Hunter



The Hunter is a military attack helicopter featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Description
The Hunter is clearly based on the AH-64 Apache. In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, the Hunter is an aesthetically correct AH-64A "Apache". In GTA San Andreas, however, the gunner's cockpit is removed, and an eight-blade tail rotor is used (instead of four).

The Hunter is a very deadly aircraft, having a self-targeting machine gun and the ability to shoot two unguided rockets at once, and, like the other armed military vehicles, the Rhino and Hydra, it has infinite ammunition. In terms of damage to the helicopter, it is neither bulletproof nor explosion-proof like the Rhino, but can survive for a long time while taking damage. The Hunter can also be used for the vigilante side mission, which GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas dub "Brown Thunder".

The Hunter doesn't appear in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, however, as the game was built using GTA Vice City's engine, leftover files were discovered by game file searchers shortly after the release of the game on PlayStation Portable. With the help of third party trainers, a Hunter can always be spawned to the game. The Hunter in GTA Liberty City Stories is evidently similar in design to those in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.

Notable appearances in missions
The Hunter's most notable use is in GTA: Vice City Stories, when Victor Vance breaks into his old barracks at the Fort Baxter Air Base to steal a Hunter in order to perform an air attack against his enemies, the Mendez Cartel and specifically Diego Mendez. He later flies the Hunter towards the Mendez Building and attacks the top floor of the building with missiles and machine gun ammunition only to get shot down but managing to bail out on the roof.

Locations
GTA Vice City
 * Inside Fort Baxter after completing either Keep Your Friends Close or collecting all 100 hidden packages.
 * At the helipad next to Lance Vance's house in Ocean Beach after completing both the hidden packages and Keep Your Friends Close.

GTA San Andreas
 * On a helipad inside the Easter Basin Naval Station after completing Vertical Bird, instant 5 stars wanted level.
 * At the Verdant Meadows airstrip after getting gold on all flying school tests.

GTA Vice City Stories
 * At the southern part of Escobar International Airport after completing the final storyline mission, Last Stand.