AgmLauncher
12-15-2004, 08:02 PM
It's too tough to tell which faction the US units belong to (either Army or TFT), but here are some units I've seen as well as a brief description and image to go along with them. All the purposes I listed are pure speculation.
Vehicles: US Faction(s)
Humvee (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowhumvee.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, light anti-infantry
Notes: Probably only holds a couple of guys, they may or may not be able to fire out of it while it's moving. It may also have an upgrade or two available for it.
Avenger (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowavenger.jpg)
Purpose: Anti-air
Notes: Similar to CCG: Zero Hour's Avenger, but without lasers.
Bradley Fighting Vehicle (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowbfv.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, heavy anti-infantry
Notes: This probably trades off transport slots for firepower and armor. A mix between the Humvee and APC
APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowapc.jpg)
Purpose: Unarmed Transport.
Notes: Doesnt appear to have a weapon, probably holds the most guys.
M1A2 Abrams (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowabrams.jpg)
Purpose: Main Battle Tank.
Notes: Probably the US Army faction's heavy armor unit. I dont see Task Force Talon getting this. They probably have something slightly different.
Apache Helicopter (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowapache.jpg)
Purpose: Primary support aircraft, anti-infantry, anti-tank, anti-building.
Notes: This looks like it's a very versatile unit. If it's anything like the Comanche from Generals, it's going to be very powerful and very useful. I dont think AoW features any buildable planes. The planes appear to be used as special strikes on recharge timers. In any case, the planes will probably have to fire and reload at the base, whereas the Apaches will more than likely just reload in mid air after a certain amount of time. That's why they're the main support aircraft. They can stay in the field like a tank can.
Blackhawk Medevac Helicoptor (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowblackhawk.jpg)
Purpose: Medical Transport
Notes: This is probably a vehicle to be used for quick extraction of your units to get them out of a tight spot.
Vehicles: Terrorist Faction
Basic APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrorapc.jpg)
Purpose: Transport
Notes: Probably holds several guys, similar in specs to the US APC
Medical APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrormedapc.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, healing
Notes: Probably holds several guys, similar in specs to the Basic APC, but either heals guys put inside it or in a radius around it. The medical thing might be an upgrade from the basic APC.
Upgraded APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrorapcupgraded.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, firepower plat form
Notes: Im not too sure what this one's purpose is. It looks like it should be anti-infantry. The gun may be an upgrade, or it's a seperate unit.
Hind Helicoptor (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowhind.jpg)
Purpose: Possibly a transport as well as anti-infantry, anti-tank, and anti-building
Notes: Similar to the Apache, though probably slower, more expensive, and more heavily armored.
Unknown unit (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowoddunit.jpg)
Purpose: anti-air
Notes: I've seen this in a couple screenshots and it seems to be part of the terrorist faction, though in the parent screenshot to this crop I made, it's fighting Hinds from it's own faction. It appears to be bullet based rather than rocket based like the Avenger.
Main Battle Tank (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrormbt.jpg)
Purpose: Main battle tank
Notes: This looks like the terrorist's main battle tank. Probably useful against the Bradley and the Humvee, but the Abrams ought to own it pretty hard.
Those are the buildable vehicles I have noted so far. Dont know what the infantry will be like, but it will probably be fairly diverse as this game centers around urban warfare (which explains all the transport vehicles). As there are supposed to be over 100 units among the three factions, Im sure there are more units the current ss arent showing. It looks like there will be basic rocket soldiers, basic infantry, and snipers. Ive noticed at least these three types of infantry in the screenshots.
Vehicles: US Faction(s)
Humvee (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowhumvee.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, light anti-infantry
Notes: Probably only holds a couple of guys, they may or may not be able to fire out of it while it's moving. It may also have an upgrade or two available for it.
Avenger (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowavenger.jpg)
Purpose: Anti-air
Notes: Similar to CCG: Zero Hour's Avenger, but without lasers.
Bradley Fighting Vehicle (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowbfv.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, heavy anti-infantry
Notes: This probably trades off transport slots for firepower and armor. A mix between the Humvee and APC
APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowapc.jpg)
Purpose: Unarmed Transport.
Notes: Doesnt appear to have a weapon, probably holds the most guys.
M1A2 Abrams (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowabrams.jpg)
Purpose: Main Battle Tank.
Notes: Probably the US Army faction's heavy armor unit. I dont see Task Force Talon getting this. They probably have something slightly different.
Apache Helicopter (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowapache.jpg)
Purpose: Primary support aircraft, anti-infantry, anti-tank, anti-building.
Notes: This looks like it's a very versatile unit. If it's anything like the Comanche from Generals, it's going to be very powerful and very useful. I dont think AoW features any buildable planes. The planes appear to be used as special strikes on recharge timers. In any case, the planes will probably have to fire and reload at the base, whereas the Apaches will more than likely just reload in mid air after a certain amount of time. That's why they're the main support aircraft. They can stay in the field like a tank can.
Blackhawk Medevac Helicoptor (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowblackhawk.jpg)
Purpose: Medical Transport
Notes: This is probably a vehicle to be used for quick extraction of your units to get them out of a tight spot.
Vehicles: Terrorist Faction
Basic APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrorapc.jpg)
Purpose: Transport
Notes: Probably holds several guys, similar in specs to the US APC
Medical APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrormedapc.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, healing
Notes: Probably holds several guys, similar in specs to the Basic APC, but either heals guys put inside it or in a radius around it. The medical thing might be an upgrade from the basic APC.
Upgraded APC (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrorapcupgraded.jpg)
Purpose: Transport, firepower plat form
Notes: Im not too sure what this one's purpose is. It looks like it should be anti-infantry. The gun may be an upgrade, or it's a seperate unit.
Hind Helicoptor (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowhind.jpg)
Purpose: Possibly a transport as well as anti-infantry, anti-tank, and anti-building
Notes: Similar to the Apache, though probably slower, more expensive, and more heavily armored.
Unknown unit (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowoddunit.jpg)
Purpose: anti-air
Notes: I've seen this in a couple screenshots and it seems to be part of the terrorist faction, though in the parent screenshot to this crop I made, it's fighting Hinds from it's own faction. It appears to be bullet based rather than rocket based like the Avenger.
Main Battle Tank (http://users.wpi.edu/~lemue/aowterrormbt.jpg)
Purpose: Main battle tank
Notes: This looks like the terrorist's main battle tank. Probably useful against the Bradley and the Humvee, but the Abrams ought to own it pretty hard.
Those are the buildable vehicles I have noted so far. Dont know what the infantry will be like, but it will probably be fairly diverse as this game centers around urban warfare (which explains all the transport vehicles). As there are supposed to be over 100 units among the three factions, Im sure there are more units the current ss arent showing. It looks like there will be basic rocket soldiers, basic infantry, and snipers. Ive noticed at least these three types of infantry in the screenshots.