Despite the Soviet Union being known for its nigh-obsessive propensity for excess firepower, the removal of the unreasonably deadly flame tower from Second World War arsenal proved that the Russian military had some ability to limit itself. Realizing through the trials of the Second World War that the flame-thrower mounted watchtowers were as dangerous to Soviet troops as they were to Allied ones, the Red Army quickly sought out a suitable base defense to act as a safer replacement. It was redesigned in the War of the Three Powers, this time controlled by a conscript instead of AI.