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Marder III Tank Destroyer

Effective against all vehicles. Best used at long-range. • High weapon penetration. • Low health; slow. • Must face targets directly to fire.

dak faction icon

Stats

marder_iii_ak

vehicles

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Sight Range

35

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Detection

10

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Max Range

50

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Speed

4.6

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Acceleration

2.25

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Deceleration

4

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Rotation

34

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Capture Multiplier

0

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Decapture Multiplier

0

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Target Size

18

Vehicle Armor

light tank

Vehicle Type
Frontal Armor

frontal

50

Frontal Armor

side

25

Frontal Armor

rear

10

Upgrades

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Veterancy upgrade

Long War Veterans

Vehicles can be upgraded with veteran crews granting the following effects: \n• +25% Experience Gain Plus an additional:\n• +1300 experience for light vehicles. \n• +1800 experience for medium vehicles \n• +3500 experience for heavy vehicles.

Costs
time

30

manpower

100

Requires
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Long War Veterans

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Elite Forces Battlegroup

Abilities

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Blitzkrieg

Increases vehicle speed, rate of fire, and makes unit harder to hit when active.

Offensive / Timed

Costs
munition

40

Duration
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15s

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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dak disable

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Increases Penetration.

Armor-piercing Rounds

Orders the crew to load armor-piercing ammunition.

Offensive / Timed

Costs
munition

45

Duration
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15s

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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dak disable

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Passive

Emergency Repair Kits

The unit will slowly repair damage when out of combat and stationary.

Restores +6 health per second.

Requires
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Emergency Repair Kits

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Recon

Vehicle Awareness

Enables the vehicle to detect enemy vehicles in the fog of war.

Reveals enemy vehicles in the Fog of War and on the Minimap.

Requires
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Vehicle Awareness

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Passive

Vehicle Capture

Increases speed, rotation rate, and allows the vehicle to capture and decapture territory.

+20% speed and +15% rotation rate.

Requires
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Survival Package

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Toggle off auto-attack

Hold Fire Disabled

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

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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

Cooldown
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120s

Requires
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Smoke Package

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Off

Stealth Off

Toggle to enable Stealth. Vehicle must be out of combat for at least 6 seconds before it can stealth again.

Requires
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Silent Running

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Passive

Travel Speed

When the Marder III is out of combat, the unit is capable of moving faster.

+30% speed when out of combat

Requires
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Vet 1

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

37.5

manpower

240

fuel

40

popcap

7

Hitpoints
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360

360

Upkeep per minute
manpower

10.5

Veterancy
vet 1 starvet 1 empty starvet 1 empty star

XP: 1300

  • Veteran ability
  • +15% weapon accuracy
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 3900

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

XP: 7800

  • +80 health
  • +30% rotation rate
  • +20% rate of fire

Can Construct

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General purpose / Explosive

Schu-mine 42

Explosive device triggered by nearby enemies. Damages enemy units, suppresses infantry and deals the Engine Damage critical to vehicles.

Costs
time

10

munition

30

Loadout

75mm_marder_iii_ak1
75mm marder iii ak

cannon - ballistic weapon

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Damage

160

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Range

50m

Near

10m

Mid

30m

Far

50m

Core Stats

Accuracy

10%

5.5%

4%

Rounds per Minute

12

12

12

Penetration

300

250

220

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

1×8

2.7×8

4.5×8

Scatter Offset

+1m

+1m

+1m

Timing

Refire Time

5s

5s

5s

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Aim Time

0.375–0.5s

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Traverse Speed

50

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Arc

20°

Accuracy

Scatter Angle

Scatter Distance

Moving

×0.5

×1.5

×1.5

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×0.5

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×0.4

×0.25

  • 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.