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While I like EndWar, it has some problems, the main which is the criminal underutilisation of its premise. The game invokes a nuclear incident destroying Middle Eastern oil supplies, which then causes an international economic crises and upsets the world order to the point a third world war occurs. Ok, fair enough. But it goes into nowhere near enough detail for the setting and underutilises the concept heavily; if you’re going to have WW3, at least make it an actual full on war. Don’t restrict us to special forces engagements, make it a full on conflict. Give us more areas to fight over, give us massive clashes of forces.

So here are just some general thoughts of mine on what could have made the game better.

Firstly, while the game guide ha…

Endwar: World War Three

The defensive forces of the Russian Federation count on the sheer impenetrability of their defensive lines to hold out until their armored forces can crush the enemy.

• Production: Strelki, Kord HMG Team, Defense Engineers, Mottostrelki, Sniper, Kornet ATGM Team, BTR-112, BMP-3U, T-90U
• Abilities
  • Garrison: The Command Bunker can accommodate up to 4 squads.
• Upgrades
  • Munition Supplies (150MP 25FU): Requisitions additional munitions for your infantry. Unlocks the Throw Grenade ability and the Fire RPG-18 ability. Also unlocks the PKM and RPG-29 Vampir upgrades.
  • Improved Ballistic Protection (100MP 15FU): Requisitions better ballistic protection for your infantry. Doubles the armor of all infantry.
  • Next-generation ERA (150MP 25FU)…

Endwar: World War Three

The aggressive forces of the European Federation rely on mobility and firepower to overcome the enemy. EF units are highly specialized and excel in a single combat role, requiring them to be combined to form a powerful combat force. Their highly mechanized nature allows them to quickly shift from a defensive layout to an offensive land-grabbing stance.

• Production: Sturmpionere, Grenadiers, Meekrat 1A2, LV-20 Charlemagne

• 300MP 9POP 4 Men. 30MP to reinforce.
• Armament: 4x FN P90
• Abilities
  • Repair
  • Clear
  • Detect (Passive)
  • Deploy Shields (Doctrinal): The squad will deploy their ballistic shields, reducing their movement speed by 33% but also decreasing their received accuracy and received damage by 50%. Active until toggled off. Tak…

Endwar: World War Three

The flexible forces of the United States of America rely on adaptability and superior technology to defeat their enemies. While their original units are already quite powerful, they can be further equipped to increase their firepower against multiple types of enemy threats.

• Production: Sappers, Riflemen

• 240MP 6POP 4 Men. 28MP to reinforce.
• Armament: 4x SCAR-M
• Production: All Base Buildings, HESCO Bastion (Doctrinal), Concertina Wire, Sandbags, M18 Claymore (Doctrinal), Anti-Tank Mines, Netfire Mines (Doctrinal), Munitions Cache, Fuel Cache
  • M18 Claymore (50MU): Sets up an M18 Claymore at the indicated location. Upon remote detonation, the Claymore can effectively shred any infantry caught in its blast. Requires Line-of-Sig…

The World of Endwar

Date of Writing: 2020

The oil profits, Sunni-Shi'tite violence and the will to be the leading superpower in the Middle East made Saudi Arabian relations with Iran tense. Both were large, oil-rich nations, both had the potential to become the most powerful nation in the region.

To prepare for this, Saudi Arabia, already possessing a massive and powerful conventional army, continued to buy even more equipment, mostly ex-US weaponry from American weapons grants. Iran went and bought Russian and Chinese gear, ranging from fighters to missiles to combat boots. Then Saudi Arabia took it one step further, acquiring ex-South African nuclear weapons technology and Russian Transport-Erector-Launchers (TELs). The Iranian side success…

UV-120 Valkyrie

The success of the Osprey led to great ambition from the Americans. They thought, if you can lift a 6-ton Humvee, why can't you make the who thing bigger, and carry a 40-ton tank?

• Pilot

• Co-Pilot

• Three gunners

• One M205/6/7/8, or 150 combat-ready Marines. One rear ramp and two sliding side doors per side.

The UV-120 gets a commercial-grade navigation radar plus top-notch RWRs. The transport's gunners' helmets have built-in nightvision and thermal imaging capability. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard.

To keep an eye out for problems on the ground (which sometimes includes masses of people aiming RPGs at you), the Valkyrie can get a nose-mounted LADAR array to hunt for such threats up to three kilometers away.

With two on either sid…

Holy Sacrifice

A 21st century Kamikaze.

• Aircraft

Civilian navigation radar.

None.

Smuggled on-board or directly loaded with the stuff, Holy Sacrifice aircraft are laden with up to five tons of explosives and/or incendiary munitions. They range from impact-mixed diesel, fertilizer and antifreeze cocktails to dedicated HE and White Phosphorous, but all can achieve a devastating effect on the target location—anything within 100 meters is largely obliterated by either the initial blast, or the secondary fuel and hydraulics explosions, or the multitude of shrapnel crashing down.

None.

Airliner sheetmetal. Meaning: if they get detected before they pull it off, they're screwed.

None.

Depends on aircraft, most not exceeding 500 kmph.

None.

Heaven Gate II

Ballistic missiles have a problem: they're big, fat targets for ABM systems. To remedy this, the PRC developed the Heaven Gate “天門” stealth IRBM. After the GNC, the new Chinese regime removed the nuclear warhead and put in some nasty surprises, allowing it to be a WMD for conventional warfare.

• TEL/ Naval vessel

Heaven Gate II relies on programmed targeting from its launcher to strike its target.

Add a North Star “北斗星” Asian-GPS transponder, providing it with a much higher level of accuracy.

Heaven Gate II is the second IRBM in the Heaven Gate series of missiles. The original missile had a stealth-oriented shape and vents to allow it to quickly dissipate engine heat, cutting down on both its radar and IR signature. Finally, the no…

9K720M Iskander-MU

Even though the age of MAD via nuclear ICBMs is over, the time of the Ballistic Missile isn't quite finished, thanks to their incredible range advantage over other weapons systems. Which is why the IOR has not retired Russia's fleet of Iskander short-range ballistic missile batteries. It has even made more of them.

• TEL/ Naval Vessel

The Iskander-MU-launched 9M723M ballistic missiles relies on programmed targeting from its launcher to strike its target. It has inertial guidance for most of the way, and a DSMAC terminal E/O guidance system is fitted for enhanced targeting precision—within 5 meters—allowing it target important ships, such as aircraft carriers.

None.

The 9M723M is a two-stage SRBM fitted with a 700kg thermobaric …

ORION

And now we go and do it all over again. Another pointless battle. Another bereaved family. Another year of war. And the UIR does exactly the same. Someone has to break the cycle. Someone has to create weapons so powerful that if politicians want to wage war, they'll face the same death as the men and women sent to fight it. A deterrent. A damn big deterrent. I can build a deterrent that'll bring governments to their sense. An orbital weapons system. That's my duty now.

-Gears of War

Orbital Retaliation Intercontinental Opposition Neutralizer.

An incredibly advanced railgun put in space to utilize the extra reentry velocity. Of course, to get the most out of the ultra-expensive railgun, it's a fully militarized space station in its own ri…

CADS

Comprehensive Air Defense System

Orbital Lasers have a few drawbacks: they can't fire on targets close to the ground (under 1,000 ft), and they don't function when the sun is brewing up a solar storm of charged particles.

Problem solved.

• THEL Trailer

• THEL Trailer

• THEL Trailer

• THEL Trailer

• SAM Trailer

• SAM Trailer

• Fire Control Radar

• Fire Control Radar

• THAAD TEL

• THAAD TEL

Each THEL trailer has its own X-band fire control radar, while the Fire Control radars are massive X-band AESA “faces” that are capable of picking out a F-16 at a distance of 350 kilometers. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard for each component.

To improve detection against stealth aircraft, the Fire Control radars in a CADS battery can be upgraded with a small L-band AESA “face” pa…

A-235

If you need to blow an ICBM out of the sky, ask the Russians.

• Don-2NU

• 68 interceptor silos

The A-235 also gets data from other Russian early warning systems, such as the Dnepr radars, Voronezh radars, satellite-mounted high-powered X-band radars, and other early-warning assets.

The Don-2NM comprehensive command, control, search, targeting, and engagement system packs 4 massive UHF-band PESA arrays, along with an Elbrus-16C supercomputer (capable of handling 1 Teraflops a second), allowing it to track any and all ICBM-sized projectiles up to 3000km away.

None.

The A-235 commands 68 silos, each of which packs a 53T6M “Super Gazelle” ABM.

The 53T6M is a three-stage 10-ton ABM. The 53T6M gets a modern semi-active radar seeker, an auxiliary IR se…

SZC-10

Someone once said, “When one gun doesn't cut it, get two.”

The Asians go for ten.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

The main gun gets a computer-assisted binocular day/night optical targeting system (able to directly function as an optical coincidence rangefinder), a thermal sight, and a radar rangefinder. Also has target lock-on capabilities. The commander gets a 360-degree panorama sight, complete with thermal view. The driver gets a normal periscope and a commercial radar range detector in its rear. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

None.

In the SZC-10, the original Gatling howitzer/gun is belt fed from a stock of 60 shells. The SZC-10 keeps a massive stock of HEDF shells—a tandem HEAT warhead with a secondary fragmentation sleeve. …

ZC-5

The IPC liked the pre-GNC USA's Centurion C-RAM system, and how effective it was in minimizing battlefield casualties from the number one death sentence deliverer in conventional warfare: artillery.

Which is why they put one on a mobile chassis. Job also includes killing low-flying aircraft.

• Driver

• C-RAM Operator

• C-RAM Operator

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The Vulcan C-RAM (land CIWS) has a comprehensive X- and Ku-band radar search and targeting system, as well as backup E/O targeting. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

When things are flying past Mach 3, every shot counts. To improve targeting effectiveness, the Vulcan C-RAM can mount an additional high-resolution LADAR to its roof, greatly increasing the accuracy o…

ZC-7

Aaah! I can't see a thing! What just happened? Better open fire!

(gun clicks several times)

Dang.

-Portal 2

In the age of C4ISR, networked targeting, and precision guided weaponry, not deploying countermeasures is asking to die prematurely.

But deploy enough countermeasures, and you can turn the tables on them.

• Driver

• Electronic Warfare Officer

• Electronic Warfare Officer

• Electronic Warfare Officer

• Electronic Warfare Officer

Sometimes, field commanders take a ride in one of these vehicles.

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. A hemispherical IR threat detector is standard. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To allow the ZC-7 to detect enemies at very long range, and even through (multiple) obstacles, the ZC-7 can mount a powerful IR…

ZC-9

The massive amount of urbanization in Asia pushed the IPC to develop a vehicle dedicated to clearing buildings—reinforced structures included—of enemy infantry.

By “clearing buildings” the Asians mean “bring the building down on their heads.”

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

The main gun gets a proper day/night optical targeting telescope, a radar rangefinder, and the commander gets a 360-degree panorama sight. The driver gets a normal periscope and a commercial radar range detector in its rear. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To improve the ZC-9's ability to find and engage enemy targets, the vehicle's main gun can receive a computer-assisted binocular day/night optical targeting system (able to directly function as an optical coinc…

ZC-6

Size does matter. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

-Justin Hammer, Iron Man 2

When a gun doesn't cut it, get a bigger gun.

• Driver

• Gunner

Requires an ammunition carrier (commonly a ZC-1 with ammunition racks), as it has room for a grand total of one shell internally.

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The gunner gets an indirect sight. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To reduce the amount of time taken to acquire, target, and engage an enemy target, the ZC-6 can get a North Star “北斗星”-assisted targeting system, complete with automatic aiming and wind correction.

Requires both outriggers to be set up (about 30 seconds) before firing.

The Type 1203 8' howitzer mounted on the ZC-6 is the largest (and therefore, most powerful…

Highly mobile artillery platform, with a significant increase in firepower per vehicle over previous designs.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Loader

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The gunner gets an indirect sight. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To reduce the amount of time taken to acquire, target, and engage an enemy target, the ZC-2 can get a North Star “北斗星”-assisted targeting system, complete with automatic aiming and wind correction.

The Type 1201 is a 81mm Gatling mortar. Looking like a larger version of the MGL-140 with a longer tube and a fixed pedestal, the Type 1201 is semi-automatic, drawing on a 6-round revolver magazine, which rotates each time one mortar is fired. Although the 81mm round is a bit lacking compared to the l…

2S74

Normally, more firepower means getting another SPH; the Russians disagree. It just means strapping another gun onto the original gun.

The 2S74 is a member of the -120 chassis family.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

The 2S74 also gets indirect sights for its two howitzers. The Driver gets a nightvision-capable navigation camera to assist his forward driving. The SPH also gets a GLONASS “Blue-force” tracker/ navigation system.

Sometime, the tanks come too close for comfort. And this is exactly the time when a direct shot would be nice. This is exactly why the 2S74 can be equipped with a direct-fire anti-tank telescope. Allows it to fire dedicated 152mm tandem-HEAT shells at enemy tanks. Makes it an extremely effective improvised assault gun.

A developm…

TOS-2

Highly mobile, inexpensive, rugged. Packs a ton of rockets.

What's not to like?

• Driver

• MLRS Operator

• MLRS Operator

Keeps the rear ramp and internal storage space.

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The TOS-2 also gets indirect sights and a laser rangefinder for its battery of rockets. The TOS-2 also gets a GLONASS “Blue-force” tracker/ navigation system.

None.

The TOS-2 packs 24 220mm thermite rockets in a launcher on the top of the vehicle. Thanks to improved targeting computers and sensory, the TOS-2 can launch all of its rockets in under 15 seconds to a maximum of 6,000 meters. A single barrage can cover a square kilometer in 2200-degree Celsius heat.

To increase concussive kill zone, improving firepower against infantry, light vehicle…

9K24 Shchit

When facing an enemy armed with as many aircraft as the NAU, you've got to keep your tanks safe from them.

From the ground, the best solution is a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle. The ZSU-23-4 was one of them, getting a good reputation for itself in Arab-Israeli wars. Now, with even deadlier death raining down from above, Russia decided that it was time the tanks fought back.

• Driver

• Pantsir-1S Operator

• Pantsir-1S Operator

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The Pantsir-1S turret gets a fire control PESA plus an E/O sensor suite, allowing it to detect flying threats—fighters, bombers, helicopters, drones, even missiles—up to 20km away. The Shchit also gets a GLONASS “Blue-force” tracker/ navigation system.

Allow the PESA radar…

M207 Flak Razorback

Although NAU air superiority is nearly omnipresent, the Germans (and now, Europeans) know just how important it is for ground troops to have their own air defense. Stack on the American's obsessions for blowing enemy artillery and missiles out of the sky, and then ground-based anti-air seems to be very, very nice.

Especially when it can keep up with an advancing column of tanks.

Affectionately called the “Flakback”, a play on a (number of) positions in American football, the M207 is built off of the M205's chassis, making it lightweight, easy to transport, highly mobile, and thanks to its weaponry, can chew up any aircraft or missile.

• Driver

• CIWS Operator

All occupants sit in AMAP-MPS blast-protected seats to absorb the shock…

XM520 “Bolo”

I built the dang thing, and it scares me. (…) First time it hit me: I wonder what it's thinking about. Kind of scares me to think about a thing that big with that kind of armor and all them repeaters and Hellbores and them computers and a quarter-sun fission plant in her—planning what to do next.

-Field Test

Reducing crew requirement can make a tank smaller and lighter, improving its survivability.

Or, it can make a tank tougher and more heavily armed.

And smarter.

• Commander—sits in an AMAP-MPS seat to absorb the shock energy of a blast.

Although it doesn't quite count as “crew”, the vehicle's AI is a crucial part of the XM520's operations. Is encased in its own shock-absorbent protective cocoon.

The Bolo gets a powerful panorama E/O …

XM517 Annihilator

There is no such thing as “overkill.” There is only “sufficient casualties” and “reload.”

-Anonymous

MLRS systems win over howitzers in specific situations because they can put down immense amounts of fire on a target in the shortest amount of time. (Of course, they have to reload afterwords).

Although MLRS systems' immense range is covered by advanced 155mm howitzers, the immense amount of fire are not.

Until now.

• Commander/ Gunner

• Driver

All occupants sit in AMAP-MPS blast-protected seats to absorb the shock energy of a blast.

The Annihilator gets a computerized indirect sight, complete with GPS assistance. The driver gets day/night cameras in addition to the standard bulletproof-glass peepholes. The tank commander also gets an …

M208 Persian

A thousand nations of the Persian empire will descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!

-Persian messenger, 300

High-tech 155mm self-propelled howitzer with impeccable accuracy and extraordinary range. And it can fire fast enough to blot out the sun.

• Driver

• Commander/ Gunner

All occupants sit in AMAP-MPS blast-protected seats to absorb the shock energy of a blast.

The M208 Persian gets a computerized indirect sight, complete with GPS assistance. The driver, located independently of the main compartment, gets day/night cameras in addition to the standard bulletproof-glass peepholes. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard.

None.

Previously mounted on the PzH2000 self-propelled howitzer, the Rheinmetall L/52 155mm Howitzer, built i…

M2127 Falcon

Based off of the M2126, the M2127 is simply the Falcon's dedicated mortar platform. With a rapidly-deploying/retracting armored shutter roof, it can house a mortar, its crew, and a plethora of ammunition.

• Driver

• Mortar Operator

• Mortar Operator

Eyes, possibly wearing Grenadier helmets, behind bulletproof glass. The vehicle's mortar gets indirect sights and GPS targeting assistance. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard.

None.

The new standard company mortar of the NAU, the M122 is the next generation of the famed Soltam K6 family. Equipped with a GPS-assisted indirect sight, the weapon is completely automated and can automatically position the mortar in the correct location, once the target's coordinates have been plugged in. The M122 …

ZC-8

A unification of armored forces in Asia is pretty difficult. From Japanese Type 10s to Singaporean Leopard 2s to Indian T-90s, there's hardly a common design.

To fit with their new “superior firepower and mobility” combat doctrine, the IPC decided to pool together the design ingenuity of Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China to develop a lightweight main battle tank with unparalleled firepower.

They delivered a 40-ton tank with a monstrous 8' cannon.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

To keep production costs low, the main gun gets a proper day/night optical targeting telescope, a radar rangefinder, and the commander gets a 360-degree panorama sight. The driver gets a normal periscope and a commercial radar range detector in its rear. A North Star “北斗星” f…

MARO is one of the more interesting armed groups operating in the Auralia, mainly because it's one of the strongest ones and is also one that is not labeled as terrorists by half the nations so far. The movement seems to zigzag across the political spectrum, being environmental and very moralist; hence the name. The environmental damage to the communities they grew up in, consolation or transfer of political power between those above them, while they also lose their own political power; has driven them to a violent struggle. 

Motorcycle

A light, fast vehicle for urban and cross-country reconnaissance.

No, it's not robotic.

• Rider

• Passenger

Eyes and ears, behind goggles and helmets. The Passenger gets binoculars for recon.

None.

Beginning as the humble hobby of a wounded tank crewman, the AK-47 has since risen to become the most popular assault rifle of all time. Rugged, reliable, and incredibly easy to manufacture, the AK-47 has been copied and improved the world over. The rifles used by Karpoi are either bought or manufactured in the Lawless Zones. The majority of their rifles are Type 56s AK-clones built by the PRC-era NORINCO. Arms the passenger.

Because they're cheap and fast, Motorcycle riders can strap on explosive vests, making it an IED that is very effective ag…

GAZ Grizli

The next generation in rugged, tough-as-nails utility vehicles.

• Driver

• Passenger/Gunner

• Passenger

• Passenger

• Passenger

No, passengers do not include Shock Strelki.

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass.

None.

The AGS-30M is a vehicle-mounted grenade machine gun. Firing 30mm x29mm HE grenades, the weapon can blanket a target with a deadly spray of shrapnel. The weapon is fitted with a detachable 30-round magazine, and can fire at 400 rpm.

None.

Grizlis have a layer of aluminum armor that protects them against small arms fire, up to the 7.62mm caliber. The underbody is v-shaped, able to channel away the brunt of a mine exploding underneath.

Bolt on some RHA armor, allowing the Grizli to survive 12.7mm AP-I fire.

One problem with no armor penetr…

ZC-3

The Infantry Fighting Vehicle was designed to not only transport infantry safely, but also fight alongside the infantry, as a fire support vehicle.

To provide maximum fire support for the same volume, the IPC strapped on their Avenger Senior—a 4-barrel 40mm Gatling chaingun developed and built by Singapore Kinetics.

By the way, neither Chinese, Japanese, Korean, nor Hindi has a word that directly translates as “overkill.”

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

• Bench, 2 Soldiers

• Bench, 2 Soldiers

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The main gun gets a proper day/night optical targeting telescope, a radar rangefinder, and the commander gets a 360-degree panorama sight. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To improve the ZC-3's ability to find an…

ZC-4

The idea of giving a wheeled armored car an anti-tank gun is not new. The Germans built a vehicle, the eight-wheeled Sdkfz. 234 Puma back in the 1940s, giving what would have been a infantry mutilation vehicle a 5cm Pak 38, allowing it to harass tanks.

In the early 21st century came the short-lived M1128 Stryker MGS, serving well in American operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The vehicle's high firepower-to-weight ratio made it excellent in urban environments.

With just about the highest urban concentration in the world, the IPC didn't hesitate to procure a modern 21st-century version of the original concept.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The main gun gets a proper day/night optical targeting telescope, a r…

ZC-1

Battle taxi with emphasis on getting the troops to the destination ASAP.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Bench, 6 Soldiers

• Bench, 6 Soldiers

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

None.

The choice medium (general-purpose) machine gun in the IPC's arsenal (the Type 501), fitted into an Iron Guard sentry system. Allows for completely automatic anti-infantry capability, and it already has the Opteron chips to make sure that no civilians are harmed.

The Type 502 is the most powerful machine gun fielded by the Superpowers. Firing high-powered 14.5mm x 114mm bullets, the weapon is a supersized CIS 50MG, a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed heavy machine gun, which does include the CIS 50MG's dual feed system. This all…

Iron Guard Sentry

Originating to the Samsung SGR-A1, the Iron Guard Sentry is a robotic weapon system (optionally manned) which replace human sentries on guard duty.

One complete system is allocated to each Mechanics squad.

• Sentry Gun—Remote Operator

The Iron Guard Sentry uses a binocular pair of nightvision-capable TV cameras to detect its targets. An independent NV-capable CCD camera serves to put the Iron Guard's gun on target. In addition, an IFF interrogator checks with the human-sized target (up to 1km away) to see if it's a friendly. If the IFF return signal is incorrect, expect nasty consequences. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

Replace one of the TV cameras with a thermal imaging suite, allowing the Iron Guard to funct…

BMP-120

While the Russian heavy vehicle doctrine has always been (for the past eighty years) to keep weight and size minimal, the Imperium let the increase in weight and size slip, as long as protection and firepower increased proportionally.

Which has led to the -120 series, all sharing the same chassis. And all weighing in past 70 tons.

Believe it or not, the 76-ton BMP-120 is the most subtle vehicle of its family.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

• Bench, 3 Strelki/2 Shock Strelki

• Bench, 3 Strelki/2 Shock Strelki

The rear of the vehicle gets a heavily-armored hydraulic/gravity-operated ramp, which leads into the incredibly well-armored (but small and cramped) passenger cocoon.

The tank gunner gets a modified day/night sighting system which includes a nightv…

2S46

Tanks are hard to counter if you're a paratrooper—the best you've probably got are RPGs and land mines. Stealing equipment is nice, but how about bringing in your own hard counter to tanks?

The Imperium looked at the 2S25 Sprut-SD, and decided that it was time it got a redesign.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Commander

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass. The tank gunner gets a 1G46 day sighting system taken off of a T-90, which includes a laser range finder, and missile guidance channel. Allows tank-sized targets to be detected and engaged at over 3km. A commander's independent sight is standard. The tank destroyer also gets a GLONASS “Blue-force” tracker/ navigation system.

Adds an additional thermal-imaging camera to the fire control system, increasing…

BTR-100

Most of the time, there is no need for infantry to get around in mobile bunkers.

However, the protection is still required, since the occupants are supposed to make it across the battlefield in once piece. For that matter, the Imperium built an armored infantry taxi.

• Driver

• Gunner

• Bench, 6 Strelki/4 Shock Strelki

• Bench, 6 Strelki/4 Shock Strelki

Eyes and ears behind bulletproof glass.

None.

The Kord is a powerful 12.7mm HMG. Fitted with a large 400-round magazine and able to be operated via remote control from inside the vehicle, it provides supple firepower against infantry and keeps the operator safe from sniper fire.

For enhanced anti-vehicle and anti-garrison firepower, the Kord mounted on the BTR-100 can be loaded with one Armor Piercin…

RATE

Rapid Automated Trench Excavator

The BTM “high speed ditching machine” is completely functional, yet very old. Add the Imperium's love of trench warfare, and you can bet that a modernization was in store.

Modernization—with robots.

The biggest drone. Interestingly, the robotics part is built by Oceania.

• Drone—Drone operator

The empty space behind the trench excavation bit can be used by Inzhenery to pile on their engineering equipment.

Four space-grade Navigation cameras, fitted in binocular pairs of two. One pair is mounted in front, one pair is mounted behind.

None.

RATE mounts a circular digging machine and a basic bulldozer blade. The bit can dig a trench 1.7m deep and 1.2m to 1.5m wide.

The following is a list of field defenses the RATE ca…

M205 Razorback

As a replacement for all previous IFVs and SPHs, the NAU pooled together every major weaponry manufacturer and they came out with a “lightweight universal chassis,” a lightweight, well-protected vehicle capable of being built with slightly different parts to fulfill different roles.

Most people refer to it as a revival of the FCS project undertaken by the USA in the late 20th century/ early 21st century. An of course, the platform's chassis was of Israeli design—a copy of their Rakiya “Horizon” armored vehicle.

The first vehicle out was the Razorback, a vehicle that combined the armor of the Puma, the ruggedness of the Warrior, and the ammunition capacity of the Bradley.

• Driver

• Gunner/ Commander

• Passenger

• Row of 2 Passengers

• Row of …

M206 Charioteer

In the late 2020s, the Israelis unveiled their new Rakiya (Horizon in Hebrew) combat vehicle. It packed a short-barreled 120mm autoloaded cannon, two spots for rooftop-mounted remote weapon systems, and a next-generation laser-based hardkill system, plus a dedicated troop bay to carry a single fireteam into the heat of battle.

The NAU decided that they wanted one too. Which resulted in the borrowing of the Rakiya's chassis, and a turret redesign by BAE, in order to fulfill another role; while the Rakiya was forcused on urban low-intensity combat, the NAU needed a tank designed to fight other tanks.

• Driver

• Gunner/ Commander

The crew sit in AMAP-MPS blast-protected seats to take the shock energy off the occupants.

The Charioteer is…

M2126 Falcon ICV

The NAU held a competition to find its first universal Infantry Carrier Vehicle, or ICV. Strykers, VABs, and other vehicles competed, but the Falcon—a revision of the Boxer—by Rheinmetall succeeded in winning the competition, mostly thanks to its superior occupant protection.

• Driver

• Commander/ Gunner

• Bench, 3 Passengers

• Bench, 3 Passengers

Titans count as 1.5 “normal” passengers each.

Eyes, possibly wearing Grenadier helmets, behind bulletproof glass. A GPS Blue-force-tracker is standard.

The Boomerang is a specialized ECM system, designed to triangulate enemy fire. Using three acoustic sensors, the system can pinpoint even a suppressed sniper rifle from over 500m away.

Mounted on a rooftop remote weapons station, the trusty Ma Duc…

Credit to where credit is due.

Insurgent Units

The world is one of blood and violence, a large world of extremes that colide endlessly. Nations are born and they die all the time, there is no way of knowing who will be the next to fall. Massive militaries with perfect defenses and no enemies, fall apart into chaos without explaination. This is not unsual, this is something that happens so often that there is no point in keeping track of who exists and where they are. There is no real maps that remain the same, borders change hands all the time and sometimes they spend whole decades outside any borders at all. That is life, life is conflict; life is hell.

There is large sections where no empire or alliance has any effective control, at least n…

Lycanthropes

This is a third generation exo-suit. Hook this up to your nervous system, it'll make you as strong as a droid. You're already under the knife, eh?

-Spider, Elysium

Skin-changers. A.K.A. Werewolves.

Terminally ill soldiers, surgically grafted into an exoskeleton, to fight to the death.

• Operative

Eyes and ears behind ballistic goggles, and noise-canceling earbuds.

None.

Lycanthropes carry two exoskeleton-mounted flamethrowers, called Hyperion's Heat by the GAC. Each individual weapon is equipped with two cylindrical containers that carry 20 liters of napalm and 5 liters of pressurized liquid nitrogen, respectively. The weapon can spew napalm at targets up to 30m away. One is mounted on each forearm.

For enhanced incendiary power, the flam…

Fist of Hyperion

The poorer the infantry, the more artillery it needs.

-General Koechlin-Schwartz

And my, aren't Karpoi the best cannon fodder around?

• Spotter

• Gunner

• Loader

• Loader

• Loader

Fist of Hyperion crews rely on their eyes and ears. The Spotter get a good spotter scope, the gun has a decent a panoramic periscopic indirect-fire sight, and of course, they accept fire mission calls on the radio.

Fits an auxiliary targeting telescope to the howitzer, allowing it to direct-fire against ground targets. Effective against structures and vehicles.

Directly purchased from Denel, the G7 howitzer is a long-range 105mm towed howitzer. Thanks to a 52-caliber barrel and base-bleed ammunition, the gun has an incredible range of 32km, outranging all 105mm guns …

Dark Augur

Dark Augurs are the leaders of the GAC, both religious leaders of the GAC's own cult and military leaders of the GAC military. Respected, feared, and very skilled, these are the ultimate leaders of the GAC's military, capable of instilling discipline and motivation in the ranks of all infantry.

• Priest

Eyes and ears behind ballistic goggles, and noise-canceling earbuds.

None.

Dark Augurs can get their own pick of individual small-arms. The GAC provides FN SCAR-H rifles as a standard weapon. Fitted with a standard-length 16' barrel and a high-powered optics suite with flip-mount for a close-range holosight, the SCAR-H can fire 7.62mm x 51mm rounds to a maximum of 600m. The weapon's heavier rounds are effective against body armor.

For an…

Ghoul

Flesh-eating ghosts. The long-range combat specialists of the GAC.

• Squad Leader

• Sniper

• Sniper

Eyes and ears behind ballistic goggles. The Squad Leader gets a set of high-powered binoculars. Flip-on NVGs are available during nighttime.

None.

For close-quarters long-range firepower, Ghouls have access to SVD semi-automatic sniper rifles (including Chinese and locally-produced copies). Firing 7.62mm x 54mmR and fitted with a PSO-1 scope, the weapon can provide accurate firepower out to a maximum of 500 meters. Anything past such distances is simply too hard to hit, even with high-quality match-grade ammunition.

The following are field defenses that Ghouls are able to construct on their own.

• M18 Claymore Mine—a remote-control anti-personnel off-r…

Navy Ground Forces

The IPC's vast collection of islands requires massive amounts of territory the navy has to hold, or maybe even retake. Plus, to counter NAU power projection in the Pacific, the IPC needed a good counter-move. This resulted in the conversion of many small islands in the Pacific into IPC naval bases, and the formation of three Navy Ground Force Divisions, each full of 20,000 crack troops trained and equipped for taking beachheads.

• Squad Leader

• CQB Specialist

• Trooper

• Trooper

Eyes and ears, assisted by electronics. Their helmets have a HMD that provides them with battle data, and a small tactical map displaying friendlies and known hostiles. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

None.

The Type 201 is a compact PDW built b…

Type 1202 105mm Towed Howitzer

A unit that provides unparalleled firepower for its weight and size. Plus, the howitzer is helpfully always firing Multi Round (near) Simultaneous Impact (MRSI) barrages.

Why? It's a Gatling gun that fires 105mm shells.

• Spotter

• Gunner

• Loader

• Loader

• Loader

• Loader

Type 1202 crews rely on their eyes and ears. The Spotter get a good spotter scope, the gun has a decent a panoramic periscopic indirect-fire sight, and of course, they accept fire mission calls on the radio. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

To increase the speed of targeting and, the Type 1202 can get its computerized Bei-dou (Asian GPS)-assisted indirect fire sight. This cuts down on the time required to train the gun on its target by 50%.

The p…

Air Force Ground Troops

Also known as Paratroopers.

The IPC has many natural barriers in its vast borders, which include mountains, deserts, rivers, and even the sea itself. While they do cause problems for invaders, defender mobility is also hampered. As part of the IPC's mobile defense strategy, the IPCAF got four divisions of paratroopers, tough crack troops capable of dropping directly into the frontlines to bolster friendly troops.

• Squad Leader

• Marksman

• Trooper

• Trooper

Eyes and ears, assisted by electronics. Their helmets have a HMD that provides them with battle data, and a small tactical map displaying friendlies and known hostiles. A North Star “北斗星” friendly-tracker is standard.

None.

The Type 201 is a compact PDW built by Howa that fires …

2A74 152mm Howitzer

If you have two hundred guns per kilometer of the front, do not ask about the enemy and do not report about him.

-Marshal Kirill Moskaleno

Any good defensive line needs artillery. And to achieve “two hundred guns per kilometer,” they couldn't look to big, powerful howitzers—they would be too expensive. However, small, mobile guns normally translate into underpowered and fragile, so they settled on a generic albeit modernized 152mm towed howitzer.

• Spotter

• Gunner

• Loader

• Loader

• Loader

• Loader

2A74 crews rely on their eyes and ears. The Spotter get a good spotter scope, the gun has a decent a panoramic periscopic indirect-fire sight, and of course, they accept fire mission calls on the radio.

Sometime, the tanks come too close for comf…