Regular Infantry

Regular Army Infantry
Information
Origin	Human
Attacks	Conventional Weaponry
Factions	Regular Army
Health	Low
Game Appearances
First Game	Metal Slug Advance
Last Game	Metal Slug Infinity
Game(s)	Metal Slug Advance (Cadets only) Metal Slug 3D Metal Slug Defense Metal Slug Attack Metal Slug Infinity
Sprite(s)

The Regular Infantry are the Regular Army's main troops. They differ from the Rebels by their light blue uniforms. They debut in Metal Slug Advance.

Information

Regular Soldiers are professionals from around the globe often tasked with peacekeeping and infiltration missions. They often cover a support role as the World Government prefers to deploy special teams to infiltrate enemy fortifications and minimize civilian casualties rather than engaging in long all-out battles. This explains their lack of participation in most battles carried out throughout the series.

Regular Army Infantry wear a light-blue colored uniform and helmet. Their equipment is similar to that of the Rebels although they often show higher skills, improved accuracy, and better agility. Scientists and Research Division officers sport white lab coats.

In Metal Slug 3D, the Regular Soldiers are recognizable from their Rebel counterparts as the design of their helmets is slightly different and sport a woodland camo design. They also have no armbands, don't wear a backpack, and wear a slightly different harness.

In Metal Slug: Awakening, the Regular Soldiers no longer wear uniforms that sport a woodland camo design but instead are recognizable for wearing eye protection gear and radio on their left side of their uniform.

Appearances

Metal Slug Advance

Tyra, Walter, and a group of Regular Cadets were lead by their instructor to a remote island for training. The instructor was actually Allen O'Neil Jr. in disguise, and he brought them to a Rebel base where the Regular Cadets were caught by the Rebels. The Regular Cadets act as POWs, giving the player items for rescuing them. They only appear in Mission 1 (except for one in a cinematic in Mission 3) with the standard bearded POWs replacing them for the later missions.

Metal Slug Defense

The Regular Soldier is a starting unit in Metal Slug Defense. They have the same attacks as a Rebel Soldier: a slash and a bomb throw. They are also stronger and cost more than a Rebel but not by much. Their description enforces that wars are won by numbers.

Metal Slug Attack

The Regular Soldier returns as a starting unit. With the introduction of skills, the Regular Soldier is now able to dodge attacks (unlike the Rebel Soldier who has an extended special attack). The Regular Soldiers appear in certain Extra Ops as comedy relief. A group of Regular Cadets make a cameo in the "Boy Memories" event (a recreation of Metal Slug Advance) as Allen Jr.'s hostages.

Since Regular Army infantry appeared in this game first, Amadeus Syndicate infantry (who usually wear darker blues) sport violet uniforms.

Regular Infantry are seen in the following vehicles:

• 7000 Class Locomotive
• Slug Square
• Slug Flyer
• Drill Slug
• Slug Striker
• Tail Slug
• Golden Regular Army Truck

And use the following equipment:

• M-14 (Cadet rifle)
• Anti-Materiel Rifles
• Mortars
• Rocket Bombs
• Bazookas
• M67 Grenades
• Gatling Guns
• Ballistic Shields
• AA Machine Guns
• Combat Knives
• Stones

Metal Slug Infinity

Regular Army soldiers appear as playable unit. They wear dirt grey urban uniforms and a large helmet with a headset connected to it. They attack using Heavy Machine Guns and grenades that slow down and stun enemies, respectively. Previously, they wore Santa Camo and attacked by firing holiday stars and throwing gift boxes. Because of their unique appearance from other installments, they are considered an original unit by the game.

Types of Infantry

Common Troops

	Regular Soldier: Peacekeepers of the Regular Army. They are lightly armored and only carry a knife and a backpack full of grenades. Debuted in Metal Slug 3D but appear playable in Metal Slug Defense and Metal Slug Attack.
	Regular Paratrooper: Regular soldiers with extensive training in handling last generation explosives.
	Regular Rocket Bomb Soldier: Regular soldiers able to fire massive volleys of handheld rockets from their backpacks.
	Regular Shielded Soldier: Regular Army soldiers provided with a special material shield which absorbs shocks.
	Regular Rifleman: Armed with anti-personnel sniper rifles. Can only be seen on board of the 7000 Class Locomotive.
	Regular Mortar: Mid-range artillery fire operator who fires floating bombs. Can also be seen on board the Slug Square and 7000 Class Locomotive.
	Regular Gatling Soldier: Regular soldier armed with an explosive-rounds Minigun and a back-mounted ammo supply.
	Regular AA Turret Soldier / 20000000 Turrets: Regular soldier operating a AA Machine Gun Turret. Introduced in Metal Slug Attack to celebrate twenty million downloads.

Other Troops

	Regular Cadet: Fresh recruits of the Regular Army. They appear only in Metal Slug Advance as prisoners.
	Tutorial Soldier: Regular soldier with dirt grey urban camo. They host the tutorials in Metal Slug Defense and Metal Slug Attack.
	Female Pilots: Female Regular soldiers who pilot the Slug Attackers in Metal Slug Attack.

Unseen

All of them are unused in Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001.

	Regular Soldier (POW): Regular soldier with light blue camo. Originally intended to be rescuable POWs seen in early footage of the game. Upon rescue they changed color to either light grey or light brown, depending which player rescued them.
	Regular Soldier (Player 1): Regular soldier with light grey camo. Originally intended to be Player 1's support POWs seen in early footage of the game. The sprite palette can be found in the files that use the unused Tetsuyuki Turret.
	Regular Soldier (Player 2): Regular soldier with light brown camo. Originally intended to be Player 2's support POWs. The sprite palette can be found in the files that use the unused Tetsuyuki Turret.
	Tutorial Soldier: Regular soldier with grey camo. Originally intended to appear in the game's "How to play" segment. The sprite palette can be found among the other palettes of the "How to play" segment.
	Regular SV-001 Pilot: Regular SV-001 pilots that were originally intended to appear in the game's Final Mission where a bunch of SV-001s were heavily damaged or destroyed.

Gallery

Regular Army Infantry in Metal Slug 3D.

Regular Army Soldiers equip with rifles that resemble M16A4 Assault Rifles.

Full Body

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In Metal Slug: Commander

In Metal Slug: Awakening

Regular Infantry in World Adventure of Metal Slug: Awakening

Trivia

• The Regular Infantry were once supposed to appear in the first Metal Slug as prisoners. When rescued, they would help the player by fighting alongside or on top of the SV-001. They would also use any nearby turrets. Their captured and rescued animations were reused for the Rebels in Metal Slug 3 and the Regular Cadets in Metal Slug Advance.
• The Regular Army soldiers in Metal Slug Infinity resemble modern day army soldiers (namely the U.S. Marine Corps going by their camo color).