diff --git a/addons/medical/XEH_preInit.sqf b/addons/medical/XEH_preInit.sqf
index 5deaf77ceb..b8a223510f 100644
--- a/addons/medical/XEH_preInit.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical/XEH_preInit.sqf
@@ -125,4 +125,25 @@ call FUNC(parseConfigForInjuries);
 GVAR(HITPOINTS) = ["HitHead", "HitBody", "HitLeftArm", "HitRightArm", "HitLeftLeg", "HitRightLeg"];
 GVAR(SELECTIONS) = ["head", "body", "hand_l", "hand_r", "leg_l", "leg_r"];
 
+//Hack for #3168 (units in static weapons do not take any damage):
+//doing a manual pre-load with a small distance seems to fix the LOD problems with handle damage not returning full results
+GVAR(fixedStatics) = [];
+private _fixStatic = {
+    params ["_vehicle"];
+    private _vehType = typeOf _vehicle;
+    TRACE_2("",_vehicle,_vehType);
+    if (!(_vehType in GVAR(fixedStatics))) then {
+        GVAR(fixedStatics) pushBack _vehType;
+        TRACE_1("starting preload",_vehType);
+        [{
+            1 preloadObject (_this select 0);
+        }, {
+            TRACE_1("preload done",_this);
+        }, [_vehType]] call EFUNC(common,waitUntilAndExecute);
+    };
+};
+["StaticWeapon", "init", _fixStatic] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;
+["Car", "init", _fixStatic] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;
+
+
 ADDON = true;