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** The Insurgents at one point had a variation of the Technical that had a BMP-1 turret mounted on its back, which was removed for yet undisclosed reasons.
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* WorkingTitle: The People's Liberation Army was known as "[=PanAsia=]" during its development, leading many players to believe that the developers would go the AnonymousRinger route in depicting the Chinese military.

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* WorkingTitle: The People's Liberation Army was previosly known as "[=PanAsia=]" during its development, leading many players to believe that the developers would go the AnonymousRinger route in depicting the Chinese military.military. The final release opt for the PLA name instead.
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** The Remote Weapons System variant of the [=FV432=] was planned to use the same .50 cal weapon as its open-top counterpart, but it was replaced with the weaker GPMG for its final release after the .50 cal proved to be a bit too strong.

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** The Remote Weapons System variant of the [=FV432=] was planned to use the same .50 cal weapon as its open-top counterpart, but it was replaced with the weaker GPMG for its final release after the .50 cal proved to be a bit too strong.strong.
* WorkingTitle: The People's Liberation Army was known as "[=PanAsia=]" during its development, leading many players to believe that the developers would go the AnonymousRinger route in depicting the Chinese military.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The HMMWV was originally intended as a vehicle for the US Army faction, but it was removed from the game due to potential legal issues regarding the Humvee as a trademarked product, as AM General had filed a complaint against ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' over the use of the vehicle in that game. This was resolved in April 2020, when a court ruled in favor of ''Call of Duty'' on the basis that their use of the Humvee had proper context and artistic merit, and ''Squad'' followed suit by reintroducing the Humvee as a vehicle for the Insurgents.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The HMMWV was originally intended as a vehicle for the US Army faction, but it was removed from the game due to potential legal issues regarding the Humvee as a trademarked product, as AM General had filed a complaint against ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' over the use of the vehicle in that game. This was resolved in April 2020, when a court ruled in favor of ''Call of Duty'' on the basis that their use of the Humvee had proper context and artistic merit, and ''Squad'' followed suit by reintroducing the Humvee as a vehicle for the Insurgents.Insurgents[[note]][[TakeThat and named it "Shitty Technical"]][[/note]], before adding them to the US Marine Corps about a year later.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The HMMWV was originally intended as a vehicle for the US Army faction, but it was removed from the game due to potential legal issues regarding the Humvee as a trademarked product, as Humvee had filed a lawsuit against ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' over the use of the vehicle in that game. This was resolved in April 2020, when a court ruled in favor of ''Call of Duty'' on the basis that their use of the Humvee had proper context and artistic merit, and ''Squad'' followed suit by reintroducing the Humvee as a vehicle for the Insurgents.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The HMMWV was originally intended as a vehicle for the US Army faction, but it was removed from the game due to potential legal issues regarding the Humvee as a trademarked product, as Humvee AM General had filed a lawsuit complaint against ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' over the use of the vehicle in that game. This was resolved in April 2020, when a court ruled in favor of ''Call of Duty'' on the basis that their use of the Humvee had proper context and artistic merit, and ''Squad'' followed suit by reintroducing the Humvee as a vehicle for the Insurgents.
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** The Remote Weapons System variant of the FV432 was planned to use the same .50 cal weapon as its open-top counterpart, but it was replaced with the weaker GPMG for its final release after the .50 cal proved to be a bit too strong.

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** The Remote Weapons System variant of the FV432 [=FV432=] was planned to use the same .50 cal weapon as its open-top counterpart, but it was replaced with the weaker GPMG for its final release after the .50 cal proved to be a bit too strong.
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* AscendedFanfic: The Canadian and Australian factions are both based on [[GameMod Game Mods]] made official.

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* AscendedFanfic: The Canadian and Australian factions are both based on [[GameMod Game Mods]] made official.official.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The HMMWV was originally intended as a vehicle for the US Army faction, but it was removed from the game due to potential legal issues regarding the Humvee as a trademarked product, as Humvee had filed a lawsuit against ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' over the use of the vehicle in that game. This was resolved in April 2020, when a court ruled in favor of ''Call of Duty'' on the basis that their use of the Humvee had proper context and artistic merit, and ''Squad'' followed suit by reintroducing the Humvee as a vehicle for the Insurgents.
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** As mentioned under ScrewedByTheLawyers, the HMMWV was intended to be used by the US Army, but possible legal issues led to its replacement with the Oshkosh M-ATV.
** The Remote Weapons System variant of the FV432 was planned to use the same .50 cal weapon as its open-top counterpart, but it was replaced with the weaker GPMG for its final release after the .50 cal proved to be a bit too strong.
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* AscendedFanfic: The Canadian and Australian factions are both based on [[GameMod Game Mods]] made official.

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