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Panzer IV Medium Tank

Medium tank effective against vehicles, infantry, and structures.

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Stats

panzer_iv_ak

vehicles

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Sight Range

35

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Detection

10

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Max Range

40

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Speed

5.25

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Acceleration

2

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Deceleration

3

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Rotation

42

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Capture Multiplier

0

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Decapture Multiplier

0

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Target Size

20

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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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
manpower

100

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Defensive Upgrade

Side Skirts

Additional armored skirts are added to the vehicle, increasing its survivability.

Increases health of affected vehicles by +80. Increases side armor by +25%.

Costs
manpower

100

fuel

15

Abilities

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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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Increases Penetration.

Armor-piercing Rounds

Orders the crew to load armor-piercing ammunition.

Offensive / Timed

Costs
munition

45

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Offensive / Timed

Focused Fire

Crews maximize their combat performance for a short period of time, but weakens the vehicle afterwards.

+40% rate of fire for 15 seconds. -50% speed and rotation rate for 15 seconds upon ability completion.

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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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Off

Stealth Off

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

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

30

manpower

380

fuel

90

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
  • +15% main gun accuracy
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 5400

  • +20% weapon penetration
  • +30% rotation rate
vet 3 starvet 3 starvet 3 star

XP: 10800

  • +80 health
  • +25% rate of fire
  • +66% focused fire recharge speed

Loadout

75mm_panzer_iv_ger1
75mm panzer iv ger

cannon - ballistic weapon

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Cooldown

On the Move Multipliers

0.75

1

1

Near

Medium

Far

Distance

0

30

40

Accuracy

0.075

0.0475

0.035

Rounds per Minute

12

12

12

Penetration

220

170

140

Scatter Area

0

41.5

54.8

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Damage

120

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Range

40

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Traverse Speed

35

AoE Falloff

Near

Medium

Far

Limit

AoE Radius

0.33

0.5

4

3

Damage

120

39.6

30

32.74

VS Cover - Modifiers

Light Cover

Light

Heavy Cover

Heavy

Garrison

Garrison

Accuracy

0.5

0.5

0.4

Damage

1

0.5

0.25

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mg34 coaxial panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Cooldown

On the Move Multipliers

0.5

1

1

Near

Medium

Far

Distance

7

20

35

Accuracy

0.35

0.3

0.175

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

1

1

1

Scatter Area

22.4

167.6

246.1

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Damage

3

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Range

35

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Traverse Speed

120

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Arc

VS Cover - Modifiers

Light Cover

Light

Heavy Cover

Heavy

Garrison

Garrison

Accuracy

0.5

0.5

0.55

Damage

1

0.5

0.5

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mg34 hull panzer iv ger

lmg - small arms

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Cooldown

On the Move Multipliers

0.5

1

1

Near

Medium

Far

Distance

7

20

35

Accuracy

0.35

0.3

0.175

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

1

1

1

Scatter Area

22.4

167.6

246.1

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Damage

3

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Range

35

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Traverse Speed

120

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Arc

70°

VS Cover - Modifiers

Light Cover

Light

Heavy Cover

Heavy

Garrison

Garrison

Accuracy

0.5

0.5

0.55

Damage

1

0.5

0.5

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mg42 panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Cooldown

On the Move Multipliers

0.5

1

1

Near

Medium

Far

Distance

7

20

35

Accuracy

0.65

0.55

0.3

Rounds per Minute

255.48

324.37

374.91

Penetration

2.2

1.8

1.4

Scatter Area

22.4

167.6

246.1

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Damage

5

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Range

35

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Traverse Speed

35

VS Cover - Modifiers

Light Cover

Light

Heavy Cover

Heavy

Garrison

Garrison

Accuracy

0.5

0.5

0.55

Damage

1

0.5

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.