Contra 009 GLA: Generals Huchum, Thrax, Juhziz and Kassad

The Contra 009 GLA side has four generals: Thrax, Juhziz and Kassad are joined by General Huchum with an assault army. He took the slot of the base GLA, so in the mod you can't play the GLA without a general. Below are each general's units with numbers from the files of Contra 009 Final (Patch 3), the main buildings and the real hardware, from the DANA self-propelled gun to the L-29 trainer jet.

How the Contra 009 GLA army differs from Zero Hour

The GLA in the mod still lives without power plants and on cheap vehicles, but its economy and unit cards work differently:

• The GLA main building is now the Factory: 1000, 2000 health, and it trains Workers. In Zero Hour the GLA Command Center cost 2000 with 5000 health.
• Workers carry supplies to the Mobile Stash. It's a vehicle for 1200 with 1200 health that you park right next to the supplies.
• Huchum's Rebel costs 200 instead of 150 and builds in 2 seconds instead of 5. It has 150 health instead of 120, and its rifle hits for 8 instead of 5.
• Jarmen Kell costs 2000–2500 and takes 800 damage, while in the original he had 200 health for 1500. His rifle hits for 300 instead of 180.
• Only Huchum kept the Marauder: 1350, 650 health and a 120 gun, against 800, 500 and 60 in Zero Hour.
• The Scorpion went down from 600 to 550, and its gun hits for 48 instead of 20.
• The Elbrus Launcher, the mod's SCUD Launcher, belongs to Kassad alone: the same 1200 and 180 health, a missile dealing 150 instead of 300, but range 400 instead of 350. Thrax and Juhziz get the Luna in its place.
• All four generals have the Alshain, flying infantry for 200.

Contra 009 GLA 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. Workers, Worker bikers and the Mobile Stash are left out of the tables.

General HuchumAssault ArmyDr. ThraxToxins and AcidsGeneral JuhzizExplosivesPrince KassadCamouflage

General Huchum: Assault Army

Huchum is a new Contra general, and in the skirmish menu he stands where the regular GLA used to be. The mod's dossier gives him strong tanks, powerful artillery and good infantry: the Marauder with a 120 gun, the Aladdin anti-air vehicle, the Dana artillery with range 360 and the Katyusha rocket launcher. The Rig Launcher throws a drill up to 450 and opens an underground tunnel there, and the Underground Command Post gives +25% damage to troops coming out of tunnels. At rank 5 he unlocks the Karkadann: 6000, 2800 health and two artillery batteries with range 450.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Rebel	infantry	200	2	150	assault rifle 8 / 100, Molotov cocktail 29 / 90
RPG Trooper	infantry	300	3	100	missile 80 / 150
Stinger Soldier	infantry	300	3	120	anti-air missile 50 / 300
Suicide Attacker	infantry	200	2	100	self-destructs
Alshain	infantry	200	2.5	120	unarmed, flies for about a minute
Jarmen Kell	infantry	2000	20	800	rifle 300 / 250
Technical	vehicle	500	5	200	machine gun 11 / 125
Scorpion	vehicle	550	5.5	350	cannon 48 / 150
Marauder	vehicle	1350	13.5	650	cannon 120 / 170
Aladdin	vehicle	1000	10	400	40 / 155, vs air 56 / 275
Quad Cannon	vehicle	800	8	300	16 / 160, vs air 12 / 250
Dana	vehicle	900	9	350	shell 110 / 360
Katyusha	vehicle	1200	12	260	missiles 40 / 360
Toxin Tractor	vehicle	600	6	300	toxin 6 / 150
Battle Bus	vehicle	1000	10	400	6 passengers fire from inside
Rebel Biker	vehicle	300	3	180	assault rifle 8 / 150
RPG Trooper Biker	vehicle	400	5	180	missile 80 / 150
Stinger Biker	vehicle	400	4	180	anti-air missile 50 / 300
Suicide Biker	vehicle	400	5.75	60	self-destructs
Demolisher	vehicle	700	5	400	demolishes buildings, 300 at close range
BTR-50 Driller	vehicle	900	9	300	unarmed, digs tunnels
Rig Launcher	vehicle	1000	10	300	launches a drill up to 450
BTR-50 Engineer	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, clears mines
Command Truck	vehicle	1500	15	1500	trains Workers and Rebels
Radar Van	vehicle	500	5	300	unarmed, radar
Karkadann	vehicle	6000	50	2800	two batteries 160 / 450

Dr. Thrax: Toxins and Acids

Thrax fights with toxins and acid. The Toxin Rebel fires a toxin stream, the Suicide Attacker leaves a toxin cloud when it blows up, the Luna fires acid missiles at range 420, and the Scolopendra eats through tank armor. Against vehicles he has the Sturm-S (160 damage at range 300), against aircraft the Wasp missile vehicle. Thrax has no airfield, and his only aircraft is the Crop Duster. At rank 5 he unlocks the Karakurt: 7000, 3400 health and a stream of chemicals at any target.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Toxin Rebel	infantry	300	3	125	toxin stream
RPG Trooper	infantry	300	3	100	missile 80 / 150
Stinger Soldier	infantry	300	3	120	anti-air missile 50 / 300
Suicide Attacker	infantry	200	2	100	self-destructs, toxin cloud
Alshain	infantry	200	2.5	120	unarmed, flies for about a minute
Jarmen Kell	infantry	2000	20	800	rifle 300 / 250
Technical	vehicle	500	5	200	machine gun 11 / 125
Scorpion	vehicle	550	5.5	350	cannon 48 / 150
Scolopendra	vehicle	1000	10	500	acid 6 / 100
Sturm-S	vehicle	900	9	300	missile 160 / 300
Wasp	vehicle	800	8	300	missiles 75 / 175, vs air 95 / 300
Quad Cannon	vehicle	800	8	300	16 / 160, vs air 12 / 250
Mortar Buggy	vehicle	800	8	150	mortar round 95 / 275
Luna	vehicle	1400	14	300	acid missile 110 / 420
Poisoner	vehicle	700	8	300	toxin 7 / 150
Battle Bus	vehicle	1000	10	400	6 passengers fire from inside
Rebel Biker	vehicle	400	4	180	toxin stream
RPG Trooper Biker	vehicle	400	5	180	missile 80 / 150
Stinger Biker	vehicle	400	4	180	anti-air missile 50 / 300
Suicide Biker	vehicle	400	5.75	60	self-destructs
BTR-50 Driller	vehicle	900	9	300	unarmed, digs tunnels
BTR-50 Engineer	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, clears mines
Command Truck	vehicle	1500	15	1500	trains Workers and Rebels
Radar Van	vehicle	500	5	300	unarmed, radar
Karakurt	vehicle	7000	50	3400	chemicals 80 / 150
Crop Duster	aircraft	600	6	150	sprayer 3.1 / 125

General Juhziz: Explosives

Almost Juhziz's entire army can blow up. The Suicide Attacker costs 150, the Bomb Truck 900, the Ratel with a 120 gun can detonate itself, and the Suicide Scorpion leaves a bundle of bombs when destroyed. He is the only GLA general with an airfield: the Zipper rams aircraft for 465 damage, and the Dolphin dives onto a ground target like a kamikaze plane. According to the mod's dossier, Juhziz starts with Cash Bounty, so he earns money for every enemy he destroys. At rank 5 he unlocks the Efreet, a nuclear bomb truck for 5000.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Rebel	infantry	250	2.5	150	assault rifle 8 / 100, grenade 64 / 90
RPG Trooper	infantry	325	3.25	100	missile 80 / 150
Suicide Attacker	infantry	150	1.5	100	self-destructs
Saboteur	infantry	400	3.5	120	sabotages buildings
Alshain	infantry	200	2.5	120	unarmed, flies for about a minute
Jarmen Kell	infantry	2500	25	800	rifle 300 / 250
Technical	vehicle	500	5	200	machine gun 11 / 125
Suicide Scorpion	vehicle	550	5.5	320	cannon 48 / 150
Ratel	vehicle	1250	12.5	650	cannon 120 / 150, self-destruct 320
Quad Cannon	vehicle	800	8	300	16 / 160, vs air 12 / 250
Mortar Buggy	vehicle	800	8	150	mortar round 95 / 275
Luna	vehicle	1600	16	300	missile 150 / 420
Toxin Tractor	vehicle	600	6	300	toxin 6 / 150
Bomb Truck	vehicle	900	9	210	self-destructs
Battle Bus	vehicle	1000	10	400	6 passengers fire from inside
Rebel Biker	vehicle	400	4	180	assault rifle 8 / 150
RPG Trooper Biker	vehicle	400	5	180	missile 80 / 150
Saboteur Biker	vehicle	500	5	180	sabotages buildings
Suicide Biker	vehicle	350	5.25	70	self-destructs
BTR-50 Transport	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, 8 seats
BTR-50 Engineer	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, lays mines
Command Truck	vehicle	1500	15	1500	trains Workers and Rebels
Radar Van	vehicle	500	5	300	unarmed, radar
Efreet	vehicle	5000	40	1200	nuclear detonation
Zipper	aircraft	700	7	150	ramming 465 / 125
Dolphin	aircraft	700	7	140	explosion 300 / 125

Prince Kassad: Camouflage

Kassad hides his army. The mod's dossier says he starts with the GPS Scrambler, and most of his troops are concealed: the shotgun-armed Warrior stays invisible until it opens fire, and the Gun Buggy can't be seen while it stands still. His Hijackers steal enemy vehicles, except Ironhand's robots. Every 5 minutes the Jammer Station hides the whole map outside the enemy's line of sight. At rank 5 he unlocks the Hazael: 5000, an invisible tank with a 500 gun that stays hidden when it fires.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Warrior	infantry	250	2.5	160	shotgun 105 / 65
RPG Trooper	infantry	300	3	100	missile 80 / 150
Suicide Attacker	infantry	200	2	100	self-destructs
Hijacker	infantry	400	3.5	100	hijacks vehicles
Saboteur	infantry	400	3.5	120	sabotages buildings
Alshain	infantry	200	2.5	120	unarmed, flies for about a minute
Jarmen Kell	infantry	2000	20	800	rifle 300 / 250
Technical	vehicle	500	5	200	machine gun 11 / 125
Gun Buggy	vehicle	450	4.5	200	machine gun 11 / 125
Scorpion II	vehicle	550	5.5	300	recoilless gun 90 / 150
Ratel II	vehicle	1100	11	500	cannon 100 / 170
Rocket Buggy	vehicle	800	8	150	missiles 15 / 300
Quad Cannon	vehicle	800	8	300	16 / 160, vs air 12 / 250
Flak Gun	vehicle	700	7	300	40 / 155, vs air 56 / 275
Mortar Buggy	vehicle	800	8	150	mortar round 95 / 275
Elbrus Launcher	vehicle	1200	15	180	missile 150 / 400
Toxin Tractor	vehicle	600	6	300	toxin 6 / 150
Rebel Biker	vehicle	300	3	180	shotgun 105 / 65
RPG Trooper Biker	vehicle	400	5	180	missile 80 / 150
Hijacker Biker	vehicle	500	5	80	hijacks vehicles
Saboteur Biker	vehicle	500	5	180	sabotages buildings
Suicide Biker	vehicle	400	5.75	60	self-destructs
BTR-50 Transport	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, 8 seats
BTR-50 Engineer	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, clears mines
Command Truck	vehicle	1500	15	1500	trains Workers and Rebels
Radar Van	vehicle	600	6	300	unarmed, radar
Hazael	vehicle	5000	50	2000	cannon 500 / 300

Main buildings and superweapons

GLA superweapons in the mod take 5000 damage, while the Zero Hour SCUD Storm had 4000. They can only be built at rank 5.

Real-world prototypes of Contra 009 GLA hardware

Units carried over from Zero Hour (Rebel, RPG Trooper, Hijacker, Saboteur, Jarmen Kell, the bikes, Scorpion, Marauder, Quad Cannon, Rocket Buggy, the SCUD Launcher that became the Elbrus Launcher, Bomb Truck, Battle Bus) are covered on the page about the GLA army in the original game. Here we look only at what the mod adds.

• Dana. The model in the files is called UVDana: the Czechoslovak vz.77 DANA wheeled self-propelled gun with a 152 mm howitzer on a Tatra 815 chassis. It entered service in 1981 and was the first wheeled 152 mm self-propelled gun.
• BTR-50 Driller, BTR-50 Transport and BTR-50 Engineer. The Soviet amphibious tracked BTR-50 armored personnel carrier, based on the PT-76 tank and in service since 1954.
• Sturm-S. The Soviet 9P149 self-propelled anti-tank system on an MT-LB chassis. It entered service in 1979 and fires 9M114 Kokon missiles.
• Luna. The Soviet 2K6 Luna tactical missile system, known to NATO as FROG-3 and FROG-5. It has been in service since 1960, its launcher is built on the PT-76, and its range reaches 45 km.
• Ratel. The South African Ratel, the world's first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. It entered service in 1976.
• Dolphin. The model in the files is called UVL29: the Czechoslovak Aero L-29 Delfín jet trainer. It first flew on April 5, 1959, and then became the standard trainer of the Warsaw Pact countries.
• Flak Gun. In the files the unit is called S60Gun, after the Soviet 57 mm S-60 anti-aircraft gun, which entered service in January 1950.
• Crop Duster. The UVDromader model, that is, the Polish PZL M-18 Dromader agricultural aircraft. The first prototype flew on August 27, 1976, and today it is used for crop spraying and firefighting.
• No prototype: Karkadann, Rig Launcher, Scolopendra, Poisoner, Karakurt, Suicide Scorpion, Zipper, Efreet, Hazael, Alshain.

How to play the GLA in Contra 009 on a phone

Contra 009 Final with Patch 3 works in ZeroFront, and you can get the mod in our Telegram bot under "Game files & mods". How to connect it on a phone is covered on the Contra 009 on Android page. A few tricks for a touch screen:

1. The GLA has lots of bikes and light infantry. A double tap on one bike selects every bike of that type on screen.
2. Save the squad that comes out of a tunnel to group "1" on the left bar: with Huchum it gets +25% damage, and you don't want to waste that time box-selecting.
3. If Juhziz's power is aimed at the wrong spot, a long press or a two-finger tap cancels the target.

All gestures are on the in-game controls page, and a comparison of all 12 of the mod's generals is in the Contra 009 overview.

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