Talk:Factions/@comment-71.194.0.199-20151025183734

Not sure if anybody noticed, but it seems that some of the factions, the Neue Ordnung especially, are based off of tank designs, which would make sense. For example, the Gepard and Boa are mostly boxy designs, bearing some resemblance to the Pz IV and Pz VI Tiger Tank, while the design of the Schütze and Leo bear resemblance to some of the later WW2 German tank designs, like the Panther tanks and Tiger 2 Bengal Tiger (“King” Tiger).

Leo itself might be a reference to the German Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 main battle tanks as a shortened form of Leopard.

Most of the Russian robots seem to be based off of airplanes.

Finally, the TMC robots seem to be very diverse, which supports the theory that the TMC itself includes multiple countries. The devs revealed the Griffin was based off of a British aircraft. The General Patton seems to bear some resemblance to the Patton series of tanks, especially the turret of the M47 Patton tank and the rounding reminds me of the M48 and M60 Patton MBTs as well. Additionally, it also seems remotely similar to the turret of the M41 Walker Bulldog and even the M551 Sheridan light tanks.

In the matchmaking screen, a Leo, Patton, and something else can be seen being airdropped while returning fire against a Natasha. This implies that there might be an alliance between the TMC and Neue Ordunung, which would make sense (Western Europe vs Russia).

Finally, in terms of realism, it seems that the Neue Ordnung’s robots would be the most well-protected if the armor values of every single robot were the same. Unlike many of the other robot designs which feature flat panels, the Schütze and the Leo are very well angled and sloped, which would significantly increase their effective armor. On a similar note, it further supports that they are based off of WW2 era tank designs, as the Germans integrated sloping and angling into their later tanks and tank destroyers (most notably the Panthers, Tiger 2, Jpanther, and Jagdtiger) due to their effectiveness in Soviet tanks, namely, the T-34 medium tank.