Oddities of WWR Part 1

Breaking away from colorway breakdowns just for a moment to talk about some of the oddities with the WWR universe (colorway breakdowns will be twice a month with a filler post like this one in between).

It's already a well known fact that WWR is an alternate timeline from our own. There are very advanced robots, humans on Mars, a religious coalition, and an interplanetary war all happening in the 1980s.

There are also some minor details that you've might of spotted on some colorways or one's I have mentioned that add to this alternate timeline. Let's take a look at some of them.

Are the Nazi's Still Around?

I pointed this out in the Afrika Defense colorway breakdown. A very suspicious decal show ups on both the Heavy Bramble and the Armstrong.

They are four lines that really look like the arms of a swastika. Playing connect the dots you will get one.

So that raises the question. Do the Nazi's still exist within WWR? Is this new "swastika" a rebrand for the previous political group or has the group changed (hence their new symbol)?

This also has larger implications with World War 2. If the Nazi's or at least in a new form then something fundamentally changed after the largest war in human history. The Nazi's are one part of it but Afrika Defense also shows that Germany still has a military force operating outside of its borders. Possibly in defense of overseas territories.

Soviet Union and Christianity

The Soviet Union and Christianity have a turbulent history with one another. The Soviet Union encouraged atheism while actively controlling and eliminating religious groups.

So it might come as a surprise to find that the Soviet Union is apart of the Earth Coalition and the Red Army is sporting symbols of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Note the cross on the left shoulder (our right).

Note the cross on the back of the ammo canister.

Now this reappearance of the Christian faith is not new in the Soviet Union. During World War 2 Stalin revived the Russian Orthodox Church to further grow patriotism for the war. Stalin did this because he saw how the church could arouse the people in ways the communist party could not. Also, he wanted western help. In the years after World War 2 the church would see growth and less persecution but starting in the 1950s persecution was back in full swing.

So has the Soviet Union relaxed it's anti-religious practices in the WWR universe or are they pulling a Stalin and using the church for their own gains and to appease the Earth Coalition?