Escalation is the only expansion released for Joint Operations and provides a lot of new content to play with. While the base game were focused on infantry combat, Escalation introduces many new vehicles which range from tanks (i. e. M1A1 Abrams and T80) to war helycopters (i. e. Apache). However, also infantry is enhanced, obtaining new heavy weapons, like anti-tank missiles, various degree of body armor and ammunition (i. e. armor-piercing ones).