Mobile construction vehicle (Red Alert 2)

	For the disambiguation page, see Mobile construction vehicle.

Mobile Construction Vehicle (MCV)
Allied Mobile Construction Vehicle Soviet Mobile Construction Vehicle Yuri Mobile Construction Vehicle 1 of 3
Unit
Affiliation	Allies Soviet Union Yuri
Role	Base construction
Protection	Medium
Tier	2
Tech level	10
Properties
Hit points	1000
Armour type	Heavy
Production
Cost	$3000
Build time	2:00
Produced by	Allied war factory Soviet war factory Yuri war factory
Requires	Service depot (Allies, Soviets) Grinder (Yuri)
Combat
Speed	4
Sight range	6
Function
Produces	Allied construction yard Soviet construction yard Yuri construction yard

The second-generation mobile construction vehicle (abbreviated as MCV) was the heart of every battle force, regardless of faction, during the first and second iterations of the Third World War.

MCVs were armoured vehicles that could deploy into Allied, Soviet or Yuri construction yards and vice-versa. They were defenseless and slow, so they had to be escorted at all times. Despite their bulky appearance, their armour was quite weak.

Bug

In Red Alert 2 (through modding) and Yuri's Revenge version 1.000, mind-controlled mobile construction vehicles could be deployed. However, since this control was tied to the mind-controlling unit (in regular cases, only the Yuri's Revenge version of Yuri Prime could do this), if that unit was killed, the MCV could vanish if the construction yard was being undeployed. In Yuri's Revenge patch 1.001, mind-controlled MCVs were prevented from deploying and construction yards from undeploying - except if the mind control is done by a psychic dominator (as the controlled vehicle is not "bound" to any mind-controlling unit) to fix this bug.

Quotes

In vanilla Red Alert 2, the Allied and Soviet MCVs shared their voice sets with the Grizzly battle tank and the Rhino heavy tank, respectively.

Allied

Soviet

Yuri

Gallery

Allied

Concept art by TJ Frame, originally intended for the Soviets

Alternate scan of the former

Installer Slide.

Voxel Model Render

Deployment animation

Alpha icon

Unused veteran icon

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Icon with Korean text

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Soviet

Concept art by TJ Frame

Concept art by TJ Frame (including concept later used for the Allies)

Installer slide

Voxel Model Render

Deployment animation

Alpha icon

Beta icon

Unused veteran icon

Icon with French text

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Yuri

Early concept art by TJ Frame

Early concept art by TJ Frame- "floating" design

Late concept art by TJ Frame

Final concept art by TJ Frame

Voxel Model Render

Deployment animation

Unused veteran icon

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v·d·e Allied Third World War Arsenal

Units Infantry G.I. Guardian G.I. (YR only) Engineer Attack dog Sniper (Great Britain only) Navy SEAL Rocketeer Spy Chrono legionnaire Tanya Psi commando (stolen tech only) Chrono commando (stolen tech only) Vehicles Chrono miner Grizzly tank Robot tank (YR only) Infantry Fighting Vehicle Tank destroyer (Germany only) Mobile construction vehicle Prism tank Mirage tank Battle Fortress (YR only) (campaign only): Propaganda Truck Aircraft NightHawk Transport Harrier (except South Korea) Black Eagle (South Korea only) non-controllable: Hornet • Osprey Vessels Amphibious Transport Destroyer Aegis Cruiser Dolphin Aircraft Carrier Cut content Hover bike • M22 Molemine deployer • Howitzer • Intruder • P-51J Mako fighter • Unnamed tank • Yellow Jacket • Chrono prison   Structures Production & tech Construction Yard Power Plant Ore Refinery Barracks War Factory Naval Shipyard Airforce Command Headquarters Service Depot Robot Control Center (Yuri's Revenge only) Battle Lab Ore Purifier Defenses & support Fortress Walls Pillbox Patriot Missile System Prism Tower Grand Cannon (France only) Gap Generator Spy Satellite Uplink Chronosphere Weather Control Device Cut content Turret • Chrono-Legion turret   Support Powers Powers Chronoshift Lightning Storm Force Shield (Yuri's Revenge only) Airborne (America only) Paratroopers(with Tech Airport) Items in italics are exclusive to Yuri's Revenge

v·d·e Soviet Third World War Arsenal

Units Infantry Conscript Engineer Attack Dog Flak Trooper Tesla Trooper Crazy Ivan Terrorist (Cuba only) Desolator (Iraq only) Psi-Corps Trooper / Yuri (RA2 only) Boris (Yuri's Revenge only) Yuri Prime (RA2/stolen tech only) Chrono Ivan (stolen tech only) Psi Commando (YR/stolen tech only) Cosmonaut (YR campaign only) Vehicles War Miner Rhino Tank Flak Track Terror Drone V3 Rocket Launcher Tesla Tank (Russia only) Demolition Truck (Libya only) Mobile Construction Vehicle Apocalypse Tank Aircraft Kirov Airship Siege Chopper (Yuri's Revenge only) MiG (Yuri's Revenge only) Spy Plane (Yuri's Revenge only) Vessels Amphibious Transport Typhoon Attack Submarine Sea Scorpion Giant Squid Dreadnought Cut content Apache • Light tank • Hydrofoil • Hind transport • Assault chopper • Twin airship • Super bomber • Tank killer • Tank hunting dog • Mammoth tank • Centurion siege crawler • Land Battleship • Spider tank • Black Widow • Hammerhead artillery • Hammerhead mine flail • Mammoth artillery tank • Transport walker • Repair drone • Recon pod • Multi-Drone • Seismic Tank • Transport zeppelin   Structures Production & tech Construction Yard Tesla Reactor Ore Refinery Barracks War Factory Naval Shipyard Radar Tower Service Depot Battle Lab Nuclear Reactor Cloning Vat (RA2 only) Industrial Plant (Yuri's Revenge only) Defenses & support Fortress Walls Battle Bunker (Yuri's Revenge only) Sentry Gun Flak Cannon Tesla Coil Psychic Sensor (RA2 only) Iron Curtain Nuclear Missile Silo   Support powers Powers Invulnerability Nuclear Attack Force Shield (Yuri's Revenge only) Spy Plane (Yuri's Revenge only) Paratroopers (with Tech Airport)   Campaign / lore only Units Vladimir's Dreadnought • Cosmonaut • Black Guard Structures Psychic beacon (RA2 only) • Psychic amplifier (RA2 only) • Black Guard Cut content Turtle mode Items in italics are exclusive to Yuri's Revenge

v·d·e Yuri Third World War Arsenal

Units Infantry Initiate Engineer Brute Virus Yuri Clone Yuri Prime Psi Commando (stolen tech only) Cosmonaut (campaign only) Vehicles Slave Miner Lasher Tank Gattling Tank Chaos Drone Mobile Construction Vehicle Magnetron Mastermind Aircraft Floating disc Vessels Amphibious Transport Boomer Cut content Parasite trooper   Structures Production & tech Construction Yard Bio Reactor Slave Miner Barracks War Factory Submarine Pen Psychic Radar Grinder Battle Lab Defenses & support Citadel Walls Tank Bunker Gattling Cannon Psychic Tower Cloning Vat Genetic Mutator Psychic Dominator Campaign only Psychic beacon • Yuri Statue • Moon rocket platform   Support Powers Powers Psychic Reveal Force Shield Mutation Domination Paratroopers (with Tech Airport) This faction is exclusive to Yuri's Revenge.