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An emplacement gun used to shoot down enemy aircraft.
The APC lends protection from small-arms fire to infantry units in transit. An element of 20th and 21st century warfare, it is often depicted in futuristic settings.
A mode of transportation in the sky often associated with steampunk.
The chronosphere is a special building in Red Alert that allows Allied commanders to teleport a small number of vehicles anywhere on the map. Also used by Albert Einstein to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the start of Red Alert.
Destroyers are quick and agile warships that are effective at hunting other ships down, most famously submarines. They are extremely versatile and can be used for a variety of combat roles.
A dropship usually refers to a ship that ferries troops, heavy armor, and supplies from carriers in orbit to a planet's surface. Sometimes it refers to any futuristic in-atmosphere transport that is not a helicopter or airplane.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
The Harrier Jump Jet is a British designed military jet aircraft that can make a Vertical takeoff and landing (V/STOL)
A harvester is a vehicle that harvests resources
It is an advance structure that the soviets posses, that allows your vehicles to be invulnerable for a period of time. Although people do not live under the effect of the iron curtain.
A Jet pack is a backpack with rocket boosters built in that usually allows the wearer to hover or fly.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
The Mammoth Tank is a C&C tank that first appeared in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn.
Mikoyan aircraft, also known as MiG, are Russian military aircraft that are used in many games.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
The Mobile Construction Vehicle or MCV plays a key part in most of the Command and Conquer series. In its Deployed state it becomes the main structure in the player's base, allowing the construction of other buildings.
A nuclear bomb is a device made up of fissionable materials (ie Uranium) and standard explosives. It creates a nuclear chain reaction, which release large amounts of radiation and a shockwave.
Power armor (also referred to as a powered exoskeleton) is a form of full-body armor, that uses electronics and micromachinery to enhance the wearer's performance.
The weapon of choice for accuracy at long distances. The sniper rifle's slow rate of fire makes it ineffective for close range combat, but its high calibre round ensures that it inflicts maximum damage against the target.
Mechanical device on legs which can have a will of its own, or be guided by others. It need not be limited to the ground, though, despite its having legs.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
Technical trucks are basically civilian trucks or flatbeds that are converted into combat vehicles usually being equipped with some form of turret and added armor.
A technology invented by Nikola Tesla.
Description and details of the history, science, manufacture, testing and deployment of these devices. Both in the real world, as well as within the context of video games.
A vertical take-off and landing vehicle is essentially the combination of a helicopter and a jet. A VTOL can lift off vertically and can still achieve high velocities.
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