{"name":"getTowParent","operator":null,"title":"getTowParent","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getTowParent","revid":377973,"updated":"2026-01-19T17:39:21Z","groups":["PhysX","Ropes and Sling Loading"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"},"arma3_since":"2.12","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"local","effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Get the vehicle towing the provided one.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"getTowParent towedVehicle","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"towedVehicle","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"the towed vehicle","types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"towedVehicle: Object - the towed vehicle"}],"returns":{"type":"Object","types":["Object"],"description":"the object towing the provided object - objNull if not towed","text":"Object - the object towing the provided object - objNull if not towed"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"towedVehicle","types":["Object"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nprivate _towParent = getTowParent _towedVehicle;\n```","code":["private _towParent = getTowParent _towedVehicle;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["setTowParent"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: PhysX","Command Group: Ropes and Sling Loading","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.12","Scripting Commands"]}