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The sea can be dangerous place!
—Mosquito Demoboat

The Mosquito-class demolition boat, known in-game as Mosquito Demoboat, is a fast explosive Soviet ship filled with highly flammable substances.

Official description[]

Being another product proposed by the Latin Confederation, the Mosquito Demoboat was crafted in the shipyards on the shore of Lake Maracaibo. With their experience with Bomb Buggies, and a large number of necessary resources, they brought this 'fast and lethal' tactical idea to the sea, and spread it through the entire Comintern. Mosquito, like its name implies, has a strong ability to harass enemy navy thanks to it unique payload composition. The ship's captain, with the resolve for sacrifice, will rush straight into a hostile fleet array to detonate the napalm mix supplies loaded on the boat, setting both the sea and ships on fire for a significant period of time.

Unlike the ground demolition vehicles of the Soviet army, the Mosquito is effective against all sorts of targets. Unfortunately, the captain needs to explicitly prepare the napalm mix payload for detonation for it to reach its full explosive effect. This has resulted in some of the Mosquitos getting sunk unceremoniously, before their captains had their moment of glory.[1]

Overview[]

The Mosquito Demoboat is a suicide unit dedicated to maritime combat. Unlike Demolition Truck and Bomb Buggy, it has excellent lethality against all ground targets. The high speed and characteristics that keep the area of the explosion burning make the Mosquito Demoboat an ideal ship for raiding key enemy objects such as Naval Shipyard.

However, it should be noted that, like the two vehicles with similar functions, the Mosquito Demoboat cannot be allowed to rush into the area where the anti-armor means are densely arranged, otherwise the explosion caused by their destruction will not bring much sense; Also, it is not recommended to place the Mosquito Demoboat too close to friendly units and structures to prevent them from potentially blasting them. Don't leave them afar without protection either, otherwise enemy navy units with high mobility will destroy them with ease.

AI behavior[]

Mosquitos controlled by the AI have the following attack patterns:

Medium/Hard[]

  • 1x targeting everything
    • This task force may be accompanied by 1 additional Mosquito

Hard[]

  • 2x targeting structures

Appearances[]

Mosquito Demoboats have been sent to you. They can set the sea on fire.
—Soviet intel during Operation: Death From Above

Act One[]

  • Mosquito Demoboat debuts in Death From Above, where a few Demoboats will be given to the player during the defend phase. It becomes buildable later in this mission.

Assessment[]

Pros Cons
  • Very effective against any ground targets.
  • Fast-moving.
  • Good against groups of lightly armored infantry or ships, especially slow-moving ones.
  • Deadly when paired up with Shadow Ring or Chronosphere.
  • Using Elite Reserves can let the player to produce elite demoboats for a period of time.
  • Enemy commanders can destroy them from a safe distance.
  • Vulnerable against aircraft, mind control and anti-armor threats.
  • Chrono weapons can harmlessly remove them, causing no explosion.
  • Dangerous to keep inside one's own base.
  • Cannot be protected by Invulnerability.

Trivia[]

  • The Mosquito Demoboat's design resembles the GLA Demoboat from Generals Zero Hour Continue mod.

References[]

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