Red Brigade

**Key Features** | »RPGL-7 with APHE rockets»Protective flak jacket and garrison cap»Moustache trimmer (well used)»Hand-stitched jacket with personalized nametag»Slightly confusing blue armbands

*"I can't believe they trust me with this stuff."*

- Bemused Red Brigade
## Tactical Analysis

* **A cut above the rest**: Often attached to squads of Conscripts, Red Brigades are far better trained than their Flak Trooper counterpart. They are armed with RPGL-7 launchers which can be fired over obstacles and are excellent at smashing light vehicles and sending infantry sprawling.

* **Smokescreen**: In addition, Red Brigades always have a supply of smoke grenades, which they can use to create smokescreens that protect those within from being attacked, although they are unable to fire out.

* **Arcing trajectory**: Unlike the Flak Troopers, the RPGL-7 does not have the range to hit aircraft, so Red Brigades can't fight off any aerial attacks, leave that to the Flak Troopers. In addition, their additional training means that they cost considerably more than Conscripts.

* **Clustered target**: Elite Red Brigades have been trusted with the more dangerous cluster grenades for both ammunitions, which contain multiple bomblets that disperse across the target area, devastating multiple ground units and creating a large smoke cloud.

## Background

 File:Grenadier.jpg  Among the ranks of Soviet conscripts there are those who are level-headed, brave, cautious and attentive enough to answer a higher calling then that of a mere Conscript, yet have missed their shot at getting out of the infantry. These individuals are trained to a higher standard than their comrades; those who have survived long enough and shown enough skill in battle are separated from their fellow Conscripts and sent on a gruelling two week journey of intense training. By the end of this crash course, they are changed. No longer merely conscripts, they are now... The **Red Brigades**.

Compared to their sorry comrades, Red Brigades are the height of military discipline and efficiency. Their backs ramrod straight, their weapons by their sides and dark blue armbands in prominent view, Red Brigades stand above their comrades as shining examples. Unlike Conscripts, Red Brigades have actual ranks and uniforms, and are far better trained and versed in combat. Most fight in Red Brigade divisions, proper military units far more effective than ill trained masses of Conscripts. And recently equipped with much more effective armour and a high visibility armoured gas mask, both of which came from the analysis of the armour used by the Black Guard of Cherdenko (and the realisation that much of the Soviet Union's absurdist technological advancement came from Cherdenko's timeline). This makes them more resilient and once the upgrade is distributed, protects them from RBC attack, something of great importance as China quickly becomes the Union's highest concern.

However, to inspire other Conscripts to strive for to attain the position of a Red Brigade, a sizeable number of Red Brigade are attached to Conscript formations. Here, they serve as squad leaders and role models for Conscripts to look up to. In battle, these Red Brigades usually carry RPGL-7s, weapons capable of supporting their comrades with indirect fire.

The RPGL-7 fulfils a purpose different from the Javelin; it has too limited fuel to be used as a viable anti-air weapon, but is instead used as a grenade launcher. The grenades follow a predictable arc that Red Brigades have memorised, so they can be fired over obstacles into enemy targets, and each APHE warhead packs an explosive punch that is lethal to light vehicles, tanks, and infantry, in addition to knocking infantry backwards. Red Brigades also carry smoke grenades, which can envelop a portion of the battlefield in thick, white smoke that prevents those outside from seeing into it, although this is also true for soldiers inside. As such, in order to avoid wasting ammunition, both parties will avoid firing, at least until the smokescreen dissipates.

## Just the Stats

 **Armour Type** | Infantry

 **Kill Reward** | 2000

 **DPS** | 15