UGV

General

Beginning with version 2.304, dismounted infantry platoons (mechanized, air assault, or rifle) may be equipped with a unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) which can be remotely controlled and provides thermal and optical camera views from locations up to 300m away.

The Unmanned Ground Vehicle

If the vehicle is steered beyond the range of the remote control (300m), the UGV will automatically turn around and try to return to the squad. To pick it up, you must be close (20m or so).

Commands

If your squad has one (the UGV has to have been "given" to the infantry in the mission editor), hit Y while dismounted. Switch to F2 for "remote control view" that will follow your UGV, so your WASDX commands don't steer the squad but the UGV. F3 gives you the basic front camera view from the UGV. Use Alt+F1 to access the senor mast camera, Q and Z to elevate and retract the mast, and N or Shift+N to zoom in or out, respectively. Alt+F2 accesses the rear camera, and Alt F3 returns you to the front camera. Num+ toggles between day and thermal channels for all cameras, and Shift+Y recovers the UGV.

Mission Design

In reality only CV90 squads use these, but in Steel Beasts PRO PE any PC, IFV, or infantry platoon can be equipped with UGVs. To do so in the mission editor select and right-click a PC or infantry platoon, then select "Options>UGV".

Note that in a platoon, only the platoon leader's and platoon sergeant's vehicle dismount sections (or just the platoon leader's squad in rifle platoons) will be equipped with an UGV (rev 4.019).

Equipping a PC platoon with the UGV

Links

CV90 Introduction Video also showing UGV