BS Patrol Tank

BS Patrol Tank — BTR-82A

An AI-controlled BTR-82A that patrols your map, hunts players who get too close, and goes down fighting — leaving a burning wreck guarded by AI with loot.

No drivers, no scripts to babysit. Drop it in, set a route, and a hostile armored patrol comes alive on your server.

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⚙️ What it does

• A BTR-82A drives configurable patrol routes with terrain following.
• Fights back with a cannon + coaxial machine gun, tracers, custom fire & smoke FX.
• On destruction it spawns a burning wreck + AI defenders + loot crates.

📚 Full docs & guides: BS Patrol Tank Wiki

🧠 Smart combat AI

• Threat-based targeting — prioritizes whoever hurts it most / uses AT weapons.
• Bone-accurate line of sight — peeking from a tiny window won't save you; it tracks your head/arms.
• Movement prediction — leads moving targets, including players inside vehicles.
• Suppression fire when it loses sight, and it gives up if you stay hidden.
• Roadkill — crushes players, infected and animals it drives over at speed.
• Fells vegetation it plows through and with the cannon blast.
• Ignores admins in godmode (admin invisibility).

⚡ Lightweight by design

Built to be extremely performance-friendly — just like the Patrol Helicopter. You can run 8-9 tanks at the same time and still not see any noticeable hit to your server. Drop it in without worrying about FPS.

🎨 Tons of variety

• 12 BTR skins — Default, Arctic, Autumn, Black, Blue Tiger, Chocolate, Desert, Green, Olive, Tan, Red Tiger and Urban.
• Multiple loot crate models (Military Cases & Weapon Cases in several colors).
• Pick the skin and crates per preset, so each patrol can look and loot differently.

🛡️ Fully configurable

• Preset system — a global file controls how many patrols run and which presets they roll (by % chance). Run an easy patrol, a normal one, and an airfield boss in the same rotation.
• Armor options — full damage, reduced bullet damage, or explosives-only.
• Difficulty templates (easy / normal / hard / boss) as a base — your JSON values always override.
• Progressive damage smoke (grey → black) as its health drops.
• Map / notification icons, killfeed, and spawn / despawn / destroyed / killed notifications.
• Self-healing config — new options are added to your JSON automatically on update.
• Works on any map (ships with a Chernarus example route).
• Dedicated log file.

🚧 This is just the beginning

This first release ships with the BTR-82A (wheeled). A tracked tank model is already on the way — more armor, more chaos, same lightweight footprint. Stay tuned.

📋 Requirements

Required:

• Community Framework (CF)

Optional (auto-detected, nothing breaks if missing):

• DayZ-Expansion-AI — use Expansion AI bots as wreck defenders
• DayZ-Expansion-Navigation — 3D/2D map marker
• LBmaster — alternative map marker & loot presets

🚀 Install

[olist] [*] Add @BS Patrol Tank after CF in your start line: [code]-mod=@CF;@BS Patrol Tank[/code] [*] Start the server once to generate the config under your profiles folder. [*] Set your patrol route (ships with a Chernarus example — edit for other maps), then restart. [/olist]

🐞 Bug reports & suggestions

Found a bug or have an idea? Let us know on our Discord — every report helps make the mod better.

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BS Patrol Tank Copyright 2026 BS Patrol Tank. You are NOT allowed to repack or reupload this mod or its contents. This item is not authorized for posting on Steam, except under the Steam account https://steamcommunity.com/id/cjcarww.

REPACKING IS PROHIBITED.

If you would like authorization, you can request it on our Discord.