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Royal Engineer Section

Effective against infantry at short-range. • Can repair and build defenses.

british faction icon

Stats

sapper_africa_uk

infantry

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Sight Range

35

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Detection

10

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Max Range

35

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Speed

3.6

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Armor

1

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Capture Multiplier

1.25

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Decapture Multiplier

1

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Target Size

1

Upgrades

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Weapon upgrade

No.2 Flamethrower

Upgrades the squad with a flamethrower. Flamethrowers ignore cover and deal area of effect damage that is effective against infantry, buildings, and emplacements.

Unlocks the Breach ability. Deals Area of Effect damage and ignores cover.

Costs
time

20

munition

50

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Support upgrade

Hazard Removal Package

Upgrades the squad with minesweepers, wire cutters, and increases the squad's repair speed.

Allows the squad to Detect and Defuse Mines. Can cut Barbed Wire. Increases health restored by repairs by +4 per second. Increases detection range to 35.

Costs
time

10

munition

30

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PIAT

Equips the squad with a PIAT.

Weapon upgrade

Costs
time

30

munition

75

Requires
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PIATs

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Squad Upgrade

Demolition Package

Upgrades the squad with equipment that grants them powerful flamethrowers, demolition charges, and increased durability. Allows the squad to be upgraded with both the No.2 Flamethrower and Hazard Removal Package upgrades. Grants Hazard Removal Package if already upgraded with No.2 Flamethrower.

Grants +25% damage reduction.

Costs
time

30

munition

75

Requires
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Canadian Shock Battlegroup

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Demolition Engineering

Abilities

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Support

Repair

Repairs the target vehicle, building, bridge, or emplacement over time. Hold CTRL to override repair command, allowing the unit to garrison structures or vehicles.

Restores +8 health per second. Unit takes +100% additional damage and is +200% easier to hit while repairing.

Range
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8

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Offensive / Select target position

Mills Bomb

Throws a grenade that deals high damage to infantry in a small area. Very effective against infantry in cover or structures.

Costs
munition

25

Range
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20

Shots
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1

Cooldown
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30s

Requires
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Vet 1

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Defuse Mine

Defuses the selected mine.

Support / Select enemy mine

Range
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2

Requires
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mine detection active

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Can switch between weapon loadouts. Automatically Defuses mines if detected.

Minesweeper Disabled

Orders the squad to equip or unequip a minesweeper. When equipped, minesweepers allow the unit to find and defuse enemy mines.

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Support / Select target barbed wire

Wire Cutters

Destroys a section of barbed wire, enabling access to infantry.

Range
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2

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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
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Valour

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Offensive / Select enemy-occupied building

Flamethrower Breach

Squad will breach the target building, forcing enemy squads to exit and take heavy damage after a short delay.

Squad will garrison the building after Breach is completed.

Costs
munition

25

Range
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10

Duration
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5s

Cooldown
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10s

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Offensive / Passive

Incendiary Munitions

Grenade and 2-inch Mortar abilities create patches of fire after detonation, dealing periodic burn damage to infantry and structures in the area for 10 seconds.

Costs
munition

70

Requires
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Canadian Shock Battlegroup

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Incendiary Munitions

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Offensive / Passive

Pyrotechnics

Enhances all incendiary weapons to blind and slow enemy units. Affects the following: \n• Infantry-based Flamethrowers \n• Churchill Crocodile Heavy Tank \n• Abilities affected by Incendiary Munitions \n• Burnout

Reduces accuracy by -20%, vehicle acceleration and deceleration by -33%, and speed of infantry and heavy weapons by -20%. Lasts 5 seconds after leaving burning area.

Costs
munition

70

Requires
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Canadian Shock Battlegroup

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Pyrotechnics

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Support / Select friendly casualty

No Man Left Behind

Rescues the target casualty. When the squad has recovered a casualty, it is immediately reinforced by 1 additional wounded squad member. If the squad is already full, +30 manpower is granted instead.

Only casualties from your own units can be rescued. Units that are recovering casualties are +100% easier to hit and take +50 damage.

Range
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1

Duration
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5s

Requires
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polish cavalry uk

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No Man Left Behind

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

20

manpower

220

popcap

4

Reinforce
cost

29

time

5

Hitpoints
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95
95
95
95

380

Upkeep per minute
manpower

4

Veterancy
vet 1 starvet 1 empty starvet 1 empty star

XP: 650

  • Veteran ability
  • +15% harder to hit
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 1950

  • +20% harder to hit
  • Constructing objects no longer causes unit to take bonus damage
vet 3 starvet 3 starvet 3 star

XP: 3900

  • +1 squad member
  • +30% burst length
  • +3 repair speed

Can Construct

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Defensive structure

Sandbag Wall

Provides heavy cover.

Costs
time

6

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Defensive structure

Barbed Wire Fence

Blocks infantry and ultra-light vehicle movement. • Can be crushed by heavier vehicles. • Light vehicles crushing wire temporarily move slower. • Can be destroyed with Wire Cutters.

Costs
time

3

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Field support / Emplacement

Forward Repair Assembly

Repairs nearby stationary vehicles, buildings, and emplacements that are out of combat.

Costs
time

15

manpower

150

fuel

20

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Heavy Artillery / Emplacement

BL 5.5 Artillery Emplacement

Artillery emplacement extremely effective against stationary targets. Must barrage to attack.

Costs
time

40

manpower

400

fuel

40

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Anti-infantry / Emplacement

Bofors Anti-air Emplacement

Emplacement very effective against infantry and light vehicles. Can shoot down aircraft.

Costs
time

40

manpower

200

fuel

25

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17-pounder Anti-tank Emplacement

Emplacement very effective against all vehicles. Has long-range and does not need to set-up to face targets.

Costs
time

40

manpower

320

fuel

45

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General-purpose Trap / Recon

Artillery Trip Wire Flares

Explosive device that fires a flare, providing vision over the area when detonated. A single artillery shell is fired at the mine's position after it is detonated.

Costs
time

5

munition

20

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Anti-infantry / Emplacement

HMG Nest

Emplacement very effective against infantry. Limited arc of fire.

Can Suppress infantry within its arc of fire.

Costs
time

35

manpower

200

Loadout

9mm_sten_sapper_africa_uk4
9mm sten sapper africa uk

smg - small arms

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Damage

4

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Range

35m

Near

10m

Mid

15m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

66.7%

33.1%

19.8%

Rounds per Minute

237.72

80.09

43.13

Penetration

1

1

1

Special Mechanics

Damage Distribution Area

4.2×10

5.9×10

12.9×10

Timing

Burst Duration

1.645s

0.938s

0.75s

Time Between Bursts

1.333s

2.601s

3.375s

Reload Cycle

3.735s

4.052s

4.527s

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Aim Time

0.25–0.375s

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Magazine

7 bursts

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Arc

120°

Moving Accuracy

×0.75

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×0.5

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×0.55

×0.5

  • 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.

Weapons Available Via Upgrade

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Weapon upgrade

No.2 Flamethrower

Upgrades the squad with a flamethrower. Flamethrowers ignore cover and deal area of effect damage that is effective against infantry, buildings, and emplacements.

Unlocks the Breach ability. Deals Area of Effect damage and ignores cover.

Costs
time

20

munition

50

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flamethrower sapper africa uk

flame - flame throwers

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Damage

2

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Range

20m

Near

0m

Mid

10m

Far

20m

Core Stats

Accuracy

100%

100%

100%

Rounds per Minute

153.6

153.6

153.6

Penetration

2.5

2.5

2.5

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

0

1.2×12.4

2.3×12.4

Scatter Offset

+1.9m

+1.9m

Timing

Burst Duration

1s

1s

1s

Time Between Bursts

2.125s

2.125s

2.125s

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Pre-Fire Time

0.5s

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AoE Size

4×5

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Traverse Speed

45

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Arc

90°

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×1

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×1

×1.25

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×1.5

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×25

×3.5

Folliage

×1000

Bunker

×20

×2.5

Destructible Object

×1000

Mine

×20

×2

Emplacement

×20

×2.5

Ability Weapons

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Offensive / Select target position

Mills Bomb

Throws a grenade that deals high damage to infantry in a small area. Very effective against infantry in cover or structures.

Costs
munition

25

Range
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20

Shots
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1

Cooldown
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30s

Requires
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Vet 1

grenade_no69_africa_uk1
grenade no69 africa uk

grenade - explosive weapon

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Damage

120

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Range

20m

Near

0m

Mid

10m

Far

20m

Core Stats

Scatter Area

0

0

0

Penetration

25

25

25

Timing

Time of Flight

1.36s

1.81s

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Wind-Up

1.375s

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Fuse

1.25s

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Arc

120°

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×1

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×1

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×1

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×0.75

Emplacement

×0.75

Sandbag

×3.75

Barbed Wire

×2.5

Mine

×2

×2

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grenade no69 incendiary africa uk

flame - explosive weapon

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Damage

120

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Range

20m

Near

0m

Mid

10m

Far

20m

Core Stats

Scatter Area

0

0

0

Penetration

25

25

25

Timing

Time of Flight

1.36s

1.81s

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Wind-Up

1.375s

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Fuse

1.25s

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Arc

120°

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×1

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×1

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×1

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×0.75

Emplacement

×0.75

Sandbag

×3.75

Barbed Wire

×2.5

Mine

×2

×2

grenade_no69_pyrotechnics_africa_uk1
grenade no69 pyrotechnics africa uk

flame - explosive weapon

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Damage

120

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Range

20m

Near

0m

Mid

10m

Far

20m

Core Stats

Scatter Area

0

0

0

Penetration

25

25

25

Timing

Time of Flight

1.36s

1.81s

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Wind-Up

1.375s

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Fuse

1.25s

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Arc

120°

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×1

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×1

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×1

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×0.75

Emplacement

×0.75

Sandbag

×3.75

Barbed Wire

×2.5

Mine

×2

×2