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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
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.
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or "Humvee") is a lightly-armored military motor vehicle, primarily used as the workhorse of the United States Armed Forces.
A homing missile is a missile that locks on to and follows its target. Homing missiles are featured in lots of games, from old school to new school.
The hovertank is a highly mobile, heavily armored, direct fire weapons platform that floats by means unknown. Often capable of 'strafing' and crossing water.
The Ion Cannon is a massive weapon, often in the form of an orbital satellite, but it also exists in lighter and portable versions.
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 Jeep is usually a 4x4 vehicle equipped with a mounted machine gun, it is best used as a transport vehicle.
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.
Allows characters to "illuminate" targets, enabling far-off aircraft, artillery, or missles to strike targets within the character's line of sight.
Often used as either a weapon or in a weapon and also used often times as a weather effect, lightning is seen in several games. Called "thunder" in some games, even though thunder is the sound that lightning makes.
Named after General Creighton Abrams, the M1 Abrams is the latest generation main battle tank of the United States Army and Marine Corps. Heavily armed, highly mobile, and equipped with impenetrable armor, the M1 Abrams is the crown of modern ground warfare.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
The Mammoth Tank is a C&C tank that first appeared in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn.
A term denoting a jump-pad that also flings objects activating it (such as a man or "mans") a significant lateral distance. "Man-cannon" was coined by Bungie Studios in 2007 to describe their alternative to teleport pads in Halo 3.
A map is a drawing on a piece of paper, or other surface, that indicates the locations of various landmarks.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
Mikoyan aircraft, also known as MiG, are Russian military aircraft that are used in many games.
This fearsome Russian attack helicopter has featured in many games, an annoyance in flight sims and action games your best tactic would be to shoot them down fast.
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.
Two-wheeled motor vehicle
A 9mm submachine gun made by Heckler & Koch, used by many special forces units around the world.
A form of jellied gasoline that when lit on fire can stick to targets as it burns.
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.
From an item container in Final Fight, to Roper's favorite weapon in Double Dragon, and even an obstacle in Street Fighter II's elusive bonus round, the barrel is one multi-faceted game object.
A type of rock that contains metals or other minerals.
Last resort when falling from the sky. Allows the user to glide to safety with ease.
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