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The Water Scooter is a recreational water transport used by Tanoan civilians in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the Apex DLC.

Overview[]

  • Role:
    • Recreational watercraft
« Personal watercraft (PWC) of the sit-down type. This small-hulled craft driven by a jet-propulsion system offers seats for 3 people and is easy to mount or dismount on the water thanks to the open stern construction. The powerful engine and great maneuverability makes this craft truly fun to ride. And of course it is a small and useful water transport vehicle for military use as well.
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Design[]

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The Water Scooter is an unarmed civilian jetski that uses a single four-stroke engine.

Features
Essentially a waterborne version of the Quadbike, the Water Scooter is designed exclusively for recreational use, though it can serve as an improvised waterborne transport for getting across short stretches of water. As a relatively light watercraft, the Water Scooter can also be slingloaded by most rotary-wing helicopters.

Mobility
It boasts an impressive top speed but is quite average handling-wise. Combined with a low fuel capacity, this somewhat limits the distance that can be travelled with the Water Scooter. It is, however, decent enough for getting from one location to another across the shallow waters of Tanoa.

Crew Capacity
The Water Scooter has a passenger capacity of three (including the driver). Both passengers sit in tandem with each other behind the driver.

Note that unlike other waterborne vessels such as the Assault Boat, the rear passengers do not have FFV capability and are unable to fire any weapons they may have while seated.

Camouflage[]

  • White: Flat white paint scheme with red/dark grey stroke patterns.
  • Black: Matte black paint scheme with custom livery in the form of a flame burst.
  • Blue: Flat white/dark blue paint scheme with white/blue stroke patterns.
  • Grey: Two-tone white paint scheme with a beige chassis. Has a dark grey seat and a custom line pattern on parts the hull.
  • Lime: White paint scheme with a black chassis. Has a lime green seat and uses the same custom line pattern as the Grey paint scheme.
  • Red: Two-tone white paint scheme with a beige chassis. Has a red seat and uses a slightly modified version of the Grey paint scheme's custom line pattern but with a red outline.
  • Yellow: Two-tone white paint scheme with a beige chassis. Has a yellow seat and uses a modified version of the Red paint scheme's custom line pattern but with purple gradient shading.

Protection[]

The Water Scooter has a base armour value of 15.

Body[]

The Water Scooter's hull can only resist a meagre 9 points of damage. 100% of damage is transferred onto its main "health" pool, though a total loss will only occur if the Water Scooter is already critically damaged.

Engine[]

Its engine can survive up to 18 points of damage before failing. Destroying the engine will prevent the Water Scooter from moving (but will not cause it to sink). Depending on the Water Scooter's integrity, it may instantly explode upon the engine's destruction.

Trivia[]

  • The Water Scooter is the first waterborne vessel in the entire series that is not a rubber/rigid hulled boat.
  • After the release of Game Update 1.68, the Water Scooter was made slightly more durable and its handling was improved (it is less prone to capsizing from heavy tides).[1]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Kovařič, V 2017, SPOTREP #00064, Arma 3, viewed 2 January 2024, <https://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00064>.

External links[]

See also[]

Vehicles of ArmA 3
Wheeled AFV-4 GorgonAMV-7 MarshallHatchbackHEMTTHunterIfritKartMB 4WDMSE-3 MaridOffroadProwlerQilinRhino MGS (UP) • StriderSUVTempestTractorTruckQuadbikeUGV StomperVanZamak (MRL)
Tracked 2S9 SochorAWC NyxBTR-K KamyshCRV-6e BobcatED-1D Mini UGV (ED-1E) • IFV-6a CheetahIFV-6c PantherFV-720 MoraM2A1 Slammer (A4 UP) • M4 ScorcherM5 SandstormMBT-52 KumaT-100 Varsuk (X Futura) • T-140 Angara (T-140K) • ZSU-39 Tigris
Rotor-wing AH-9 PawneeAH-99 BlackfootAR-2 DarterCH-49 MohawkCH-67 HuronDemining DroneMH-9 Hummingbird (M900) • Mi-48 KajmanMi-290 TaruMQ-12 FalconPO-30 OrcaUH-80 Ghost HawkUtility DroneWY-55 Hellcat
Fixed-wing A-143 BuzzardA-149 GryphonA-164 WipeoutCaesar BTTF/A-181 Black Wasp IIKH-3A FenghuangMQ-4A GreyhawkTo-199 NeophronTo-201 ShikraUCAV SentinelV-44X BlackfishY-32 Xi'an
Aquatic Assault BoatMotorboatRHIBSpeedboatSDVWater Scooter
(Parenthesis) denote variants.
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