Part 11: U.S.S.R Mission 4 - Norway
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Medals earned:
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Earned for completing the mission.
Earned for capturing the SAM-launchers and radar within the shortest time-frame.
New units commanded:
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Soviet medium AA - ZSU-23-4 - "Shilka": Like the NATO Gepard, the Shilka is a gun-based system, sporting quad 23mm automatic radar-guided cannons. Designed specifically to keep up with the armoured spearheads and provide these with close AA-cover, the Shilka proved a highly effective and deadly system that is still in use today in some conflicts.
New units worth of mentioning:
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Soviet Ekranoplan - "Lun": An Ekranoplan, or ground effect vehicle, is a special type of flying vehicle that gets its primary means of lift from a compressed cushion of air formed between it and the ground. The low level of flight means that an Ekranoplan is more fuel efficient than a normal plane of the same size.
The "Lun" is one of the largest Ekranoplans ever built, and is capable of carrying a quite extensive load. It is also armed with six massive launch tubes loaded with cruise missiles that it can fire while in flight.
In the real world only one "Lun" was ever built, the largely experimental project proving too expensive in the end for the collapsing Soviet Union. Pictures of the surviving vehicle can be found here: http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html
