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Effective against infantry at medium and long-range. • High squad health, large squad size (6). • Can throw smoke and assault grenades. • Can use Forward Observer Barrage ability to request artillery strikes.
Stats
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infantry
Sight Range
35
Detection
10
Max Range
0
Speed
3.6
Armor
1
Capture Multiplier
1.25
Decapture Multiplier
1
Target Size
1
Upgrades
Weapon upgrade
Bren Light Machine Gun
Equips the squad with a Bren Light Machine Gun.
Increases anti-infantry firepower at all ranges. Most effective at long-range.
Costs
30
75
Weapon upgrade
Thompson Submachine Gun Package
Upgrades the entire squad with Thompson Submachine Guns.
Greatly increases short-range firepower. Reduces long-range effectiveness.
Costs
30
60
Abilities
Offensive / Timed
Ayo Gorkhali!
Gurkhas charge forward, increasing speed and weakening nearby enemy infantry.
+50% speed. -40% accuracy to nearby enemy infantry
Duration
10s
Cooldown
180s
Passive
Valour
Improves offensive and defensive capabilities of infantry as they take casualties.
-15% incoming damage, +15% rate of fire, and +15% accuracy. Bonuses increase by +5% when squad reaches 38% and 22% of its current squad size.
Requires
Valour
Support / Select target position
Smoke Grenade
Throw a smoke grenade at the target location that can obscure line of sight.
Smoke blocks vision for a short period of time.
Range
20
Shots
1
Cooldown
180s
Offensive / Select target position
Grenade Assault
Every member throws a grenade that deals damage to infantry in the area. Very effective against infantry in cover or structures.
Costs
35
Range
20
Shots
1
Cooldown
60s
Offensive / Select target position
Forward Observer Artillery Barrage
Throw an artillery flare at the target position that calls up the HQ's howitzer to bombard the target position. Very effective against stationary targets.
Shares a recharge time with all other Forward Observer Artillery Barrage abilities.
Costs
45
Range
35
Shots
1
Cooldown
120s
Stats
Costs
42
360
10
Reinforce
35.4
5.5
Hitpoints
660
Upkeep per minute
15
Veterancy
XP: 1200
- Veteran ability
- +15% harder to hit
XP: 3600
- +15% weapon accuracy
- +25% rate of fire
XP: 7200
- +20 health
- +15% rate of fire
- +20% weapon accuracy
Loadout
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.