Bomb truck

Bomb Truck

Basic
BioBombs
High Explosive Bomb
Combo

Unit

Faction

Role

Suicide vehicle

Armament

Explosives
High Explosive Bomb and/or Bio Bomb (upgrades)

Properties

Hit points

220 (Gen 1.00-1.04)
250 (Gen 1.05-1.08, ZH)

Armor type

Truck

Production

Cost

$1200
$1000 (Juhziz)

Build time

0:15

Produced by

Arms dealer

Requires

Palace

Hot key

O

Combat

Ground attack

1000 (2000 with High Explosive Bomb) (Explosion)

Speed

50

Attack range

150 (in which it will ram into enemies)

Sight range

150-200

Function

Upgrades

Abilities

Disguise as target vehicle

“

GLA postal service!
- Bomb truck

”

The Bomb Truck is a GLA suicide vehicle in Generals and Zero Hour.

Game Unit[]

Bomb trucks are surprisingly mobile and resilient for a suicide unit. Used tactically, a few well-placed Bomb trucks can obliterate targets worth far more than themselves. Though not affected by the GPS Scrambler's stealth ability, they can disguise themselves as any vehicle within its owner's sight range, including civilian vehicles, as well as Spy Drones and Battle Drones. As such, an inattentive opponent can be easily caught off-guard. Even if no enemy vehicles are in sight, Bomb Trucks can duplicate disguises already used by other Bomb Trucks. Additionally, Bomb Trucks can be individually upgraded with extra explosives or chemical weapons.

The main disadvantage of Bomb trucks is their high cost for a single-use suicide unit, which is on par with SCUD launchers (an artillery unit that can fire continuously). Their cost is even higher when upgrades are factored in. This forces players to carefully consider target selection. The truck's camouflage ability doesn't affect the vehicle's handling or speed, and against an attentive human player the bomb truck is somewhat easily recognized while it is on the move, even without stealth detection.

Abilities[]

Disguise

Disguises the bomb truck as a target vehicle

Disguise is removed in presence of enemy Stealth Detection.

Add-ons[]

Bio Bomb

Bomb Truck explosion leaves anthrax residue.

Purchased individually $500. Not available to

Rodall Juhziz

High Explosive Bomb

Doubles Bomb Truck explosion damage.

Purchased individually for $500. Not available to

Dr. Thrax

Upgrades[]

Anthrax Beta

Bomb Truck's anthrax residue deals more damage.

Purchased from a regular GLA or Prince Kassad's Palace for $2000.

Anthrax Gamma (

Dr. Thrax only)

Bomb Truck's anthrax residue deals more damage.

Replaces Anthrax Beta. Purchased from the Palace for $2000

Junk Repair

Bomb Trucks slowly heal over time.

Purchased from the Black Market for $2000.

Changelog[]

Generals patch 1.05: hit point increased from 220 to 250
Zero Hour patch 1.01: bomb trucks disguised as Avengers still have the Avenger turret (however the turret is lowered unlike the normal unit which has the turrets raised)
Zero Hour patch 1.03:
- bomb trucks disguised as Avengers now use the correct model
- now displays upgrade cameo for Anthrax Beta (GLA only)

Quotes[]

When created
Bomb truck, ready for dispatch.
When selected
GLA postal service! I have a delivery. Sorry, no tracking numbers. I will send a clear message. Loaded and ready. Not responsible for damaged goods.
When ordered to move
Transporting. Shipment on the way. Right on schedule. Here I come. Nothing stops the mail.
When ordered to attack
Good idea! For the GLA! Hitting the gas! I will carry it through! It is my purpose! ALALALALALALALAH!
When ordered to perform ability: Disguise
They won't tell the difference. That's an easy disguise. They will be fooled. I'll disguise myself as a vehicle. What vehicle should we look like?
When ordered to perform ability: Upgrade with Bio Bomb
Arming bio-bomb.
When ordered to perform ability: Upgrade with High-Explosive Bomb
Arming high-explosive bomb.
When received upgrade: Bio Bomb
Bio-bomb loaded.
When received upgrade: High-Explosive Bomb
High-explosive bomb loaded.

Trivia[]

Gen1 Bomb Truck Loadout — Bomb truck loadout textures

The words "U Die" can be seen on Bio Bomb's texture.
Due to the textures on the model being mirrored (a commonly used practice to save resources and time), the Bomb Truck's driver can be seen on both sides.
In May 2016, the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom made a Twitter post regarding extremists in Syria receiving chemical weapons. The post included an image of GLA Bomb Trucks from the Command & Conquer Wiki (as seen in the gallery). Although the image was marked with the text "Image for illustration purposes only", the post was ridiculed,^[1] even by the Electronic Arts CEO at the time, Peter Moore.^[2]

Gallery[]

Bomb Truck payload variants from left to right: No upgrades, High Explosive Bomb, Bio Bomb

References[]

↑ Chemical weapons warning causes unexpected laughter. British Broadcasting Company (BBC) (13 May 2016). Retrieved on 16 July 2017.
↑ On behalf of our Command and Conquer team, I'm demanding royalties for this photo of "extremists...". Peter Moore via Twitter (12 May 2016). Retrieved on 16 July 2017.

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[GLABombTrucks_RussianEmbassyTwitter-1] Chemical weapons warning causes unexpected laughter. British Broadcasting Company (BBC) (13 May 2016). Retrieved on 16 July 2017.

[GLABombTrucks_RussianEmbassyMoore-2] On behalf of our Command and Conquer team, I'm demanding royalties for this photo of "extremists...". Peter Moore via Twitter (12 May 2016). Retrieved on 16 July 2017.

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