The latest GTA Online Smuggler's Run update arrived Tuesday, Aug. 29, and if Rockstar's previous Gun Running DLC release is anything to go by, then we can expect a new vehicle added to GTA Online every Tuesday, starting tomorrow. While there's no official word from Rockstar, renowned GTA insider FunMW2, aka @TezFunz2, shared a tweet that suggests the Bombushka airplane will be the first to arrive:
Amount of supply missions required for trade price:
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) August 29, 2017
Bombushka - 24
Howard - 27
Mogul - 30
Pyro - 33
Sea Breeze - 36
Nokota - 39
Hunter - 42
According to the tweet, the numbers next to each unreleased vehicle, which are listed in ascending order, represent the number of supply missions needed in order for purchase at the trade price. The numbers suggest the order in which the vehicles will arrive as well, since it only makes sense to release a vehicle with a lower supply mission count before one that requires even more.
From Warstock Cache & Carry, the massive 4-propeller Bombushka bomber plane will set you back $5,918,500, or $4,450,000 at trade price. It's an extremely expensive plane, but it looks like you're getting a lot -- one pilot and one passenger in the front, one front turret gunner, rear turret gunner, and a bench for four extra passengers. It's undoubtedly a massive plane and armor customizations make the Bombushka an even more formidable force in the skies.
Except it isn't. Via GTA Online YouTuber MrBossFTW, a single RPG is enough to destroy the Bombushka. Even a fully upgraded Bombushka with max armor is no match for explosives. Sadly, the glass isn't bulletproof either. Thankfully, the pilot is at least elevated and away from the window, and will mostly avoid getting hit by gunfire from the ground. Still, it's not exactly the flying fortress we hoped.
In comparison, the Apache-looking Hunter attack chopper will eat a total of three RPGs before it will go up in a blaze of fire, which sounds more like what a robust military-grade aircraft is supposed to sustain.
So why is the Bombushka so useless? I'm not really sure, but I wonder whether or not it's something Rockstar may consider patching.
Whatever the case, check out the Bombushka vs Hunter chopper video from YouTuber MrBossFTW below. How are you enjoying Smuggler's Run? Which new aircraft is your favorite? Let us know in the comment section below.
