Bulldozer (Payday 3)

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Bulldozer (Payday 3)

Description
Enemy Type	Heavy Extraction Unit
Statistics
Health	200
Armor	3500
Hardness	4
Extra Statistics
Visor Armor	850
Visor Hardness	4
Other
Internal name	`Dozer`
Voice actor	Stefan Ashton Frank

"You're up against the wall, and I'M THE FUCKING WALL!!!"

—The Bulldozer taunting a heister

The Bulldozer is a special enemy in PAYDAY 3.

Behavior[]

The Bulldozer lumbers around the map, slowly moving towards where they think players could be. They wield a drum-fed, automatic shotgun that they will continuously shoot while within range of a player, rapidly draining their armor and health.

Similarly to Shields, they also have a stunning melee attack. The Bulldozer's melee attack is amplified by being a rushing charge attack (similar to a headbutt) that has them sprint at a player who is too far away to hit normally. Ordinarily, if they miss a target or charge towards a certain distance, they will stop. However, if they hit an obstacle during a charge, they will stagger briefly, and if damaged enough in their charging phase, the Bulldozer will trip over for a few precious seconds.

Occasionally, the Bulldozer will stop attacking to taunt players, either pounding or puffing out their chests or with other physical movements. This has no direct effect on the player.

Strategies[]

A Bulldozer's weak point is their faceplate. Shooting it will cause it to degrade and eventually break, exposing them to the possibility of bonus headshot damage. This is oftentimes the only way to defeat them due to their extremely large health pool. Strangely, armor-piercing weapons such as the HET-5 Red Fox deal more damage with body shots instead.

All types of throwables deal little to no damage to the Bulldozer (in fact, he'll taunt you over it). Save your grenades for weaker enemies; Bulldozers are utterly ignorant of any grenades' effects, including shock grenades and flashbangs.

Avoid being too close to a Bulldozer. Their melee attack (a powerful kick) can easily destroy armor chunks and drains health quickly, and - despite the animation suggesting otherwise - has a deceptively long range, meaning that any heister who gets too close to a Bulldozer will likely get hurt by their melee attack even if they try to move out the way. If one is able to bait their melee attack (though highly advised against doing so), then a brief window of opportunity allows players to deal damage before the Bulldozer's melee kick animation is finished.

When dealing with a charging Bulldozer, avoid being near it or else it will stagger you for an extended period of time. If possible, try to bait one into charging towards a wall. Once it hits a wall, it will stagger briefly, allowing players to deal as much damage to the Bulldozer as they could before he recovers. Better yet, if a charging Bulldozer is dealt enough damage to its armor (damaging its faceplate is somewhat difficult), it will stagger and fall instead, allowing players plenty of time to eliminate the Bulldozer.

Being near hostages or having a human shield active will cause the Bulldozer to approach you more cautiously. This can give players enough time to strip the Bulldozer of their armor while mitigating damage. They will still try to close the distance, however; if you have a human shield, they will attempt to charge towards you, and if close enough, will simply kick you and the human shield down. Otherwise, they will (usually) hold their fire until you are exposed enough or are distanced away from nearby hostages.

When a Bulldozer pauses to taunt, which itself is already a rare occurrence, it creates an opening for players to attack the Bulldozer freely without risking damage (granted that no other cops are nearby), though these taunts are short, so the window of opportunity must be taken to deal as much damage to the Bulldozer before he resumes attacking.

Quotes[]

Main article: Bulldozer/Voicelines (Payday 3)

Trivia[]

Contrary to popular belief, this iteration of the Bulldozer was not voiced by the same actor from PAYDAY 2 (P.J. Stoppleworth) despite the similarities, instead being voiced by Stefan Ashton Frank^[1].
According to the SINS in the Syntax Error heist, the Bulldozers are called the Heavy Extraction Unit (H.E.U.).
This version of the Bulldozer does not have an EOD-like suit, unlike than his predecessors, and appears to have his uniform more centered around Riot Control.
- The Bulldozer has an AM-95 Helmet, a German helmet used by the GSG 9 (German Special Forces).
The glass visor protecting the Bulldozer's head was changed between the first gameplay trailer for PAYDAY 3 and the release of the game, going from a white colour to a black colour.
The Bulldozer's taunting motion has several different animations that could play^[2].
This iteration of the Bulldozer uses a semi-automatic magazine-fed shotgun rather than a pump-action one unlike its previous incarnations.
The shotgun that the Bulldozer uses appears to be a Fostech Origin 12, a shotgun based on the Saiga-12 and is equipped with a 20 or 30-round drum magazine.
- Strangely, the specific shotgun model the Bulldozer uses has a red-dot sight attachment and a canted iron sight. The Bulldozer never uses the alternative iron sights.
- Additionally, the Fostech Origin 12 is semi-automatic in real life. The Bulldozer's shotgun appears to fire in a fast-firing automatic mode. This could either be a design choice to make the Bulldozer a threat or an oversight.
  - It is possible to fire the Fostech Origin 12 in fast bursts, as seen in this video^[3].
- The shotgun was modelled by Dimitriy Bely^[4].
An unused appearance of the Bulldozer visually similar to the Skulldozer has been showcased in concept art and the official Steam trading cards.
The Bulldozer was modeled by Blue Papillions, a company that helps create models for video games^[5].
- This version of the Bulldozer is African-American.
Many of the Bulldozer's voicelines in-game are either similar or the exact same to the ones he speaks in PAYDAY 2 (such as the one quoted above).