Rise of the Reds Update: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Options

[MARS]

First fielded in the early 1990s, the M1097 Avenger was conceived as a light-weight, short-range anti-air system based on a modified Humvee. However, the missiles that acted as the vehicle's primary armament for almost three decades started to show their age in the later stages of the Global War on Terror, often proving wholly inadequate when it came to defeating the infamous Scud missiles launched by the GLA. It was at this time when General Gregory 'Pinpoint' Townes, the head of the Army's R&D branch for laser technologies, came up with a quick and efficient solution in the form of the 'Avenger-L', which replaced the aging missile system with a powerful high-energy laser, supported by a rangefinder and protected by a miniature version of the same point-defence lasers that were successfully introduced by the M1A4 Paladin tank. The new platform proved to be effective in combat and what was initially meant to be an interim solution until the full-scale deployment of dedicated tactical lasers quickly became a mainstay weapon system of the US military which received further performance upgrades as the years went by.

In 1945, the US military manufactured nearly 500.000 Purple Heart medals in anticipation of the casualties that were projected to occur during Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. Thankfully, the war ended before the plan would have been put into action. Throughout the following decades, every major conflict that saw the involvement of American troops slowly chipped away at this enormous stockpile, which was eventually reduced to a few thousands by the time the GLA unleashed its most despicable attacks during the Global War on Terror. As a result, the United States found themselves faced with the challenge of re-integrating thousands of wounded veterans who had sustained permanent, life-changing injuries from chemical agents and IEDs into civilian life after the conflict ended in 2028. In order to ensure a greater level of survivability for American troops in any future engagement, the common field Ambulance was provided with advanced technical equipment and additional personnel, allowing the vehicles to deploy and provide immediate medical care to all surrounding soldiers.

Rather than healing infantry units 'on the go' as the original version, the new Ambulance first has to deploy in order to become operational. Once deployed, the stationary first-aid tent provides a large, visible healing radius around itself. The healing effect is very powerful, greatly increasing the survivability of surrounding infantry units and thus allowing them to continue fighting against otherwise desperate odds. In addition, infantry units can be sent directly into the deployed Ambulance in order to receive immediate care that fully restores their health, just like a Barracks. Beyond that, the Ambulance retains its anti-toxin ability and drone upgrades but is no longer able to transport any infantry units by itself.

As usual, we'd also like to present you some more screenshots of the new 1.72 content.

Finally, allow us to conclude this Humvee-themed update with an exclusive glimpse at another amazing, tacticool vehicle.

[aeroth]

that ambulance looks like a russian jeep and an english dublebuss had a kid

[MARS]

The new design is partly inspired by this, except with a 'tent cover' as seen on the original in-game Ambulance.

[aeroth]

it would have looked much better if that was a part of the car and not a tent cover

[Massey]

"First fielded in the early 1990s, the M1097 Avenger was conceived as a light-weight, short-range anti-air system based on a modified Humvee. However, the missiles that acted as the vehicle's primary armament for almost three decades started to show their age in the later stages of the Global War on Terror, often proving wholly inadequate when it came to defeating the infamous Scud missiles launched by the GLA. It was at this time when General Gregory 'Pinpoint' Townes, the head of the Army's R&D branch for laser technologies, came up with a quick and efficient solution in the form of the 'Avenger-L', which replaced the aging missile system with a powerful high-energy laser"

I LOVED that bit of text. you tied in RL with GenU and then RotRU.

Keep it up!

[MARS]

it would have looked much better if that was a part of the car and not a tent cover

Yeah, but the tent cover made the old Ambulance recognisable, hence why we kept it here as well. If we use vehicles that are based on the Humvee, we might as well try to add some additional detail to make them still look unique.

[J Y fortress]

Does the avenger only change a model？

The new ambulance looks very nice！

[wb21]

Finally, allow us to conclude this Humvee-themed update with an exclusive glimpse at another amazing, tacticool vehicle.

I bet it's gonna deliver some ice cream to nearby troops, increasing their morale, rate of fire, and regeneration! (just kidding)

On a more serious note though, the new ambulance concept sounds interesting.

[GDIZOCOM]

Will the Ice Cream vee make an appearance as an easter egg? Nice update

[Warpath]

Very nice, I like the new Ambulance model and ability.
The Avenger part made me wonder, What did happen to Townes? Did he get killed during the GLA war of did he just retire.

Oh and please make the Ice Cream humvee an easter egg, something that's found in a map.

This post has been edited by Warpath: 24 Jul 2012, 12:05

[DELETED MEMBER]

man, the ice cream vee is very cool, the enemies will be freezed in fear, man i got chills by thinking how to use this update vehicles

[RocketMan]

Is it just me, or did you guys increased the Dragon Tank's firing range?

[Zeke]

I'm guessing the "tacticool" ambo will either be an easter egg like the troll blimp, or simply a play on the word tacticool

[The_Hunter]

Is it just me, or did you guys increased the Dragon Tank's firing range?

Very good sir we did indeed

[Jester]

Great update! Deployed ambulances look awesome cant wait to play

EDIT: If you actually choose to put the ice creamvee in the game you should give it Mr freeze's voice. ''Today i predict a chill!''

This post has been edited by Jester: 24 Jul 2012, 14:45

[General Tatarin]

Can't believe. Just a few updates left.
BTW nice update, units are awesome ! Can't wait to try it !

This post has been edited by General Tatarin: 24 Jul 2012, 15:14

[__CrUsHeR]

Congratulations for this fantastic update! The factions have become really unique, and graphic art became much more than the original game.

I'm really enjoying the new U.S. ... aggressive, based on infantry, and powerful in the air, finally a faction really oldschool ...

[Mcbob]

The ambulance plays very much into Thorn's outpost mentality. Very smart move.

[__CrUsHeR]

Well, I'm not going to create another topic for the subject ...

It was posted on facebook that the patch is turning into a new release, that will make it take longer for the new release? Still holds the old deadline?

[The_Hunter]

^ not it just meant that the ammount of new stuff is much more than originaly intended.

Alot of them beeing spontanious addtions.

[__CrUsHeR]

^ not it just meant that the ammount of new stuff is much more than originaly intended.

Alot of them beeing spontanious addtions.

Thanks for the reply.

Cool, I thought initially that maybe could ever take over, I can hardly wait to use all these new things, hehe.

[scorpio]

wow so cool! the update is almost upon us !

[Cobretti]

Awesome update...the new ambulance sounds perfect for early/mid game map control!

I'm guessing the "tacticool" ambo will either be an easter egg like the troll blimp, or simply a play on the word tacticool

Ah, the Propaganda Blimp...they really need to add Zergface on it!

[Comr4de]

Is it just me, or did you guys increased the Dragon Tank's firing range?

Few other tweaks as well, we found it to be lacking by the time you unlock it compared to other vehicles (considering we made a tier system for the game kinda messed up a few things) thusly you'll see changes like this and some others as well!

[LT. Drake Jackso...]

Although moving and healing on the go won't be a tactic anymore, it gives more realism and it's good for temporal "Hold position" times during an attack, my props to all the modding team for this update I have a few questions now: Will the "Repair upgrate" for the ambulance work be availble for this? That would be nice.