Pillbox

Pillboxes are small, detached bunkers which are constructed as basic defense buildings by the Allies. They are small, fortified positions with firing ports and come with an initial complement of basic infantrymen, armed with their service rifles. Being hardened structures, Pillboxes are resilient against infantry and extremely effective in breaking up infantry charges due to their machine gun armament. Several upgrades to the Pillbox' armament are available, replacing the standard M60 of the crewmen with a M2 Browning and finally a gattling gun. The crew can also be replaced with Missiliers to provide anti-tank and limited anti-air point defense. Unlike a Trench or Tank Bunker, the Pillbox is fully enclosed and its crew cannot be killed by indirect fire or aerial bombardment without demolishing the structure first.

Stats

 * Type: Building
 * Class: Defense
 * Lv:
 * HP:

Automatic Fire
Unlike the M-16s of the basic infantry, the M60 GPMG supports a constant stream of bullets


 * Upgrade: Browning - Equips the Pillbox with a M2 Browning HMG
 * Upgrade: Minigun - Equips the Pillbox with a Minigun gattling-style machine gun.
 * Upgrade: TOW - Equips the Pillbox with TOW missiles.
 * Upgrade: Javelin - Equips the Pillbox with Javelin missiles.

Upgrades

 * Elite - Unlike in regular Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge, Pillbox crews in Red Alert 2: New World Order can be promoted to veteran and elite status. In elite status, the weapon used by these soldiers will inflict SSA damage (better against vehicles) rather than SA.
 * AP Bullets - Increases damage by +25%. This upgrade does not actually change the warhead of the bullets to AP.
 * Vulcan cannon - Replaces the generic M60 mg's of the crew with a set of vulcan cannons.
 * Missilier Crew - Grants a Missile Launcher weapon. While these missiles can attack both ground and air units, the missiles are identical to those used by Missiliers and as such are ranged. A Pillbox with Missiliers hence does not replace a SAM Launcher or Patriot Launcher.

Effects
Pillboxes are constructed to offer protection from small arms and shrapnel fire; unlike full bunkers, they are consequently not protected against chemical, biological or radiological hazards. The occupants can also be killed by fire, but the building itself is not very flammable and can be remanned as soon as the threat has been removed.