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.
Introduced in the early 1970s but perpetually modernised over the decades, the Tu-22M serves the Russian Air Force as a strategic strike bomber. Its variable wing geometry and powerful engines allow the Backfire, as it is still called and feared by the Americans and Europeans alike, to reach the battlefield upon a General's request very quickly, where it then delivers its deadly payload of cruise missiles in order to punch a hole into the enemy line. During the first days of the Russo-European War, several squadrons of Backfires, escorted by Berkuts and Sokols, bypassed the inadequate European air defences on the Scandinavian peninsula and raced across the North Sea, towards the strategic port of Rotterdam. What followed was an attack that would attain infamy as the 'European Pearl Harbor', as the Backfires obliterated much of the port together with the multinational fleet that was still preparing itself for deployment: When the Russian planes made their get-away a mere half hour after the first volley of missiles had struck into the French aircraft carrier Villeneuve, the Europeans had effectively lost three of their Sovereign-class battleships, several destroyers, frigates, corvettes and submarines as well as a half dozen supply vessels, painfully proving that the Backfire would remain a force to be reckoned with as the war exploded across Europe.
We actually wanted to give you a visual update for the Backfire with the release of 1.85, but the model was not finished in time. Now, you can expect this beauty to make an appearance in the upcoming patch.
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DEAR FATHER OF ALL BOMBS
No, that's Tu-160 (NATO; 'Blackjack'). Bigger, badder, smoother, with an internal bay and twice as many engines, mounted under the wings.
This is the missile strike plane.
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Let's make fun of the Blinder they said, it won't Backfire they said...
I'm wondering why these planes are called "Backfire"....
Does it meant to be some kind of NATO designation for non-NATO vehicles like, say, "Hind"?
That's right, NATO identifies Russian bomber planes with B designations, Backfire being the one used for the Tu-22M. Even though NATO does no longer exist in the ROTR setting, we decided to adopt this naming scheme for the Russian units, particularly the ones based directly on real life designs, because for some reason, there are hardly any iconic/memorable nicknames for them outside the NATO system.
i would love to see a SU-25 frogfoot.
this is tu-22m3 ,not tu-22 and not tu-160