| “ | Ready to serve! - U.S. Marine |
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The United States Marine is the standard infantry unit of the U.S. Army. Well trained and well armed, the Marine is good at assaulting and defending in buildings.[2]
Overview[]
| “ | Just say the word! - U.S. Marine |
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Marines are fast, and a full squad can be a threat to low-flying helicopters. You can ask a Marine to crawl, hide, ambush, and capture prisoners of war. They are also fairly priced.
Marines can also be upgraded with M203 grenade launchers (from the Barracks in Direct Action; for each individual Marine in High Treason), which gives them a bonus bit of burst damage when fighting clustered infantry, light armor, and helicopters. Although it takes a while to reload and not ideal, this will give US Marines a better chance against vehicles and inflict a serious hurt against elite infantry when they have to, making them potentially the most powerful basic infantry unit, as well as best in terms of cost efficiency.
Abilities[]
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Capture Selected unit(s) will capture all enemy POWs in the target location designated on the map. |
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Crawl Selected unit will change to crawl stance. A crawling soldier is much harder to detect for enemy units, but reduces speed. Ability can only be used if the infantry is in standing stance. |
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Stand up Selected unit will change to standing stance. A standing soldier has increased speed, but can be easily detected and picked off by enemy units. Ability can only be used if the infantry is in crawling stance. |
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Ambush Selected unit(s) will hide behind cover, such as trees or civilian vehicles, to do more damage. |
Upgrades[]
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M203 grenade launcher The U.S. Marine can launch a grenade, every four shoots, which causes 60 HE of damage in a radius of 3. Can be researched from the Barracks in Direct Action[2]; from each individual Marine in High Treason[1]. |
Quotes[]
| “ | Oorah! - Selected |
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| “ | Ready to serve! - Selected |
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| “ | Just say the word - Selected |
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| “ | Ready to go, sir! - Selected |
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| “ | Sir, yes sir. - Moving |
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| “ | Moving out, now. - Moving |
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| “ | Moving out, sir. - Moving |
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| “ | Message received. - Moving |
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| “ | Lowering position, sir. - Ordered to prone |
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| “ | Message received. - Ordered to prone |
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| “ | Heads down now! - Ordered to prone |
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| “ | Taking defensive position. - Ordered to prone |
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| “ | Stand up. - Ordered to stand |
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| “ | Moving forward now sir. - Ordered to stand |
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| “ | Got one! - Captured a POW |
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| “ | Got an EPW, over. - Captured a POW |
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| “ | I think I've been shot! - Heavily wounded |
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| “ | I caught one! - Heavily wounded |
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| “ | Urgh! No! God-dammit! - Heavily wounded |
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Gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eugen Systems, Atari, Act of War: High Treason. March 24, 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eugen Systems, Atari, Act of War: Direct Action. March 15, 2005.
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