Crane

This article is about the mobile crane. For other type of cranes, see Cranes.

Versioning

This article is timeless and should be accurate for any version of the game.

BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane
Information
Vehicle Type	Crane
Health	1500
Disabled Under	75% health
Resistance(damage reduction)	Unarmored -40%  -40%  -50%  -25%  -30%  -70%  -00%  -00%  -40%  -00%  -70%
Repair Cost	100
Crew	1
Passengers	1
Inventory Slots	5
Production Site	Near a Home Base
Cost	125
Packaged Size	Unpackageable
Fuel Capacity	100L /

“	The Bassett Motor Society’s Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane is used to lift and reposition vehicles and very heavy equipment.	„
	— In-game description

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane (also known as a Crane, or Mobile Crane) is a tracked logistics vehicle used to pickup and move Shippables.

General Info

Crew

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane holds one passenger, and houses a crew of one soldier:

• Driver/Operator (Seat 1)
  • Controls the movement of the vehicle, and can see the remaining fuel in the vehicle
  • Interacts with nearby structures - press E or Shift + E
  • Able to deploy/undeploy the vehicle - press F
  • Controls the crane arm when deployed - Aim RMB, pick up/drop shippable LMB, rotate hook A or D
• Passenger (Seat 2)
  • Can't do anything

Armament

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane is not equipped with a main armament, however it is equipped with a Crane Arm.

• Crane Arm
  • Only usable when crane is deployed
  • Rotates 360 degrees
  • Can reach between 4 and 15 meters
  • Cannot directly damage players but can kill them if a shippable is placed on top of them

Inventory

It has 5 inventory slots that can hold any item.

Engine & Mobility

• Fuel Tank: 100 L of Diesel or Petrol
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate: 3L / min (Autonomy: 33:20 min)
  
• Speed: 3.66 m/s on road, 3.05 m/s off-road
  
• Can ram and destroy Sandbag Covers and Tier 1 Walls, but not Barbed Wire Fences or deployed Tripods
• Damages Field Bridges a lot. Crossing is very risky or impossible
• Can't cross Trenches
• Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines

Health & Armor

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane has 1500 HP and is disabled under 75% health. It has "Unarmoured" resistance, even small arms fire and Flamethrowers are a danger to it.
It takes 100 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer. Its health can be instantly repaired at a Garage for 100 Basic Materials.

A disabled crane can still be deployed and use its arm.

Interactions

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane can be interacted in a few ways:

• Can interact with most structures in proximity - press E or Shift + E
  • Pulls items from stockpiles twice as fast compared to on foot
  • Can pull three times the normal amount from stockpiles - press Shift + LMB
• Able to be deployed and undeployed - press F
  • Cannot undeploy if holding a large shippable
• When deployed, its crane arm can move shippables
  • Can pick up any packaged shippable - hold RMB and press LMB
  • Held shippable can be rotated - press A or D
  • Held shippable can be placed on the ground, on special shipping vehicles, or on special locations
  • Cursor icon relays information: crosshair = valid location, cog = valid shippable / special interaction

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Home Base	125 x Basic Materials	BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane	125 Hammer hits
Mass Production Factory	375 x Basic Materials	Crate of 3 x  BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane	01:44:10

Storage & Transport

The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane can be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

Tactics

Cranes are one of the most useful logistical vehicles to have as they allow large equipment to be fielded, either for logistical purposes, or frontline work. They are also the slowest vehicle in the game and consume a lot of fuel, so you don't want to move them around too much. If possible, it would be preferable to have multiple cranes spread throughout strategic places. Having them situated at major resource locations (such as Salvage Fields) are favorable, as it allows the use of Resource Containers and Flatbed Trucks, which make transporting raw resources very efficient.

Like with all cranes, it is possible to stack three containers vertically for better storage, though you should only stack them up to two containers, as you will not be able to reach the 3rd container, even when pressing Shift + E.

Tips

• All land vehicles can be packaged, except for Bicycles, Transport Buses, Flatbed Trucks, Super Tanks, and other Cranes
• Despite being able to be locked, players should never lock a crane, as it inconveniences others
• Unlike Flatbed Trucks, if a crane is destroyed while holding cargo, the cargo will be destroyed along with it
• Cranes can be parked on a Barge, even while holding a Shippable, however it cannot deploy on a Barge whether the ramp is lowered or not. This was implemented to prevent the transport by Barge of Extra Large Shippable held by a Crane.
• Cranes do not move slower when lifting a shippable
• If you exit the driver seat in the middle of an arm movement (holding the aim button) the crane will automatically finish the arm's movement and stop at the spot where you were last aiming.
• Crane can transfer resource from container to facilities in interaction range of the soldier

Gallery

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  The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane from the front

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  The BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane from the rear

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  Render Model of a BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane

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  A BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane lifting up a packaged Lance-36

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  A BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane with a Shipping Container and it passing through a truck (happens when cargo comes in contact with anything)

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  A BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane's arm loading cargo into a Freighter's cargo hold

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  A BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane about to load a Material Pallet with Sandbags onto a Barge

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  Concept art of the BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane

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  Concept art of the BMS - Class 2 Mobile Auto-Crane

External Links

• Crane - 3D model - Sketchfab
• Crane lifting packaged FA gif