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King Merc (also known as Blitzkrieger) is a recurring vehicle in the Carmageddon series. It appears in the original Carmageddon, TDR 2000, Funsize, Reincarnation, Max Damage, and Crashers.

Carmageddon

Carmageddon vehicle
King Merc
Info
Internal opponent number 10
Strength (1 - 5) 5
Network availability Never

Driver Heinz Faust
Race number 4
Top speed 160 mph
Kerb weight 3.0 tons
0 - 60 mph in 7.6 seconds
Stealworthy Red XN
Description
"Teutonic terror Heinz has a supercharged superheavy sport coupe with go anywhere tank tracks... Don’t get caught in his path!"


King Merc is one of the 30 original cars from Carmageddon. It appears together with the third tier of vehicles, and is not stealworthy.

Design

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The vehicle is apparently based on a fourth generation Mercedes-Benz SL, despite having SLK rear lights and a body similar to a W140 coupe. The car is set on top of tank treads.

Performance

King Merc is a great vehicle for wasting opponents, including tier 3 ones, but it's hard to control. As it is not stealworthy however, it won't be useful in a normal playthrough[1].

Trivia

  • The number "four" on the tank means "vier" in German which is exactly pronounced like the word "fear".
  • King Merc is a German car converted into a tank, driven by German driver Heinz Faust.
    • Heinz Guderian was a German general and famous commander of great panzer divisions during WW2. In the last year of the war he became Chief of the General Staff of the Heer.

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Carmageddon: TDR 2000

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
King Merc
Info
Car Descriptor order 20
Network availability normal

Driver Hans Kristoff Havocstein
Driver's short name Hans
Race number 4
Top speed 128 mph
Kerb weight 2.9 tons
0 - 60 mph in 7.6 seconds
Cost 910000 credits
Description
"Havoc in the name of the Fatherland."

King Merc is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in a mission of the Military Zone, then as a normal opponent on Race 2 of the same area, being encountered late in the game.

Design

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The front and sides of the King Merc were modelled after a Mercedes-Benz R129 SL, while the rear more closely resembles that of an R170 SLK. It has got a different livery this time around, being all white with two black stripes going from the front to the back of the car. It also has a blade on the grill, in addition to the tank modifications.

Performance

This vehicle, despite being a tank, has some difficulties crushing other cars, and its front blade does not do that much damage. Its defense is also quite low, with its body panels falling off too easily. Turning with the King Merc often leads to spin outs[1].

Driver

The driver, named "Hans Kristoff Havocstein" in the files, looks suspiciously like Adolf Hitler.

Mission Appearance

King Merc appears in the first mission from the Military Zone (Let's Go to Work) as a target. It will keep trying to escape from you and driving across the whole map, while the Soul Harvester and Tow Meister try to stop you.

King Merc was supposed to be driven by Strike Brown, the rival of the leader of a local gang. However, upon destroying the vehicle, it is revealed that it was driven by his bodyguard instead.

Trivia

  • The unused name of the driver may be a very mangled reference to Danish author Hans Christian Anderson.
  • The reason King Merc was created for TDR 2000 was because of a poll done by SCi, which was to choose the top 5 cars from both the original Carmageddon, and Carmageddon II to be made for TDR 2000. King Merc was one of the winners on the C1 side. The others were Electric Blue, Tow Meister, Vlad MK. 1 and Suppressor[2].
  • King Merc doesn't have a damaged texture variant.
  • Mark Day was one of the artists who worked on King Merc[3].
  • Inside the files for King Merc there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle:
    • NAME "KingMerc"
    • DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 80mph
    • Kerb weight: 10.5 tons
    • 0-60mph: 6.4 seconds
    • Slow but Sweet, just like a good Woman"
    • DESCRIPTOR "KingMercdescriptor.txt"
    • DRIVER_NAME "KingDamage"
    • DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "King"
    • STRENGTH 5
    • COST 50 // in thousands!
    • TYPE 0 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty
    • //ARMOUR_MAP "eagle_armoured"

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Carmageddon (Funsize)

Carmageddon (Funsize) vehicle
King Merc
Info

Driver Heinz Faust
Race number 4
Top speed 160 mph
Kerb weight 3.0 tons
0-60mph 7.59 seconds
Toughness 9
Stealworthy No
Description
"Teutonic terror Heinz has a supercharged superheavy sport coupe with go anywhere tank tracks... Don’t get caught in his path!"


In the Funsize version of Carmageddon, the King Merc is once again not stealworthy, being one of the vehicles the player receives after beating the game.

Design

File:Design kingmercFun.png

This version of King Merc's design lacks the license plate on the grill, and the Mercedes logo is replaced by a skull.

Trivia

  • The Funsize texture is based on the cancelled Gizmondo version. However, that version still had the Mercedes logo on it.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation & Max Damage

Carmageddon: Reincarnation vehicle
Blitzkrieger
File:Blitzkrieger Front.png
Info
Driver Heinz Faust
Top speed 135mph
Kerb weight 4.5 tons
0 - 60 mph in 6.1s
Strength (1 - 10) 4.5
Stealworthy Unknown
Race Number no number
Network availability Yes
Description
"Teutonic terror Heinz has a supercharged super-heavy sports coupe with go-anywhere tank tracks… So don’t get caught in his path unless you want to become a has-bean in tomato sauce."

Blitzkrieger is one of the extra cars added to Carmageddon: Reincarnation, and one of the vehicles that came right away with Carmageddon: Max Damage. It first appears in Group 11, being part of the last batch of vehicles the player encounters in the game.

Design

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It is very closely based on the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

Performance

Trivia

  • King Merc was confirmed for Reincarnation in the Tanking Wanking King Merc & Heinz Beans Fart Faust blog post from the 21st of June 2013 on Kickstarter. However, the car wasn't available in the game's release due to the tank physics not being completed in time, with the King Merc (renamed to Blitzkrieger) only being added on the December 2015 update.

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Carmageddon: Crashers

Carmageddon: Crashers vehicle
Blitzkrieger
Info
Driver Heinz Faust
Race number no number


Blitzkrieger is a vehicle that was added to Carmageddon: Crashers via an update.

Designs

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References

Vehicles in Carmageddon (cat)
Main vehicles Red Eagle · Yellow Hawk
Cops Squad Car · Suppressor
Tier 1 opponents Annihilator · The Bear · Cleaver · Countslash · Fearari F666 · Fraud Broko · Grunge Buster · Merciless Cullwing · Razorbill · Road Bratt · Stiffshifter · Street Eater · Tashita · The Twister · Volkswerker
Tier 2 opponents Caddy Fat Cat · Electric Blue · Hevy Impaler · Leadpumper · Tanka · Towmeister
Tier 3 opponents King Merc · Lumberer · The Plow · Pink Pulveriser · Project X
Vehicles in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (cat)
Main vehicle Eagle MK4
Hollowood The Beast · Bumble Bee · Drag-Ghoul · Enforcer · The Mecha · Rubber Ducky · Sparrow · SuperCharger · Tres Hombres · Viper · Tomahawk · The Wheel
The Slums The Green Hammer · Killa Kart · Knave · The Machine · TNT
The Docks The Boss · Femme Fatal · Limey · SXE Black Hatch · Throb Rod · Tow Meister
HiRise Big Wig · Electric Blue · Gorvette · Husky · Jadead · Shark · Vlad · The Vulture · White Trash
Military Zone The Chef · The Cutter · King Merc · McKilem · Soul Harvester · Stormbringer · Witch Doctor
Back of Beyond The Fortress · HFB Terra · The Spectre · Thummper
Unlockables Cop Car · Da Panzer · Master Mine · New Suppressor · Suppressor · Wraith
The Nosebleed Pack Bigdaddy · Blood & Bones · Buggy · Jaws · Lucifer · Ped Basher · The Pigs! · Pogo · Sports Sedan · Steam Machine
Vehicles in Carmageddon: Max Damage (cat)
Main vehicles Eagle R · Hawk R · Iron Hawk · Tez Eagle
Cops APC· CU:NT · Subpressor · Super Suppressor
Tier 1 opponents Annihilator · Cleaver · Countslash · DeGoryun · KVN Toucan · Razorbill · Snaky Bastard · Tashita · Volkswerker
Tier 2 opponents The Bear · Shredlight · Stiffshifter · Tropi-Kill · The Twister
Tier 3 opponents Caddy Fat Cat · Crazor · Hevy Impaler · Project X · Siamese Dream · Towmeister
Tier 4 opponents Blitzkrieger · Electric Blue · Lumberer · The Plow · Rig O'Mortis