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Deleted these examples for vaugeness or being the actual names. Several of these should be put in Theme Naming.

Just Theme Naming:

• [Halo]
  • Human vehicle designations are themed after animals, divided between terrestrial and flying species depending on whether or not the vehicle is an aircraft - Warthog jeeps, Scorpion, Rhino, Cobra, Wolverine and Grizzly tanks, Mongoose ATVs, Pelican and Albatross dropships, Sparrowhawk, Hornet, and Vulture gunships, Wombat UAVs, Elephant mobile command center.
    • A few exceptions to this are human fighters, designated the Longsword, the Shortsword, and the Sabre in keeping with the theme of bladed weapons. Also, irregular vehicles like the Cyclops combat exoskeleton and Gremlin EMP tank are instead named after mythical creatures.
  • And starships, both Human and (translated) Covenant, have individual names that are almost poetic - Pillar of Autumn, Truth and Reconciliation, Forward Unto Dawn, In Amber Clad, Harbinger of Piety, Sacred Promise, Far Sight Lost, Resplendent Fervor, etc.

Conflating Vehicle Class and Reporting Name with a side order of Theme Naming:

• Star Craft Terran vehicles sometimes also have such names, such as Vultures or Wraiths, but some units are also simply known as Siege Tanks or Battlecruisers. These units actually do have names(the Siege Tank for example is called the Arclite, and replaced by the Crucio in Star Craft 2), but they are rarely used.
  • The battlecruisers in the original were Behemoth-class, whereas the ones in the sequel are Minotaur-class. Some of the background material suggests an older Leviathan-class that was already outdated when the series began.

Insufficient Context Examples:

• In Supreme Commander, everything that shoots and/or moves, as well as all experimentals, have a name.
  • Same goes for spiritual ancestor Total Annihilation, at least for anything with a gun (i.e. not construction units or non-turret structures). Also, excepting the unit called "Mobile Artillery".
• [Mass Effect]
  • The few vehicles we see also have reporting names. The tanks are the Hammerhead and the Mako (and the Grizzly, but we never actually see that). The shuttle in the 2nd and 3rd games is the Kodiak, and Cortez mentions that he used to fly a fighter called a Trident.
• Nearly every vehicle used by G.I. Joe and Cobra have similar names. In the case of Cobra vehicles, Theme Naming is also in effect.

Not linked to a work:

• "Finback" has been allocated to the fictional MiG-28s that appear in some works, but the name is actually given in real life to a Chinese fighter, the J-8.
• "Ferret-E"- the fictional MiG-37 stealth fighter, an Italeri model.