| Grunt | |
|---|---|
 A Western Frontier Rifle Grunt | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Standardized Infantry Units |
| Faction | ALL |
| Health | Unarmored |
| Level | All levels |
| Status | Common |
| Location | Anywhere and Everywhere |
| Grunt | |
|---|---|
| Stats | |
| Health | Unarmored |
| Resistances | {{{resistances}}} |
| Weaknesses | {{{weaknesses}}} |
Grunts are the standardized infantry units of every faction. They appear in every mission and they are fast. But, they are armed with the weakest of machine guns. So you have to keep moving if you're going to stay alive in command of one of these infantry. They were origanaly called Rifle Grunts, but the name was changed in the second game because of the similar Assault Veteran. In Battalion Wars they were capable of destroying armored vehicles given enought time, which came in handy during missions where the main troops are grunts, and there are few, weak armored vehilicles. This could be done with a single grunt by moving up to the side of a tank without an armament and firing at point-blank range. Because of this some missions could be completed with a single grunt. In Battalion Wars 2 this can no longer be done.
Western Frontier
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: Frontier rifle infantry may pack a a minimal punch, armed with only their wits and trusty standard-issue H-16 rifle, but their unfaltering sense of duty has earned them the tittle "Hermans' Heroes" the world over.
The Western Frontier rifle grunt serves as a sort of un-official mascot to the Battalion Wars series.
Grunts of the first game
Tunderan Territories
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: Anti-snow-glare goggles, rabbit-fur fatigues, and the trusty Kasparove KA-57 are the hallmarks of Tundra's peasant conscripts. The most popular assault rifle in the world, the KA-57 is realiable under even the poorest climactic conditions.
Solar Empire
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: A posting in the Imperial Battalions must be earned. Recruit candidates will spend many years proving their worth in the Training Dojos of the Outer Islands, acquiring the disciplin needed to weild a standard-issue PlasRifle.
Anglo grunt and veteran
Anglo Isles
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: Mandatory military service has been scrapped for years in the Anglo Isles, since the sheer volume of patriotic nationals willing to take rifle in hand and fight for the Commonwealth sees the army with an unending shortfall in available billets.
Xylvania
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: Protecting their sallow complexions against the rigors of the Xylvanian atmosphere with canvas gasmasks, "Baghead" Infantillerie are the rank and file of Xylvania's army.
Iron Legion
Battalion Wars 2 Unit Dossier: Choking down pungent Ghosgene fumes from the moment of their birth, infantry of the Legion's military nation wielded Borkavar Muskettes before they could walk. When not massed on the front lines, they were happiest digging for Nerocite in the darkest mines of Old Xylvania.
Trivia
- The Tundran KA-57 assault rifle is an obvious refence to the real-world AK-47. However, it is also notable that a weapon called the KA-57 also appears in the game James Bond: Agent Under Fire. Not suprisingly, it is also an allusion to the AK-47. The name Kasparov is both a reference to the Russian chess player and to th name of the original name:Kalashnikov.
- The Western Frontier H-16 is, unlike most other Battalion Wars equipment, an EXACT COPY a real-world stockless M-16,the standart of many 'western' armies of the real-world.
- The Xylvainian assault rifle resembles a MP-40 submachinegun of German origin of the Second World War.
- The nickname for Western Frontier grunts, "Herman's Heroes", is an obvious parody of the TV show Hogan's Heroes, about Allied soldiers in a German prison camp in WWII. Also notable is that a mission with a similar name (Battalion Wars), your job is to liberate prison camps and destroy Xylvanian supplies there, another similarity to the TV show.
- Grunts from each army also double as the crew of any vehicle, land, sea, or air