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=== Design === | === Design === | ||
The helicopter is defined as a large aircraft, with a body design similar to a 1990s-2000s NYPD [[wp:Bell 412|Bell 412]]<ref name="FB Field">[http://www.geocities.com/floyd_bennett_field/nypd.html The NYPD Aviation Unit at Floyd Bennett Field].</ref> and bearing a blue-and-white [[Liberty City Police Department|LCPD]] livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles [[Beta Releases#Grand Theft Auto III|early in game development]]. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to an [[Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime|in-game news report]], the helicopters were only recently introduced in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime. | The helicopter is defined as a large aircraft, with a body design similar to a 1990s-2000s NYPD [[wp:Bell 412|Bell 412]]<ref name="FB Field">[http://www.geocities.com/floyd_bennett_field/nypd.html The NYPD Aviation Unit at Floyd Bennett Field].</ref> and bearing a blue-and-white [[Liberty City Police Department|LCPD]] livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles [[Beta Releases#Grand Theft Auto III|early in game development]]. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to an [[Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime|in-game news report]], the helicopters were only recently introduced in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime. | ||
=== Behavior === | === Behavior === | ||
The police helicopter appears only after the player attains a three-star [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era|wanted level]], initially hovering just over the player. Due to its airborne capabilities, the police helicopter is able to reach places where conventional police forces can't (i.e. rooftops and off-road locales). However, the helicopter will retreat as soon as the player enters a enclosed area which the helicopter cannot reach (such as a building interior or tunnel). Despite its availability in the game, the helicopter cannot be commandeered by the player. | The police helicopter appears only after the player attains a three-star [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era|wanted level]], initially hovering just over the player. Due to its airborne capabilities, the police helicopter is able to reach places where conventional police forces can't (i.e. rooftops and off-road locales). However, the helicopter will retreat as soon as the player enters a enclosed area which the helicopter cannot reach (such as a building interior or tunnel). Despite its availability in the game, the helicopter cannot be commandeered by the player. | ||
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As is any airborne vehicle, the helicopter can be shot down using firearms. The [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]], in particular, is effective in taking down any police helicopter with one hit, sending the helicopter spinning out of control before exploding and disintegrating on impact with a building or on the ground. The [[AR-15|M-16]] is also effective in disabling a helicopter, but requires a substantial number of direct shots before the helicopter begins to lose control. In its downward spiral, however, the helicopter may still shoot the player until it crashes. | As is any airborne vehicle, the helicopter can be shot down using firearms. The [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]], in particular, is effective in taking down any police helicopter with one hit, sending the helicopter spinning out of control before exploding and disintegrating on impact with a building or on the ground. The [[AR-15|M-16]] is also effective in disabling a helicopter, but requires a substantial number of direct shots before the helicopter begins to lose control. In its downward spiral, however, the helicopter may still shoot the player until it crashes. | ||
== Replacement == | == Replacement == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* The [[Armadillo]], a firefighting helicopter in GTA Vice City Stories, also based on a Bell 412. | * The [[Armadillo]], a firefighting helicopter in GTA Vice City Stories, also based on a Bell 412. | ||
* [[Helicopter (GTA III)]], a civilian version of the Police Helicopter. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||