The following tips and tactics are very important. Only the best Red Alert players can use them effectively. Certain strategies are simply effective, while other strategies can be considered bugs in the game. I have discovered them while playing Red Alert, from other Web Pages, and from other Red Alert players. They can be used in single-player games but are most beneficial in multiplayer games.
 

Speed Bugs:

There are, in fact, a few glitches in Red Alert that can be exploited in Single and Mutliplayer games. Its not cheating since everyone can do it, but it is cheap since everyone doesn’t know how to do it. However by using these bugs to your advantage, you can gain a competitive edge on your opponent. The Allies have several speed bugs dealing with Cruisers, Destroyers, and Transports. You can find more inf. on the Allies speed bugs in Huge Hippo's Allies section (sorry, Hippo declined to have his page integrated into CpuJunky.com). The Soviets are not to be left out though! Two of the most feared Soviet units are the Heavy and Mammoth tanks. They are strong yet slightly slower than the Allies' tanks. Not any more!
 
 

The Mammoth tanks are strong but slow. Try grouping them with a Mine Layer and putting them into formation. Select all the Mammoths you want to be sped up and at least one Mine Layer, hit CTRL+(any number), and then "F". Now tell the group to move somewhere. The Mammoth tanks will travel at the speed of the Mine Layer! This same principle works with any tanks grouped and formed with another vehicle faster than it! Grouping is good!
 
 
 

Tank Tactics:

Many of you think that all you need to do is make tanks and tell them to attack. There is more you can do to increse you chance of surivival. If you attack your enemies base, fine, but most of the time you will encounter some resistence along the way. Many times, a Red Alert game breaks out into a huge tank war with a group of tanks fighting another group of tanks. Now you will learn how to become victories in these tank battles!

There are two main ways to emerge victorious. Both involve moving your tanks around while fighting. The idea is that a moving object (in this case a tank) is much harder to destroy then a stationary one. Unfortunatly, you cannot directly order your tanks to move and fire at the same time, but there are two ways around this.

Scatter Dodging:  The first, and easiest way to gain an edge in tank fighting is to use the scatter key "x". Group your tanks together and tell them all to attack an enemy unit. When all of your tanks are in range to the enemy and are firing, begin to hit the "x" key at a constant rate. This commands all your units to begin to scatter. Your tanks will move randomly in all directions yet still fire at the enemy you targeted! This will keep you fighting while not taking severe damage. This method is not the most effective way to dodge. Because all your units are going in all directions, they tend to get out of their firing range (so they stop fighting). To avoid this, occasionally hit the group number and tell them to attack an enemy unit. Any tanks out of range will head pack toward the battle. When all tanks are fighting, begin to scatter again. 

Targeted Tank Dodging:  This method has been found to be the most effectice in tank battles. You follow the same procedure as in scatter dodging, yet focus more on the individual tanks rather than the group. When the two groups of tanks begin to shoot, pay attention as to which tank your opponent is targeting. When you figure out which tank he is aiming at, quickly select that tank and tell him to move somewhere. Usually what happens is that your enemy spends his time attacking a moving object (and therefore hard to kill object) as he loses tank after tank. If you see your enemy has picked a new tank to attack, just tell him to move. If you master this method, your opponents will have a much harder time destroying your tanks. I've fought in many tank battles where I have had less tanks than my enemy, yet have come out victorious in many of them. 
 
 
 

Advanced Base Construction:

When you are building your base, you most likely just throw things down wherever they fit. There is actually some importance as to where you put your structures. If you think that your base will be hit by an A-Bomb, its important to spread out your Power Plants. More importantly, maps like Central Conflict and North by Northwest start you out a good deal away from the majority of ore. The easiest way to get closer to the ore is to move your MCV. Problem is, it takes a long time to get there and deploy. The whole time you are moving your MCV, your opponent is building structures and getting a jump on you. There is a better way to get to the ore. I get to the ore by laying down my structures in a linear fashion. I make a sort of bridge to the ore. As in the picture, you can see I started out very far from the ore but my Refineries are right next to it. Many Red Alert players will deploy right away and build close. They end up having to go very far to get their ore leaving you with an enormous advantage.