Rise of the Reds – or ROTR for short – improves upon the C&C Generals formula while also adding its own distinct elements to it. Most notably, the mod adds two completely new factions, the tank-heavy Russian Federation and the defence-oriented European Continental Alliance. In addition, the three original factions China, USA and GLA have been greatly expanded and redesigned in a variety of ways, with several new units, buildings, powers and abilities to explore and combine in your in-game tactics.
"This right here is another new entry in our arsenal: The M8 Acolyte is an airdroppable light tank which weighs in at a mere 22 tons thanks to its lightweight aluminium/titanium build which can be reinforced in the field with bolt-on composite armour packs. Multiple of these can be dropped out of a single C17 Globemaster to provide armoured fire support to forward elements on short notice. While the most recent A2 version of the M5 Crusader II has been up-gunned with a 105mm smoothbore cannon now that we are once again preparing to fight hostile state actors, the Acolyte retains the lighter 90mm weapon to reduce its drop weight and compensates with a greater supply of shells. Personally, I would have preferred a proper 120mil on both of them since first responders like us are more likely to run into some leftover enemy tanks that the flyboys couldn't wipe out but like a wise man used to say, you can't always get what you want. Naturally, we shouldn't expect too much because at the end of the day, tanks are still built with the Army in mind first and not the Corps even though we are the ones that make the best of them. But for the time being, I'm actually quite satisfied with this new triple threat of amphibious Crusaders, parachuting Acolytes and hard-hitting Paladins. Some critics call it excessive overspecialisation, the death of the main battle tank or going back to a WW2-style fractioning of the tank forces. I call it a cost-efficient, differentiable response to America's enemies around the entire world, whether they're local narco-terrorists, foreign insurgents, rogue states or some self-proclaimed superpower in Eurasia. We're ready to deal with 'em all!"
it looks like this tank will be used by the Air Force isn't ?
because it looks light
Given the description, I'd guess Marines.
For the record, it's General power's unit.
For all the factions?
... do you really need to ask?...
This tank can thrown out by planes oh god got to get more at-teams
I read that as "A-Teams" all I could think of was: Youtube.com
Doubly amusing since that thing seems to have inspired this one...I'm so tossing them into water.
The old A-Team is much better :p
I hope Russian Kodiaks will survive battling this tank...
of course they will. they are the most powerful mbts and are heavy tanks compared to this one. for the glory of mother russia!
With a 90mm and dropped out the back of a C-17? The tank itself is probably not what you should be worried about unless you're playing Russia horribly, horribly wrong.
It should be compared to Rhino IMHO. Both are air-droppable tanks.
This mod just gets more awesome every update.
Indeed it does! The only not-so-hot thing is that it doesn't get finished. Like some nice looking chick who is intentionally blueballing you.
In Australia we call that a "68"...
It's like a 69 except you give me head and then I owe you one.
"aluminium/titanium build which can be reinforced in the field with bolt-on composite armour packs."
I wonder if the crews are given body armors to survive the metal storm in the event this thing gets hit.
Compare with Rotr.swr-productions.com
I think foregoing the vests just might be an act of mercy.
Probably something you'd toss a few stranded infantrymen as a force multiplier.
Guess what, aluminum is heavily resistant to shaped charges. M113s were known to shrug off RPG-7 hits.
Ok, I'd rather take that with the mountainous amounts of salt in the Bonneville Salt Flats; unless you have something to back that up.
I'm pretty sure that's with appliqué slat or reactive armour installed. Pretty sure you could penetrate it with 12.7mm.
Frankly, I'd rather be in a fully fueled BMP than in one of those.
People often underestimate the M113. The unit that got the farthest in the gulf war was the 197th infantry brigade equipped with nothing but M113s.
You seriously shouldn't be judging a vehicle by a single war it's been in, let alone either Gulf War. And do note that it was an infantry brigade, so used properly, their 113s would be just a bit behind the infantry, facing...seriously disadvantaged Iraqis with no air support.
Add's a bit of a dark factor to these light tanks.
There's a reason you don't see them around as much anymore.
Also the reason IFVs are called "Infantry Common Grave" by Russians.
Oh, I didn't know that one. Can't figure out the words though.
БМП. "Братская Могила Пехоты" ("Infantry Common Grave")
Or Infantry Funeral Vehicle if we'll fit it in acronym.
...Saying IFV's are practically the weakest type of transports for infantry? What about the Stryker?
Not really weakest, it's just that they have all the benefits of being APCs capable of decent infantry support while also having all the downsides of being the thinnest armoured vehicle on the battlefield so if it can kill your tanks, it will kill you. Probably still beats riding in a truck most of the time.
Wiki says a Stryker goes up to 14.5mm and there's this: Upload.wikimedia.org
It looks like it just got tipped over...was there any penetration?
EDIT:From this angle.
Not that I know of. Nobody on the inside was hurt and the thing had to back to the factory but that was a roadside IED. Not sure how that compares to a shaped charge just outside the plating.
I feel bad for any GLA Tank division having these air dropped on top of them lol.
So this will be a new general power?
I love this combination of the M8 Ridge way and M551. Too bad the Whoppertank/stryker Mafia in the real US military would never put somthing like this into service.
It really feels like it borrows design cues from both the M-551A1 Sheridan and the Cadillac Gage Stingray.
Dunno, kind of looks like a mix between Stingray and UK's Scorpion, but I don't really know.
Hey, does it get any special shells? Missiles are already used by the Rhino, from what I remember so maybe just some autoloaded rockety/explosive goodness instead? :D
It's looks like a TAM tank
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I see that the history behind this tank is similar to the Brazilian tank Ozório, boycotted by the other weapon producing countries that didn't wanted a new competitor in the market...