Editing Anti-Air Veteran

{{UnitInfobox
|name = Anti-Air Veteran
|image = image:MissileVet.jpg
|caption = [[Western Frontier]] Anti-Air Veteran
|title = Anti-Air infantry Veteran
|faction = [[Western Frontier]], [[Xylvania]], [[Solar Empire]], [[Anglo Isles]], [[Tundran Territories]], [[Iron Legion]]
|health = 1500<BR>Damage modifiers:<BR>Crushing: 700%
|level =  Many
|status = Commonly Deployed
|location = In Most War Zone}} Anti-Air Veterans (or Anti-air Vets for short) are Infantry Units that specialize in surface-to-air combat.

''These sharpshooters are trained to bring down enemy air units!'' - [[General Herman]]


==Description==

"Anti-Air" (a.k.a "Missile") Vets provide air cover for battalions, Their missiles are highly effective against aircraft and, in large numbers, cause havoc for any and all air units. A player-controlled Anti-Air Vet can charge their weapon to release multiple missiles in a single shot. However, the missiles employ a sort of Doppler Radar device in their tracking systems and can lose their lock-on ability if an enemy [[Aircraft]] flies below radar altitude ([[Fighter]]s can also barrel roll to avoid missile lock). They aren't very effective against ground units, as their rockets cannot lock-on properly, and in the sequel, they deal negligible damage even if they hit dead-center. Anti-Air Veterans lack the damage reduction bonus that anti-air vehicles and towers have which protect them from airborne fire, so gunships and bombers can decimate anti-air veterans as long as they approach from a location where the missiles won't track them (such as flying over dense forests or behind mountains). These weaknesses make it an easy target from a well-placed [[Bomber]] run or low-flying [[Gunship]] attack, in addition to ground and naval units.

==Countries's Descriptions==
===<span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">Western Frontier</span>===

<span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">"Often assigned to [[Battlestation]] battalions, specialist Anti-Air Infantry carry a portable IS-III Silverfish Rocket Launcher. The missile type's main drawback is its inability to reliably track air vehicles performing "High-G" maneuvers"</span>

===Tundran Territories===

"The Spodnik tracking unit uplinks to Tundran surveillance satellites in order to lock on to enemy aircraft. The dated equipment means that the targeting resolution is insufficient to accurately track ground-based units"

===Solar Empire===

"A sophisticated heads-up display is incorporated into the helmet component of the "Darting Shrike" anti-air Rocket Launcher system. In addition to targeting data, the device can receive over 300 entertainment channels, with an incorrect button press leaving its user overwhelmed with consumerist propaganda"

===Anglo Isles===

"Anglo anti-air infantry consider their A-23 "Puffin" portable SAM armament so potent that they deem it bad form to use it against infantry or armored vehicles, purposely disengaging auto-lock when confronted with ground targets"

===Xylvania (Ack-Ack Veteran)===

"XN-16 "Ack-Ack" infantry are equipped with handheld Flakker Anti-Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun missile launchers that can drop air units form the sky in seconds. Their dual-sight aiming system is all but useless against ground targets, however"

===Iron Legion===

"A brace of Shrieker anti-air missiles could down aircraft in seconds. The distinctive howl of the rockets of the Legion "Wing Clipper" divisions were usually heard by [[Solar Empire]] pilots long before a missile-lock tone"

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Western Frontier ANTI-AIR.png|W
File:Tundran Territories ANTI-AIR.png|T
File:Xylvania ANTI-AIR.png|X
File:Solar Empire ANTI-AIR.png|S
File:Iron Legion ANTI-AIR.png|I
File:Anglo Isles ANTI-AIR.png|A
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* The "Spodnik" Tracking System that is carried on the back of the Tundran Territories' Anti-Air Vet is a parody of the Sputnik Satellite in both name and appearance.

:* In the first Battalion Wars, a player-controlled Tundran Missile Vet could fire five missiles when the weapon was fully charged.

*The Anglo Isles' description of their anti-air missile launcher may actually acknowledge that Anti-Air Veterans could be used to damage ground units. Of course, this has been changed in BWii as Anti-Air Veterans deal barely any damage against vehicles or infantry.

*The Solar Empire AA Vet looks like Ratchet from the Ratchet & Clank games. His helmet has long, ear-like points, his gun looks like a Ryno, the best weapon in the Ratchet & Clank universe, and even the backpack looks like the character Clank being carried on his back, that being normal in the games. The resemblance is uncanny.


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