If ISIS was an RTS faction

 

Real Time Strategies are an intresting way of representing conflict into the world of Gaming. So what would it be like, if ISIS had to be transformed into a fixed set of units? Well, lets find out:

Infantry units:

„Novices“ – volunteers who have began undergoing ISIS infantry training

„Footmen“ – Regular ISIS infantry, armed with a variety of guns and grenades

„Mercenaries“ – former professional soldiers and soldiers of fortune, who have enlisted in ISIS ranks for the profit.

„Special forces“ – heavy armed ISIS infantry eliete, used in crucial points of conflict, such as Mosul

„Anti-tank crews“ – armed with a variety of TOW missiles

Specialized infantry units:

„Snipers“ – deadly long-range troops, used in urban warfare.

„Scouts“ – frontline troops, used to penetrate enemy frontlines and to saboutage enemy .positions.

„Martyrs“ – Suicide bombers, usually armed with automatic rifles and/or knives.

„Sleeping cells“- units which can be summoned behind enemy lines to organizea. variety of saboutage activities.

Mechanized units and artillery

„BMP“ – a mix of US and USSR armoured personal carries.

„Hummers“ – modified pickup trucks, armed with rocket launchers or machine guns.

„HMMWV“ – armoured, infantry mobility vechicles, captured by Irqi facilities.

„Cougars“ – Heavily armed MRAP infantry mobility vechicles, captured by Iraqi. .facilities

T-55 – Soviet-era MBT.

T-62 – Soviet era MBT.

Self-propelled artillery – a mixture of captured US and USSR made self-propeled howitzers.

Field guns – a variety of US and Soviet-made 120-135mm guns

Self-supplied guns – produced in ISIS „gun-factories“.

Specialized mechanized units

SVBIED – Sucide vechicle with medium, front armour.

Armoured SVBIED – Heavily armoured pickuptrucks and trucks, used against fortified positions.

SVBIED Rocket launchers – heavily armoured SVBIED with attached rocketlauncher platforms.

Airborne

Scout drones – used for scouting and mapping enemy positions

Bomber drones – used to attack enemy positions and facilities

Suicide drones – used to storm enemy fortified positions and headquarters, as well as armoured vechicles.

Other:

Hacker units – used for cyber attacks

Salafi preachers – used to rise troop morale

Martyr children – rarely used in urban attacks deep in enemy territory

Bomb-dogs – an old Soviet ant-tank method

Chemical units – use self-supplied chemical agents