Ta Hun Kwai

General Ta Hun Kwai was a Chinese General (Class AAA), serving in the People's Liberation Army during GLA Conflict.
==Background==
The 51 year oldGenerals Zero Hour, generals.csf, GUI:BioDOBEntry_Pos4 General Ta Hun Kwai is convinced that the People's Liberation Army will see its greatest military successes in this century through the view holes of its tank divisions. A disciple of Soviet tank tactics of the Cold War, General Kwai has produced technical papers on various modifications to them. He has initiated development of techniques to reduce the costs of tank production and has sponsored the Emperor program, whose first tanks rolled off the assembly line in 2013. Considered part of the old guard in the PLA hierarchy, General Ta nevertheless continues to roll up victory after victory in battle.Generals: Zero Hour manual
Stationed at Base Rat, Jinan, China, General Kwai's Combat Number is 9999-322436-5.
==In-game==
=== Overview ===
Ta Hun Kwai has an aggressive and straightforward play style centered around basic rush tactics and mass ground attacks, with his infantry and aircraft serving in support. He can gain the upper hand early n the absence of air units and artillery with basic offense vehicles (Battlemasters, Gatling Tanks, and Dragon Tanks) that cost cheaper than their standard counterparts without sacrificing firepower. Kwai can ultimately overwhelm opponents with massive waves of armor and sheer weight of fire. This also makes him a decent AI opponent, since his force composition does not require creative strategies. 
However, without the player's creativity, an AI-controlled Kwai is also rather predictable and easy to prepare against for most opponents. The enormous cost of producing the number of units necessary for his strategy to work means that, when playing as Kwai, it is vital that the player establish secure long-term income sources before supplies on the map are depleted.
Kwai has a very serious shortcoming in that he completely lacks any siege units. This deficiency cannot be easily remedied with tactical aircraft, which suffer a cost penalty. Lack of artillery and a costly air force put him at a disadvantage in a long-range battle or in restricted terrain. As a result of his standard strategy of slow, large scale, predictable ground attacks, the tank general runs the risk of exhausting his resources more than other PLA Generals. In order to breach enemy defenses that are too strong for his armor alone, Ta Hun Kwai must must rely on Chinese General's Powers, support Aircraft, or Superweapons.
===Units===
*Red Guards/Tank Hunters cost more ($300->$375)
*Hackers costs more ($625->$780)
*Black Lotus costs more ($1500->$1875)
*MiG costs more ($1200->$1600)
*Helix costs more ($1500->$1750)
*Emperor replaces Overlord
**Costs less ($2000->$1900, equipped with Propaganda Tower not affected by Subliminal Messaging, and can only be upgraded with a Gatling Cannon).
*Battlemasters, Gattling Tanks and Dragon Tanks cost less ($800->$700).
*Battlemasters, Gattling Tanks, Dragon Tanks, ECM Tanks and Emperors are produced as Veterans. 
* Autoloader available at Propaganda Center, allowing Battlemasters to fire in three-round bursts.
===General's powers===
* Tank Drop replaces Cash Hack
* Emergency Repair level 1 available at 1-star
* Carpet Bombing available at 5-star instead of 3-star.
* Battlemaster Elite Training replaces Artillery Training.
===Limitations===
* No access to Inferno Cannons or Nuke Cannons.
==General's challenge==
==Quotes==
== Trivia==
*In the Taiwanese version of Zero Hour, his name was translated as "寬大漢". Both the original name and translation are just senseless in Chinese for it was neither Wade-Giles romanization nor Pinyin. 
**The Chinese Pinyin pronunciation of Kwai's name sounds like "Ta Hen Kuai" (他很快, lit. "He's very fast"), perhaps a play on words on his rush tactics. Since none of the characters in his name match actual Chinese characters, his name was most likely chosen as a joke.
*In the worldbuilder script for his general's challenge, whenever his credits fall below 1000, 5000 credits are added. This gives him effectively infinite credits. No other general gets this.
*He seems to be armed with an . This is suiting, as he prefers heavier equipment.
*The tank behind him in his portraits is a /, recognisable by the three square armor plates on the side skirt and the stowage boxes on the side of the turret. None of these tanks is in service in the Chinese army.
*There were unused variant models of the 3 main offense tanks which never reached the final cut of the game. One of Kwai's dialogues (asking if the player is "impressed with his modifications to his tanks") hints that he was supposed to have access to these variants in contradiction to the Emperor tank being the only improved variant in his arsenal.
==Gallery ==
GenZH_Kwai_Mugshot_3.png|Victorious
GenZH Kwai Mughsot.png|Defeated
ZH Kwai German Version.jpg|Portrait (German version)
ZH Kwai Defeat German Version.jpg|Defeated (German version)
==Videos==
==See also==
*General Shin Fai, Chinese Infantry General
*General Tsing Shi Tao, Chinese Nuke General
*General Leang, Everything
==References==
Category:Zero Hour characters
Category:Chinese characters
ru:Та Хун Квай