Buildings And Units Used in The Game

This Page Contains descriptions of all buildings and uints used in Red Alert. It contains also technical data and.e. power consumption, prerequisities and main purpose. In case of units it also deliver weapon charcteristics. Warning!!! All prices are valid for "Normal" difficulty level!

ALLIES

Medic ------ Cost: 800

range: N/A armor: none weapon: none

What needed : Barracks Main Purpose: Heals all human units (soldiers, spies and thiefs)

Spy ------ Cost: 500

range: N/A armor: none weapon: none

What needed : Barracks and radar dome Main Purpose: He spies - it means he is invisible to all but attack dogs.

Thief ------ Cost: 500

range: N/A armor: none weapon: none

What needed : Barracks and Tech Center Main Purpose: He steals half credits from enemy's silos

Rocket Soldier ------ Cost: 300

range: short armor: none weapon: "Dragon" rocket launcher

What needed : Barracks Main Purpose: The best infantry unit against vehicles and planes

Minelayer AT ------ Cost: 800

range: N/A armor: Medium weapon: AntiTank Mines

What needed : War Factory and Service Depot Main Purpose: It puts mines on the ground. It can be reloaded in Service Depot.

Ranger ------ Cost: 600

range: short armor: Light weapon: M-60 Machine Gun

What needed : War Factory Main Purpose: Perfect against infantry. It is fast enough to be great scout.

Light Tank ------ Cost: 700

range: Medium armor: Medium weapon: Cannon 75mm

What needed : War Factory Main Purpose: Best against enemy's Ore Trucks. A bunch of them wipe it quickly.

Armoured Personal Carrier ------ Cost: 800

range: short armor: Heavy weapon: M-60 Machine Gun

What needed : War Factory and Tech Center Main Purpose: It can hold up to 5 infantry units. Warning! Don't use the Chornosphere with it! Soldiers will die!!!

Artillery ------ Cost: 600

range: long armor: Light weapon: Gun 155mm

What needed : War Factory Main Purpose: Ballistic Gun perfect to wipe out infantry groups, but weak against other units.

Medium Tank ------ Cost: 800

range: Medium armor: Heavy weapon: Gun 90mm

What needed : War Factory Main Purpose: Simply it is stronger and slower Light Tank

Mobile Gap Generator ------ Cost: 600

range: Medium armor: Light weapon: Gap Generator

What needed : War Factory and Tech Center Main Purpose: It produces shroud around it so the enemy can't see map there.

Gunboat ------ Cost: 500

range: short armor: Light weapon: Deck Gun 2 inches

What needed : Naval yard Main Purpose: Fast but very weak. Warning! This is not the same as gunboats in C&C

Destroyer ------ Cost: 1000

range: Medium armor: Medium weapon: Missile Pod "Stinger"

What needed : Naval yard Main Purpose: Those ships are equipped in guns to attack other ships. For attacks on ground targets they are using rockets "Stinger".

Cruiser ------ Cost: 2000

range: Very long armor: Heavy weapon: Deck Guns 8 inches

What needed : Naval yard and Tech Center Main Purpose: Strongest units in the game. They have a great range and powerful armor. They have no weapons against planes so they must be covered by destroyers.

Apache Longbow ------ Cost: 1200

range: short armor: Heavy weapon: Hellfire Missiles

What needed : Helipad Main Purpose: They are just known from C&C Orcas. Best against cruisers.

GPS Sattelite------ Cost: N/A

range: N/A armor: N/A weapon: none

What needed : Tech Center and radar dome Main Purpose: It is very usefull. Whole map is visible.

Sonar Pulse ------ Cost: N/A

range: N/A armor: N/A weapon: N/A

What needed : Spy in Subpen Main Purpose: It makes all enemy submarines visible.

SOVIETS

Attack Dog ------ Cost: 200

range: Direct armor: none weapon: Sharp Teeth

What needed : Kennel Main Purpose: They are helpful in wiping out enemy spies.They can't attack vehicles - only infantry

Grenadier ------ Cost: 160

range: short armor: none weapon: Grenades

What needed : Barracks Main Purpose: Stronger than Riflemen. Good against infantry and also vehicles.

Flame Thrower Man ------ Cost: 300

range: Medium armor: none weapon: Flame Thrower

What needed : Barracks and Tech Center Main Purpose: They are perfect against infantry, but they explode in moment of death.

AP Minelayer ------ Cost: 800

range: N/A armor: Medium weapon: AntiPersonnel Mines

What needed : War Factory and Service Depot Main Purpose: It puts AP mines on the ground. It can be reloaded in Service Depot

Heavy Tank ------ Cost: 950

range: Medium armor: Heavy weapon: Twin Cannon 105mm

What needed : War Factory Main Purpose: Similiar to Medium Tanks but they have two cannons and they are slower.

V2 Rocket Launcher ------ Cost: 700

range: long armor: Light weapon: V2 Rocket

What needed : War Factory and radar dome Main Purpose: Very powerful rocket. But they reload very long and they have weak armor. Best against stationary targets.

"Mammoth" Tank ------ Cost: 1700

range: Medium armor: Heavy weapon: Twin Cannon 120mm and Missiles

What needed : War Factory and Tech Center Main Purpose: Strongest tank in a game. They can regenerate up to 50% of energy. They are slow and quite expensive.

Submarine ------ Cost: 950

range: long armor: Medium weapon: Torpedos

What needed : Subpen Main Purpose: They are invisible when not attacking. They can attack only naval targets. Good against other ships

Yak ------ Cost: 800

range: short armor: Light weapon: Twin Machine Gun

What needed : Airfield Main Purpose: They are similiar to HIND. Very good against enemy infantry.

Parachuters ------ Cost: N/A

range: N/A armor: none weapon: AK-47 Rifle

What needed : Airfield Main Purpose: Possibility of launching parachuters attack at any place on map.

Parachute Bombs ------ Cost: N/A

range: N/A armor: N/A weapon: Bombs

What needed : Airfield Main Purpose: Similiar to airstrikes from C&C. They don't make great damages , but they are cheap. They can be found in crates.

Spyplane ------ Cost: N/A

range: N/A armor: Light weapon: Camera

What needed : Airfield Main Purpose: This plane is used to reveal the map. It is available after building the Airfield.

MIG ------ Cost: 1200

range: Medium armor: Light weapon: Heatseeker Missiles

What needed : Airfield Main Purpose: They launch guided missiles. One MIG requires one airfield.

HIND ------ Cost: 1200

range: short armor: Heavy weapon: "Vulcan" cannon

What needed : Helipad Main Purpose: zSimiliar to Yaks, but they can't fly over target. They hoovers over it and they are more vunerable. Best against infantry.

Chinook Transport Copter ------ Cost: 1200

range: N/A armor: Medium weapon: none

What needed : HelipadMain Purpose: This helicopter is used to carry units to any place on th map.

Universal Units

Riflemen ------ Cost: 100

range: short armor: none weapon: AK-47 Rifle

What needed : Barracks Main Purpose: Actually it is a Minigunner from C&C. It is a good unit against infantry.

Engineer ------ Cost: 500

range: N/A armor: none weapon: none

What needed : Barracks Main Purpose: Engineers can capture enemy buildings when it's enrgy bar is in red. They can also instantly repair own buildings.

Tanya ------ Cost: 1200

range: Medium armor: none weapon: Two Colts .45s

What needed : Barracks and Tech Center Main Purpose: Commando from C&C. Infantry dies like flies. No building can survive C-4 explosive explosion.

Ore Truck ------ Cost: 1400

range: N/A armor: Heavy weapon: none

What needed : War Factory and Refinery Main Purpose: They collect ore, which is converted to cash in Refinery. And remember!!! No Ore Trucks - No Money!!!

Mobile Construction Vehicle ------ Cost: 2500

range: N/A armor: Heavy weapon: none

What needed : War Factory and Service Depot Main Purpose: It is used to establish a new construction yard. More Constructions Yards - faster building. (3 Const. Yards - 3 times faster building)

Transport ------ Cost: 700

range: N/A armor: Medium weapon: none

What needed : Subpen (Soviets) Naval Yard (Allies) Main Purpose: Transport can transport up to 5 units through any water.

BUILDINGS

ALLIES

Naval yard ------ Cost: 650

Power consumption: 30 armor: Light

What needed: Power Plant Main Purpose: Ship Building.

Tech Center ------ Cost: 1500

Power consumption: 200 armor: Light

What needed: War Factory and radar dome Main Purpose: Gives possibility of building advanced structures and units.

Pillbox ------ Cost: 400

Power consumption: 15 armor: Medium

What needed: Barracks Main Purpose: Pillbox is best against infantry.

Camouflaged Pillbox ------ Cost: 600

Power consumption: 15 armor: Heavy

What needed: Barracks Main Purpose: It is hidden pillbox, which is harder to see for enemy.

Gun Turret ------ Cost: 600

Power consumption: 40 armor: Heavy

What needed: Barracks Main Purpose: Equipped with cannon is an active defence against enemy vehicle.

AntiAir Gun ------ Cost: 600

Power consumption: 50 armor: Ciêzki

What needed: radar dome Main Purpose: Defence against planes.

Gap Generator ------ Cost: 500

Power consumption: 60 armor: Light

What needed: Tech Center Main Purpose: It makes shroud around it covering area on the enemy map.

Chronosphere ------ Cost: 2800

Power consumption: 200 armor: Light

What needed: Tech Center Main Purpose: Very expensive. It allows to teleport unit to any place on the map.

Fake Buildings ------ Cost: 50

Power consumption: 2 armor: none

What needed: Original building Main Purpose: Perfect method for trick the enemy. They need little power and cost very little.

SOVIETS

Kennel ------ Cost: 200

Power consumption: ??? armor: none

What needed: Power Plant Main Purpose: Dogs live in kennels. Dogs are good against spies. It is good to have Kennel.

Flame Tower ------ Cost: 600

Power consumption: ??? armor: Light

What needed: Refinery Main Purpose: Base active defence. Very efficient against infantry.

Subpen ------ Cost: 650

Power consumption: ??? armor: Light

What needed: Refinery Main Purpose: Allows submarine building.

Airfield ------ Cost: 600

Power consumption: ??? armor: none

What needed: Tech Center Main Purpose: Allows planes building and service. Activate Spyplane.

SAM Site ------ Cost: 750

Power consumption: ??? armor: Light

What needed: Airfield and Tech Center Main Purpose: This missile pod is an active defence against planes.

Tesla Coil ------ Cost: 1500

Power consumption: ??? armor: Light

What needed: Tech Center Main Purpose: It produces devastating, electromagnetic power. One shot is enough to kill infantry unit and two to destroy majority of vehicles.

Missile Pod ------ Cost: 2500

Power consumption: ??? armor: Light

What needed: Tech Center Main Purpose: Allows using Atom Bomb.