Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online The Rhino is only available in a green color with a white star emblem on the sides. While the vehicle does not seem to have a defined door, the player enters it like they would a normal car. The Rhino appears to have a seemingly narrower hull compared to previous renditions, but the tracks appear to give a higher ground clearance. Like the GTA III rendition, the design of the vehicle does not resemble any real-life tank. The Rhino makes a return in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and for the first time in the series, it makes use of tracks, like most real-life tanks. The Rhino is only available in a beige/desert color and uses a set of industrial wheels. The turret is mounted almost in the center of the hull and has additional details, including dual hatches and quad smoke grenade launchers on each side. The Rhino is depicted with a seemingly long and bulky hull, which features a circular hatch on the front that is used for the driver, and small vents on the rear where the engine is located, as well as a set of headlights and tail lights on both ends (though not programmed as actual lights).
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Rhino resembles an M1 Abrams and is much more realistic and larger than its predecessors, albeit using 12 traditional wheels instead of tracks (again due to technical limitations). The wheels are mostly covered by the side walls, but when destroyed they reveal to have the same design as the ones from most industrial vehicles. The Rhino only spawns in a worn green color, which is actually a texture placed over the whole vehicle. The GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories renditions of the vehicle follow the design cues of the GTA III and GTA Vice City ones, with the turret barrel of the GTA Liberty City Stories rendition even being of the same size and length as that in GTA Vice City, although the GTA Vice City Stories one is even longer. The GTA Vice City rendition, however, saw the addition of a variety of equipment to the vehicle, as well as the enlargement of the turret's barrel. In its original appearance in GTA III, the Rhino assumes a stark appearance with little detail on its armored body. The Rhino is depicted as a block-shaped vehicle with a truck-style, three-axle chassis, a narrow windshield and large doors on each side, along with the corresponding turret on top. Contrary to most real-life tanks, the Rhino uses traditional wheels instead of dedicated tracks (likely due to technical limitations). The Rhino's weapon configuration and chassis are similar to the equipment of the LAV-600. Its features also resemble the seemingly original and chunky design reminiscent of a modified M3 Stuart, but with a front that more closely resembles that of an M4 Sherman. However, its front end does bear some resemblance to that of the six-wheeled M93 Fox reconassaince vehicle, and the sides belong to the design of the Panhard ERC 90. In Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the Rhino does not appear to be directly based on any real-life military vehicle. Law enforcement tends not to use the main cannon of the vehicle, except in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, in which the gun causes massive damage and usually kills the player.ĭesign Grand Theft Auto III - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Like its predecessor in Grand Theft Auto 2, the Rhino appears when the player attains a six star Wanted Level, or upon entering Fort Zancudo in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. The Rhino appears as the successor of the Tank, the Tiger Tank and the Royal Pain from the 2D Universe games, remaining a large vehicle with limited mobility but with strong armor and devastating firepower thanks to its cannon. 9.4 Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.7.5 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
7.4 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.5.1.4 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
3.4 Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.3.1 Grand Theft Auto III - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.2.5 Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.2.1 Grand Theft Auto III - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.