Heatseeker/Other vehicles

A list of NPC vehicles and structures in the game.

C-130 Hercules
An aircraft used to transport both cargo and personnel.


 * Primary role: Transport
 * Weapons: None
 * Appearances: Welcome to Paradise, Search and Destroy (friendly), Smuggler's Run (bonus objective), Smuggler's Demise (enemy)

A-50 Mainstay
An airborne radar craft intended for early warning and detection. However, a number of A-50s in Heatseeker are kitted out with ECM capabilities to disrupt enemy radar.


 * Primary role: Early warning, radar jamming
 * Weapons: None
 * Appearances: Reprisals (bonus objective), Operation Bear Trap, Pillars of Fire, Anvil and Hammer (enemy), Cargo of Death (friendly)

Tu-95 Bear
Bombers that are easily identifiable by their silhouette and the distinctive sound of their engines, Bears can inflict heavy damage to ground targets.


 * Primary role: Ground attack
 * Weapons: Air-to-ground missiles
 * Appearances: Operation Bear Trap, The Brawl, Anvil and Hammer, Sunburn Alley (enemy)

B-52 Stratofortress
The IC heavy bomber, the Stratofortress is deployed to destroy heavily-fortified ground targets.


 * Primary role: Ground attack
 * Weapons: Air-to-ground missiles
 * Appearances: Pillars of Fire, To Rule the Sky (friendly)

Tu-22 Backfire
A long-range strategic bomber, though the only ones encountered are to be destroyed while still on the tarmac.


 * Primary role: Ground attack
 * Weapons: N/A
 * Appearances: To Rule the Sky (enemy)

Air Tanker
Likely based on the KC-135 Stratotanker despite the generic "Tanker" label.


 * Primary role: Midair refueling
 * Weapons: None
 * Appearances: To Rule the Sky (enemy), Cargo of Death (bonus objective)

An-225 Cossack
A large transport plane used for carrying heavy shipments.


 * Primary role: Transport
 * Weapons: None
 * Appearances: Cargo of Death (neutral/enemy)

Freighter
A large ship built for ferrying large shipments of goods.

Speedboat
Normal speedboats jury-rigged with guns, these are basic sea units that can be easily destroyed.


 * Primary role: Light attack craft
 * Weapons: Frontal cannon
 * Appearances:

PT Boat
Small, fast boats equipped with surface-to-surface missiles. They take multiple SRAM hits to sink, but are easy to destroy with most anti-ground weapons.


 * Primary role: Light attack craft
 * Weapons: Surface-to-surface missiles
 * Appearances:

Nanuchka
A light corvette equipped for launching missiles, Nanuchkas are often deployed to attack important objectives.


 * Primary role: Missile attack
 * Weapons: Surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, can carry cruise missiles
 * Appearances:

Udaloy
A destroyer built for fleet escort and intercepting enemy forces, Udaloy-class destroyers possess potent anti-air weapons.


 * Primary role: Fleet escort
 * Weapons: Surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns
 * Appearances:

Sovremenny
While the real-life Sovremenny is a destroyer, they are classified as cruisers in Heatseeker with appropriately heavy weaponry.

Kirov
The largest and heaviest ship class deployed by enemies, Kirov-class cruisers possess devastating firepower and should not be engaged lightly.

Nemesis
The flagship of the Nemesis taskforce and Downtown and Divot's home away from home.


 * Primary role: Aircraft deployment
 * Weapons: Anti-aircraft guns, surface-to-air missiles

Javelin
Escort cruisers deployed by the IC navy.

Oil Tanker
Civilian vessels caught out of their depth, oil tankers appear as escort targets.

Fury
A specialized operation vessel used by Spearhead.


 * Primary role: Covert operations
 * Weapons: Surface-to-air missiles

UAZ-469 Jeep
A light jeep.


 * Primary role: Transportation
 * Weapons: None

T-90 Battle Tank
Standard main battle tank, the T-90 can pose a threat to ground units but are less effective against planes except potentially in numbers.

MDB Heavy SAM
A stationary emplacement that fires surface-to-air missiles. Be prepared to deploy countermeasures against them.

SA-10 Grumble Heavy SAM
A mobile SAM launcher, some Grumbles are also kitted out for launching surface-to-surface cruise missiles.

SA-19 Tunguska Light SAM
A mobile SAM launcher similar to the Grumble.

Anti-Aircraft Gun
Anti-air emplacements that use rapid fire to try and shoot down incoming planes.

Amphibious APC
An armored but unarmed vehicle used for transporting ground troops.

T-90HEL Laser Tank
Labeled as simply the "T-90 Laser Tank" in-game, these are advanced T-90 tanks equipped with high intensity lasers that are more effective against planes.

Oil Rig
Various oil rigs appear in the Antarctica missions that must be defended against enemy attack.

Radar Tower
Towers used for guiding and boosting nearby SAM sites.