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The Armadillo is a helicopter used by the Vice City Fire Department in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Design[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]

Similar in design to the Bell 412, the Armadillo is a relatively large helicopter intended for use as an emergency vehicle. The Armadillo is only seen in a white with blue color, with the "VCS-1172" stencil on the engine covers.

The fire department version has a bucket attached by a rope, which is used to carry water from the sea to the fires.

Performance[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]

The Armadillo possess a relatively good speed, with moderately steep pitches that help increase its acceleration at the expense of losing altitude faster.

GTA Vice City Stories Overview[]


Aircraft Statistics - 3D Universe
Take-Off Speed
(0-60 knots in Seconds)
Top Speed
(mph / kmh / knots)
Engine Type Engine Location Mass
(kg / lbs)
Handling.dat
N/A 124 / 200 / 108 Petrol N/A 5000 / 11023
Observed
N/A N/A Twin turboshaft engines, four-bladed rotor Middle/Side-mounted Cannot be observed

Gallery[]

Prominent Appearances in Missions[]

Locations[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]

  • On the large field behind the fire station in Downtown. It appears here only after passing From Zero to Hero. Entering a FDVC Armadillo starts a Fire Copter side mission, in which the player has to get sea water and use it to put out fires on rooftops. The player can avoid activating the side mission upon entry into the helicopter by pushing it away from its spawn point using a heavy road vehicle or even the player character itself (by sprinting against the helicopter).

Trivia[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]

  • In the game files, the Armadillo is designed to spawn with two color schemes that are identical (-15,-16). Negative color IDs are actually invalid, and the game just reads them as 0 instead. It seems that the chopper instead spawns with a set texture. This is a characteristic shared with the VCN Maverick, the Air Ambulance, the Little Willie, the Sea Sparrow and the Sparrow.

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