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Imperator Bavarium Tank
Jc3 Imperator Bavarium Tank
Vehicle in Just Cause 3
Type Designated a "tank" but really an infantry fighting vehicle
Weapons 2 coaxial cannons and 1 machine gun
Rarity Very rare
List of owners Medici Military
The Rebellion
Top speed (km/h) 111
Top speed (mph) 68


The Imperator Bavarium Tank is a military armored vehicle in Just Cause 3.

Appearance[]

This vehicle is a modern eight-wheeled armored vehicle with co-axial main guns. It notably has red streaks on its turret and a frontal viewport, which make it similar in style to the Urga Mstitel.

In-universe it resembles the CS Odjur so closely that these vehicles were probably made by heavily reconstructing some of those.

In real life, it closely resembles the B1 Centauro (hull), Patria AMOS (hull and turret with two 2 guns) and PL-01 (turret and main cannons).

The Rebel drop description states: "The Imperator Bavarium tank is equipped with a powerful Bavarium Shield, which can deflect most projectiles and explosive weapons."

Performance[]

The IBT's performance is identical to CS Odjur, with low speed, stiff handling and poor acceleration. Its suspension is soft enough that being on the move can throw off aim. The vehicle is not too slow on flat ground, reaching 111 km/h with nitrous equipped, but going uphill is painstakingly slow.

In terms of durability, the IBT appears slightly weaker than CS Odjur, able to absorb large amounts of small arms fire but will eventually succumb to such damage over time, and their weapons function identically. What differentiates them however is the IBT's Bavarium shield technology, which has a duration of 4 seconds and a recharge of 4.5 seconds. While up, the shield fully protects it from various projectiles from small arms to rockets, and certain typically devastating weapons such as the eDEN Spark and M488 will instead deal greatly reduced damage. The shield is unable to protect the vehicle against physical impacts (ramming, falling objects) and EMP weapons like The Thunderbird or Power Core.

Versions and locations[]

The Rebellion[]

Medici Military[]

Trivia[]

  • According to Rico in An Act of Piracy, this vehicle's interior (or at least driver's area) has many buttons.
  • One of the people involved in its designing, or at least very familiar with its design is Zeno Antithikara. In Dimah's lab at Grotta Contrabandero there are multiple books with the title: "Zeno and the art of Bavarium tank maintenance", which suggests that Zeno wrote this book and probably worked at the factory where they were built.
    • Dimah even mentions in the beginning of Three's Company that Zeno worked on this tank before "defecting".
    • The title of this book is a reference to the real life philosophical book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance written by Robert M. Pirsig, and published in 1974.
  • The Bavarium that is mined by Di Ravello is the key to the vehicle's force field technology.
  • Sometimes when Rico is close to a Rebellion soldier, he may say: "I've heard Di Ravello has invincible tanks up north. That can't be real."
  • This tank was originally one of only two vehicles in the game with a Bavarium force field, the other being the Urga Mstitel. A third vehicle (with 3 variants), the Anvil omni directional industrial mech, was added by the Mech Land Assault DLC.
  • "Imperator" is a Latin word that was synonymous with "emperor" in the days of the Roman Empire. Presumably the name was chosen to show the power and strength of the vehicle.
  • According to speculation by Teo (in the mission An Act of Piracy), the shield can only be activated for a limited amount of time to let its coils cool down.
  • This vehicle's coaxial main gun configuration is similar to the unusual Neubaufahrzeug, a Nazi heavy tank from early World War II. The Neubaufahrzeug, however, only has one larger, 75 mm, cannon, and its coaxial cannon is much smaller, a mere 37 mm.
  • It's impractical and pointless to have coaxial main guns on a modern fighting vehicle, because:
    • Coaxial main guns is a concept that was first tested during World War II by the Russians. Tests showed that it is a terrible idea, because unlike the extremely heavy guns on warships, firing one gun would easily off-set the aim. At very close range that would not make a difference, but at realistic battle distances it is completely useless, not to mention by the time it recovers, a normal gun could be reloaded and fired immediately, making it pointless to have.
    • The mortar it is based on produces a lot less recoil than a high velocity tank gun.
  • Despite its name and rebel drop classification, the Imperator Bavarium Tank is actually an infantry fighting vehicle than a tank, as this vehicle is wheel-based and does not have treads. Like the CS Odjur and Urga Bkolos 2100, they are technically armored cars (a type of light armored fighting vehicles), that serve as the equivalent of Tanks.
  • As opposed to most rebel-marked vehicles with a few insignias, the Imperator Bavarium Tank is completely repainted.
  • In a gameplay trailer there was an antenna on the vehicle. This was then removed from the vehicle. See also: Cut game content from Just Cause 3.
  • Depending on the lighting, the Medici Military one can appear brown, or black. It was believed that these were two different vehicle versions, but has been investigated and disproved. See for yourself in the gallery below, or go here for the discussion regarding this investigation.
  • Sometimes the Rebellion driver at Falco Maxime: Centcom, may accidentally bump into friendly jets preparing to take off, as their patrol route crosses the entrance to the hangar.
  • The tank is the driving force behind at least three major storyline missions: An Act of Piracy, Three's Company, and A Long and Dangerous Road. The tank also plays a small role as part of Sebastiano Di Ravello's army in the mission Abandon Ship, but this is the last mission in which it appears.
  • The IBT suffers from a glitch, that when using Boost Jump and landing on the front or rear wheels, the tank will accelerate uncontrollably in the opposite direction of its tilted direction. Because of this, the tank can accelerate to speeds in excess of 170km/h when tilted backwards with boost applied. A similar (if not the same) glitch has been seen on the CS Odjur.
  • The vehicle appears to be converted from the CS Odjur. The main changes are that there is no extra pieces on the turret and no hull-mounted machine guns and headlights. The engine's exhausts are relocated on the back instead of the left (as the CS Odjur does) and has extra shielding on the back wheels.
    • This is further supported by the name of its texture folder, which appears as \editor\entities\jc_vehicles\01_land\v0202_car_capstone_bavariumtank.
  • There seems to be only 13 of this vehicle, if the above locations are counted correctly and rebel drop isn't included.
    • Interestingly, this vehicle can only be found in Insula Striate during free roam, but in Insula Dracon it can only be found during missions.
  • If Rico is operating the weapons on this vehicle, and enemies are attacking him in this vehicle, and Rico has the Bavarium shield up, there is a chance that Rico could say "Ahh, I love this tank." Strangely, this line is also reused for the Urga Mstitel helicopter as well.

Gallery[]

Medici Military[]


The Rebellion[]


Color investigation[]


Miscellaneous[]

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