The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British VTOL attacker which entered mass production in the late 1960s. Powered by the innovative Rolls-Royce Pegasus turbofan engine which allows it to reach 1,133 km/h, it featured four vectoring nozzles that allowed it to take off and land vertically, hover, and manoeuvre in ways traditional aircraft could not. Its current service model is the Harrier GR. 1, which lacks many of the upgrades its later iterations would feature; it is armed with a combination of 30mm ADEN Cannon pods and a variety of air-to-ground ordnance, up to 2,000 kg in total. As of the mid-1960s, it is the most advanced attacker jet in Earth.
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Attacker
Abilities
Common Attributes - Mechanical
VTOL
EFFECT:
This vehicle flies like an airplane but is capable of taking off and landing in the vertical plane like a helicopter.
It can perform emergency landings, even in the battlefield, to repair, refuel and rearm with the support of ground units.
Common Attributes - National
Alone Nevermore - British Aircraft (CW)
When Britain entered World War II, with its only ally Germany on the brink of defeat, its government expected to fight alone against a unified communist Europe. As the Allied Nations consolidated, beat back the Comintern and evolved into NATO, the Republic of Great Britain became one of its strongest supporters, determined to fight alone nevermore.
EFFECT:
This unit gains +2 Air Superiority when Dogfighting another aircraft which has dealt damage to any allied unit.