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US Forces

Versatile infantry and weaponry that can displace any opponent. Experience is key to improving your forces for the fight ahead.
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Anti-infantry / Anti-aircraft

M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage

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Light vehicle very effective against infantry. Can shoot down aircraft. Can be damaged by small-arms.

Stats

halftrack_quad_us
vehicles
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Sight Range
35
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Speed
6.9
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Acceleration
2.5
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Deceleration
5
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Max Range
45
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Target Size
16
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Capture Multiplier
0
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Decapture Multiplier
0
Vehicle Armor
light halftrack
Vehicle Type
Frontal Armor
frontal
10
Frontal Armor
side
7
Frontal Armor
rear
5

Abilities

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Passive

Self-repair

Orders the crew to repair their own vehicle when stationary and out of combat.
Disables weapons while active.
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Select to unlock

Unlock Shoot and Scoot

Temporarily boosts speed. When moving the vehicle is harder to hit and rotates faster.
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Offensive / Timed

Unlock Button Vehicle

While active, enemy vehicles hit by the M16 have reduced vision, speed, and disabled weapons.
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Offensive / Timed

Shoot and Scoot

Temporarily boosts speed. When moving the vehicle is harder to hit and rotates faster.
+35% speed. +35% rotation rate and unit is 50% harder to hit when moving.
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Offensive / Timed

Button Vehicle

While active, enemy vehicles hit by the M16 have temporarily reduced sight and speed.
-50% vision, -50% speed, rotation rate, and acceleration on target. Deflections reduce speed penalty to -25%.
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Passive

Emergency Engine Repair

Crew will repair vehicle criticals when out of combat and stationary.
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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
320
fuel
30
popcap
6
Hitpoints
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320
320
Upkeep per minute
manpower
9
Veterancy
vet 1 star
vet 1 empty star
vet 1 empty star
XP: 1200
Unlocks veteran ability choice. Increases rotation rate, accuracy, and acceleration.
vet 2 star
vet 2 star
vet 2 empty star
XP: 3600
Increases speed, rotation rate, rate of fire, and accuracy.
vet 3 star
vet 3 star
vet 3 star
XP: 7200
Increases speed, acceleration, health, range, and rate of fire.

Loadout

1
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50cal quadmount halftrack us
hmg - small arms
Moving Accuracy Multiplier
0.25
Moving Cooldown Multiplier
1
Near
Mid
Far
Accuracy
0.27
0.236
0.09
Rounds per minute (RPM)
1112
1093
930
Range of Fire
10
25
45
Penetration
2.5
1.5
1.25
Scatter Area
31
62
104
Min.
Max.
Damage
8
8
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.