Scud launcher

Scud Launcher
Affiliation	Elite Crew
Weapon	Scud missiles
Type	Artillery Carrier Truck

The Scud launcher is a Russian ballistic missile carrier/artillery only appearing in Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes.

Overview

The Scud launcher is a dark green truck designed to deliver "Scud" missiles. Scud launchers are very plentiful in the Middle East and North Africa, which is why the Elite Crew managed to steal some. Scud launchers have no defenses because they are supposed to fire from a long distance.

In general, they play very minor roles in Deleted Scenes and will usually become destroyed at the order by the Counter-Terrorists to prevent causing further damage to potential targets at longer distances. Because these vehicles are unarmed with any kind of defense weapon, it cannot attack the player and it is often heavily guarded by large amount of Terrorists.

Appearances in Deleted Scenes

• During the mission Recoil, a Scud Launcher appears very briefly before it is destroyed by a Harrier when the player arrives.
• During the mission Sandstorm, a Scud Launcher needs to be destroyed via a Radio-controlled Bomb at the end of the mission.

Gallery

A Scud launcher

Rear quarter view

A destroyed Scud launcher

Trivia

• In Sandstorm, a Scud launcher can also be destroyed by throwing an HE grenade underneath the area where the RC bomb must be planted. If done properly, the vehicle will be destroyed even before the HE grenade detonates. Possibly, this occurs because the trigger for the destroy sequence is a breakable object which is composed of glass or metal, since they are automatically destroyed when hit by a grenade regardless of their current hit points.
  • This method will usually kill the player due to the large explosion radius unless the player is able to find cover or has full armor and health. Despite this, the mission will not be failed even after their death, as long as the player does not press any keys.
  • If the RC Bomb was planted, the HE Grenade method still works, although the bomb will still float.
• The Scud missile that the launcher carries is based on the early SS-1B Scud-A, or Russian designated R-11 "Zemlya" missile.
• Many maps in Counter-Strike Online reuse the direct copy of this Scud Launcher model from Deleted Scenes, including the destroy animation.

External links

• Scud at Wikipedia