I'm a Red. I was a US player in CMBO, and early Russian player in CMBB, and Italian or US player in CMAK. I like the idea of bringing a knife to a gun fight, I guess. CM:SF offers some great equipment choices for the Red player...Learning to use them properly is the key. An example is this tidbit I learned recently: The T72 M1V Turms infrared optics is controlled from one position only...US has dual optics control...two set of eyes, not one! To help level the playing field I now run all my red vehicles unbuttoned. It gives me a better chance to get the drop on those blue meanies.
I don't expect to win. I hope to degrade the enemy forces. When I do that, I'm one happy Red.