O'Brien V.101 Freeman

Versioning

This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.58) of the game.

O'Brien V.101 Freeman
Information
Vehicle Type	Armoured Car
Health	1250
Disabled Under	30% health
Resistance(damage reduction)	Light Armor -99%  -85%  -00%  -00%  -15%  -70%  -00%  -70%  -85%  -70%
Tank Armor	2100, 75-95%
Repair Cost	130
Crew	2
Armament	40mm Cannon
Ammo	40mm
Production Site	Motor Pool
Cost	15  15 chassis: O'Brien V.190 Knave
Packaged Size	Medium
Fuel Capacity	150L /

“	This early O'Brien variant, the V.101 Freeman is fitted with a 360 degree ballistics cannon turret at the expense of top speed.	„
	— In-game description

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman (also known as a HAC) is a Warden Armoured Car equipped with a 40mm main cannon.

General Info

Crew

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman houses a crew of two soldiers:

• Driver
  • Controls the movement of the vehicle, and can see the remaining fuel in the vehicle
  • Activates horn sound with LMB
• Gunner
  • Controls the movement, reloading, and firing of the 40mm main cannon

Armament

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman is equipped with one main armament:

• 40mm Cannon
  • Mounted on a turret (can rotate 360 degrees, turns 12° per second)
  • Ammo Used: 40mm
  • Range: 35 meters
  • Reload Duration: 5 seconds
  • Firing Duration: 2 seconds
  • Fire Rate: 8.6 per minute

Inventory

It has a dedicated ammo slot that can hold 25 40mm shells.

Engine & Mobility

• Fuel Tank: 150 L of Diesel or Petrol
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate: 6L / min (Autonomy: 25:00 min)
  
• Speed: 10.04 m/s on road, 3.01 m/s off-road
  
• Can ram and destroy Sandbag Covers and Tier 1 Walls, but not Barbed Wire Fences or Deployed Tripods
• Can cross Field Bridges, slightly damaging them
• Can't cross Trenches
• Triggers Anti-Tank Mines
• Slow acceleration

Health & Armor

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman has 1250 HP and is disabled under 30% health. It has "Light Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire and shrapnel, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. It can soak 12.7mm machine gun fire but not for long. Heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are an extremely dangerous threat to it.
It has Tank Armor. With it, in best case scenario, penetrating projectiles only have a 75% 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 130 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer. Its health and Tank Armor can be instantly repaired at a Garage for 100 Basic Materials.

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Small Assembly Station (Motor Pool)	15 x Construction Materials 15 x  Assembly Materials I 2 MW of power 1 x   O'Brien V.190 Knave	O'Brien V.101 Freeman	00:05:00

Must be fully researched in the Vehicle Tech Tree in order to be produced.

Storage & Transport

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman can be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

It can be packaged into a medium Shippable and transported by any Shipping Vehicle (Crane, Flatbed Truck, Barge, Freighter, Storage Ship, Landing Ships, Flatbed Car, or Large Crane).

Tactics

The O'Brien V.101 Freeman is a lightly armored car designed to deal heavy damage to structures. In terms of mobility, it has slow off-road speed and decent on-road speed, which makes it limited to where it can effectively fight. Along with its slow-turning turret, it is better to stay on roads so the crew can react faster if they're being flanked. Additionally, due to its low health, a single anti-tank mine will nearly destroy it.

Since the 40mm main cannon is mounted at the rear of the Armored Car, you can gain a little more range by driving in reverse and rotating the turret backwards (essentially using the vehicle backwards). This method does allows for a quicker retreat, which is especially useful on a slow vehicle.

Standard Equipment Loadout
Like with every other armored vehicle, the crew should ALWAYS equip themselves with a Gas Mask and multiple Filters to avoid dying to Gas Grenades. Additionally, they should bring a Hammer and Basic Materials to repair the vehicle. These tactics can be buffed by wearing either a Tank Uniform or an Engineer Uniform.

Depending on when the crew fields this Armored Car, these equipment may not be unlocked. If they are unlocked, the crew should equip them so they are not easily killed in combat.

Trivia

• The O'Brien V.101 Freeman is directly inspired by the English Rolls-Royce Armoured Car developed during WW1
• Originally, the base chassis for the O'Brien V.101 Freeman was the O'Brien V.110. This was later changed in Update 1.51 with the introduction of the O'Brien V.190 Knave, which replaced it as the base chassis.

Gallery

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  The O'Brien V.101 Freeman from the front

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  The O'Brien V.101 Freeman from the rear

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  Render Models of the O'Brien V.101 Freeman (showcased in Devstream #90)