SWAT Tank

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S.W.A.T. tank.

The SWAT Tank (referred to as S.W.A.T. upon entering in the game) is a armored law enforcement vehicle in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

Designed as a large four-wheeled armored riot control police vehicle for San Andreas, the SWAT Tank is more accurately desribed as an armored personnel carrier (APC), contrary to its "Tank" name. The SWAT Tank is based on the Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando, which the real-life Los Angeles Police Department sometimes used as an urban assault vehicle during the 1980s and 1990s. In Zero's store, Zero RC, there are boxes of a model of it named "Swat Van 92".

The SWAT Tank features a fully rotatable water cannon that can easily knock down enemies, and is fun to drive as its shovel-shaped front easily pushes cars harshly with minuscule damage done to the APC. It also has double the health of any other general vehicle in the game due to its heavy armor. The SWAT Tank can accommodate two people, who can enter through the doors on either side; there is also hatch on top of the APC but it is not accessible. The vechile also features a wailing siren but lacks light bars to complement it.

The SWAT Tank may be used to initiate the Vigilante vehicle mission; however, since Carl Johnson cannot perform a drive-by in the SWAT Tank, it is not recommended to try to do so. This vehicle is not bullet-proof/bomb-proof/fire-proof/explosion-proof, meaning if being shot at by the FBI, S.W.A.T., Army, or Police with heavy weapons, this vehicle may explode quickly, making it a terrible getaway car. However, in the last mission, there is a bullet and fireproof version.

Locations

• The SWAT Tank is considerably rare, appearing only twice during last mission, one of which can be stored in a garage:
  • One is required to be stolen by the player to ram into a crack house (bullet and fireproof). This SWAT Tank may be stored in any available garage space.
  • The second one is seen inside the Crack Palace, it is also unlocked and drivable, but cannot be saved into a garage as the vehicle is permanently stranded within the interior.

Trivia

• The SWAT Tank (or another vehicle linked to SWAT) was meant to appear in GTA IV, because of the handling line being still in the game's files. It may make an appearance in it's second downloadable content, The Ballad of Gay Tony. The official website suggests that it may be part of the NOOSE.

See also

• NOOSE APC, The Ballad of Gay Tony equivalent.