Unit veterancy (Red Alert)

Units can earn veterancy ranks, and thereby achieve a bonus, that increase their hitpoints and attack damage - and at heroic level give them some special abilities. These ranks can be achieved in two ways, the first, and most common is by destroying units. If a unit destroys a unit, or a group of units that collectively cost three times as much money as it cost then it will go to the next veterancy level. The other way is to pick up supply crates, that are scattered around on the map. Some of these crates are veterancy crates that give your units a free veterancy level and will increase the veterancy of all nearby units (in a very small radius) by one level when opened. When a unit accumulates enough experience, it gets promoted to a new veterancy level. Each veterancy level has a special icon, that show what verterany level the units have. There are veterancy levels for each faction, and each veterancy level grants improved performance capabilities:

These icons range from one to three stripes - and finally with a golden star at heroic.

Veteran units inflict more damage and are more resistant to damage compared with non-veteran units.

Elite units inflict more damage and are more resistant to damage compared with veteran units.

RA2:Heroic units inflict more damage and are more resistant to damage compared with elite units, and also attack more quickly, automatically heal themselves, and the unit's weapon appearance changes like apocalypse Tanks can do severed damage to infantry. Note Spies cannot bribe Heroic units and only natasha can snipe those Heroic Troopers.