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=== Performance and durability ===
=== Performance and durability ===
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!First Rhino
! First Rhino
!Second Rhino
! Second Rhino
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!Color
! Color
|Green camouflage
| Green camouflage
|Desert camouflage
| Desert camouflage
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!Handling
! Handling
|Handling of this tank is terrible. Even at low speeds its turns are horribly wide. Unlike the normal tank it has very poor acceleration, when maximum speed is normal for this kind of tank. It has a working handbrake, but because of its wide turning radius and dual rear axles it is difficult to tighten turns with it. Tank is quite bouncy, so its wheels easily lose contact with ground. Its small ground clearance, bouncy suspension and low torque makes this tank very poor when driving off-road, or even through small barriers.
| Handling of this tank is terrible. Even at low speeds its turns are horribly wide. Unlike the normal tank it has very poor acceleration, when maximum speed is normal for this kind of tank. It has a working handbrake, but because of its wide turning radius and dual rear axles it is difficult to tighten turns with it. Tank is quite bouncy, so its wheels easily lose contact with ground. Its small ground clearance, bouncy suspension and low torque makes this tank very poor when driving off-road, or even through small barriers.
|This tank has 2 steering modes: normal allows it to make turns a little better than trucks, and extra, activated with handbrake button, allows to make extra tight turns. It has little better off-road abilities, but it is still far from perfect. It has better acceleration and grip, but it still cannot go through high obstacles. It handles better on road. The turret now points to where the player's camera is pointed, making it difficult to aim in some circumstances. It has no lights or sirens.
| This tank has 2 steering modes: normal allows it to make turns a little better than trucks, and extra, activated with handbrake button, allows to make extra tight turns. It has little better off-road abilities, but it is still far from perfect. It has better acceleration and grip, but it still cannot go through high obstacles. It handles better on road. The turret now points to where the player's camera is pointed, making it difficult to aim in some circumstances. It has no lights or sirens.
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!Tricks
! Tricks
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* The player is able to reach high speeds by rotating the turret towards the rear of the tank and start shooting. The recoil from the cannon will propel the Tank forwards, and vice versa.
* The player is able to reach high speeds by rotating the turret towards the rear of the tank and start shooting. The recoil from the cannon will propel the Tank forwards, and vice versa.
* If the Tank hits a normal vehicle with a light amount of force, the vehicle will explode.
* If the Tank hits a normal vehicle with a light amount of force, the vehicle will explode.
* Because of its slow speed and presence of doors, the player can be easily busted by a police officer, or any other lawman. It is even more hazardous when the doors are missing.
* Because of its slow speed and presence of doors, the player can be easily busted by a police officer or any other lawman, or pulled out by any hostile pedestrian. It is even more hazardous when the doors are missing.
* The tank is completely impervious to explosives, but not flameproof.
* The tank is completely impervious to explosives, but not flameproof.
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* The player can still use the turret trick to accelerate, however, because of the camera in San Andreas, the player cannot see anything in front of him while the cannon is aimed rearward. To get around this problem, switch to First-Person view or Cinematic view camera once the cannon is aimed rearward.
* The player can still use the turret trick to accelerate, however, because of the camera in San Andreas, the player cannot see anything in front of him while the cannon is aimed rearward. To get around this problem, switch to First-Person view or Cinematic view camera once the cannon is aimed rearward.
* Damage caused to other vehicles is determined by the amount of force actually used: slight touches only push other vehicles, harder hits causes a vehicle smoke or set in on fire, and the hardest hits instantly destroys a vehicle.
* Damage caused to other vehicles is determined by the amount of force actually used: slight touches only push other vehicles, harder hits causes a vehicle smoke or set in on fire, and the hardest hits instantly destroys a vehicle.
* Because of the more realistic access hatch in GTA San Andreas, it is more difficult for the player to get busted.
* Because of the more realistic access hatch in GTA San Andreas, it is more difficult for the player to get pulled out.
* Hitting other tanks damages the player's tank.
* Hitting other tanks damages the player's tank.
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== Locations ==
== Locations ==
;GTA III
; GTA III
* Available at [[Phil Cassidy|Phil Cassidy's]] [[Phil Cassidy's Army Surplus|army base]] in [[Rockford]], only unlocked after "[[The Exchange (GTA III)|The Exchange]]". The Rhino is also parked here during the mission "[[Arms Shortage]]". However, it is locked. To obtain, push it to your safehouse garage after killing the [[Columbian Cartel]] members or after finishing the mission.
* Available at [[Phil Cassidy|Phil Cassidy's]] [[Phil Cassidy's Army Surplus|army base]] in [[Rockford]], only unlocked after "[[The Exchange (GTA III)|The Exchange]]". The Rhino is also parked here during the mission "[[Arms Shortage]]". However, it is locked. To obtain, push it to your safehouse garage after killing the [[Columbian Cartel]] members or after finishing the mission.


;GTA Vice City
; GTA Vice City
* In the [[Fort Baxter Air Base]] after having collected 90 hidden packages.
* In the [[Fort Baxter Air Base]] after having collected 90 hidden packages.


;GTA San Andreas
; GTA San Andreas
* Available inside [[Area 69]]. Note that when this area is entered, a [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era#Five_Stars|5-star wanted level]] is attained.
* Available inside [[Area 69]]. Note that when this area is entered, a [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era#Five stars|5-star wanted level]] is attained.
* Will spawn underneath the bridge going above [[Ganton]] after [[Completion in GTA San Andreas|100% completion]] is achieved.
* Will spawn underneath the bridge going above [[Ganton]] after [[Completion in GTA San Andreas|100% completion]] is achieved.


;GTA Liberty City Stories
; GTA Liberty City Stories
* Spawns at [[Fort Staunton]] when [[Completion in GTA Liberty City Stories|100% completion]] is achieved.
* Spawns at [[Fort Staunton]] when [[Completion in GTA Liberty City Stories|100% completion]] is achieved.


;GTA Vice City Stories
; GTA Vice City Stories
* Inside the Fort Baxter military base, it is there from the beginning of the game but unlocked only when the mission [[Last Stand]] is done.
* Inside the Fort Baxter military base, it is there from the beginning of the game but unlocked only when the mission [[Last Stand]] is done.


;GTA Chinatown Wars
; GTA Chinatown Wars
* Available for purchase from the [[Auto Merchant]] when the main story is complete.
* Available for purchase from the [[Auto Merchant]] when the main story is complete.
* Can be found in a fenced-off warehouse area at the southern end of [[Francis International Airport in GTA IV Era|Francis International Airport]]; activates [[Fast Tracks]]. Players will warp outside a parked Rhino at the starting point regardless of whether or not the player completes or fails the mission (Note: To be used normally, the Rhino must be entered, before the player quits the side mission and reenter the Rhino quickly).
* Can be found in a fenced-off warehouse area at the southern end of [[Francis International Airport in GTA IV Era|Francis International Airport]]; activates [[Fast Tracks]]. Players will warp outside a parked Rhino at the starting point regardless of whether or not the player completes or fails the mission (Note: To be used normally, the Rhino must be entered, before the player quits the side mission and reenter the Rhino quickly).


;GTA V
; GTA V
* Found inside [[Fort Zancudo]] patrolling the base perimeter.
* Found inside [[Fort Zancudo]] patrolling the base perimeter.
* If the player owns an aircraft hangar, it can be purchased from [[Warstock-cache-and-carry.com]] for [[Money|$]]3,000,000.
* If the player owns an aircraft hangar, it can be purchased from [[Warstock-cache-and-carry.com]] for [[Money|$]]3,000,000.
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* In the PlayStation 2 version of GTA San Andreas, if using the faster gameplay cheat, the Rhino can sent spinning into the air by pressing the circle button while the Rhino is on its top.
* In the PlayStation 2 version of GTA San Andreas, if using the faster gameplay cheat, the Rhino can sent spinning into the air by pressing the circle button while the Rhino is on its top.
* If the player spawns a Rhino on the edge of a bridge it may, on occasion, jump into the sky and disappear randomly.
* If the player spawns a Rhino on the edge of a bridge it may, on occasion, jump into the sky and disappear randomly.
* In all GTA III Era games featuring the Rhino with doors, despite the apparent height of the seats, the player will actually pull out the driver/passenger in the same manner as for sports cars.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 23:26, 3 March 2015

A Rhino in GTA Vice City.

The Rhino is the name of an armored fighting vehicle since Grand Theft Auto III, commonly referred to as the tank. The Rhino has since appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and Grand Theft Auto V.

Description

Like its predecessor in Grand Theft Auto 2, the Rhino appears when the player attains a 6-star wanted level. In all games, the Rhino can be avoided without much difficulty because of its slow speed and bad handling, but it's extremely deadly if the player attempts engaging one, and the soldier driving it always carries strong weapons. Also, when successfully stolen, authorities can bust the player due to the Rhino's slow speed. When it hits a vehicle, the vehicle most of the time explodes straight away; if not, it starts to burn instead, in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars however, this does not happen. Although the Rhino has a cannon it is never used by law enforcement, this however is changed in GTA Chinatown Wars as the Army will fire the cannon which causes massive damage to, and usually kills, the player. The Rhino is practically invincible to small arms fire and crashes; and only Satchel Charges, Dozens of other explosives and rockets and the Police Maverick's mounted gun can cause damage to it, and only limited damage still. Flame weapons (such as the molotov cocktails and flamethrower) may also be used to inflict damage, and is as such the most effective way to do so, as fire will burn continuously the vehicle's health at a fast rate, like it does without discrimination to practically all vehicles.

Design

In GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories, the Rhino appears to be closely based on the German Panzer IV tank. More specifically a cross between the Panzer IV Ausf. H with it's distict side armor plates and the Panzer IV Ausf A with its short barrelled gun turret. This is also reinforced by it's name "Rhino" as in the German language the indian rhinoceros is called the "panzernashorn" which literally translates to "armored rhino".

In its original appearance in GTA III, the Rhino assumes a stark appearance with little details on its armored body. The GTA Vice City rendition, however, added various equipment on the vehicle, such as smoke launchers at the front of the vehicle and seat pads at the sides. as well as enlarging the turret's barrel. While the GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories would follow design ques of the GTA III and GTA Vice City renditions, the turret barrel of GTA Liberty Stories rendition is of the same size and length as that in GTA Vice City.

In GTA San Andreas, the Rhino looks like an M1 Abrams and is much more realistic. It is colored beige (desert camouflage), has a normal tank entrance in front and a new drivetrain with smaller wheels, which look almost like tracks. It also has a new steering system, that finally allows the player to make very tight turns. The turret is operated with the mouse or right thumbstick (PlayStation 2), which allows the player to shoot directly at the target. The Rhino in GTA San Andreas is also heavy enough to literally push aircraft, making the Rhino an ideal vehicle to push the destroyed Andromada from "Stowaway".

The Rhino does not appear in Grand Theft Auto IV; this is assumed to be because of Rockstar's goal of making GTA IV more realistic than previous games, although remnants of a tank remains. The episodic pack The Ballad of Gay Tony, however, features the tank-like APC vehicle. However, GTA Chinatown Wars reintroduces the Rhino with an appearance similar to the original Rhino but depicts tank treads.

The Rhino returns in Grand Theft Auto V where it seems to be based on the German Leopard 2A4. Unlike in previous games, it now features moving tank treads which were likely omitted from previous incarnations due to hardware or game engine limits. It features an unusable M2HB .50 caliber machine gun on the commander's hatch.

Performance and durability

First Rhino Second Rhino
Color Green camouflage Desert camouflage
Handling Handling of this tank is terrible. Even at low speeds its turns are horribly wide. Unlike the normal tank it has very poor acceleration, when maximum speed is normal for this kind of tank. It has a working handbrake, but because of its wide turning radius and dual rear axles it is difficult to tighten turns with it. Tank is quite bouncy, so its wheels easily lose contact with ground. Its small ground clearance, bouncy suspension and low torque makes this tank very poor when driving off-road, or even through small barriers. This tank has 2 steering modes: normal allows it to make turns a little better than trucks, and extra, activated with handbrake button, allows to make extra tight turns. It has little better off-road abilities, but it is still far from perfect. It has better acceleration and grip, but it still cannot go through high obstacles. It handles better on road. The turret now points to where the player's camera is pointed, making it difficult to aim in some circumstances. It has no lights or sirens.
Tricks
  • The player is able to reach high speeds by rotating the turret towards the rear of the tank and start shooting. The recoil from the cannon will propel the Tank forwards, and vice versa.
  • If the Tank hits a normal vehicle with a light amount of force, the vehicle will explode.
  • Because of its slow speed and presence of doors, the player can be easily busted by a police officer or any other lawman, or pulled out by any hostile pedestrian. It is even more hazardous when the doors are missing.
  • The tank is completely impervious to explosives, but not flameproof.
  • The player can still use the turret trick to accelerate, however, because of the camera in San Andreas, the player cannot see anything in front of him while the cannon is aimed rearward. To get around this problem, switch to First-Person view or Cinematic view camera once the cannon is aimed rearward.
  • Damage caused to other vehicles is determined by the amount of force actually used: slight touches only push other vehicles, harder hits causes a vehicle smoke or set in on fire, and the hardest hits instantly destroys a vehicle.
  • Because of the more realistic access hatch in GTA San Andreas, it is more difficult for the player to get pulled out.
  • Hitting other tanks damages the player's tank.

From GTA III to GTA Vice City Stories, the Rhino is bullet-proof and explosion-proof and as such it is immune to all weapons minus incendiary weapons like the flamethrower and molotovs. In GTA San Andreas, the Police Maverick's machine gun can actually deal damage to the Rhino, which would have been impossible with any normal firearm. The Rhino is still a durable vehicle, however, after sustained collisions from other vehicles, tanks, and static obstacles, its engine will eventually catch on fire and explode. While driving the Rhino, one should be careful not to drive through the flames left behind by vehicles that have exploded, as these will set the Rhino on fire, which causes very fast damage and usually destroying it. In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the Rhino is immune to bullets but can still be destroyed by fire and a few hits from another Rhino's cannon or explosives.

Due to the introduction of thread for GTA Chinatown War's Rhino, the tank gains another a minor advantage in that it can turn while in a stationary position. The durability of the game's Rhino, however, is turned down a notch, being more vulnerable to explosive damage than previous renditions; a pristine Rhino will begin burning as a whole after receiving seven direct hits from a Rocket Launcher or another Rhino's turret.

Missions

In the tank, the player can perform vigilante missions, which means catching and killing suspects. The Rhino isn't necessarily the best vehicle to do this mission because the player risks increasing his own wanted level at an accelerated rate due to the tank's penchant for collateral damage. On the other hand, if the player cannot complete the missions with the other, comparatively flimsy police vehicles, the Rhino might be better. If the player can intercept the enemy vehicles, rather than chasing them, the player may be able to strike the targets with the tank instead of firing on them. This method cuts down on the wanted level the player receives, which may help him avoid having to fight the military on some occasions.

In GTA Vice City, there is a mission in which the player has to steal a tank, Sir, Yes Sir!. Its doors are closed, so the player needs to wait until the driver hops out to buy some doughnuts, or kill the soldier on top of the tank. This tank has a self-destruct mechanism which the player must disable before it destroys the tank. In GTA Liberty City Stories, during the mission "Shogun Showdown", the Yakuza are storing weapons in a warehouse and along with that Toni Cipriani finds a Rhino which he later destroys by detonating it with a bomb. In GTA Chinatown Wars, during the mission Deadly Xin, Xin Shan has the player use a NOOSE Rhino parked at Francis International Airport to create havoc, diverting the police from his own machinations.

Locations

GTA III
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
  • Inside the Fort Baxter military base, it is there from the beginning of the game but unlocked only when the mission Last Stand is done.
GTA Chinatown Wars
  • Available for purchase from the Auto Merchant when the main story is complete.
  • Can be found in a fenced-off warehouse area at the southern end of Francis International Airport; activates Fast Tracks. Players will warp outside a parked Rhino at the starting point regardless of whether or not the player completes or fails the mission (Note: To be used normally, the Rhino must be entered, before the player quits the side mission and reenter the Rhino quickly).
GTA V

Trivia

  • The Rhino in GTA III can be spawned by inputting cheats.
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PC: giveusatank
Xbox: BBBBBBRight TriggerWhiteLeft TriggerYBY
  • The Rhino in GTA Vice City can be spawned by inputting cheats.
PS2: CircleCircleL1CircleCircleCircleL1L2R1TriangleCircleTriangle
PC: panzer
Xbox: BBLeft TriggerBBBLeft TriggerWhiteRight TriggerYBY
  • The Rhino in GTA San Andreas can be spawned by inputting cheats.
PC: aiwprton
  • Sometimes a glitch occurs in GTA San Andreas, where the player is flying and has full six stars, an NPC-controlled Rhino may randomly jump up in the sky and spin around very fast.
  • Low-detailed LOD models of the Rhino in GTA San Andreas appear to assume a design more similar to older Rhinos. This difference is apparent when the player views one of the tanks from afar.
  • It is possible that certain elements of the Rhino, including its performance and ability to easily destroy other vehicles, may have been inspired by a real-life 1995 police chase in San Diego, California, involving a similar-looking tank (an M60 Patton) seen here.
  • In the PlayStation 2 version of GTA San Andreas, if using the faster gameplay cheat, the Rhino can sent spinning into the air by pressing the circle button while the Rhino is on its top.
  • If the player spawns a Rhino on the edge of a bridge it may, on occasion, jump into the sky and disappear randomly.
  • In all GTA III Era games featuring the Rhino with doors, despite the apparent height of the seats, the player will actually pull out the driver/passenger in the same manner as for sports cars.

See also

  • Tank, GTA1, GTA2 and GTA Advance equivalents.
  • Royal Pain, GTA London 1969 equivalent.
  • Tiger Tank, GTA London 1961 equivalent.