Mini-Gunner

Mini-Gunners were elite Red Guard equipped with miniguns, deployed by Chinese General Shin Fai.

Background
Although more expensive and trained more slowly than regular Red Guard, Mini-Gunners were much better equipped to take on modern battlefield threats. A Mini-Gunner's aim was precise enough to attack even aircraft. Due to all of the additional training Mini-Gunners could not be trained in pairs like Red Guard.

Tactics/Counters
"Our miniguns will destroy the enemy!"

- Minigunner

Mini-Gunners were considerably less vulnerable than infantry equipped with more conventional weapons. Deployed in squads, their miniguns could shred through enemy infantry and lightly-armoured vehicles that would normally pose more of a threat. Even enemy aircraft had to be careful, as Mini-Gunners were so well trained that they could successfully down them.

However Mini-Gunners' weapons were next to useless against heavily-armoured vehicles and buildings, and Mini-Gunners not garrisoned in structures or transported in vehicles were still soft targets. If taken by surprise they could still be quickly finished off by, for example, a Quad Cannon. Although Mini-Gunners could take down most infantry, Toxin Rebel proved to be an even match to them. Snipers like Pathfinder snipers killed them easily from range.

If he reached a certain rank, General Fai had the option to deploy Mini-Gunners by air (known as a Para Drop). There were 3 ranks of Para Drop, each with an increasing number of Mini-Gunners.

Also these troops are the reason Overlords and Battlemasters are not used by General Shin Fai.

According to the Build Icon, it was armed with Type-56 Rifle (Chinese copy of the AKM).