Talk:Battle for Republic City/@comment-123.211.186.201-20120617042319/@comment-81.70.139.214-20120617203026

Personally I think that, because of Tarrlok's actions in "When Extremes Meet" a lot of the neutral non-benders stepped over to the side of the Equalists, which would explain his large number of followers.

Also, the airships (and perhaps even more equipment) used by the Metalbending Police Force were created by Future Industries, whose CEO Hiroshi is a supporter of Amon. As such, the Equalists have deep inside knowledge of the armaments of the Police Force, which would make sabotaging them a lot more easily.