The COG VEHICLES in Gears of War Lore

[@cadendains8106]

Fun fact, the reason why there's almost no fixed wing aircraft or jets within the COG is because one general in the army basically politicked his way to the top by continuously cutting the budget of the Air Force and giving it to the army, so that he could throw almost all of it into the army's various helicopter programs, most of which were run. by one singular company. By the time that general retired from service, he automatically got a really high paying job within said helicopter company, where he basically did nothing.

[@Aspencio]

helicoper!!! 🚁

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Cool lore fact thanks man

[@GweAnakJakarta]

"The backbone of military aviation will always be rotary, and tactical airpower must remain in the hands of ground commanders. Fixed-wing costs too much to do too little-I see no reason to waste any more taxpayers’ money on the Petrel strike-fighter program when we could spend that on helicopter-launched missile systems. These birds represent better value and can do everything we need, and do it better in most cases-transport, combat, observation, maritime, and special mission. We do not need to fragment our defense strategy by creating a separate air force." -Gen. Jod Lombard, giving evidence to the COG Defense Committee on the lack of need to create a separate air force and expand fixed-wing procurement, two years before accepting a seat on the board of Helicopter Manufacturer Aiglar

[@KnightSlasher]

Lets not forget the honorable mention to the Junker from gears of war 1, although not necessary a fully cog vehicle without it we wouldn't be here now because it destroyed the kryll

[@richardwright1542]

Tbh it was a stripped down armadillo

[@mattialonghin_mr.l857]

If i recall it correctly, the Junker is like a civilian/worker version of the Armadillo, the COG's APC, right?

[@KingAbzTV]

@@mattialonghin_mr.l857 yep it’s a Stranded stripped down version of the Armadillo, so it’s a stranded vehicle, hence why I didn’t mention it in this video

[@mattialonghin_mr.l857]

@@KingAbzTV got it. Damn, the memories from Gears 1... "Baird turn that s**t off"

[@WolfeSaber9933]

There are Mules as well. Marcus had some stored at his home in GOW4.

[@SwesomegamerX]

getting to control a raven at some point would be cool, its one of the only vehicles we havent controlled yet

[@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632]

Hopefully it lasts longer than most king ravens

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

It would likely be like the pelican in Halo tbh. By the time we finally got to fly one it was underwhelming

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

In judgement you can ride and be the gunner on the certain map!

[@woadblue]

Always wondered how Scorge cut a tank in half with a blade that's a generous two feet long at most and the tank chassis is maybe seven to ten feet wide. Pretty impressive...

[@ArturKwaszyn]

Tbh that sounds like BS. In the novels, Centaurs were quite powerful. In the Slab, we can read that a single shot from Centaur basically destroyed a Corpser (blowing his legs off), whereas in the games, Centaurs (and any COG vehicles) seem fairly weak. Game is a game though.

[@AGuyNamedRicky]

I think if they ever wanted to do a Pendulums wars prequel it should be a vehicle based RTS, COG and UIR have such great vehicles that never get the spotlight

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

Like Halo Wars.

[@Aspencio]

I wouldnt be surprised if they made another xcom rts based around it

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

@@Aspencioloved tactics I liked it more than 5 forsure maybe even more than 4

[@stephenandujo729]

I like the fact that they just named their vehicles after animals just like the UNSC did with their vehicles as well.

[@mr.skullfacegarcia775]

I just noticed that we've never seen the cog use fighter jets in the games that is. I'm pretty sure in the comics they show them. In the games they just use pure helicopters. 😆

[@mattkent4397]

In the first book they used them for bombing runs. But in the Anvil Gate book it’s stated that the COG tried to faze them out because they thought helicopters were the way to go, but Adam Fenix changed that and brought back fixed wing aircraft for support and attack purposes.

[@maxkimbrough9572]

@@mattkent4397 all I'm saying is the cog would have done better with some A-10's F-22's and F-35's.

[@mattkent4397]

@@maxkimbrough9572 oh definitely

[@Underrated_History1863]

There’s a really cool but easily missable blurb in one of the gears novels that basically says a general who was backed by the helicopter companies forced all of the $ and research to go towards army controlled helicopters and not Air Force jets. The general gets a high placing job with the helicopter company after retiring lol.

[@patchmoulton5438]

Yeah there weren't many fixed wing aircraft in the COG arsenal. The stated reason was that helos and Ravens were able to perform the same tasks as well as a greater variety of them over fixed wings. But in all likelihood, the real reason was graft though it was a pretty big graft since a whole warship was designed around solely supporting Ravens.

[@bracegodsey868]

Idk how you make such good content on a franchise that doesn’t pump out content for their fans

[@johnrandolph1989]

I can only imagine the horror of the Netflix series using beefed up versions of humvees in place of these beauties.

[@LegionaryAtticus]

One thing that comes to mind in Gears of War, or at the very least makes sense to me, is that Gears of War takes place in a world where technology advanced far beyond that which was present during the First World War, but military doctrines stagnated. In other words, the militaries of Sera never outgrew the mindset of attrition warfare. This is evident in both the COG and the UIR's preference for infantry over all other combat arms, the complete lack of combined arms doctrine, and overall lack of innovation on the tactical and strategic front. Additionally, the armor that individual Gears and Indies wear is evidence of this. Their mindsets seem to prefer packing as much armor as is possible in individual soldiers, with the intent that they stay in static positions and trade blows with the enemy. In the modern era, fire and maneuver is key to survival in close combat, but in Marcus' words (and world) it's "take cover or die". The COG and UIR seem to prefer that their soldiers be able to tank as many hits as possible, rather than have full mobility to seize the battle space. TL;DR the Gears of War world takes place in an era where technology vastly outpaced tactical doctrine and strategic thinkers never transitioned from attrition warfare to maneuver warfare. They're 22nd century men with a 20th century mindset.

[@ruufiss9922]

kinda crazy they didnt have any fighter jets or bombers of any kind, those definetly wouldve been a big help in the locust war

[@predetor911]

Limited effectiveness on an enemy that’s underground. I’m sure they had some, but since fights came randomly from underground and aircraft were no doubt expensive, they probably thought it wasn’t worth the effort to keep making them.

[@Chuked]

“skilled air corps” yea RIP to every king raven pilot who literally flew into nemacysts😭😭

[@gearsintel]

I can't wait til we have a huge gears game with more vehicle usage. So much potential there that's never been fully tapped into!

[@B38462]

Battlefield of war

[@kram0113]

The King Raven that was used to carry the Light Mass Bomb, is a "Tandem/Co-Axial Rotor system". Which is really a strange combination. It's like taking a CH-47 Chinooks main frame, & merging it with a Ka-52 rotor system. Crazy, but majority of everything on Sera (Gears of War universe) is already crazy.

[@greatkhan7278]

Yeah like the front entrance Armadillos and Centaurs? The slit for a windshield Ravens. The rule of cool was the design philosophy 😆

[@kram0113]

​@@greatkhan7278 The "rule of cool" for Gears of War Tech, is chilly at best. Top it off: Chilly ain't never cool. 😜

[@greatkhan7278]

@@kram0113 I'm sorry brudda but Gears is so cool it doesn't have to make sense

[@DylNyeTheDrummerGuy]

Thank you for keeping Gears alive

[@aZbrushLife]

Great vid, man. Seriously, best Gears channel in here. Keep it up.

[@KingAbzTV]

Thank you my friend for the kind words 😁

[@WolfeSaber9933]

The Raven's Nest in game was three ships glued together.

[@bocktordaytona5656]

I always imagine that the vehicles "and soldiers itself" are that massive in the gears of war universe because the planet its really different to earth. Like I mean, the cristal ice rain from gears 2 on the new hope facility was something more or less usuall before the locust war. So maybe with that crazy environment and also crazy landscapes, with gigantic oceans or gigantic deserts or mountain ranges that dwarf the everest.... logically dudes and vehicles are bigger xD. And also if you think on it has sense to have a bigger vehicle to carry maybe X2 of rations and extra equipment in case of a breakdown, wich is something that wheeled vehicles had on their side as a good thing contrary to tracked vehicles. I mean tracked vehicles are sturdy but for example the german Sdkfz halftracks needed maintenance and repairs after each long run because metal tracks needed oil and to adjust the track links pegs. Wich is a thing that american halftracks didn't because the tracks where made out from a continuous rubber band. So yep some people hated the cog designs and the centaur but I think that for the seran necessities vs human wars and locus has sense both in the way of logistics and warfare. But have to say that I really preffer the old designs like the regular raven than the new cog raven wich look thicc and boxy.

[@xXbrokenvoidXx]

I like how the Packhorse is literally just a Humvee

[@TheNarwhal784]

I was just thinking it would be nice to have a video about the Cog’s vehicles

[@Catmandan42069]

Love the Centaur

[@God-eo9zj]

I swear every raven has negative luck. Every time they get on screen they instantly get destroyed

[@kram0113]

To be more thourough, the Centaur shouldn't be classified as a "Tank". It's more of an IFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle. It's wheels have "high ground pressure", meaning that the main hull has the entirety weight point on the wheels that is touching the ground. In other words, this vehicle would sink into the grounf, if traversing through a wetland or muddy terrain. A true tank uses caterpillar tracks, which is spread out over a larger distance.

[@tamamovitch8583]

Couple of things I remember seeing but no info shows up about. One was there were many large tonnage shipwrecks with profiles matching battleships during the submarine mission in GoW3. In Judgement there was also a multiplayer map that had vehicles that looked like some sort of MRAP.

[@5hane9ro]

I want Overrun 2.0 on a larger scale with CoG troopers able to use vehicles while Locust/Swarm can use large monsters (like Reavers & Brumaks).

[@cheers4238]

Thank you for making this video. I know I asked you a lot, but it turned out great and I’m proud of you.

[@KingAbzTV]

Thank you for asking me and I'm glad I got around to creating this video! Appreciate you fam

[@SinShadowed]

its weird that in the books, Dizzys rig was able to with stand landmines. hell they even used it for mine clearing at Vectes to clear Stranded IEDs in the ANVIL GATE book.

[@Nenshokaze]

I’m curious as to what tanks the COG used that had tracks. Maybe in time they’ll reveal and flesh those out in some form of media?

[@rtt8071]

Awesome video, Abz!!

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it!

[@fictionforeternity8926]

I hope you talked about the pack horse humvee, (finishing the video) thank god, also first.

[@alice-dl6mf]

There will never be a video game vehicle cooler than the king raven. Even the name is badass. Ok, maybe the pelican comes close, but still the raven takes this one

[@luizcassiano]

1:44 Control, i have requested a pickup, not a Drop off! 😂

[@kullivar2413]

If the cog has jets shit wouldve gotten crazy

[@Spuminmyboxers]

Yeah... but then the Locust wouldn't have any units to counter them.

[@maxkimbrough9572]

@@Spuminmyboxers broom backs would be an A-10 pilots wet dream. A massive slow fleshy target. The COG would have dominated on the surface with air power

[@Spuminmyboxers]

@@maxkimbrough9572 Definitely

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@Spuminmyboxers I think nemacyst would have been the hard counter to fixed wing jets. Theyd act more like old style barrage balloons or air mines. They wouldn't be able to catch up to fixed wings but the pilot wouldn't be able to safely fly through nemacyst seeded air space. After that though... I would say the COG wouldn't be able to maintain fix wings for very long. Our jets today are mainance hogs, now throw in the more advanced tech the COG while they slowly lose their industrial base to the Locust. I dont think they would have helped much overall in the long run.

[@idk----_]

The abz army is growing man 2023 will be a big year for you abz

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks man! It will be for sure, gotta keep working hard!

[@stealthSGMB]

There was an actual aircraft carrier in Judgement but it’s blown in half, by what I don’t know. But the COG navy wasn’t a push over during the pendulum wars that’s for sure

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

I hope to see what if the pendulum wars didn't end and kept going for another six weeks. This could have had happen say both the UIR and COG managed to build the Hammer of Dawn. Both factions first target a military base of importance. Nether side surrenders or request a cease fire. And then both use rhe hammer of dawn orbital weapons on a single city of importance on both sides. Maybe the causes a higher escalation of the pendulum wars and either both sides keep using the hammer of dawn as a weapon nearly wiping each other out in time for E Day. Or both sides keep fighting the pendulum war but both the uir and cog agree not to use the hammer of dawn on.each other ad they see the risk they wipe each other out. Another possibility is what if the UIR made the hammer of dawn in time to use it against the cog.

[@ArturKwaszyn]

if UIR made the HOD before COG, then the roles would be reversed. Humanity would fall faster though, as UIR doesn't have a Jacinto Plateau of their own. If E-Day happened during the Pendulum Wars, humanity would stand a better chance. One of the reasons why E-Day was so disastrous, was that tons of soldiers were on leaves. This wouldn't be the case if war was still ongoing.

[@chancefriddle8067]

Man never stop making vidz in need a UIR full armored vehicle vid please

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

It must have been challenging after the end of the Locust War to go back to using Petroleum instead of Imulsion. I assume all vehicles could run on both fuel sources?

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Junker, apc, centaur, assault derricks , king ravens,

[@neilhannan5112]

One thing l never see is the Missless Launcher or Rocket from The Pendulim Wars Era like i would like to see UIR owning The COG with Rockets because where The COG control the Skies the UIR were the top of the Seas like in the Vietnam War IRL Reference There were 11'846 Helicopter Conformation Shot down because and because they were Easy Targets for The enemy to use rocket launcher because America didn't believe the VietCong were Advanced to fight them in the Air.

[@theoldrussian3837]

Imagine your a COG soldier in the cintar and Kiter vol just appeared

[@fredhollis3999]

I think there should be a game of the pendulum wars we keep hearing about see nothing of it. What do you think 🤔.

[@KingAbzTV]

Yep definitely would love a pendulum wars dlc, not sure about a game though! Would love to play as the COG commandos during the pendulum wars on special ops missions.

[@fredhollis3999]

@@KingAbzTVnah needs to be a full-fledged game and we can see how Marcus and the gang came together even a series of it to do it right.

[@3austin16]

@@fredhollis3999completely agree

[@travisreed1730]

SUCH a pity Ratbikes DIDN'T make it into a game.

[@theoldrussian3837]

King raven gunship is cool

[@Nepptoone]

i really like the design of these

[@Troygdesign]

You gotta cover the iconic gears icons like landan the snarky

[@halogenisys4897]

Im honestly here because im building Ilima City on Space Engineers

[@BTreal734]

Great video

[@KingAbzTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BTreal734]

How do know this much about the story

[@simbriant]

In Gears Tactics it would have been nice to personalize or choose what rooms were used for what in the Mammoth similar to XCom 2.

[@lauraclemmons8051]

Do they have Jets/Jet engines

[@pizzaman5063]

Tai was the best gear I've ever known R.I.P

[@antonieralcoleman3935]

gotta get my hands on those 3d models for some animatons

[@kingtactical2702]

You forgot about the aircraft carrier that's sunk halfway in halvo bay

[@Boone69]

Which one?

[@kingtactical2702]

@@Boone69 you can see it when you explore the military base.

[@stealthSGMB]

Someone beat me to this by a year. Wonder how exactly the locust sunk it…

[@PartOfTheGame]

Aw man...what happened to Tie was super sad...such a cool character. They should've kept him around more.. :/

[@Spuminmyboxers]

Nice video, bro. Keep it up.

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks bro, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Thememelord134]

It’s weird how the cog don’t have jets

[@maxkimbrough9572]

Right? I guarantee the COG would have had a better time on the surface with air power. But like someone else said it would have been very unfair for the locust to get bombed over and over with no real way to counter

[@Thememelord134]

@@maxkimbrough9572 having air superiority is the most important thing during a war especially against an enemy who only has ground troops

[@Boone69]

Ad Victoriam! Oops hehehe

[@SoloWing88]

No Planes on Sera?

[@ArturKwaszyn]

Not at that point of Seran history. They were phased out in favour of helicopters in COG due to corruption.

[@SoloWing88]

@@ArturKwaszyn that is both unbelievable and expected. I wonder if it was an engine issue

[@ArturKwaszyn]

@@SoloWing88 quite possibly, but that’s the canon explanation from one of the novels.

[@SoloWing88]

@@ArturKwaszyn you'd think a society with space weapons would know about the perpetual high ground...

[@ArturKwaszyn]

@@SoloWing88 indeeed. But you know, money is more important for some people.

[@TgamerBio5529]

Jet fighters? Since they do helicopters and variety of land vehicles.

[@yadielmorales6602]

Another good vide

[@KingAbzTV]

Thank you!

[@mongojrttv]

Is this the voice actor for bedtime stories?

[@reecewreford8440]

Is there a history lore with the track mule bike that JD fenix and Marcos fenix used in gears 4 to escape the deebees Was that used in locust/lambent war?

[@BTreal734]

Umm

[@suprememarve1626]

For real though, can we all finally question why the COG didn't have any forms of planes? Did they ever use jets for war? Did they ever think about designing them in general? Even when they designed the Condor, it still used a propeller system, not modern turbines

[@ArturKwaszyn]

This was answered in one of the novels. COG had fixed wing planes during Pendulum Wars, but due to corruption, they were phased out in favour of helicopters.

[@unblessedcoffee1457]

What about the bikes they ride in Gears 4?

[@brianachim2670]

They don’t have jets though 😂

[@ironflowerrevolution9165]

Is there a part 2 cog vehicles from some in 4 and 5 all so uir vehicles to video

[@woclassjohnart5747]

I love it keep up 🥰.

[@darthsion3253]

Imagine if a group of cogs got dropped/drilled in to a locust breading ground and just comes out of the pods to see them breeding or even land in the area of the bez I feel sorry for them groups*go go go... Oh shit runn!*

[@fdkrill8049]

skillled aircore is right but i swear every time u see a KR it gos down

[@Nandrall18-25]

I'm confused, I saw alot of footage that I never saw in the games. And I've played all five of them.

[@KingAbzTV]

Have you played RAAM’s shadow DLC and Gears Judgement?

[@Boone69]

There are basically 8 of them Gears 1, Gears 2, Gears 3 and its story addon RAAM's shadow, Judgement, Gears 4, Gears 5, Tactics

[@justanothergrunt9053]

0:11 did you say Russians or Rations? That threw me for a second lmfao.

[@KingAbzTV]

Rations!! Hahah apologies for any confusion that’s just my accent

[@justanothergrunt9053]

@@KingAbzTV my bad too!

[@Rawr93]

❤

[@saint_alucardwarthunder759]

King Raven is a glorified Ka-29/Ka-31

[@brycethoreson9216]

Gears in my opinion fel apart after 3

[@mrandrew1017]

❤❤

[@racspartan1]

👍

[@The_ragingJewZionist]

black hawk is better than raven

[@chaseperkins6949]

Hey im unsure why but i was unsubbed from your channel. Was wondering why i havnt seen your videos lately

[@KingAbzTV]

☹️dunno why KZbin would do that, well I’m glad you’re back!!

[@deathsexy]

I love you ready on this it's really cool Not have a great day have a best day free guy movie reference

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

Could NATO defeat the COG?

[@maxkimbrough9572]

COG has no real air power. Those rigs would have been an A-10 pilots wet dream alone.

[@patchmoulton5438]

Probably, yeah. NATO has a combined arms mobile forces doctrine while the COG seems to be stuck in an almost WW1 mindset with mass infantry fights. COG would have the advantage in a defensive war but NATO forces would outmaneuver them and decimate anything with our air power. COG does have an advantage with gun artillery but that doesn't mean much when they cant move those guns against NATO strong points. And that's not to mention naval battles. COG has no aircraft carriers, only those Raven Nests which are closer to our LHDs more than anything. Their range would be highly limited to mostly LOS battles where NATO (really, in this case, the USN) would out range them with guided missile destroyers and cruisers. I would also say our subs would have the advantage as we dont really see the COG use them and the few times we do, they seem reliant on almost being on top of a target to attack, like an old U-boat.

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

@@patchmoulton5438 LOL imagine one of the NATO soldiers picking up a Lancer rifle, and wondering: "What the hell even is this!?" as he or she revs the chainsaw, lol!!

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker You know, I honestly don't think we could pick up either variant of the Lancer. Gears are just built different.

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

@@patchmoulton5438 Planet Sera probably has higher gravity than Earth; thus, stronger humans.

[@lordsumo7852]

And they say the COG don't got wheels