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|name = Red Guard
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|cameo = RA3_War_Bear_Icons.png
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|cameo = Gen1 Red Guard Icons.png
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|image = <gallery>
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|image = Generals ZH - Red Guards.png
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RA3_War_Bear_Ground.jpg|On land
  
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RA3_War_Bear_water.jpg|On water
  
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|faction = {{Subfaction|China|G1}} <small>(excluding [[Shin Fai]])</small>
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|internalname = SovietScoutInfantry
  
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|role = Basic infantry
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|faction = {{Subfaction|Soviets|RA3}}
  
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|useguns = Bolt-action rifle<br>Type 56 assault rifle (cameo)
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|role = Combat scout
  
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|useguns =
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|usearmor = Low
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|hp = 120
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* Serrated claws
  
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|shield =
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* Shumov-3 roar amplifier
  
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|energy =
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|usearmor = Armor plating
  
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|timedlife =
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|tier = 1
  
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|armortype = Human Armor
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|hp = 150
  
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|trans =
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|armortype = Light
  
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|cost = $300<br>$350 (General Tao)<br>$375 (General Kwai)
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|trans =
 
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|time = 0:10
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|amphibious = Yes
  
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|produced= [[Chinese barracks]]
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|cost = 225
  
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|hotkey = R
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|time = 0:02
  
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|groundattack = 15 (Small Arms)
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|produced = [[Barracks (Red Alert 3)|Barracks]]
  
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|cooldown = 1000
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|groundattack = 100 (Melee; 200 in 2 seconds)
 
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|landspeed = 25 (15 if badly wounded)
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|airattack =
 
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|seaspeed =
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|cooldown =
 
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|range = 100<br>5 (capture building)
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|sight = 100-200
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|ability = [[File:CNCG Building Capture Cameo.png|left|25px]] [[Capture Building]]
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|research =
 
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|upgrades = [[File:Upgrade china red guard training.jpg|left|25px]] [[Red Guard Training]]{{-}} [[File:CNCG Building Capture Cameo.png|left|25px]] [[Capture Building]]{{-}} [[File:Nationalism icon.jpg|left|25px]] [[Nationalism]]
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|ability = [[Amplified Roar]]<br>[[Detector|Detects stealth]]
  
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|notes =*Strong vs infantry
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*Weak vs tanks
 
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{{Quote|We stand together!|Red Guards entering the battlefield}}
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{{Quote|Bears in the water? They're so cute when they're dead!|Tanya}}
  
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The '''war bear''' is the [[Soviet]] anti-infantry combat scout in ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'' and its expansion, ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising|Uprising]]''.
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The '''Red Guards''' were the basic infantry of the [[China|Chinese]] Army during the [[War against the GLA]].
   
 
==Background==
  
==Background==
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{{Quote|Defenders of peace!|The Red Guards' job description.}}
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{{Main|War bear (Red Alert 3)/Profile}}
  
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Chinese infantry combat doctrine dictates that riflemen should emphasize on accuracy and firepower, rather than rate of fire. As a result, aged but reliable bolt-action rifles<ref>[https://files.cncnz.com/generals/Command_and_Conquer_-_Generals_-_UK_Manual_-_PC.pdf Command & Conquer: Generals manual].</ref>, firing more powerful rounds, than M16A2s, carried by USA's Rangers or AK47-type rifles, carried by GLA's Rebels, are kept as standard issues for basic PLA soldiers well into the 21st century. In game, those semi-automatic rifles can indeed deal more damage per shot than light infantry's standard assault rifles used by rival factions.
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{{Quote|You know, you are awfully moody for bear.|Conscript talking to a war bear at Mt. Fuji|To Tame a Living God}}
  
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The brown bear (''ursus arctos'') is a large and powerful land mammal, found across North America and Eurasia. It is a symbol of the [[Soviet Union]] and, during the [[Third World War (Red Alert 3)|Third World War]] and the [[The Uprising|Uprising]], the USSR trained bears to be combatants. Like [[Attack dog (Red Alert 3)|attack dogs]], war bears were raised since they were cubs to be ferocious and obedient guard animals. With their size and strength, they can easily kill any enemy infantry.
  
   
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Their low rate of fire was countered by numbers, as they were trained in pairs at a [[Barracks (Generals)|Barracks]] or deployed in fireteams of eight with each [[Troop Crawler]] at the China [[War Factory (Generals)|War Factory]]. They could also garrison buildings and be trained to capture buildings at a Barracks. In groups of 5 or more, Red Guard would experience a "Horde Effect" that greatly boosted morale and, by extension, fighting prowess.
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The Soviet Union is also rumored to conduct genetic experiments with these bears. Once, commanders reported to see [[Ursa Major|giant bears]] that destroyed their tanks and infantry very easily.
  
   
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General [[Shin Fai]] uses a variant of the Red Guard called the [[Mini-Gunner]].
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===Deployments===
  
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* In [[The Shark and the Lure]], Tanya killed multiple bears to provide safe passage for Allied spies.
  
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* In [[Circus of Treachery]], bears were held captive by the Imperials but were freed.
  
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* In [[To Tame a Living God]], a single conscript and war bear tried to kill the Emperor but killed a fake and got captured. This distraction allows Apocalypse Tanks and MCVs to move in.
  
   
 
==Abilities==
  
==Abilities==
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{{Quote|We will claim it for China!|Red Guard capturing buildings}}
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{|
  
{|
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| [[File:RA3 Amplified Roar Icons.png|left|50px]]
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|[[File:CNCG_Building_Capture_Cameo.png|left|50px]]
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|'''C'''apture Building
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| '''[[Amplified Roar]]'''
  
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|Allows Red Guard to capture neutral and hostile structures.
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| The War Bear has a roar which has been amplified by sonic technology. This ability will temporarily stun all infantry in a small vicinity around the bear.
  
 
|}
  
|}
   
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==Changelog==
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==Upgrades==
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{{Quote|Nationalism will bring us victory!|Red Guards talking about the Nationalism upgrade}}
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*[[Red Alert 3 beta patch 1.3|''Red Alert 3'' beta patch 1.3]]:
 
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**[[Multigunner IFV]] / [[Multigunner turret]] + bear range increased to 300 from 150
  
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**ground speed reduced to 85 from 100
  
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**water speed increased to 85 from 75
  
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**health increased to 190 from 50
  
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*[[Red Alert 3 beta patch 1.5|''Red Alert 3'' beta patch 1.5]]:
  
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**health decreased to 150 from 190
  
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**added experience levels
  
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**vulnerability to anti-vehicle fire increased
  
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**fixed armour sets
  
   
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{|
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==Videos==
  
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|[[File:Upgrade china red guard training.jpg|50px]]
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<center>
  
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|[[Red Guard Training]]
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{{YouTube|c7AyfHnJ6Wc|Surveillance footage}}
  
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|All Red Guards were built as veterans.
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</center>
  
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|Purchasable at the General's promotion menu by generals of any rank.
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|-
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|[[File:CNCG Building Capture Cameo.png|50px]]
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|[[Capture Building]]
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|Trained Red Guards to capture enemy and neutral structures.
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|Purchasable any [[Barracks (Generals)|Barracks]] for a cost of $1000.
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|-
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|[[File:Nationalism icon.jpg|50px]]
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|[[Nationalism]]
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|Red Guards' horde bonus was increased by 25%.
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|Purchasable at the [[Propaganda Center]] for a cost of $2000.
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|}
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==Game Unit==
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===Strategy===
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{{Quote|Foreign devils!|Red Guards engaging enemies of China}}
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As they were so quick to train, they could be deployed in sufficient numbers to overwhelm enemy infantry by attrition, particularly early in a conflict. The Red Guard Training process could give them an additional edge over enemy infantry. They were particularly effective against GLA [[Terrorist (Generals 1)|Terrorist]] rushes, as Chinese generals would not be able to have a sufficiently effective counter against them until they had established a War Factory.
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Red Guard could also be used to cheaply give a horde bonus to [[Tank Hunters]] or [[Battlemaster tank|Battlemasters]] by keeping them together in large squads. This made it more difficult for the enemy to break the bonus or target just the Tank Hunters. Care had to be taken to ensure that the faster Red Guard did not separate from the Tank Hunters while moving or fighting. In sufficient numbers with the horde effect they were surprisingly fast at taking down structures, making them a cheap alternative to destroying buildings if no tank hunters are on hand.
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When playing as [[Ta Hun Kwai|General Kwai]], it is more cost effective to train them from the War Factory rather than from the barracks, both due to the higher cost of infantry and the lower cost of his vehicles (including the pre-loaded [[Troop crawler|Troop Crawlers]]).
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Being China's basic infantry, the Red Guard were capable of being upgraded with the proper equipment to capture buildings. While China's [[Black Lotus|elite operatives]] were also capable of capturing buildings, the Red Guard could do so much earlier in conflicts, and because they were trained in pairs, could also capture far more buildings at once. This also had the added bonus of making the capturing process harder to interrupt, as most weapons would have to kill twice the amount of infantry to halt it.
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===Counters===
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{{Quote|China, save us!|A dying Red Guard}}
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Individually, Red Guard were a poor match for the infantry of other factions. As with all, they were easy prey for anti-infantry weapons such as the [[Global Liberation Army|GLA]] [[Quad Cannon]]. Flash-bang grenades could easily dispatch Red Guards, as they often clumped together to generate Horde bonuses. Toxin and nuclear weaponry also took their toll on them, since Red Guards lacked any kind of biohazard protection. Like all other basic infantry (excluding their [[Minigunner (Zero Hour)|elite counterparts]]), they could not target aircraft, and gunships such as the [[United States of America (Generals)|American]] [[Comanche (Generals)|Comanche]] could cut down even hordes of Red Guards if not dealt with.
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==Selected Quotes==
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{{Q|We stand together!|When emerging from the Barracks|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Defenders of peace!|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|The people's army.|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We are the Red Guard!|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Standing attention.|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Ready for orders.|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Yes?|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Understood.|When moving|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Right away.|When moving|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Yes, sir.|When moving|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Immediately.|When moving|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Moving now, sir.|When moving|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Attack!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Enemies of the state!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|For the Republic!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We will shoot them down!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Foreign devils!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|The Middle Kingdom!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|They cannot destroy China!|When ordered to attack with rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Subdue the cowards!|When ordered to attack with stun bullets|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Knock them out!|When ordered to attack with stun bullets|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|They will give up!|When ordered to attack with stun bullets|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Surrender, now!|When ordered to attack with stun bullets|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Bow to China!|When ordered to attack with stun bullets|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|China! Save us!|Under fire|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Help, help!|Under fire|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|China will not forget me!|Under fire|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|They're attacking!|Under fire|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We're losing ground!|Under fire|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|That building looks safe.|When ordered to garrison building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We will station there.|When ordered to garrison building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Hole up in that building.|When ordered to garrison building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We fight from high place.|When ordered to garrison building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Garrison the building.|When ordered to garrison building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Machine guns ready!|When ordered to use rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Rifle ready, sir!|When ordered to use rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Gun ready!|When ordered to use rifle|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We will claim it for China!|When ordered to capture building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Raise the red flag!|When ordered to capture building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Expanding China's borders.|When ordered to capture building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|China can use this.|When ordered to capture building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|China can now use this building!|After captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|This building is ours!|After captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We have captured the building, sir!|After captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Building captured!|After captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We have the building now!|After captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|General, our base is under attack!|When the base is under attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|They're attacking our base!|When the base is under attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Our base is being attacked!|When the base is under attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|China is under attack!|When the base is under attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|General, they took our building from us!|When enemy captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|General, they have captured our building!|When enemy captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|General, they have control of our building!|When enemy captured building|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We surrender!|When surrender|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Don't hurt us!|When surrender|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We throw down our weapons!|When surrender|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|We give up!|When surrender|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Let us live!|When surrender|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Stun bullets are ready, sir!|When the cut stun bullets upgrade is complete|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Nationalism will give us victory!|When the Nationalism upgrade is completed|margins=0|sides=0}}
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===Cut Nuclear Red Guard quotes===
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{{Q|Radiation rockets ready for launching!|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Nuclear energy will destroy them!|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|The radiation will flow!|When selected|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|They won't be able to take it!|When ordered to attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Fry them!|When ordered to attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|Melt the enemy!|When ordered to attack|margins=0|sides=0}}
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===Cut quotes for the Chemical Suits upgrade===
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{{Q|Thank you, sir, for the chemical suits!|When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|These new chemical suits will keep us alive!|When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete|margins=0|sides=0}}
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{{Q|General, the new chemical suits have just arrived!|When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete|margins=0|sides=0}}
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==Trivia==
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* Red Guard's appearance is consistent with a Chinese soldier from the Cultural Revolution to early 1980s wearing the then much-loved (by the enlisted) rankless Type 65 uniform.
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* The unit icon shows them to be armed with an AK type rifle as evident by the front sight, however, as per game's official Red Guard are stated to use bolt action rifles, likely Mosin-Nagant copies that is aligned with them firing their weapons only in single shots in game.
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* Red Guard's concept art depicts them armed with MG42 machinegun and M1911 pistols.
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* The term 'Red Guard' originated during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, although borrowed from Russian Bolsheviks, whose Red Guard existed in 1917 before being supplanted by a professional Red Army. The real-life Red Guards were groups of students organized by Mao Zedong in an attempt to keep the Communist Revolution alive. These Red Guards were made to discredit the right-wing opponents of the Maoist revolutionary leadership. However, due to the widespread trouble spread by the Red Guards, Chairman Mao was compelled to forcibly disband this radical student organization and send them to the countryside as rural labourers. In the Chinese context, the term 'Red Guards' were not related to Chinese armed forces in any way.
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**Since real life Red Guards were not regular PLA combatants, it's more likely they would've worn Type 55 uniforms minus rank insignia instead of Type 65 as depicted in game.
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*The Red Guard was planned to have a bayonet to stab other infantry and this feature is fully finished, just not implemented in-game. Some mods have enabled this feature.
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* Sounds within Generals' audio archives prove that Red Guards could be upgraded with Stun Bullets, Functioning similarly to the [[flash-bang grenades]] deployed by Rangers, they would have incapacitated hostile infantry. Inadvertently, the stun bullets were removed at the same time of weeding out the POW logic.
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* "Conscripts" were the likely predecessors of the Red Guard unit. While only a cameo picture (as shown in gallery) and incomplete model are available inside General's files, the Conscript looked much more modern and similar in appearance to actual PLA ground infantry.
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** Ironically, the cameo image of 'conscripts' is taken from a Taiwanese military exercise.
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** Doubly ironically, Taiwan actually enforced conscription whereas mainland China didn't for very long.
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* Unused unit quotes in the game files suggests some kind of protection suits similar to the American Chemical Suits were planned for the Infantry General, and in fact there's commented out code which would add the Chemical Suits upgrade to Infantry General's Propaganda Center. In the end, it was scrapped.
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* [[Tsing Shi Tao|Nuclear General Tao]] was supposed to have his own version of the Red Guard called the Nuclear Red Guard, which is armed with a rocket launcher firing tactical nuclear rockets similar to the Tank Hunter, but it was scrapped for unknown reasons. Unlike the Tank Hunter and Nuke Cannon variants, however, no cameo exists within the game files for this unit.
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** How they would have differed from the nuclear Tank Hunters is unknown, however
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Generals Red Guard Parade.jpg|Red Guard parade in [[Beijing]] during [[The Dragon Awakes]]
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WEB CHEMIN 5171 1259232241.jpg|Concept art
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GensBayonet.png|Red Guard bayonet icon
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CNCG Conscript Cameo.png|The original Conscript cameo
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GensZHConscript.png|The original Conscript model
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Gen1 Red Guard German Icons.jpg|Final in-game icon
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</gallery>
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==
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* [[Minigunner (Zero Hour)|Mini-gunner]], [[Shin Fai]] variant
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* [[Attack dog (Red Alert 3)]]
  
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* [[Ranger (Generals)|Ranger]], [[United States of America (Generals)|American]] counterpart
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* [[Ursa Major]]
  
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* [[Rebel]], GLA counterpart
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{{Red Alert 3 Soviet Arsenal}}
  
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* [[Stealth rebel]], [[Kassad|Prince Kassad]] counterpart
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[[Category:Red Alert 3 infantry]]
  
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* [[Toxin rebel]], [[Dr. Thrax]] counterpart
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[[Category:Animals]]
  
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==References==
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<references />
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{{Generals 1 Chinese Arsenal}}
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[[Category:Generals 1 infantry]]

Revision as of 08:15, 27 August 2023

“ We stand together!
- Red Guards entering the battlefield 		”

The Red Guards were the basic infantry of the Chinese Army during the War against the GLA.

Background

“ Defenders of peace!
- The Red Guards' job description. 		”

Chinese infantry combat doctrine dictates that riflemen should emphasize on accuracy and firepower, rather than rate of fire. As a result, aged but reliable bolt-action rifles[1], firing more powerful rounds, than M16A2s, carried by USA's Rangers or AK47-type rifles, carried by GLA's Rebels, are kept as standard issues for basic PLA soldiers well into the 21st century. In game, those semi-automatic rifles can indeed deal more damage per shot than light infantry's standard assault rifles used by rival factions.

Their low rate of fire was countered by numbers, as they were trained in pairs at a Barracks or deployed in fireteams of eight with each Troop Crawler at the China War Factory. They could also garrison buildings and be trained to capture buildings at a Barracks. In groups of 5 or more, Red Guard would experience a "Horde Effect" that greatly boosted morale and, by extension, fighting prowess.

General Shin Fai uses a variant of the Red Guard called the Mini-Gunner.

Abilities

“ We will claim it for China!
- Red Guard capturing buildings 		”
CNCG Building Capture Cameo
 Capture Building Allows Red Guard to capture neutral and hostile structures.

Upgrades

“ Nationalism will bring us victory!
- Red Guards talking about the Nationalism upgrade 		”
Upgrade china red guard training Red Guard Training All Red Guards were built as veterans. Purchasable at the General's promotion menu by generals of any rank.
CNCG Building Capture Cameo Capture Building Trained Red Guards to capture enemy and neutral structures. Purchasable any Barracks for a cost of $1000.
Nationalism icon Nationalism Red Guards' horde bonus was increased by 25%. Purchasable at the Propaganda Center for a cost of $2000.

Game Unit

Strategy

“ Foreign devils!
- Red Guards engaging enemies of China 		”

As they were so quick to train, they could be deployed in sufficient numbers to overwhelm enemy infantry by attrition, particularly early in a conflict. The Red Guard Training process could give them an additional edge over enemy infantry. They were particularly effective against GLA Terrorist rushes, as Chinese generals would not be able to have a sufficiently effective counter against them until they had established a War Factory.

Red Guard could also be used to cheaply give a horde bonus to Tank Hunters or Battlemasters by keeping them together in large squads. This made it more difficult for the enemy to break the bonus or target just the Tank Hunters. Care had to be taken to ensure that the faster Red Guard did not separate from the Tank Hunters while moving or fighting. In sufficient numbers with the horde effect they were surprisingly fast at taking down structures, making them a cheap alternative to destroying buildings if no tank hunters are on hand.

When playing as General Kwai, it is more cost effective to train them from the War Factory rather than from the barracks, both due to the higher cost of infantry and the lower cost of his vehicles (including the pre-loaded Troop Crawlers).

Being China's basic infantry, the Red Guard were capable of being upgraded with the proper equipment to capture buildings. While China's elite operatives were also capable of capturing buildings, the Red Guard could do so much earlier in conflicts, and because they were trained in pairs, could also capture far more buildings at once. This also had the added bonus of making the capturing process harder to interrupt, as most weapons would have to kill twice the amount of infantry to halt it.

Counters

“ China, save us!
- A dying Red Guard 		”

Individually, Red Guard were a poor match for the infantry of other factions. As with all, they were easy prey for anti-infantry weapons such as the GLA Quad Cannon. Flash-bang grenades could easily dispatch Red Guards, as they often clumped together to generate Horde bonuses. Toxin and nuclear weaponry also took their toll on them, since Red Guards lacked any kind of biohazard protection. Like all other basic infantry (excluding their elite counterparts), they could not target aircraft, and gunships such as the American Comanche could cut down even hordes of Red Guards if not dealt with.

Selected Quotes

“ We stand together!
- When emerging from the Barracks 		”
“ Defenders of peace!
- When selected 		”
“ The people's army.
- When selected 		”
“ We are the Red Guard!
- When selected 		”
“ Standing attention.
- When selected 		”
“ Ready for orders.
- When selected 		”
“ Yes?
- When selected 		”
“ Understood.
- When moving 		”
“ Right away.
- When moving 		”
“ Yes, sir.
- When moving 		”
“ Immediately.
- When moving 		”
“ Moving now, sir.
- When moving 		”
“ Attack!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ Enemies of the state!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ For the Republic!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ We will shoot them down!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ Foreign devils!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ The Middle Kingdom!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ They cannot destroy China!
- When ordered to attack with rifle 		”
“ Subdue the cowards!
- When ordered to attack with stun bullets 		”
“ Knock them out!
- When ordered to attack with stun bullets 		”
“ They will give up!
- When ordered to attack with stun bullets 		”
“ Surrender, now!
- When ordered to attack with stun bullets 		”
“ Bow to China!
- When ordered to attack with stun bullets 		”
“ China! Save us!
- Under fire 		”
“ Help, help!
- Under fire 		”
“ China will not forget me!
- Under fire 		”
“ They're attacking!
- Under fire 		”
“ We're losing ground!
- Under fire 		”
“ That building looks safe.
- When ordered to garrison building 		”
“ We will station there.
- When ordered to garrison building 		”
“ Hole up in that building.
- When ordered to garrison building 		”
“ We fight from high place.
- When ordered to garrison building 		”
“ Garrison the building.
- When ordered to garrison building 		”
“ Machine guns ready!
- When ordered to use rifle 		”
“ Rifle ready, sir!
- When ordered to use rifle 		”
“ Gun ready!
- When ordered to use rifle 		”
“ We will claim it for China!
- When ordered to capture building 		”
“ Raise the red flag!
- When ordered to capture building 		”
“ Expanding China's borders.
- When ordered to capture building 		”
“ China can use this.
- When ordered to capture building 		”
“ China can now use this building!
- After captured building 		”
“ This building is ours!
- After captured building 		”
“ We have captured the building, sir!
- After captured building 		”
“ Building captured!
- After captured building 		”
“ We have the building now!
- After captured building 		”
“ General, our base is under attack!
- When the base is under attack 		”
“ They're attacking our base!
- When the base is under attack 		”
“ Our base is being attacked!
- When the base is under attack 		”
“ China is under attack!
- When the base is under attack 		”
“ General, they took our building from us!
- When enemy captured building 		”
“ General, they have captured our building!
- When enemy captured building 		”
“ General, they have control of our building!
- When enemy captured building 		”
“ We surrender!
- When surrender 		”
“ Don't hurt us!
- When surrender 		”
“ We throw down our weapons!
- When surrender 		”
“ We give up!
- When surrender 		”
“ Let us live!
- When surrender 		”
“ Stun bullets are ready, sir!
- When the cut stun bullets upgrade is complete 		”
“ Nationalism will give us victory!
- When the Nationalism upgrade is completed 		”

Cut Nuclear Red Guard quotes

“ Radiation rockets ready for launching!
- When selected 		”
“ Nuclear energy will destroy them!
- When selected 		”
“ The radiation will flow!
- When selected 		”
“ They won't be able to take it!
- When ordered to attack 		”
“ Fry them!
- When ordered to attack 		”
“ Melt the enemy!
- When ordered to attack 		”

Cut quotes for the Chemical Suits upgrade

“ Thank you, sir, for the chemical suits!
- When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete 		”
“ These new chemical suits will keep us alive!
- When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete 		”
“ General, the new chemical suits have just arrived!
- When the Chemical Suit upgrade is complete 		”

Trivia

  • Red Guard's appearance is consistent with a Chinese soldier from the Cultural Revolution to early 1980s wearing the then much-loved (by the enlisted) rankless Type 65 uniform.
  • The unit icon shows them to be armed with an AK type rifle as evident by the front sight, however, as per game's official Red Guard are stated to use bolt action rifles, likely Mosin-Nagant copies that is aligned with them firing their weapons only in single shots in game.
  • Red Guard's concept art depicts them armed with MG42 machinegun and M1911 pistols.
  • The term 'Red Guard' originated during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, although borrowed from Russian Bolsheviks, whose Red Guard existed in 1917 before being supplanted by a professional Red Army. The real-life Red Guards were groups of students organized by Mao Zedong in an attempt to keep the Communist Revolution alive. These Red Guards were made to discredit the right-wing opponents of the Maoist revolutionary leadership. However, due to the widespread trouble spread by the Red Guards, Chairman Mao was compelled to forcibly disband this radical student organization and send them to the countryside as rural labourers. In the Chinese context, the term 'Red Guards' were not related to Chinese armed forces in any way.
    • Since real life Red Guards were not regular PLA combatants, it's more likely they would've worn Type 55 uniforms minus rank insignia instead of Type 65 as depicted in game.
  • The Red Guard was planned to have a bayonet to stab other infantry and this feature is fully finished, just not implemented in-game. Some mods have enabled this feature.
  • Sounds within Generals' audio archives prove that Red Guards could be upgraded with Stun Bullets, Functioning similarly to the flash-bang grenades deployed by Rangers, they would have incapacitated hostile infantry. Inadvertently, the stun bullets were removed at the same time of weeding out the POW logic.
  • "Conscripts" were the likely predecessors of the Red Guard unit. While only a cameo picture (as shown in gallery) and incomplete model are available inside General's files, the Conscript looked much more modern and similar in appearance to actual PLA ground infantry.
    • Ironically, the cameo image of 'conscripts' is taken from a Taiwanese military exercise.
    • Doubly ironically, Taiwan actually enforced conscription whereas mainland China didn't for very long.
  • Unused unit quotes in the game files suggests some kind of protection suits similar to the American Chemical Suits were planned for the Infantry General, and in fact there's commented out code which would add the Chemical Suits upgrade to Infantry General's Propaganda Center. In the end, it was scrapped.
  • Nuclear General Tao was supposed to have his own version of the Red Guard called the Nuclear Red Guard, which is armed with a rocket launcher firing tactical nuclear rockets similar to the Tank Hunter, but it was scrapped for unknown reasons. Unlike the Tank Hunter and Nuke Cannon variants, however, no cameo exists within the game files for this unit.
    • How they would have differed from the nuclear Tank Hunters is unknown, however

Gallery

  • Red Guard parade in Beijing during The Dragon Awakes

    Red Guard parade in Beijing during The Dragon Awakes

  • Concept art

    Concept art

  • Red Guard bayonet icon

    Red Guard bayonet icon

  • The original Conscript cameo

    The original Conscript cameo

  • The original Conscript model

    The original Conscript model

  • Final in-game icon

    Final in-game icon

See also

References

  1. ↑ Command & Conquer: Generals manual.
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