7th Division

 

Faction: Earth Coalition
Nationality: New United Kingdom
First Colorway Appearance: Harold
Figures in Colorway: Harold (1/6, 1/12)

The 7th Division of the New United Kingdom is a desert based group. Their decals are steeped in real world history (which we'll explore in a second).

The main colors of the 7th Division is orange. Weathering is brown and black. Decals are either black or white.

Decals

Note the ghost looking thing in the center of the body

The first decal to really catch the eye is the ghost maker. Based around a simple image of a ghost with the words ghost maker written onto it. This seems to be the divisions mascot and possibly nickname. It is also quite a morbid mascot/nickname with it basically referring to killing their enemies (nothing new though for military forces).

Note... everything!

The 7th Division have marked their bots with their division number as well as spelling it out from time to time on them as well.

The 7th Division is based on the 7th Armored Division of the UK from World War 2. Most will know this group by their nickname: The Desert Rats. The majority of decals relate to the 7th Armored Division.

The TRBK decals (column four, row one) is a shortening of Torbuk which is a city in Libya and is known for the Seige of Tobruk during World War 2. The 7th Battalion was at Tobruk during Operation Battleaxe. There is a battleaxe decal located on the back of the Harold's head (second column, last row, on the image above).

The set of initial: SMC (seen in column one, row one; column four, row one; column three, row three) are for Sir Micheal O'Moore Creagh who was the 7th Armored Division's commander from 1939 to 1941.

Type A.2 Roundel (RAF)

A variant of the British roundel (Type A.2) can be spotted all over the 7th Division Harold. This clearly marks the division as being British.

11th Division. Not the 2 and the spade.

The most interesting set of decals on the 7th Division is the spade (column 2, row four) and a large 2 (column three, row four; column four, row three). These are interesting as they have a connection to another colorway... the 11th Division. The 11th is another desert based unit and shares the spade and the large 2 along with the 7th Division. The 2 might refer to the larger corps they might serve together under. The spade might be this corps symbol as well.

Names

Harold: Harry - Unknown real world connection but might be a connection to Prince Harry.

PRU (Bromwich)

Photo Credit: Samuel K.

Faction: Earth Coalition
Nationality: New United Kingdom
First Colorway Appearance: RPG Bramble
Figures in Colorway: RPG Bramble (1/12), Bertie Mk3.5 (1/12), Heavy Bramble (1/6, 1/12), Caesar (1/6, 1/12), Harold (1/6, 1/12), Square Mk2 (1/8), Mighty Square (1/6)

PRU (photo recon unit) has history with the Royal Air Force's photographic reconnaissance units. These units would fly over Europe and capture images or enemy positions, movements, and were also used to see how much damage was done after bombings. In WWR it seems the PRU has switched places from the skies to the ground. That or they continue as an aerial unit and their bots guard their aircraft and personnel at airbases.

The PRU's main color is pink and white. Decals show up as pink, white, or black.

Decals

Note the decal on the lower abdomen armor

The most prominent decal found on PRU bots is the half bullseye. These decal can also been seen as eye with the eyelid drawn halfway down over it (giving it that annoyed look). The decal being an eye would tie into what the PRU does. They are the eyes of a combat force providing them with vital information and intelligence before combat even begins.

Note the two circles on the cloth

The two circles decal retain the same bullseye like image of the eye decal. However, there is a line either pointing from the small circle to the center of the big one or vice versa. These two circles look like the Earth and the Moon. Now is it the EC keeping an eye on Rothchild? Or is Rothchild keeping an eye on the EC?

Note the PD on the shield. Photo Credit: Yee

A initials PD can be spotted on all PRU bots. The most logical words coming from this acronym would be Photo Department or Detachment.

Note bullseye on left shoulder (our right) and the ZW on the right shoulder (our left).

Another initial found on PRU bots is ZW. This might be the initials of their unit commander.

A full bullseye can also be spotted on PRU bots. This ties back in with the PRU providing intelligence and information on what needs to be hit... putting a bullseye on them so to speak.

Note the Type G on the Bramble's arm in the left most image.

Type A or Type G (as seen on the Mighty Square) is quite the mystery decal. It might possibly refer to a bots personality type.

Note the 4748X on the head. Photo Credit: Yee

Lastly their is the 4748X decal. I've scoured high and low for a real world reference but I've come up dry. This might be just be a unit designation.

Sayings 

Note Bromwich on the launcher

Bromwich could be referring to a couple of things. First is West Bromwich which is a town located in Great Britain. Then there's Castle Bromwich which is a suburb (both West and Castle Bromwich are located in West Midlands). Castle Bromwich was home to the Castle Bromwich aerodrome which leads credence that this might be the home of this military unit.

The other saying on PRU bots is PRU with it's acronym being laid below it: photo recon unit.

Names

Harold: Regi - Unknown real world connection.