[quote=@Irredeemable]
A fun question for everyone: What is your faction's elite? Their Brotherhood Paladins, their Institute Coursers, their NCR Veteran Rangers? 

The Grand Confederacy doesn't hold to traditional Haudenosaunee beliefs regarding those killed in wartime (although they do believe that those killed in the Great War remain to haunt the world,) mostly because it's impractical to have such a societal taboo when it comes to dying in battle when 80% of the threats out there will kill you violently. Their elites are Turtle Warriors: named partially after the capital, and partly after the fact that they're the only ones permitted to wear Power Armour. Turtle Warriors are trained at Bonfire Base, the former Camp Greyling, and are expected to not only be entirely self-sufficient on the field, but also superlative soldiers, and are outfitted with the best weaponry the Confederacy has access to, most of which was also taken/made from the blueprints they got from Camp Greyling.
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Nightkin, behemoths, supermutant masters, and wasteland tanks.

Nightkin are simple. They have all the superhuman features of supermutants like strength, speed, reactions, senses, etc. However they typically have the enhanced intelligence of 1st gen mutants. But most importantly, they are able to utilize all of this while invisible from their stashes of stealth-boys. That said they do not need them to be stealthy, they know well how to use camouflage, make no sound when moving despite their bulk, so on and so forth. They will be subsequently armed with the best weapons around.

Behemoths are simply giants, although in Cockburne's army they will now sometimes carry improvised cannons of sorts rather than mere clubs.

Supermutant masters are simply very large and intelligent supermutants, social darwinism providing them great weapons 

The wasteland tanks on the other hand are products of The Forge, which while certainly not as good as pre-war craft are more than enough for deflecting small arms while being fast and carrying some heavy weapons. Of course more organized and advanced troops can make short work of them using terrain and explosives but they certainly terrify and are impervious to what many smaller communities and tribes will have.