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Wehrmacht

A steadfast and elite force that can hold against even the most stubborn foe. Unlock unique arsenals to specialize your forces.

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Panzer IV Medium Tank

Effective against infantry, vehicles, and structures. • Can Hulldown to increase defensive bonuses at the cost of disabling movement.

Stats

panzer_iv_ger

vehicles

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Sight Range

35

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Speed

5.25

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Acceleration

2

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Deceleration

3

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Max Range

40

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Target Size

20

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Capture Multiplier

0

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Decapture Multiplier

0

Vehicle Armor

medium tank

Vehicle Type
Frontal Armor

frontal

170

Frontal Armor

side

105

Frontal Armor

rear

70

Upgrades

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Weapon upgrade

MG 42 Machine Gun

Upgrades the unit with a pintle-mounted machine gun.

Increases anti-infantry firepower.

Costs
munition

50

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Ambush Upgrade

Camouflage Netting

Equips camouflage netting. When stationary and not in combat, camouflaged vehicles cannot be seen by the enemy. Camouflaged units can be detected at close range.

Click to Upgrade

Costs
munition

30

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Increases Side Armor.

Side Skirts

Upgrades the unit with armored side skirts.

Defensive upgrade

Costs
munition

50

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Unlocks the Hulldown ability.

Hulldown

Upgrades the unit with entrenching equipment.

Defensive upgrade

Costs
munition

25

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Support upgrade

Spotting Scopes

Upgrades the unit with a spotting scope.

Increases vision by +10 when stationary.

Costs
munition

30

Abilities

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Disables movement and weapons while active. Removes Engine Damage.

Emergency Engine Repair

Orders the crew to repair their own vehicle.

Support / Timed

Costs
munition

25

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Gains increased damage when attacking from Camouflage.

Vehicle Camouflage

Vehicles will camouflage themselves when out of combat.

Passive

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Disables Movement and Weapons while active.

Self-repair

Orders the crew to repair their own vehicle.

Support / Timed

Costs
munition

25

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Defensive

Smoke Canisters

Orders the vehicle crew to deploy smoke canisters in front of the vehicle.

Smoke blocks vision for a short period of time.

Costs
munition

25

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Defensive

Hull Down

Order the vehicle crew to hull down their vehicle.

Reduces incoming damage by -25%, +5 range and vision, +30% reload speed and disables movement when active.

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Defensive

Disable Hull Down

Order vehicle to leave hull down.

Restores movement.

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Offensive / Timed

Focused Fire

Orders the crew to focus on firing the primary weapon when active.

+20% accuracy and +30% rate of fire. Reduces speed, rotation rate by -50%.

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Toggle off auto-attack

Hold Fire Disabled

Unit will not engage unless given a manual attack order when active.

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

45

manpower

360

fuel

100

popcap

13

Hitpoints
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720

720

Upkeep per minute
manpower

20

Veterancy
vet 1 starvet 1 empty starvet 1 empty star

XP: 1800

  • Veteran ability
  • +35% weapon traverse speed
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 5400

  • +15% rate of fire
  • +25% weapon accuracy
vet 3 starvet 3 starvet 3 star

XP: 10800

  • +30% rotation rate
  • +15% rate of fire
  • +66% focused fire recharge speed

Loadout

1
75mm_panzer_iv_ger
75mm panzer iv ger

cannon - ballistic weapon

Moving Accuracy Multiplier

0.75

Moving Cooldown Multiplier

1

Near

Mid

Far

Accuracy

0.075

0.0475

0.035

Rounds per minute (RPM)

11

11

11

Range of Fire

-1

30

40

Penetration

220

140

125

Scatter Area

0

42

55

Min.

Max.

Damage

120

120

AoE Radius

-

3

1
mg34_coaxial_panzer_iv_ger
mg34 coaxial panzer iv ger

rifle - small arms

Moving Accuracy Multiplier

0.5

Moving Cooldown Multiplier

1

Near

Mid

Far

Accuracy

0.35

0.25

0.1

Rounds per minute (RPM)

524

400

319

Range of Fire

7

20

35

Penetration

1

1

1

Scatter Area

22

168

246

Min.

Max.

Damage

3

3

AoE Radius

-

0

1
mg34_hull_panzer_iv_ger
mg34 hull panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

Moving Accuracy Multiplier

0.5

Moving Cooldown Multiplier

1

Near

Mid

Far

Accuracy

0.35

0.25

0.1

Rounds per minute (RPM)

524

400

319

Range of Fire

7

20

35

Penetration

1

1

1

Scatter Area

22

168

246

Min.

Max.

Damage

3

3

AoE Radius

-

0

1
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mg42 panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

Moving Accuracy Multiplier

0.6

Moving Cooldown Multiplier

1

Near

Mid

Far

Accuracy

0.65

0.55

0.2

Rounds per minute (RPM)

257

294

314

Range of Fire

7

20

35

Penetration

2.2

1.8

1.4

Scatter Area

22

168

246

Min.

Max.

Damage

5

5

AoE Radius

-

0

  • The effective accuracy is impacted by several factors like target size or armor of the receiving unit as well as accuracy or penetration of the attacking one.