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| - The Helghast Third Army, or the Third Shock Army, under the command of General Joseph Lente, was probably the most well-armed unit of all the Helghast forces during the Second Extrasolar War. They used vehicles such as light and heavy hover tanks, along with APCs. Also their standard issue weapon, the StA-52 Assault Rifle had an underbarrel shotgun attachment, which has never been used by any of the other armies. They were also the unit responsible for the executions of the Helghast whom questioned Scolar Visari.
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| - The Helghast Third Army, or the Third Shock Army, under the command of General Joseph Lente, was probably the most well-armed unit of all the Helghast forces during the Second Extrasolar War. They used vehicles such as light and heavy hover tanks, along with APCs. Also their standard issue weapon, the StA-52 Assault Rifle had an underbarrel shotgun attachment, which has never been used by any of the other armies. They were also the unit responsible for the executions of the Helghast whom questioned Scolar Visari. However, even with their vast numbers, inside information on ISA forces, and equipment, Jan Templar and his squad with the use of asymetric warfare and counter intellegence were more than a match for the men of the Third Army. With the death of Lente at the hands of Colonel Gregor Hakha, the unit came under the command of General Metrac, who managed to regain the initiative in the south of Vekta before being pushed back and, ultimately, killed. In the end, most of the troops from the Third Army were annihilated, taken prisoner, or were the lucky few to escape back to Helghan. The size of the Third Army was about 300,000 in the beginning of the invasion on Vekta. The ISA resistance drained these numbers more than the Helghast expected early on. Later the Helghast Command decided to use non-helghast, to boost the strengh of their ground forces. But these reinforcements consisted only of several hundreds of Mercenaries and some ten thousand irregular vektan sympathizer. In the end, most of them were sacrificed by the Helghast in hopeless operations against the ISA.
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