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=== GTA IV — GTA V === | === GTA IV — GTA V === | ||
In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], the Police Maverick is in turn based on a redone Maverick, and as a result, features a rear slid-doors and a four-blade main rotor. In place of an "invisible" machine gun under the fuselage are two officers seated on both sides of the helicopter, programmed to shoot the player with [[M16|M4A1s]]; its ability to deploy tactical response units has also been dropped in the game. In [[The Ballad | In [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], the Police Maverick is in turn based on a redone Maverick, and as a result, features a rear slid-doors and a four-blade main rotor. In place of an "invisible" machine gun under the fuselage are two officers seated on both sides of the helicopter, programmed to shoot the player with [[M16|M4A1s]]; its ability to deploy tactical response units has also been dropped in the game. In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the officers are armed with [[M249|Advanced MGs]] (M249 SAWs) instead. The Police Maverick is slightly faster than a regular Maverick and can turn faster, thus giving it more maneuverability. | ||
A police helicopter that appears in the first trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto V]] shares the body of GTA IV's Police Maverick, but with a different paint job to match the [[LSPD in GTA V|LSPD]] livery. Following the reveal of [[:File:Policehelicopter-GTAV-prerelease-front.jpg|a new police helicopter model]] resembling a [[:wp:Eurocopter AS350|Eurocopter AS350]] (which are more common than Bell 206 helicopters in the Los Angeles Police Department) in one of the first pre-release screenshots for GTA V, it is currently unknown if the Maverick-based model is slated to exist alongside the new police helicopter, or has been replaced by the AS350-based model. | A police helicopter that appears in the first trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto V]] shares the body of GTA IV's Police Maverick, but with a different paint job to match the [[LSPD in GTA V|LSPD]] livery. Following the reveal of [[:File:Policehelicopter-GTAV-prerelease-front.jpg|a new police helicopter model]] resembling a [[:wp:Eurocopter AS350|Eurocopter AS350]] (which are more common than Bell 206 helicopters in the Los Angeles Police Department) in one of the first pre-release screenshots for GTA V, it is currently unknown if the Maverick-based model is slated to exist alongside the new police helicopter, or has been replaced by the AS350-based model. | ||
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File:PoliceMaverick-GTAIV-front.jpg|An [[LCPD in GTA IV Era|LCPD]] Police Maverick in GTA IV, with a police officer seated on the side ready to take aim at the player. | File:PoliceMaverick-GTAIV-front.jpg|An [[LCPD in GTA IV Era|LCPD]] Police Maverick in GTA IV, with a police officer seated on the side ready to take aim at the player. | ||
File:PoliceMaverick-GTAV-firsttrailer.jpg|A Police Maverick as seen in the first GTA V trailer. | File:PoliceMaverick-GTAV-firsttrailer.jpg|A Police Maverick as seen in the first GTA V trailer. | ||
File:PoliceMaverick-GTAV-front.jpg|An [[LSPD in GTA V|LSPD]] Police Maverick in GTA V. | |||
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*Only obtainable by sniping the pilot, making the helicopter slowly hover to the ground undamaged. It only works 5/10 times. Also obtainable by an even more frustrating process in which the helicopter is disabled at a low enough altitude that all occupants live, and then the chopper is pushed into a safehouse parking spot. That method works less often than the previous. Other than that, you can only fly the Police Maverick in multiplayer [[Races in GTA IV|race mode]].<p>Note that If the player manages to lure the helicopter over the pond in [[Middle Park]], it will be easier to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZakpGUpz0U obtain], although the helicopter must have an open space and the water must be shallow. | *Only obtainable by sniping the pilot, making the helicopter slowly hover to the ground undamaged. It only works 5/10 times. Also obtainable by an even more frustrating process in which the helicopter is disabled at a low enough altitude that all occupants live, and then the chopper is pushed into a safehouse parking spot. That method works less often than the previous. Other than that, you can only fly the Police Maverick in multiplayer [[Races in GTA IV|race mode]].<p>Note that If the player manages to lure the helicopter over the pond in [[Middle Park]], it will be easier to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZakpGUpz0U obtain], although the helicopter must have an open space and the water must be shallow. | ||
;The Ballad | ;The Ballad of Gay Tony | ||
* (Multiplayer only) On the rooftop helipad of the [[East Holland]] police station in [[Algonquin]]. | * (Multiplayer only) On the rooftop helipad of the [[East Holland]] police station in [[Algonquin]]. | ||
* During the mission "[[Not So Fast]]", you can steal a Police Maverick when you have to climb back on to the roof to get back in Yusuf's [[Buzzard]] by waiting a few seconds, when a Police Maverick will land on the roof. | * During the mission "[[Not So Fast]]", you can steal a Police Maverick when you have to climb back on to the roof to get back in Yusuf's [[Buzzard]] by waiting a few seconds, when a Police Maverick will land on the roof. | ||