Contra 007 USA: Units and Generals

The Contra 007 USA side is played only through its generals, and there are four of them. The regular Zero Hour US army isn't in the menu: its slot went to the new General Ironhand and his robots. Granger, Townes and Alexander stayed, but each got an army of their own with new vehicles. Below are the costs, health and weapons of every unit from the mod files, the main buildings, the real prototypes and tips for playing on a phone. The general overview of the mod and the comparison with 009 are on the main page of the Contra 007 wiki.

How the Contra 007 US army differs from Zero Hour

The numbers are taken from the INI files of Contra 007 and Zero Hour 1.04:

• There is no base side. The side the files simply call America belongs to Ironhand.
• The Command Center costs 2500 instead of 2000 and has the same 5000 health.
• Build time almost always equals the cost divided by 100. The Laser Crusader for 800 builds in 8 seconds, while the Crusader in Zero Hour cost 900 and took 10.
• Colonel Burton costs 2000–2500 and takes 1000 damage. In Zero Hour he cost 1500 with 200 health.
• The Ranger went up to 250–300 and got a rifle dealing 9 instead of 5, but has 150 health instead of 180.
• The Avenger costs 800–1200; in Zero Hour it cost 2000.
• The Particle Cannon takes 100 seconds to build instead of 60. The price is the same 5000, except for Alexander, who gets it cheaper: 3500 and 70 seconds.

Contra 007 US generals

Costs, build times and health are taken from the mod's INI files. Damage is per shot of the main weapon, range is in game units. Builders and the Chinooks that gather supplies are left out of the tables.

General IronhandRobotsGeneral GrangerAir ForceGeneral TownesLasersGeneral AlexanderWeapons of Mass Destruction

General Ironhand: Robots

Ironhand exists only in Contra. The mod's dossier says his robots move fast and are immune to toxins, radiation, neutron weapons and Jarmen Kell. His base is built by the Builder Mech for 1000, and almost all his vehicles are cheap, starting at 600. The army's centerpiece is the Fafnir for 7000, with an energy shield in front. The Drone Controller launches up to five combat drones.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Cyborg	infantry	250	2.5	165	rifle 9 / 125
Missile Cyborg	infantry	350	3.5	130	missile 80 / 150
Colonel Burton	infantry	2000	20	1000	BFG-9000, 600 / 175
Medic Droid	vehicle	300	3	200	rifle 9 / 100, heals infantry
Spider Mine	vehicle	500	10	100	explosion 120 / 100
Sentry Droid	vehicle	600	6	250	machine gun 12 / 150
Guardian Droid	vehicle	600	6	250	cannon 26 / 150
Leech	vehicle	600	6	250	steals cash from supply buildings
Repair Droid	vehicle	600	6	300	rifle 9 / 100, repairs vehicles
Avenger	vehicle	800	8	250	laser vs missiles and aircraft, 175
Microwave Tank	vehicle	800	8	360	suppresses buildings 50 / 155
AMOS	vehicle	950	9.5	300	mortar 80 / 275
Spider Tank	vehicle	1500	15	650	cannon 40 / 175, teleport
MLRS/ATACMS	vehicle	1600	16	250	missiles 175 / 400
Drone Controller	vehicle	3000	30	750	launches 5 combat drones
Fafnir	vehicle	7000	70	2150	cannon 36 / 250, Gauss blaster 200 / 250
Medusa Drone	aircraft	1000	15	225	missiles 85 / 275, guards a spot
Pegasus	aircraft	1300	13	200	missiles 200 / 250
Hecate	aircraft	1750	17.5	200	missiles 45 / 175
Robo Raptor	aircraft	2000	20	200	missiles 80 / 300

General Granger: Air Force

Granger has twelve aircraft types, more than any general in the mod. His dossier recommends the F-16XL against infantry and builders and the Aurora Alpha against buildings. The longest range among US units belongs to the B-4 Chimera bomber: its Tomahawks deal 175 at range 800. Aircraft are built by the Levitation Pad, and they all take off from it at once.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Ranger	infantry	300	3	150	rifle 9 / 100
Missile Defender	infantry	450	4.5	100	missile 80 / 150
Colonel Burton	infantry	2000	20	1000	rifle 20 / 125
Sentry Droid	vehicle	600	6	300	scouting, unarmed
Humvee	vehicle	700	7	280	machine gun 12 / 125
Ambulance	vehicle	700	7	240	heals, cleans contamination
MCV	vehicle	900	9	300	cannon 60 / 150
Avenger	vehicle	1000	10	275	machine gun 12 / 125, anti-air laser
SLID	vehicle	1000	10	280	shoots down missiles, 300
Dark Star	aircraft	900	9	160	radar, unarmed
F-16XL	aircraft	900	9	175	missiles 160 / 600
F-18 Hornet	aircraft	900	9	200	missiles 100 / 275
RAH-66 Comanche	aircraft	1100	11	200	missiles 45 / 175
Combat Chinook	aircraft	1500	15	800	grenade launcher 40 / 200
F-35 JSF	aircraft	1800	18	220	cluster bombs 100 / 250
F-22A King Raptor	aircraft	1800	18	220	missiles 100 / 350
Aurora Alpha Bomber	aircraft	2000	20	90	bomb 500 / 300
C-27 Spartan	aircraft	2000	40	400	drops paratroopers
AC-150	aircraft	2750	27.5	500	two guns, 25 / 275 each
B-4 Chimera	aircraft	3500	35	350	Tomahawks 175 / 800
B-3 Wyvern	aircraft	5000	50	260	bombs 300 / 400

General Townes: Lasers

Almost all of Townes's vehicles fire lasers or plasma. The dossier names the Paladin and the Laser Crusader as the core of his army. At the top sits the Omega Cannon for 5000 with 1750 health; after an upgrade it hits for 800 at range 400. Lasers need power, so Townes has the Tokamak: 2500 for 60 units of power.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Ranger	infantry	250	2.5	150	rifle 9 / 100, laser 28 / 125 after upgrade
Laser Defender	infantry	375	3.75	100	laser 40 / 150
Sniper	infantry	700	7	120	rifle 300 / 250
Colonel Burton	infantry	2500	25	1000	laser 8 / 125, 100 / 160 after upgrade
Ambulance	vehicle	600	6	240	heals, cleans contamination
Sentry Droid	vehicle	600	6	300	laser 75 / 150 after upgrade
Humvee	vehicle	700	7	280	machine gun 12 / 125, laser 75 / 150 after upgrade
Laser Crusader	vehicle	800	8	400	laser 90 / 175
ARV	vehicle	800	8	340	machine gun 12 / 125, repairs vehicles
Microwave Tank	vehicle	800	8	300	suppresses buildings 50 / 155
Avenger	vehicle	900	9	300	laser vs missiles and aircraft, 175
Libra	vehicle	900	9	300	plasma 80 / 325
Paladin	vehicle	1400	14	600	plasma 30 / 180
MTHEL	vehicle	2300	23	600	laser vs aircraft and missiles 18 / 200
Omega Cannon	vehicle	5000	50	1750	beam 12 / 300, cannon 800 / 400 after upgrade
RAH-66 Comanche	aircraft	1400	14	200	two lasers, 45 / 175 each
Aurora Bomber	aircraft	2000	20	80	bomb 50 / 300, disables buildings

General Alexander: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Alexander doesn't have a single tank. Her dossier suggests building a strong defensive line and hitting the enemy with superweapons, and the build menu backs that up: five buildings for striking across the map and defending against such strikes. Her most important vehicle is the Shield Generator for 3000, which raises a shield that missiles and shells can't get through.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Ranger	infantry	300	3	150	rifle 9 / 100
Missile Defender	infantry	450	4.5	100	missile 80 / 150, EMP 200 / 150 after upgrade
Pathfinder	infantry	700	7	120	rifle 300 / 250
Colonel Burton	infantry	2000	20	1000	rifle 20 / 125
Sentry Droid	vehicle	600	6	300	scouting, unarmed
Humvee	vehicle	700	7	280	machine gun 12 / 125
AMOS	vehicle	950	9.5	300	mortar 80 / 275
Avenger	vehicle	1200	12	300	laser vs missiles and aircraft, 175
Shield Generator	vehicle	3000	30	500	shield against missiles and shells
F-117 Stealth Fighter	aircraft	1000	10	180	missiles 200 / 250
RAH-66 Comanche	aircraft	1700	17	200	missiles 45 / 175
Aurora Beta	aircraft	2500	25	100	bomb 650 / 300

Main buildings and superweapons

Reload times from the mod files: the Particle Cannon and the ICBM fire every 5 minutes, the Tomahawk Storm every 4, the Blackout Missile System every 7. The SDI Cannon shoots down enemy ballistic missiles, and the Communications Center calls in strategic bombers. Ironhand's Strategy Center is tougher than the others: 5000 health instead of 2500.

Real-world prototypes of Contra 007 US hardware

The Humvee, Comanche, Avenger, Microwave Tank, Aurora, F-117 and Chinook also exist in Zero Hour, and their prototypes are covered on the page about the USA army in the original game. Here we look only at what the mod adds.

• AMOS. A twin-barrel 120 mm mortar turret by the Finnish-Swedish company Patria Hägglunds. It has served with the Finnish army since 2007 and is fitted to the Patria AMV and CV90.
• MLRS/ATACMS. The American M270 MLRS has served with the US Army since 1983. Besides regular rockets it fires ATACMS tactical missiles with a range of up to 300 km. In the mod's files this vehicle took the Tomahawk's slot.
• MTHEL. A mobile version of the THEL combat laser that the USA and Israel developed from 1996. In 2000–2001 THEL shot down 28 Katyusha rockets and five artillery shells, but the project was closed in 2005.
• F-16XL. An experimental F-16 with a double-delta wing, first flown in 1982. Two were built, and in 1984 it lost the competition to the F-15E.
• F-18 Hornet. The carrier-based multirole F/A-18 Hornet, in service with the US Marine Corps since 1983.
• F-35 JSF. The fighter of the Joint Strike Fighter program. The production F-35A first flew in 2006 and joined the US Air Force in 2016, long after the mod came out.
• Dark Star. The prototype is the RQ-3 DarkStar stealth reconnaissance drone by Lockheed Martin and Boeing. It flew in 1996 and carried no weapons, just like in the mod, and the program was closed in 1999.
• C-27 Spartan. The Italian C-27J Spartan military transport. The Pentagon picked it in 2007, but by 2012 the US Air Force had decided to retire all of its aircraft.
• Made-up hardware. There is no prototype for Ironhand's robots (Fafnir, Spider Tank, Robo Raptor, Pegasus, Hecate), the Libra, the Omega Cannon, the Shield Generator, the AC-150 or the B-3 and B-4 bombers.

How to play the USA in Contra 007 on a phone

Contra 007 runs in ZeroFront. You get the mod in our Telegram bot under "Game files & mods", and the version and installation are covered on the Contra 007 for Zero Hour page. Network games only work with players who also run 007.

On a touch screen it's easiest to split the US armies into groups on the left bar:

1. With Granger, keep bombers in group "1" and fighters in "2". A tap on an empty group saves the selection, and a double tap on a saved one selects it and moves the camera there.
2. Ironhand's drones cost 600 each, so there are many of them. A double tap on a unit selects every unit of that type on screen.
3. Alexander's main weapons are her buildings. Hold an interface button to read a building's description without pressing it.

The other gestures are on the in-game controls page.

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