History VideoGame / WargameRedDragon

** [[IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israel]] has access to a post war version of the Sherman (granted, the version was first made in the 1970s, but the version of the T-34 used by most of the REDFOR factions dates to 1969, with the only exception being Yugoslavia's version, which is from 1977). Unlike with the T-34, it isn't a cheap tank meant to be used ''en masse'', but instead a cheap tank destroyer (or fire support vehicle. Due to a bug, it is labelled a tank destroyer, but is placed under the fire support filter when building a deck).

* CanucksWithChinooks: This iteration of Wargame adds several prototype units, that were phased out or rejected due to the end of the Cold War, to Canada's arsenal. Prominent examples include the TH-495, an IFV that was passed over in favour of the LAV III (and in part to the Oliphant scandal), the Canadian Airborne Regiment infantry (a regiment that dissolved due to the 'Somalia Scandal') and the Wolverine (a highly mobile, close range SAM vehicle, ideal for escorting fast moving columns). Canada stars in two coalitions; NORAD (with the United States) and the Commonwealth (with the UK and Anzac).

* FinnsWithFearsomeForests: Added as a DLC country, despite being neutral during the Cold War. While they are part of REDFOR, they make use of several Western weapons and vehicles.[[labelnote:Including...]]American M72 LAWs and TOW missiles, French Crotale SAMs and APILAS ATWs, British Vigilant ATGMs , American Bushmaster IIs, French Super Puma, Alouette II, and Canadian Jet Ranger helicopters, British Charioteer tanks, British Hawk 51, American F-18, and Swedish J-35 fighter planes[[/labelnote]]. They also have several weapons that predate WWII (one of which, the M/39, is a variant of the Mosin-Nagant, which was first made in 1891, making it one of the oldest weapons in the game). And ATVs.

** [[FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finland]] takes this even farther, with units equipped with weapons dating back to ''before'' WWII (The M/39 rifle and the Suomi SMG), while Yugoslavia has a post-war variant of the M8 Greyhound, a version of the M18 Hellcat (called the SO-76 Helket), a version of the M36 tank destroyer (called the SO-90 Džekson), the Super Bazooka, and the Thompson Submachine gun. Finland is also the only REDFOR nation that doesn't get the T-34, though they do get the British Charioteer, which is an upgunned conversion of the WWII Cromwell tank.

* CoolHat: The picture for the US Cavalry Scouts shows them wearing the old school cavalry Stensons, though their ingame model does not actually have them. However, the ANZAC NORFORCE scouts do wear the slouch hats shown on their units picture. And, of course, there's always the berets worn by various special forces units and shock troops.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: [=SEAD=] missiles are the king of this trope ingame, generally inflicting enough damage to oneshot ''any'' surface-to-air missile launcher vehicle in the game. What's more unusual is that they can home in on vehicles armed with ''any'' radar-based weapon system... occasionally leading to the point-defense-immune [=SEAD=] missiles striking enemy warships ForMassiveDamage.

* MultinationalTeam: A key mechanic in deck-building is the ''coalition'': for instance, 'Eurocorps' (France and West Germany), 'Commonwealth' (Britain, ANZAC, and Canada), or 'Eastern Block(Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia). At the cost of forcing the player to choose from the countries' unit lists, the coalition option unlocks country-specific prototypes and in some cases provides additional bonuses. They tend to be slightly more well-rounded than a single-nation deck, at the cost of less total deployment points.

** The British and ANZAC use the Bren Gun, and British use the M1919 machine gun. All three Commonwealth nations make use of the Sterling (or in Canada's case, the C1) SMG, which was designed in 1944, with trial models seeing use during Operation Market Garden, though it wasn't until 1951 that it was officially adopted. It should be noted that, unlike the T-34, these aren't used by units meant to be cheap, ''en masse'' options, with most of the units using the Sterling and the Bren actually being special forces or elite shock units (the SBS, the NZSAS, the Royal Marines, the Gurkhas, etc. The only real exception is the Canadians, who only give the C1 to small weapons teams, and the ANZAC Diggers also using the Bren). In fact, the only militia unit available to the Commonwealth, the British Territorials, don't use any of these, instead carrying the L1A1 and M72 LAW.

* StraightForTheCommander: Like in the prequels. Doing so nets you a lot of victory points, as well as control of a key map sector.

* BadassIsraeli: Israel is available as a DLC nation, and they are a very potent force, particularly on recon and with anti-tank weapons. The Maglan recon unit has an extreme range on their anti-tank weapons, and with their excellent detection range they can spot and kill most ground vehicles on their own.

** [[FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finland]] takes this even farther, with units equipped with weapons dating back to ''before'' WWII (The M/39 rifle and the Suomi SMG), while Yugoslavia has a post-war variant of the M8 Greyhound, a version of the M18 Hellcat, the Super Bazooka, and the Thompson Submachine gun. Finland is also the only REDFOR nation that doesn't get the T-34, though they do get the British Charioteer, which is an upgunned conversion of the WWII Cromwell tank.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: very cheap, very ''old'' units are available ''en masse'', if you want a lot of units on the field right now. All the REDFOR factions get access to the T-34 tank of WWII fame, but North Korea takes things a step further with the ability to field SU-76M tank destroyers, a unit that was obsolescent by 1945. (South Korea also has the option to field old M-18 and M-36 tank destroyers; the M-18 in particular is the fastest tracked unit in the game.)

* Canucks with Chinooks: This iteration of Wargame adds several prototype units, that were phased out or rejected due to the end of the Cold War, to Canada's arsenal. Prominent examples include the TH-495, an IFV that was passed over in favour of the LAV III (and in part to the Oliphant scandal), the Canadian Airborne Regiment infantry (a regiment that dissolved due to the 'Somalia Scandal') and the Wolverine (a hihgly mmobile, close range SAM vehicle, ideal for escorting fast moving columns). Canada stars in two coalitions; NORAD (with the United States) and the Commonwealth (with the UK and Anzac).

* PainfullySlowProjectile: [=ATGMs=] travel quite slowly and you could easily make out their progress, but only in comparison to high-velocity cannon rounds streaking across the battlefield. Of course, this is TruthInTelevision--missiles are slow compared to sabot shells, and whether or not your unit would be able to ''do'' anything about that missile trail heading toward them is another story entirely.

Wargame: Red Dragon is an RTS game released by Eugen Systems in 2014, the sequel to [[VideoGame/WargameAirLandBattle Wargame: AirLand Battle]], itself a seqel to [[VideoGame/WargameEuropeanEscalation Wargame: European Escalation]]. This version of the game changes the setting from the European front to East Asia, and includes Chinese, Korean (of both flavours), Japanese, Australian and other forces in that sphere of influence. The gameplay is built around commanding a combined-arms force of forces from either side, choosing your arsenal from a vast array of pretty much every unit fielded by the in-game nations. The game has multiplayer matches from 1v1 to 10v10, as well as a campaign mode playable in 1v1 or versus the AI.

* UrbanWarfare: city sectors play a prominent role on most maps, and make infantry an absolute necessity, since urban fighting is guaranteed to be extremely messy for all combatants involved. [=ATGMs=] sheltering in a city block ''will'' stop a tank charge in its tracks.

The main addition to this version of the game is the introduction of [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfNavalWarfare naval combat]], although it stays more to the littoral side of things. The biggest ships shown are the Japanese ''Kongo'' class destroyers for BLUFOR and the Soviet ''Udaloy 2'' class destroyers for REDFOR.

** USSR also use lots of cool [=APCs=], like BMP, BMD and infamously powerful BTR-90.

** USSR also use lots of cool APCs, like BMP, BMD and infamously powerful BTR-90.

** Old model anti-air missiles and ATGMs also suffer this. Justified as those missiles don't work well in real life. When a unit is shocked or panicked, they usually miss their targets.

* HomeGuard: Reserve troops, like West German Heimatschutzen or British Territorials, are available troop options, for when you need a lot of low-cost troops to hold urban sectors. Mostly armed with a very poor assault rifle and launcher. Go
** Strangely averted with Danish/Swedish reserve troops, as they get an MG. While the swedes get sort of screwed over (armed with bolt action rifles), the Danish have an smg

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: lots and lots of [=APCs and IFVs=] are available to all sides, since all infantry come with transports. This makes for choices: do you take cheap, spammable [=APCs=] to maximize the number of infantry you could call in, or do you spend more on expensive [=IFVs=] with powerful autocannons but cost as much as some lighter tanks?

* CoolPlane: Now with anti-ship missiles! Ranging from the Eurofighters to A-10 Warthogs to Su-27PU. If they're was an attack/fighter plane that a nation hyper-theoretically had or experimented during the 80s or 90s chances are its in here.

* WorldWarIII: War in Korea or various other parts of Asia are part of the campaign.

Wargame: Red Dragon Battle is an RTS game released by Eugen Systems in 2014, the sequel to [[VideoGame/WargameAirLandBattle Wargame: AirLand Battle]], itself a seqel to [[VideoGame/WargameEuropeanEscalation Wargame: European Escalation]]. This version of the game changes the setting from the European front to East Asia, and includes Chinese, Korean (of both flavours), Japanese, Australian and other forces in that sphere of influence. The gameplay is built around commanding a combined-arms force of forces from either side, choosing your arsenal from a vast array of pretty much every unit fielded by the in-game nations. The game has multiplayer matches from 1v1 to 10v10, as well as a campaign mode playable in 1v1 or versus the AI.

The main addition to this version of the game is the introduction of [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfNavalWarfare naval combat]], although it stays more to the littoral side of things. The biggest ships shown are the Japanese ''Kongo'' class destroyers.