 |
Acceleration | 42 |
Armour | 50 |
Handling | 60 |
The Maddox FVA 45 is an armed patrol buggy in Just Cause 2.
Appearance[]
The Maddox FVA 45 resembles the Chenowth DPV (Desert Patrol Vehicle). Most of them have a Mounted Gun, but some of the ones that spawn in Military bases in Panau are unarmed. The unarmed ones still have a turret ring.
It usually spawns in Ular Boys yellow, military beige, or military green. A red one is provided for a challenge.
This is a very odd vehicle, because all of them have an Ular Boys logo painted on the side, indicating that even the ones that spawn in military bases belong to the Ular Boys. This could mean that the military stole them from the Ular Boys, but apparently never bothered to change logos. Interestingly, if you use this vehicle's horn, instead of a horn you hear the Panau Military siren.
The frame of the front window is right in front of the driver's face, completely blocking the view directly ahead. This would be highly impractical to drive, but this is simply ignored in the game.
Performance[]
The Maddox FVA 45 has excellent handling, make it a superb choice for offroad use. Its small form factor helps boost its not-inconsiderable speed and makes it perhaps the most suitable vehicle for jungle use. Acceleration and speed are good, although not sufficient to outpace military vehicles.
Locations[]
All of them have the Ular logo on the sides.
- The Ular Boys use an armed version as their main car.
- In traffic. Note that despite being marked green for no heat, it still gives you pre-heat regardless if a faction member is in the turret or if anyone is in the vehicle.
- Kampung Bahari Village, when held by the Ular Boys.
- Awan Cendawan Power Plant, another Ular stronghold, when taken over by the Ular Boys.
- Kem Hutan Supply Depot, their third stronghold, when overtaken.
- One is provided for Fry Me to the Moon. This one doesn't have a turret.
- Two spawn at Pekan Ayer Gilang. These may or may not have Mounted Guns.
- A unique red one is provided for a challenge at the Gunung Hotel Ski Resort. This one may or may not have a Mounted Gun.
- At some military bases in Panau. All of these can spawn with or without a Mounted Gun.
- A dark green one can be seen at the entrance to Teluk Permata.
- Near one of the entrances to Kem Pekan Selamat. This one is marked green for no heat, but still gives you pre-heat.
- One is parked on the dirt at Pulau Berendam.
- At the Negeri Tenggara military base.
- Most military bases in the mountains have one in winter camouflage.
- Kem Gunung Gurun supply depot contains one. While it does not spawn before A Second Amendment, this one will belong to the Reapers once they conquer the depot. It has the Ular Boys paint job, indicating the military initially stole it from the Ulars.
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- Many Communications Outposts which are lucky enough to have a Military base outpost.
- In missions:
Trivia[]
- There's a chance that this car was originally meant to have 3 front windows. All identical in shape, but the ones on the edges would have been upside down. That would have made the windows resemble the Valanx, one of the proposals for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle project. That car is meant to have easily replacable bullet proof windows.
- This is one of only three green-marked vehicles that will give you pre-heat, the others being the Marten Storm III and the Dalton N90.
- Even though there is no physical display of a siren compared to the Wilforce type jeeps, you can keep the sirens on even after exiting the vehicle by going into a stunt position and jumping off. This works with every vehicle in Just Cause 2 equipped with a siren.
Glitches[]
Main article: Just Cause 2 Vehicle glitches.
- The suspension can sometimes spawn much higher than it should. Touching, or entering the car will fix this.
- The one at Pulau Dayang Terlena can sometimes be found with no wheels. You can still drive it and if Rico gets in it, the wheels do not reappear. If you shoot the tire, it will pop. As a result, a random broken tire will appear out of nowhere.