Crew
The BMS Bloodtender has a crew of 1 soldier:
- Gunner (Seat 1)
- Controls the movement, reload, and firing of the 12.7mm machine gun
First Aid Car
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It has Tank Armor. With it, in best case scenario, penetrating projectiles only have a 33% chance of penetrating and doing damage. That chance goes up quickly if the armor is worn or if it is shot from up close, or on the side or rear from a direct angle,or with ammo that has penetration bonuses.
It takes 250 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer.
button so that they can respawn there after death if the Hospital has Respawn Supplies left.
This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.61) of Foxhole.
| “ | This unique train car has been specially fitted with medical equipment and a mounted machine gun, making it ideal for transporting injured soldiers away from active battlefields to the safety of hospitals. When stationary, the BMS Bloodtender may also be used as a mobile first aid centre to treat wounded soldiers so long as supplies remain plentiful. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The BMS Bloodtender (First Aid Car) is a late-game train car equipped with a hospital that can convert Critically Wounded Soldiers 
into Soldier Supplies 
. When deployed, it can serve as a Medical Base where players can respawn.
General Info
Armament
The BMS Bloodtender is equipped with:
- 12.7mm Machine Gun
- Mounted on the front turret (can rotate 210 degrees), turns 45° per second)
- Ammo Used: 12.7mm
- Effective Range: 35 meters
- Maximum Range: 40 meters
- Reload Duration: 3.5 seconds
- Fire Rate: 240 rounds per minute
- Magazine Size: 75 rounds
- Accuracy: very high
- Stability: Can fire nonstop without losing accuracy
Inventory
It has 19 inventory slots and one dedicated ammo slot that can hold 40 12.7mm magazines. It also has a stockpile that can hold medical equipments and Medic Uniforms.Engine & Mobility
- Uses no fuel
- Can only move on Railway Tracks, must be placed on tracks with a crane
- Cannot move on its own, requires a Locomotive connected to it to be moved
- Can ram and destroy any structures (such as Deployed Tripods) in its path
- Instantly destroys any unarmored vehicle in its path if there are no friendly soldiers inside of them
- Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines
Health & Armor
The BMS Bloodtender has 4250 HP. It has "Heavy Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire, shrapnel, and 12.7mm machine guns, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. But heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are a real threat to it.It has Tank Armor. With it, in best case scenario, penetrating projectiles only have a 33% chance of penetrating and doing damage. That chance goes up quickly if the armor is worn or if it is shot from up close, or on the side or rear from a direct angle,or with ammo that has penetration bonuses.
It takes 250 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer.
Interactions
- Couple two cars together - hold
Shift + Eand pressCouple Cars(they must be touching/close together) - Decouple two connected cars - requires a Wrench used in the area between the two cars
- Deploying/Undeploying the vehicle - press
Ewhen next to the sides near the front of the car- The First Aid Car must be on rail and decoupled from other cars to be deployed
- Required to operate the hospital
- Immobilizes the car
A train can have up to 15 cars connected, Locomotive(s) included.
Its interface can be accessed by pressing E when on foot or driving a logistics vehicle.
Hospital:
Despite its name, it does NOT offer any way to heal a player's injuries.
Critically Wounded Soldiers can be transfered into its inventory on foot by pressing V or by clicking the "Submit Large Item" 
button in the vehicle's menu.
Critically Wounded Soldiers in the inventory can be submitted into one of the 35 alloted beds of the Hospital section with the "Submit Patient" 
button for them to recover. Each patient recovers independently and recovery takes 10 minutes. The recovery of the latest patient can be canceled and the Critically Wounded Soldier put back in the inventory by pressing the "Retrieve Patient" 
button. This only works if at least one patient is not fully recovered.
A Recovered Patient can be converted into 10 Soldier Supplies by clicking the "Retrieve Supplies" 
button once. The supplies appear in the vehicle's inventory.
| Input(s) | Output(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 x Critically Wounded Soldier | 10 x Soldier Supplies | 00:10:00 |
Each Recovered Patient kept in bed counts as 10 "Respawn Supplies" for respawning purposes. It holds 350 respawns when all beds are used.
Medical Base:
button so that they can respawn there after death if the Hospital has Respawn Supplies left.Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Large Assembly Station  (Train Assembly) |
60 x Steel Construction Materials  45 x Assembly Materials III  55 x Assembly Materials IV  40 x Assembly Materials V  2 x Rare Alloys  8 MW of power  |
BMS Bloodtender  |
36:00:00 |
Tier 3 Facilities must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structure 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Storage & Transport
The BMS Bloodtender cannot be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.
It can be packaged into an extra large Shippable. It can be lifted by any crane but only a Large Crane can undeploy and move while holding it. It must otherwise be moved on Railway Tracks.
Tactics
Gallery
BMS Bloodtender viewed from the front
BMS Bloodtender viewed from the rear
A deployed BMS Bloodtender
Menu of the BMS Bloodtender
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