Rise of the Reds – or ROTR for short – improves upon the C&C Generals formula while also adding its own distinct elements to it. Most notably, the mod adds two completely new factions, the tank-heavy Russian Federation and the defence-oriented European Continental Alliance. In addition, the three original factions China, USA and GLA have been greatly expanded and redesigned in a variety of ways, with several new units, buildings, powers and abilities to explore and combine in your in-game tactics.
President Nikolai Suvorov inherited an army torn between its Soviet legacy and realities of the 21st century, asphyxiated by bureaucracy and bled white by decades of corruption, with innumerable crony procurement contracts and abortive development efforts. A 220mm rocket launcher mounted on a shared platform, the Volga broke conventions: One of MLRS vehicles being named after storms or tempestuous winds and another of spiteful, self-aggrandizing claims of superiority. Whereas in the past, Russian rocket artillery was falsely advertised as being "without compare" in the West, the Volga's reputation was never inflated, appearing only occasionally on parades or army broadcasts. The vehicle was not dissimilar to the BM-27 Uragan; inheriting the wide range of payloads designed for its predecessor, its modernized chassis offered nothing of note to the paper stat-obsessed military observer.
Its service history, however, is deceptively impressive. A notable failure of the GLA was attributed to the presence of the Volga: An incursion into the East African Federation ended in spectacular disaster as a single launcher, procured by the state for trials, delivered devastating barrages on the invading guerrillas outside Kampala. In another episode, the sale of these vehicles to the Republic of Cuba was cause for great diplomatic tension due to its ability to bear newly-developed ballistic missiles, potentially threatening US control of the Gulf of Mexico. Both incidents give an impression of the Volga's versatility, being capable of both saturation fire and point attack. Fielded too late into World War III to see decisive breakthrough action, it nevertheless served with distinction, providing heavy covering fire to retreating Russian units and frustrating numerous European counterattacks.
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Awesome update! Love it. Just one small correction. BM-27 is actually the "Uragan" (or "Hurricane" in Russian), while "Smerch" is BM-30. And "Volga" looks a bit like the "Uragan-1M" (or "Tornado-U", as it was known for some time), only mounted on that awesome MAZ-535/537.
When these rockets start shooting out, practically nothing can survive, I'll wager.
What's the difference between the Buratino and that one, as they are both MLRS's
It has a much longer range, better damage against buildings, the ability to fire a full burst of rocket, and its rockets are interceptable by anti-ballistic weapons.
Technically, compared to Buratino which is an anti-infantry flame tank, Volga is a Tier 2 long-range anti-buildings artillery, the same role as Nuke Cannon and Tomahawk Launcher.
this units seems unique in some way and is very promising from what i saw on stream
AN old MAZ-537 2P20 repurposed into an MLRS system from an Uragan-1M instead of the 9K72 Rocket. Nice.