ATV (Quads)?

EinEcki · Post by **EinEcki** » 2007-08-01 22:07

There are Quads on Mestia

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-08-01 22:07

You haven't played Mestia, have you?

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-08-01 22:21

They're pretty useless on Mestia or so I heard. I remember someone typing in the chat the ATVs should be renamed "flat terrain vehicle"...

VipersGhost · Post by **VipersGhost** » 2007-08-01 22:33

Lol...oh man, I flew around a corner the other day on Mestia and had a head-on collision of Cheesebit's Technical truck with my ATV....boom! Funny stuff.

macho_borrito · Post by **macho_borrito** » 2007-08-01 22:37

Are they actually used in the army? that's awsome......
I thought you would be way to vonurable for hostile fire.
(no cover what so ever) to be used for real.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-08-02 04:24

I wondered if we used them as well -- I mean, in game you can't control them, and they seem to BLOW UP by going through rough terrain...

They're too loud for recon, one seater so you can't get much done, don't give ammo so you can't use it for long range sabotage, and again with the rough terrain.

VipersGhost · Post by **VipersGhost** » 2007-08-02 05:13

They are an excellent tool for brit snipers to get into position quickly, thus being able to give recon on mines in the road or snipe the ambusher themselves. Just make sure you use them far away so no one is hunting you down.

ReadMenace · Post by **ReadMenace** » 2007-08-02 05:38

VipersGhost wrote:They are an excellent tool for brit snipers to get into position quickly, thus being able to give recon on mines in the road or snipe the ambusher themselves. Just make sure you use them far away so no one is hunting you down.

They make such a racket, I can hear them being driven from almost anywhere on Mestia.

-REad

SGT.JOKER · Post by **SGT.JOKER** » 2007-08-02 08:26

ive nicknamed the ATV of mestia the screaming metal death trap, i never live more than 5 minutes at a time on those things.....

Post by **AfterDune** » 2007-08-02 09:07

Here we go again: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7NTtoiskboM (racing in PR)

robbo · Post by **robbo** » 2007-08-02 10:25

ReadMenace wrote:They make such a racket, I can hear them being driven from almost anywhere on Mestia.

-REad

Yeh they do in real life, my friend has a YFZ450 he got banned from his own fields because it was too loud.

Im sorry but the Dirtbike and the Quad in PR are nothing like the real life counterparts, problems:
1:They accelerate faster than moto GP
2:They top out (top speed) too fast the XR400 (British army dirtbike) tops out at around 80-90 mph
3:If you go over all terrain you most likely end up splattered all over the terrain
4:If you take a sharp turn you loose control
5:They both sound totally wrong

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-08-02 11:07

What's the British army do with dirt bikes?

robbo · Post by **robbo** » 2007-08-02 13:26

Ride them... they use them for recon and stuff same with ATVs
I'm trying to find a picture theirs a few of them on youtube doing jumps and stuff in Iraq

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » 2007-08-02 13:58

Expendable Grunt wrote:What's the British army do with dirt bikes?

race them against planes!

honestly i searched the MoD media gallery for bikes as they did have some intresting bikes in action, but it was either this pic or the one where the guy is picking up rocks.

Long Bow · Post by **Long Bow** » 2007-08-02 14:16

Ghost1800 wrote:they are impossible to maneuver at full speed... which is not a good thing in a heavily forested, mountainous terrain...

Well I'm sorry to say that if you are driving an ATV at full speed up a treed mountain your not going to last to long. ATV's at full speed can be pigs due to their soft sprung suspension and tall sidewalls on the tires. I have done some offroad work with them and they are very capable but unless you were on a wide smooth trail you were not going to be blasting along at full speed.

Post by **PARAMEDIC.CA** » 2007-08-02 14:16

thats really neat picture!!!! thats where our defence dollars go! lol,