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Traditional hovercraft that works by having an inflated air-cushion that it floats upon.
The largest weapon in modern militrary arsenals. Use missiles, rockets and deck guns as defense weapons and can carry hundreds of combat ready planes and bombers as well as thousands of combat ready Marines. They are known as "Cities at Sea".
An airplane is a heavier-than-air craft whose lift is generated by airflow over the wings creating a strong pressure difference. In video games, airplanes are used for travel and as a type of weaponry.
This vehicle, commonly used to save lives, destroyed many by driving onto the football field to retrieve injured players in Madden games long past.
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 Bazooka is a standard rocket launcher, it is commonly used in many games.
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.
Corvettes are small warships commonly used to patrol coastlines or escort merchant convoys, often with a concentration on counter-submarine warfare. Combining speed and small profile, their lack of heavy armor and armament means that they can choose the time and place of engagement, but often must flee from larger opponents.
The Cromwell tank was the most often used British tank in World War II
Cruisers are larger ships that carry many weapons, typically either high caliber guns or missiles. They are versatile and come in many varieties, such as light cruisers or heavy cruisers.
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.
So powerful, so deadly and yet small enough to fit in your hand. The frag grenade is in almost all shooter and action games.
A transport vehicle with wheels in the front for steering and treads on the back. This allows for a combination of the off-road abilities of a tank and the handling of a car.
Helicopters are flying vehicles, typically with a single large main rotor to maintain lift with a tail rotor to counter rotation induced by this main rotor. They are useful in air to ground combat as well as for quickly inserting and recovering infantry close to the front line.
A Jeep is usually a 4x4 vehicle equipped with a mounted machine gun, it is best used as a transport vehicle.
A knife is a commonly seen object in video games. Usually used for close quarters combat, or as a cutting tool.
The "Short Magazine Lee-Enfield," or simply the Lee-Enfield rifle was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. It will often be the primary armament of British and Commonwealth soldiers in WWII themed games.
The M1 Garand is a semi-automatic, .30 caliber rifle issued to infantrymen during World War II.
A tank destroyer which is one of the most important vehicles in the US Arsenal.
Hand held projectile weapon, originally chambered in .45 ACP, from the mind of John Moses Browning.
Also the Browning .30 Caliber M1919A6, a portable machine gun, was used by the Americans in WW2. And saw use till the 70's.
A heavy machine gun designed towards the end of World War I. A version of it is still used today. It uses .50 BMG rounds.
The M4 Sherman served as the primary tank of the United States', as well as the Western Allies during World War II.
The North American Aviation P-51 was an American-built long-range fighter aircraft introduced during World War II. Entering service in late 1943 after initial design problems centering around it's engine, the Mustang is considered to be the finest piston-engined fighter aircraft ever made.
Canister type grenades used to obscure the enemy's view of the advance or retreat of friendly troops; also used to mark objects of interest such as landing zones, mission objectives, navigational landmarks, as well as targets for artillery or air strikes.
Underwater Vessel that first appeared in the late 1800's.
One of Britain's premier fighters during World War II, the highly maneuverable and powerful Spitfire is best known for defending English skies during the Battle of Britain.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
One of the first submachine guns created, a symbol both of the chaos of the Prohibition era and of American soldiers' heroism during WWII.
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