Mirage tank (Red Alert 2)
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| Mirage Tank | |
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| Unit | |
| Affiliation | |
| Role |
Advanced anti-tank |
| Armament |
Mirage HEAT Incendiary Cannon |
| Protection |
Light |
| Tier |
3 |
| Tech level |
9 |
| Properties | |
| Hit points |
200 |
| Armor type |
Light |
| Production | |
| Cost |
$1000 |
| Build time |
0:40 |
| Produced by | |
| Requires | |
| Combat | |
| Ground attack |
100 (150 when elite) (MirageWH) |
| Cooldown |
70 (80 when elite) |
| Speed |
7 |
| Attack range |
7 (9 when elite) |
| Sight range |
9 |
| Function | |
| Abilities |
Can disguise into tree |
| Elite upgrade |
Increased strength, firepower, rate of fire, self-healing |
| “ | Mean, green and unseen. - Mirage Tank in deployment | ” |
The Mirage tank is the Allies' supreme stealth tank used during the Third World War and the Psychic Dominator Disaster.
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Background
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| “ | Nobody here but us trees! - Mirage Tank | ” |
The tank is a technological marvel created by Albert Einstein. Developed relatively late in the war, it incorporated technology allowing it to take on the appearance of any organic item in order to disguise itself. Like in Shakespeare's Macbeth, the Mirage tank was designed so that the forest could move.
The Mirage consists of a hemispherical turret mounted on a light tank chassis. The most prominent features, when not in hiding, are the twin projection units extending from the sides of the main turret. They change the tank's appearance to that of a nearby tree in the eyes of the enemy. They can take out enemies much like a sniper would, using incendiary ammunition.
In-gameEdit
| “ | SURPRISE!! - Mirage Tank attacking from an ambush | ” |
It can kill almost all infantry, Soviet or Yuri, in just one or two hits. It can also take out most tanks in between three and five shots, and light vehicles like the Flak track do not stand much of a chance against the Mirage tank. A group consisting of 3 to 4 Mirage Tanks can quickly destroy most enemy buildings except for the construction yard. However, its best use is as a defender of vulnerable areas, as a group of them can lie in wait and then quickly destroy nearby enemies.
Their first appearance is in the third to last mission of the Allied campaign, when the Commander had to defend Einstein's Laboratory and the Chronosphere.
AftermathEdit
It is not known to operate after the events of the Psychic Dominator Disaster. After Cherdenko's trip to 1927, the Mirage tank was redesigned in the War of the Three Powers and was armed with a Spectrum turret, similarly used as the Prism technology in the Third World War.
AssessmentEdit
ProsEdit
- Can kill almost all enemy infantry in one hit
- Can hide from plain sight
- Effective against enemy tanks
ConsEdit
- Lightly armoured
- Requires Battle Lab
- Vulnerable to enemy anti-tank units, tanks and defenses
Selected QuotesEdit
| “ | Mean, green, and unseen! - When selected | ” |
| “ | Aren't the trees lovely? - When selected | ” |
| “ | Perfect hideout - When selected | ” |
| “ | Natural sanctuary - When selected | ” |
| “ | Want some shade? - When selected | ” |
| “ | Nobody's here but us trees! - When selected | ” |
| “ | Layin' low - When moving | ” |
| “ | Look natural - When moving | ” |
| “ | Creeping ahead - When moving | ” |
| “ | On the prowl - When moving | ” |
| “ | Re-planting. - When moving | ” |
| “ | Going mobile - When moving | ” |
| “ | Now you see me, soon you won't - When moving | ” |
| “ | SURPRISE!! - When ordered to attack | ” |
| “ | HA-HAA! - When ordered to attack | ” |
| “ | Sneak attack! - When ordered to attack | ” |
| “ | One more for the landfill! - When ordered to attack | ” |
| “ | Time for an ambush - When ordered to attack | ” |
GalleryEdit
TriviaEdit
- In the cameo, the Mirage tank has its turret rotated, while this is not possible ingame.
- Some mods enable the tank to camouflage into rocks, signs, light posts etc. in addition to the standard trees.
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