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A nation's military is divided between ground forces, naval forces, and aerial forces. For the ground forces, the player may train, customize, and command divisions consisting of various types of infantry, tanks, and other units. These divisions require equipment and manpower to fight properly.
Note that this equipment is mainly retired. Edged weapons. Bayonet (made in different countries, to attach on rifles) Improvised knife (Greek made) Pistols and revolvers. EVO M1985 semiautomatic pistol [25] (German origin and Greek made) Submachine guns. HROPI GP10 submachine gun [26] (Greek made) M3 submachine gun (American made, also known as ...
Another unique feature of the vehicle's design were two pairs of chain-driven auxiliary wheels, which could be lowered to provide additional traction on muddy terrain. [1] The BRDM-1 was manufactured from 1957 to 1966, at which time 10,000 had entered service with the Soviet Union and its military allies around the world. [ 1 ]
An assault gun (from German: Sturmgeschütz, lit. ' storm gun ', meaning "assault gun") [1] [2] is a type of armored infantry support vehicle and self-propelled artillery, mounting an infantry support gun on a protected self-propelled chassis, [3] intended for providing infantry with heavy direct fire support during engagement, especially against other infantry or fortified positions ...
There are three variants, the M88, the M88A1, and the M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System). The M88 series has seen action in the Vietnam War , the Persian Gulf War , the Iraq War , and the War in Afghanistan , and to a lesser extent during the Kosovo War , where they were deployed to help recover ...
The infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) concept evolved directly out of that of the armored personnel carrier (APC). [1] During the Cold War of 1947-1991 armies increasingly fitted heavier and heavier weapons systems on an APC chassis to deliver suppressive fire for infantry debussing from the vehicle's troop compartment. [1]
From the left: artillery wagon, infantry assault wagon, armoured locomotive, artillery wagon A TKS tankette used as an armoured reconnaissance draisine, an attempt to overcome one of the inflexibilities of the armoured train – being limited to the track. The rail cars on an armoured train were designed for many tasks. Typical roles included:
Compared with "light" truck-mobile infantry, mechanized infantry can maintain rapid tactical movement and, if mounted in IFVs, have more integral firepower. They require more combat supplies ( ammunition and especially fuel ) and ordnance supplies (spare vehicle components), and a comparatively larger proportion of manpower is required to crew ...