Missilier

Missiliers are a basic infantry unit of the Allies, accessible to any commander with a barracks structure under his or her control. They are indistinguishable from the basic GI in their statistics, but are armed instead with a Javelin missile launcher, which is capable of engaging both ground and air with guided missiles carrying a HEAT warhead. Their weapons are a compromise between the penetration needed to succesfully engage armored vehicles, and the blast radius that would allow for effective use against fixed-wing aircraft. Their larger range, greater accuracy and ability to strike aerial targets comes at the price of a greatly reduced warhead size and their damage consequently pales compared to their Soviet functional counterpart, the unguided RPG, designed to engage less nimble ground targets.

Stats

 * Type: Infantry
 * Class: Missilier
 * HP: 125
 * SIZ: 1
 * SPD: 3
 * SGT: 7
 * Cost: 250$
 * Prerequisite: Allied Barracks
 * Trained from: Allied Barracks

Equipment

 * Body armor
 * Javelin missile launcher

Javelin missile
The Javelin heat-seeking missile is an effective compromise between a weapon with enough firepower to engage armored vehicles, yet the light weight and nimble flight required to engage aircraft.

Targeting Laser
Gained upon promotion, the laser designator paints the Missilier's current target with a laser beam, increasing the accuracy of missiles fired against it and negating the effects of missile deflection measures.

Strategy
Missiliers are meant for tank-hunting and air defense, and they excel at it. While they lack the sheer firepower of the RPG, their Javelin missiles have the key advantages of a far longer range, higher accuracy, and the ability to engage aircraft. When deployed out in the field, these troops can certainly hold their own against tanks and APCs, but vehicles designed for anti-infantry combat can meet them on even terms, meaning that well-composed armored columns can still overrun openly deployed missiliers. Their ideal use is in pillboxes or bunkers, where the additional protection is highly resistant to almost any weapon fielded by tanks and a defensive line so formed and combined with anti-infantry defenses is nearly unbreakable in any economical fashion, save by artillery. It should be noted that Missiliers share the weakness of all dedicated anti-tank units in that they are wholly ineffective against infantry.