Dawn Patrol

Faction: Earth Coalition

Nationality: New United Kingdom
First Figure in Colorway: Armstrong
Figures in Colorway: Armstrong (1/12)

Dawn Patrol is a group that has no written lore in WWR. What we have to go off of is just the decals and some very broad assumptions. This breakdown will give a behind the scenes look at how I go about piecing things together from historical context to symbols.

Dawn Patrol is salmon pink with the majority of decals being black and white.

Decals

Note the roundel on the left side of the body and arm (our right).

First let's start with deducing the faction and nationality of the robot. For Dawn Patrol that big roundel (the circle looking thing) is a dead giveaway of the nationality of the colorway.

RAF Type B Roundel

This roundel in particular is the RAF's Type B. The Royal Air Force being a British institution points to Dawn Patrol being a British colorway. In WWR the United Kingdom is now known as the New United Kingdom (NUK) and is apart of the Earth Coalition.

So from that simple roundel we already know the nationality and the faction of the colorway.

Hard to see but note the G12 on the left shoulder (our right).

After the roundel we have a marking that says G12. My head jumps to two ideas with this decal.

First it might stand for the Group of 12 (which does contain the United Kingdom). The Group of 12 is a group of industrial advanced countries and use their central banks to regulate international finance.

Next we have another G12 group but this one is a Christian religious movement known as the G12 vision. This would make all kinds of sense with the Earth Coalition being primarily Christian. What is the G12 vision? Well, it's cell like structure based on the idea "government of 12" (Israel had 12 tribes, Christ had 12 disciples, etc.).

With the G12 vision a pastor trains 12 followers to become cell leaders. These 12 leaders then go into the community and spread the gospel to 12 people in the community. Then those new 12 followers will eventually become cell leaders themselves. Today, the G12 vision teaching's and methods are considered controversial.

Sayings

Note Dawn Patrol G12 under Bovington.

The namesake of the colorway can be found on the main body of the Armstrong and on the jump pack. Dawn patrol is accompanied with G12 which we already discussed above. So we'll just focusing on dawn patrol here.

What is a dawn patrol? Well, it could refer to its more literal meaning: "a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions". This is most likely the name behind the colorway especially paired with its pinkish dawn colors. 

With all the info in front of me the Dawn Patrol unit not all that different from the Photo Recon Unit (PRU). It seems to be another recon unit that is apart of the New United Kingdom. Like other EC units/groups they have a marking announcing their Christianity.

Names

Bovington: Bovington Camp

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.