History Characters / CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeriesAlliedUnits

* CoolGuns: The sidebar icon in-game depicts Rocket soldier armed with M72 LAW, while according to manuals side materials, they use M47 Dragons and FIM-43 Redeyes.

* CoolGuns: Each of the [=GIs=] is equipped with what appears to be a Spectre submachine gun which they used on foot.

* CompositeCharacter: In ''Red Alert 2'', they gain the Thief's ability to steal money if they infiltrate into an Ore Refinery. In ''Red Alert 3'', Their bribe ability also gives them a form of the Yuri Clone's mind control, limited by your cash reserves.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Peacekeepers look more like riot police then front-line soldiers. Their primary weapon is a ShortRangeShotgun, but they also have a metal shield that they can deploy to protect against bullets, while they slowly walk towards the target in order to unleash their weapon. It evene prevent them from getting 1-hit killed by ninjas and Tesla troopers. They are still vulnerable to sniper attacks such as Spies and Natasha, however it will take several shots to bring down a shield-protected Peacekeeper.

* SleevesAreForWimps: Being a soldier, Javelin soldiers almost completely covers their body, but still leaves their sculpted arms on display.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Unlike in ''Red Alert 2'' where the only difference between them and the Soviet Engineers aside from graphics was their voicelines, the Allied Engineers now have the ability to deploy a tent that let's them heal friendly infantry within it's radius.

* ShoutOut: One of their lines has them exclaim "Keen as mustard!" which is likely to be a reference to Keen's Mustard, an Australian brand of Mustard. Fitting, given that their pilots are all aussies.

* SimpleYetAwesome: Their only two abilities are to freeze things solid, which causes everything but prism weaponry to destroy them in one hit, and to shrink things, which can be used to speed up Prospectors, Sputniks, and [=MCVs=] while also letting your units crush even Apocalypse Tanks while reducing their attack power to nothing.

* ActionBomb: When carrying a Crazy Ivan, Chrono Ivan, or Terrorist, IFV become a variant of the Demolition Truck which blows up and spread radiation.

* BoringButPractical: Putting an Attack Dog in an IFV doesn't change its weapon, but it DOES give the IFV the spy detection range of the dog.
* DualModeUnit: The IFV could carry a single infantryman, and swapped out its missiles for a different weapon depending on which trooper was in it.

* JackOfAllStats: The adaptation system allows the IFV to quickly be equipped to handle almost any problem efficiently. It is generally not better than an equivalent vehicle with the same role, however.

Equipped with a high-powered machine gun, Seals are excellent against enemy infantry and can defend themselves against naval vessels as well. Like Tanya, Seals use C4 charges to detonate enemy structures and vessels, but are unable to do the same with land vehicles.

* WeaksauceWeakness: In all games, attack dogs and their equivalents, as they are the only units that will attack a disguised Spy on their own. In ''Yuri's Revenge'' they are completely useless against a Yuri player because all their psychic units and buildings can see through disguises and mind control a disguised Spy as soon as he gets into their range.

** In ''Red Alert 2'', spies can disguise themselves as Rocketeers, Chrono Ivan, Chrono Commandos, and Chrono Legionnaires. However, these units do not walk (Rocketeers fly, the Chrono units do a FlashStep). However, [[DevelopersForesight the game includes walking animations for these units just in case a spy should choose them for a disguise]]. While an A.I opponent won't notice this unless it trains attack dogs, it's ''very'' unlikely a human opponent will fall for this. If you see Rocketeers or Legionnaires ''walking'' around, it's definitely a spy.

** In ''Red Alert 2'', spies can disguise themselves as Rocketeers, Chrono Ivan, Chrono Commandos, and Chrono Legionnaires. However, these units do not walk (Rocketeers fly, the Chrono units do a FlashStep). However, [[DevelopersForesight the game includes walking animations for these two units just in case a spy should choose them for a disguise]]. While an A.I opponent won't notice this unless it trains attack dogs, it's ''very'' unlikely a human opponent will fall for this. If you see Rocketeers or Legionnaires ''walking'' around, it's definitely a spy.

* MakeMeWannaShout: The Dolphin has an amplified sonic weapon as an actual damaging attack that can take out boats if they attack in groups.

* BoringButPractical: Their special ability is that they're able to deploy into a field hospital in the form of a tent that heals nearby infantry. They're the only unit in the game that can do this.

* {{Irony}}: When they're loaded in a Multigunner IFV, they're able to repair friendly vehicles, in exchange for losing their signature ability of deploying into a field hospital to heal friendly infantry within it's raidus.

* InstantWinCondition: Absolute hell pretty much comes to it if the player builds a lot of these units. Heaven forbid if the enemy has insufficient anti-air units and defenses.

* MightyGlacier: Subverted from its LightningBruiser status as it is the slowest aircraft in the Allied arsenal but it's ungodly tough (Only augmented by its self-repair feature and the Allies being able to enhance it with Advanced aeronautics), and capable of leveling entire bases on it's own.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Dolphin has an amplified sonic weapon that fire rapidly and are effective against all type of ships and damage multiple targets at once.

* DreadlockRasta: Their pilots all have carribean accents.

* MilitaryMashUpMachine: The Assault Destroyer is an ''amphibious battleship''. Not a battleship-sized tank on treads, but a literal [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc_gamepedia_en/images/2/21/Assault_Destroyer_land.png battleship on treads]].

* {{Irony}}: When they're loaded in a Multigunner IFV, they're able to repair friendly vehicles, in exchange for losing their signature ability of healing friendly infantry within the radius of it's effect.

* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: Cryo Legionnaires are taken from the ranks of the Peacekeepers (the Allies' basic infantry, essentially SWAT teams with military-grade training), taking only the best of the best, and then ''those'' best of the best are further tested in arctic conditions for years until they can be deployed. However, Futuretech wants only the kind of SociopathicSoldier who can freeze enemies helpless and then deliberately jump into them to kill them, so the physical aspect might not be as important as the mental.

* LightningBruiser: Surprisingly faster than regular infantrymen while on foot.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: To a degree. They're unique in that while their primary attack doesn't damage things, their Boost Kick allows them to destroy anything that they freeze, and are the only unit in the game to function like this.

* SweetHomeAlabama: The pilots of these units all have thick southern accents and are all [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]].

* MakeMeWannaShout: When carrying an Attack Dog or War Bear, its default missile launcher converts to loudspeakers that amplify the dog's/bear's barks/roars and stun the targeted infantry when the vehicle is ordered to attack.

* FootballHooligans: Guardian Tank was crewed by them. Given that Allied base soldiers are upgunned riot police...

* StiffUpperLip: They all have very thick Cockney accents and never really panic.

* MeaningfulName: The Athena Cannon is named for the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, and it is a technologically advanced weapon system operated by a woman.

* {{Foil}}: To the Apocalypse Tank. They're both some of the largest armored vehicles in their respective factions which both have alternate modes, and they also both are distinctive for their twin weapons, with the main differences being that the Pacifier FAV wields anti-infantry miniguns, immobilizes itself to attack from a distance in it's weapons platform form, while the Apocalypse Tank has two anti-armor cannons, and drags other units near it to attack up-close with it's grinders with it's Magnetic Harpoon while retaining it's mobility. The personalities of their pilots are also opposites, as the Pacifier pilots are dead serious and exist in a constant state of TranquilFury, while the Apocalypse Tank pilots are sadistically cruel and often laugh and mock their enemies. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They also quote two well known political figures, in the form of]] UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev.

* SplashDamage: It does more damage per shot than an Apocalypse Tank or King Oni, and its have a huge area of effect that even hits aerial units, at the cost of a slower rate of fire, even though it can't actually target them. As a result, while it will come out heavily damaged against the Apocalypse Tank and King Oni one-on-one, it will do better in massed assaults, as each [=FutureTank=] hits the entire enemy formation at once.

* BoringButPractical: Not as flashy as other ground attack aircraft but arguably the most useful. Its ability to attack while moving also makes them less vulnerable to opposing anti-air fire. There's also the strategy of simply creating many airbases all at once to create an entire horde of them, which is nothing too flashy but is capable of destroying multiple structures in one go depending on how many they are.

!!!Spy

* DifficultButAwesome: Their ability to infiltrate buildings. It consistently gives a great advantage to the player infiltrating the buildings, whether it be temporarily disabling the power by infiltrating a power structure, giving the corresponding units a veteran bonus if they infiltrate an Infantry or Armor facility in ''Red Alert 2'', or temporarily disabling the corresponding buildings they infiltrate in ''Red Alert 3'', which the additional bonus of infiltrating Tier 3 tech structures causing any Tier 3 unit to temporarily become disabled, which not only changes the game by rendering a horde of Apocalypse Tanks or King Oni accompanied by Wave-Force Artilleries defensless, but also instantly kills any Tier 3 Aerial Unit, which means you don't even have to risk a fleet of Apollo Fighters against a fleet of Kirovs being escorted by [=MiG=]'s. The problem with this is that it is very easy to counter Spies just by using scout units, which are incredibly cheap, or using walls, which are also incredibly cheap, to block off any structure, whether it be a power structure, a Construction Yard, or a production or tech structure as well.

!!!Rocket Soldier

!!!Thief

!!!Medic

!!!Field Mechanic

!!!Ranger

!!!Light Tank

!!!Medium Tank

!!!Anti-tank Minelayer

* LandMineGoesClick: Its mines are very dangerous and powerful. One can badly damage a Heavy Tank, destroy a V2 rocket launcher and do moderate damage to a Mammoth Tank.

!!!Artillery

!!!APC

!!!Radar Jammer

!!!Chrono Tank

!!!Mobile Gap Generator

!!!Phase Transport

!!!Longbow

!!!Gunboat

!!!Destroyer

!!!Cruiser

!!!GI

!!!Sniper

* NationalWeapon: The Snipers are Britain's unique infantry.

!!!Guardian GI

!!!Rocketeer

!!!Navy SEAL

* PoorMansSubstitute: [[invoked]] Subverted '''''HARD'''''. They may be a cheaper, mass produceable version of Tanya that can only blow up structures and naval vessels with their [=C4=] charges, as well as being vulnerable to mind control, but they're a NIGHTMARE when in large numbers due to these abilities combined with their powerful [=MP5=]'s, as well as having the rest of Tanya's abilities, such as being able to swim through water. Combined with some anti-air and some anti-armor units, and you've got yourself a practically unbeatable squadron.

!!!Chrono Legionnaire

!!!Chrono Commando

!!!IFV

!!!Grizzly Tank

!!!Chrono Miner

* {{Teleportation}}: Its teleport ability is useful when an enemy starts attacking it. When a Terror Drone attacks a Chrono Miner, it will be left behind when the Miner teleports back to base.

!!!Mirage Tank

!!!Robot Tank

!!!Battle Fortress

* MightyGlacier: Heavily armored, and garrisoning means it can easily out gun actual tanks, but it's extremely slow.

!!!Prism Tank

!!!Tank Destroyer

* AntiVehicle: It has a large anti-tank cannon mounted on a flexible, tracked platform, which is capable of easily destroying enemy tanks, even punching through the heavy armor of the Apocalypse tanks and ore miners like War miners and Slave miners.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Tank Destroyer does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, with a unique attack type that does very heavy damage to tanks, but hardly does a scratch on buildings and infantry (although it can still run over them). Even against tanks, it's vulnerable to flanking thanks to its fixed turret. There are also some vehicles it actually loses against, such as Apocalypse Tanks, Battle Fortresses (depends on the composition) and, surprisingly enough, Slave Miners.

* NationalWeapon: The Tank Destroyers are Germany's unique vehicles.

!!![=NightHawk=] Transport

!!!Harrier

!!!Black Eagle

* NationalWeapon: The Black Eagles are Korea's unique aircraft.

!!!Dolphin

!!!Destroyer

!!!Aegis Cruiser

!!!Aircraft Carrier

!!!Peacekeeper

!!!Javelin Soldier

!!!Allied Engineer

!!!Cryo Legionnaire

!!!Prospector

* WorkerUnit: Gathers ore to facilitate the player's economy. It's also doubles as a constructor, since it can transform into a Command Hub and allow new buildings to be built nearby.

!!!Multigunner IFV

!!!Riptide ACV

!!!MBT-X8 Guardian Tank

* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: They all have thick Cockney accents.

* SupportPartyMember: Using the target designator disables the gun, but greatly increases damage done by other units.

!!!Athena Cannon

!!!Mirage Tank

* CompositeCharacter: Combines elements from several elements of the Allied arsenal in ''Red Alert 2''. It uses the same weaponry as the advanced anti-ground defense, like the Prism Tank, can disguise as an ordinary object when immobile as that game's Mirage Tank (and has a fixed turret too), its weapon is effective against ''all'' ground targets like both combined, and its ability to cloak nearby allied units is named after the Gap Generator. It does, however, lack the range of either unit, being fairly short in comparison.

!!!Pacifier FAV

* MoreDakka: A nasty surprise to any commando that decides to try and take them down.

!!![=FutureTank=] X-1

!!!Vindicator

!!!Apollo Fighter

!!!Cryocopter

!!!Century Bomber

!!!Harbinger Gunship

!!!Dolphin

* TheArtifact: Since the Soviets no longer use Giant Squids, the Dolphin is repurposed as a general naval scouting unit, being available immediately for production (as opposed to requiring a Battle Lab to unlock).

!!!Hydrofoil

!!!Assault Destroyer

* UnrealisticBlackHole: The Assault Destroyer is equipped with black hole armor, a magnetic force field that alters the trajectory of nearby enemy fire toward the ship. This allows the destroyer to absorb fire that would otherwise impact less durable friendly units. The armor only works on material weapons such as bullets, shells, and missiles. It has no effect on beam-type weaponry such as lasers and tesla-bolts.

!!!Aircraft Carrier

* DroneDeployer: The Aircraft Carrier doesn't attack by itself and serves as a platform for Sky Knight to bombard enemy units from afar.

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* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Creator/SteveBlum.

** In ''Red Alert 1'', infiltrating an enemy Radar Dome will allow you to see all enemy units and what they see (including stealth units like submarines), basically revealing the shroud for you over time. This can be handy in the earlier single-player missions before you access the Tech Center with Spy Satellite. It's also noteworthy that the spies in ''Red Alert 1'' are quite quick compared to their successors.

** In ''Red Alert 1'', infiltrating an enemy Radar Dome will allow you to see all enemy units and what they see (including stealth units like submarines), basically revealing the shroud for you over time. This can be handy in the earlier single-player missions before you access the Tech Center with Spy Satellite.
** In ''Red Alert 2'', they actually subvert this for your enemy. Infiltrating an enemy Radar Tower, Psychic Tower, or Air Force Command will sabotage their radar and reset the shroud. It's more of a nuisance if anything. Of course, [[TheAllSeeingAI the A.I is never fazed by this]] and the Allied Spy Satellite Uplink can nullify this anyway.
** In ''Red Alert 3'', there is no more "shroud" anymore covering the map. However, infiltrating an enemy Construction Yard will permently reveal the fog of war around the structure and keep it revealed until it is destroyed or sold.

* OffModel: The cameo of the Mirage Tank shows it as having a rotating turret, which is not the case in-game.

* FakeBalance: Cruisers were intended to be balanced by their slow speed and the inaccuracy of their cannons so that sieging a base isn't a total cakewalk and Submarines stand a chance of sinking them. In practice, a seasoned player can overcome the inaccuracy by forcing fire into specific spots, and whatever the explosive shells hit either takes heavy damage or is obliterated outright. Even Submarines are in danger from Cruiser fire as proper force-firing onto the right spots will allow the player to counter attack subs for devastating damage, while Destroyers or Gunboats can finish off stragglers. While [=MIGs=] are supposedly one of their counters, each MIG costs $1200 and requires its own $600 Airfield to land and reload VS $2000 for each Cruiser. There is also the issue of Cruisers being limited by how much water is on a map, with water-heavy maps making Cruisers even more effective.

* FakeBalance: Sandbagged GI. They may be immobile, but they easily overcome this when they settle down near an enemy base, pulling out their absurdly powerful machine guns, that can destroy tanks in good numbers. A bunch of them trained well can stop any enemy player's assault because once a unit is constructed, it is already destroyed.

* FakeBalance: Guardian [=GIs=] might not be much for killing infantry but when deployed, there's simply no way to force them out of their holes because while the massive firepower of massed [=GIs=] could be offset by suicide-rushing tanks at them in order to crush the immobile soldiers, deployed Guardian [=GIs=] are uncrushable and have anti-tank weapons.

* FakeBalance: In ''Yuri's Revenge''. You basically get the ability to use mass-produced [[HeroUnit Tanya]] as soon as you build the Airforce HQ. The only perks Tanya has over them is higher resilience, [[ImmuneToMindControl immunity to mind control]], and being able to blow up vehicles with her [=C4=].

* FakeBalance: While retaining the NAVY SEAL's vulnerability to vehicles and mind control, being difficult to acquire (requiring a Spy to infiltrate an Allied Battle Lab, a building that is zealously protected) and being the most expensive infantry unit in the game (at $2000), Chrono Commandos are one of the most dangerous infantry units in the entire game. Their chrono shifting movement gives them unparalelled mobility to decimate infantry and deploy [=C4=] charges on buildings, and not even anti-infantry defensive structures are safe as they are instantly destroyed, unlike regular [=NAVY SEALs=] or Tanya. Also, they can be mass-produced: a group of Chrono Commandos can disable an entire base before you can even notice.

* FakeBalance: While it costs more than the Athena Cannon, it's nowhere near as fragile, it's '''amphibious''' (which lets them bombard bases from unsuspecting locations), deals SplashDamage with its attack, and can even use twin miniguns to deal with infantry if needed. And, despite all of this, it's available as soon as Tier ''2'', earlier than the Athena Cannon.

* FakeBalance: It costs more than the other Tier 3 armor units, and will only barely emerge the victor in a direct fight. This would make it AwesomeButImpractical, if not for the massive splash damage radious that allows it hit masses of enemies at once. This allows a single [=FutureTank=] to lay waste to Tier 2 armor units by the half dozen, and for groups of them to easily win against groups of Tier 3 armor units even when outnumbered. This attack even hits air units despite the [=FutureTank=] not being able to target them. On top of this it has a fast recharging OneHitKO ability.

* FakeBalance: The Harbinger may be extremely expensive, far away in the tech tree and somewhat slow, but that hardly matters. It is basically a flying fortress that tanks even the strongest anti-air attacks as if they were nothing. Infantry divisions die like flies to its chain guns, and is even effective against light vehicles. The Harbinger has collider cannons that destroy armored units in usually no more than two hits - only the Giga Fortress could survive a second attack (Which is out of the question [[OhCrap if there is a second Harbinger]]), and even then the Giga Fortress needs to hit at least ''four'' times to down a Harbinger, so it loses one-on-one anyways. The best part of all of this? The Harbinger ''does not have to refuel''. It just stays in the air for as long as it wants, decimating anything of a different colour. The best way to defend against a Harbinger attack is preventing them from being built. While slow, it's still faster than the Kirov, so it's not much of a weakness, and it has decent range for both its guns so it doesn't have to get nearly as close to its targets as other air units.

* {{Expy}}: Of Mr. Freeze in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and to a lesser extent, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

* CoolPlane: Its Sky Night fighters.