With the Soviets fielding fearsome Flamethrower Infantry and Shock Troopers, the Allies found themselves to be lacking in high-tech infantry options. To solve this disadvantage, they designed a new tough infantry armor and gave soldiers protected by it relatively heavy machine guns. These Machine Gunners can take a lot of damage and also deliver it, with especially lighter targets getting eradicated quickly. Due to their heavy equipment they're slow and expensive for infantry, so tactical consideration is required. Often it's a good idea to move them around with APCs, and Medics can massively boost their already high survivability. Graphics created by Pinkthoth.