History Webcomic / SixCommando

** EyepatchOfPower: Unfortunately, she is still minus her right eye. [[spoiler:Oddly enough, the whole incident seems to have strengthened her will, to the point where she is almost in command of the base.]]
** ImprobableAntidote: Not only did Mike fix Sarah's brain damage, whatever he did cured her (seemingly terminal) radiation poisoning and third-degree burns. Even her hair started growing back, much faster than normal. [[HandWave None of this is explained]].

* MightyGlacier: Mike isn't the fastest thing on the battlefield, but you ''really'' don't want to get in his way.

** LensmanArmsRace: Maximum yield for nuclear weapons is generally limited to about 100 kilotons per warhead. The nuclear nations make up for this by stockpiling thousands of warheads and missiles.
*** [[spoiler:The UNA[[note]]with the South Americans' help[[/note]] has recently developed thermonuclear warheads for Mike's "Bluecap" missiles. Nominal yield is estimated at 40 megatons per warhead.]]

** BiggerIsBetter: The ''Echo''-class was supposed to be replaced by the ''Victor''-class in a few years. The ''Victors'' were designed to be significantly larger and more heavily-armed than the ''Echoes'', bringing them into [[MilitaryMashupMachine Land Battleship]] territory.
** SuperPrototype: There's at least one ''Victor'' in the field, and it looks pretty badass.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: Thanks to the extended UsefulNotes/ColdWar, the world's political alliances have formed in different ways than we are familiar with. The South American Coalition [[note]]"CONASUR" (Coalición de Naciones Suramericanas), unifying all of the South American nations[[/note]] and the Arab League [[note]]Most of the Middle East and North Africa[[/note]] represent powerful blocs who want to sit out the Cold War. Africa is especially chaotic, with several political blocs jockeying for position.
** GreatOffscreenWar: The "Scarlet Revolution" of the 1970s, which overthrew the capitalist, UNA-leaning governments of Western Europe, replacing them with governments sympathetic to the FSR. From Germany to Great Britain, Western Europe is now ruled by FSR puppets, while the "Governments-in-Exile" reside in North America, dreaming of the day that they will return and resume their former glory.
** {{Hypocrite}}: The South Americans [[spoiler:have been developing thermonuclear weapons for the UNA, using the UNA's base in the Congo as a weapons factory. So much for being "neutral"!]]

* TankGoodness: The UNA's ''Echo''-class Autonomous Armored Vehicles ([=AAVs=] or "Rumblers") are about twice the size of an M-1 Abrams tank [[note]]2x(LWH)[[/note]], and weigh about 500 tons.

* MoreDakka: The UNA is always trying to one-up itself in this regard, and it has apparently succeeded with the ''Echo'' and ''Victor''-class "Rumblers" .
** AwesomeButImpractical: However, their reliability is still in doubt.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TankGoodness Say hello to Mike.]]]]

->"These Reds think we'll just roll over while they chew up another country. They think we're weak. Well, I'll show them "weak"! I'm going to punish them for what they've done! Oh, I'll make them suffer for it! '''SUFFER!''' And if there's two of us and one of them, '''WE WIN!'''"
-->--'''Col. Conrad Haulley''', UNA [[note]]channeling his inner GeneralRipper[[/note]]

** Sarah [[spoiler:is forced into a childhood memory of her father dying trying to foil a kidnapping targeting her.]]

** For example, Col. Haulley [[spoiler:flashes back to the invasion of Singapore, where he was badly wounded and almost died.]]

** TheNoodleIncident: The "Scarlet Revolution" of the 1970s, which overthrew the capitalist, UNA-leaning governments of Western Europe, replacing them with governments sympathetic to the FSR. From Germany to Great Britain, Western Europe is now ruled by FSR puppets, while the "Governments-in-Exile" reside in North America, dreaming of the day that they will return and resume their former glory.

It is now 1997, and tensions are high. The United Nations Alliance [[note]]the USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Australia, the Philippines, Japan and parts of Africa[[/note]] is in a standoff with the Federative Socialist Republic [[note]]Russia, China, most of Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and parts of Southeast Asia[[/note]] in Africa. A minor border skirmish spirals out of control, and it appears that the "UsefulNotes/ColdWar" is about to turn hot.

* TankGoodness: The UNA's ''Echo''-class Autonomous Armored Vehicles ([=AAVs=] or "Rumblers") are about six times the size of an M-1 Abrams tank, and weigh about 500 tons.

** BiggerIsBetter: The ''Echo''-class was supposed to be replaced by the ''Victor''-class in a few years. The ''Victors'' were designed to be significantly larger and more heavily-armed than the ''Echoes'', bringing them into [[BaseOnWheels Land Battleship]] territory.

** Major Bronniford, when she is captured by the Russians.

* HandCannon: The UNA's [[http://www.viciousprint.com/6commando/comic/una-mach-saber-75/comment-page-1/#comment-39358 Mach Saber]]. It's a .75 caliber twin-barrel over/under revolver. The top barrel is for the six .75 Magnum cartridges in the revolver, while the bottom one is for the single-shot .96 caliber [=HEJA=] (High Explosive Jet-Assisted) armor-piercing round.

-->"They don't even have atomic primers. They use a laser to set themselves off."
-->--'''Major Thomas Rucker'''