Radar jammer

&

Radar Jammer

Unit
Affiliation	Allies Soviets
Protection	Light
Tier	2
Tech level	9
Properties
Hit points	110
Armour type	Light
Production
Cost	600
Produced by	War factory
Requires	Radar dome
Combat
Speed	9
Sight range	7

The radar jammer is a utility vehicle used by both sides involved in the Second World War.

Background

Built around the frame of a mobile command center, it can jam the enemy radar using a white-noise generator. In order to do this, the vehicle has to come into the vicinity of the enemy structures.

Legacy

Red Alert universe

The role of disabling the enemy's radar was passed on to the Allies' Spy during the Third World War and its second iteration. The Soviets decommissioned the vehicle entirely during this period.

In-game

The vehicle is basically a treaded armored vehicle who house a portable radar jammer. The basis of the vehicle may be APC or Minelayer, as both are observed to have required mobility. The jamming equipment jams radar screen by creating a large "fog of war" around the vehicle. It only affects radar screens, as the actual vehicle is virtually unarmed and can still be observed with the naked eye. The vehicle did not seem very popular, since most commanders chose the Mobile gap generator instead, which has better covering value, regardless of the expense and the tier required. As such, the vehicle was clearly out of phase after the war.

Relations with the Tesla Tank

During the Legacy Of Tesla mission in the expansion Counterstrike, this vehicle was used as the basis for Tesla Tanks. In that particular mission, the player is given six of them to start with, can not actually build any, as the tanks are still experimental. They were succeeded by the newer Tesla Tanks in the Aftermath expansion. There is a glitch which allowed the radar jammer to keep the Tesla weapon after the mission Legacy Of Tesla has been aborted and a skirmish game is started. For this glitch to work, the Aftermath expansion should not be installed.

Assessment

Pros

Disables enemy radar and anti-air defense
Good speed.

Cons

Unarmed, has no offensive weapon
Prior target to aircraft.
Vulnerable to anti-vehicles units

Gallery

v·d·e

Allied Second World War Arsenal

Units

Infantry


Rifle Infantry	Rocket Soldier	Engineer	Spy	Thief

Medic	Field Mechanic (Aftermath only)	Tanya Adams

Vehicles


Ranger	Light Tank	Medium tank	Anti-Tank Minelayer	Demolition Truck (Aftermath only)

Artillery	Armored Personnel Carrier	Ore Truck	Radar Jammer	Chrono Tank (Aftermath only)

Mobile Gap Generator	Mobile Construction Vehicle	Phase transport (Aftermath campaign only)

Aircraft


Longbow	Badger (campaign only)

Vessels


Gunboat	Destroyer	Cruiser	Transport

Cut content

Megan • Helicarrier

Structures

Production


Construction Yard	Barracks	War Factory	Naval Yard	Helipad

Support


Power Plant	Advanced Power Plant	Radar Dome	Ore Refinery

Ore Silo	Service Depot	Tech Center	Gap Generator

Defense


Pillbox	Camouflaged Pillbox	Anti-Aircraft Gun	Turret	Chronosphere

Sandbags	Concrete Wall	Nuclear Missile Silo (multiplayer only)

Fake


Fake Construction Yard (Aftermath only)	Fake Radar Dome (Aftermath only)	Fake War Factory (Aftermath only)	Fake Naval Yard (Aftermath only)

Campaign-only

Technology center

Support Powers

Powers


Sonar Pulse	Global Positioning System	Chronoshift	Nuclear Weapon (multiplayer only)

Items in italics are exclusive to expansion packs

v·d·e

Soviet Second World War Arsenal

Units

Infantry


Rifle Infantry	Grenadier	Engineer	Attack Dog	Flamethrower Infantry

Shock Trooper (Aftermath only)	Rocket Soldier (multiplayer only)	Tanya Adams (multiplayer only)