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Road transport is, in the barest of sense, vehicles adapted for road use, although some may also possess off-road capabilities. Road transport is featured commonly in the Half-Life series as both a mode of transport as well as obstacles or cover. They are Road Vehicles.
A Black-Ops M35 Truck in Half-Life 1
Types of road transport[]
Road vehicles featured in the series are wide ranging, featuring varieties with either threaded wheels or rubber tires, and encompassing cars, trucks, APCs and tanks.
Half-Life and its expansions[]
The selection of road vehicles available in Half-Life are confined to those used by the Black Mesa Research Facility, as well as the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit (HECU) and Black Ops. None of the vehicles can be driven, but may feature functional armaments (i.e. turrets) or contain supplies. The 1949 M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 (M35 Cargo Truck for short) are driven by the HECU & The Black-Ops that delivers cargo. The models of the Half-Life 1 vehicles are:
- Black-Mesa SUV - 1994 Toyota 4Runner or 1980 Nissan Pathfinder
- Black-Mesa SUV (Decay) - 1992 Jeep Grand Cheerokee
- Black-Mesa Cargo Truck - ??? Vehicle
- HECU M35 Cargo Truck - 1949 M35 Series 21/2-ton 6x6 Cargo Truck
- Black Ops M35 Cargo Truck - 1949 M35 Series 21/2-ton 6x6 Cargo Truck
- HECU APC - 1972 M2A3 Bradley
- HECU Tank - 1967 M1A1 Abrams
- Black Ops APC - 1972 M2A3 Bradley
- Black Ops Tank - 1967 M1A1 Abrams
The vehicles are listed as follows:
- Black Mesa: The Black Mesa SUV and Black Mesa truck.
- HECU and Black Ops: The M35 cargo truck, M1A1 Abrams and M2A3 Bradley.
Half-Life 2 and its episodes[]
With the inclusion of the Combine and the Resistance as the two factions in Half-Life 2, the player is introduced to a new range of road vehicles affiliated with the two groups.
Whilst the player has no control of Combine vehicles, the Resistance owns several controllable road vehicles constructed using salvaged parts. The Resistance's vehicles in particular are integral to two storyline arcs in Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, during which they are used by the player to traverse great distances to a particular destination. The vehicles are indicated to be of utmost importance to the missions, as the player automatically fails if the player manages to lose the vehicles by dropping it onto off-limits areas of the map (i.e. deep water or cliffs).
The vehicles are listed as follows:
- Resistance: The Scout Car, Muscle Car and Jalopy (cut).
- Combine: The Combine Armored Personnel Carrier (VAB and V-100 APC's cut) , Advisor Platform, AirEx Truck (cut), School Bus (cut), Merkava (cut), and Combine SWAIn addition, civilian car wrecks exist throughout much of the game. These wrecks are primarily used as obstacles to the player, but may also be punted as heavy projectiles or used to plug Antlion Soldier holes in Half-Life 2: Episode One, both with the aid of the gravity gun. The car traps in Ravenholm also employ such wrecks to crush zombies. With the exception of the hatchback wrecks (The Volkswagen Rabbit/Golfs) , most road vehicle wrecks featured are East European in origin (See vehicle article : Half-Life 2 Car Wrecks). Eric Kirchmer studied the vehicle models for the car wrecks.
List of the Models of the Car Wrecks in Half-Life 2[]
- White and Old Pink Hatchback Wreck - 1961 Trabant 601
- Orange Hatchback Wreck - 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit/Golf
- Lapis Blue Hatchback Wreck - 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit/Golf
- Dark Blue Sedan Wreck - 1964 Moskvitch 2140
- Yellow and White Sedan Wreck - 1964 Moskvitch 2140
- White Sedan Wreck - 1969 Volga GAZ-24
- Navy Blue Sedan Wreck - 1969 Volga GAZ-24
- Dark Green Sedan Wreck - 1971 ZAZ 968 Zaporozets
- Light-Dark White Sedan Wreck - 1971 ZAZ 968 Zaporozets
- White Van Wreck - 1969 RAF-2203 Latvija
- Dark Blue Truck Wreck - 1963 Avia A31
- Light Blue Flatbed Truck Wreck - 1952 GAZ-53 (ЗИЛ-53)
- Scarlet Semi-Truck Wreck - 1970 LIAZ Škoda 706 RT
Half-Life: Alyx[]
Half-Life: Alyx introduces multiple new vehicles, including the Combine Prisoner Transport (CPT). The CPT sports a more human-like design and is presumably succeeded by the Armored Personnel Carrier.
Other human vehicles are also featured in Half-Life: Alyx, though their models remain unidentified. This includes a vehicle outside the Quarantine Zone that appears to be in pristine condition and owned by a citizen.
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List of appearances[]
- Half-Life: Day One (First appearance)
- Half-Life
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Decay
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- Portal (Car park only)
- PotatoFoolsDay ARG
- Half-Life: Alyx
See also[]
 Vehicles, vessels and transportation
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| Black Mesa transportation | Black Mesa SUV • Black Mesa Transit System • Black Mesa truck |
| Black Ops vehicles | AH-64 Apache • M35 cargo truck • V-22 Osprey (cut) |
| HECU vehicles | AH-64 Apache • F-16 Fighting Falcon • M1A1 Abrams • M2A3 Bradley • M35 cargo truck • V-22 Osprey |
| Combine vehicles | Advisor Platform • AirEx Truck (cut) • Armored Personnel Carrier • C-130 (cut) • Combine SWAT Truck (cut) • Hunter-Chopper • M2A3 Bradley (cut) • Merkava (cut) • Razor Train • School Bus (cut) • V-22 Osprey (cut) |
| Resistance vehicles | Airboat • Borealis (cut) • C-130 (cut) • Jalopy (cut) • Jet Ski (cut) • Mil Mi-8 • Muscle Car • Scout Car • Submarine (cut) • V-22 Osprey (cut) |
| Trainstations | City 17 Trainstation • Depot • Technical Trainstation |
| Other | Borealis • Chevrolet Caprice (cut) • Digger (cut) • F-117 Nighthawk (cut) • Ford F-250 (cut) • GMC Vandura (cut) • Rail transport • Road transport |