diff --git a/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Player/SCR_PlayerController.c b/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Player/SCR_PlayerController.c
index 9983a06c3..b24198b98 100644
--- a/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Player/SCR_PlayerController.c
+++ b/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Player/SCR_PlayerController.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 modded class SCR_PlayerController : PlayerController
 {
+	protected static const float ACE_MAX_DELETED_DISTANCE_M = 5; // Maximum distance for deletion requests to be granted
+	
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	//! Request deletion of unreplicated entity from all machines
 	//! Called from local player
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@ modded class SCR_PlayerController : PlayerController
 	[RplRpc(RplChannel.Reliable, RplRcver.Server)]
 	protected void RpcAsk_ACE_DeleteEntityByID(EntityID entityID)
 	{
+		IEntity entity = GetGame().GetWorld().FindEntityByID(entityID);
+		if (!entity)
+			return;
+		
+		if (!ACE_IsDeletionGrantedByServer(entity))
+			return;
+		
 		ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager manager = ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager.GetInstance();
 		if (!manager)
 			return;
@@ -39,6 +48,9 @@ modded class SCR_PlayerController : PlayerController
 		if (!entity)
 			return;
 		
+		if (!ACE_IsDeletionGrantedByServer(entity))
+			return;
+		
 		float health = entity.GetCurrentHealth();
 		if (health > 0)
 			entity.HandleDamage(EDamageType.TRUE, health, hitPosDirNorm);
@@ -57,6 +69,22 @@ modded class SCR_PlayerController : PlayerController
 			GetGame().GetCallqueue().CallLater(manager.DeleteEntitiesByIdGlobal, deletionDelayMS, false, {entity.GetID()});
 	}
 	
+	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	//! Check whether player is allowed deleting the entity
+	protected bool ACE_IsDeletionGrantedByServer(IEntity entityToDelete)
+	{
+		// Only physical loadtime entities can be deleted
+		if (!entityToDelete || !entityToDelete.IsLoaded() || !entityToDelete.GetVObject())
+			return false;
+		
+		SCR_ChimeraCharacter playerChar = SCR_ChimeraCharacter.Cast(GetControlledEntity());
+		if (!playerChar)
+			return false;
+		
+		// Can only delete nearby entities
+		return (vector.Distance(playerChar.GetOrigin(), entityToDelete.GetOrigin()) <= ACE_MAX_DELETED_DISTANCE_M);
+	}
+	
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	void ACE_RequestAnimateWithHelperCompartment(ACE_EAnimationHelperID helperID)
 	{
@@ -74,4 +102,5 @@ modded class SCR_PlayerController : PlayerController
 		
 		ACE_AnimationTools.AnimateWithHelperCompartment(helperID, char);
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Systems/ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager.c b/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Systems/ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager.c
index 4e87ce1cd..5a5b6e327 100644
--- a/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Systems/ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager.c
+++ b/addons/core/scripts/Game/ACE_Core/Systems/ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager : GameSystem
 		
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	//! Ensures that already deleted unreplicated entities are deleted for JIPs
-	void DeleteInitialEntities()
+	protected void DeleteInitialEntities()
 	{
 		foreach (ACE_EntityIdWrapper idWrapper : m_aDeletedEntityIDs)
 		{
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ class ACE_LoadtimeEntityManager : GameSystem
 	//! Deletes unreplicated entity by ID on a local machine
 	void DeleteEntityByIdLocal(EntityID entityID)
 	{
+		// Only physical loadtime entities can be deleted
 		IEntity entity = GetGame().GetWorld().FindEntityByID(entityID);
-		if (entity)
+		if (entity && entity.IsLoaded() && entity.GetVObject())
 			delete entity;
 	}