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Panzer IV Medium Tank

Medium tank effective against vehicles, infantry, and structures.

dak faction icon

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
time

30

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
time

30

manpower

100

Requires
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Long War Veterans

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Elite Forces Battlegroup

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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
time

30

manpower

100

fuel

15

Requires
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Field Modifications

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Elite Forces Battlegroup

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

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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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.

Duration
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15s

Cooldown
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120s

Requires
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Vet 1

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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

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

30

manpower

380

fuel

90

popcap

13

Hitpoints
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720

720

Upkeep per minute
manpower

19.5

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
vet 4 starvet 4 starvet 4 starvet 4 star

XP: 16200

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Requires: Crack Armor Upgrades

  • +100% weapon penetration
  • +15% damage reduction

Loadout

75mm_panzer_iv_ger1
75mm panzer iv ger

cannon - ballistic weapon

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Damage

120

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Range

40m

Near

0m

Mid

30m

Far

40m

Core Stats

Accuracy

7.5%

4.75%

3.5%

Rounds per Minute

12

12

12

Penetration

220

170

140

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

0

5.2×8

6.9×8

Scatter Offset

+1.3m

+1.3m

Timing

Refire Time

5s

5s

5s

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Aim Time

0.125s

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Traverse Speed

35

Accuracy

Scatter Angle

Scatter Distance

Moving

×0.75

×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

mg34_coaxial_panzer_iv_ger1
mg34 coaxial panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

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Damage

3

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Range

35m

Near

7m

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

35%

30%

17.5%

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

1

1

1

Special Mechanics

Damage Distribution Area

2×11.2

5.6×30

8.2×30

Timing

Burst Duration

2.75s

2.75s

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

1.25s

2.063s

2.875s

Reload Cycle

3.875s

4.125s

4.375s

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Aim Time

0.25s

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Magazine

6 bursts

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Traverse Speed

120

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Arc

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

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

mg34_hull_panzer_iv_ger1
mg34 hull panzer iv ger

lmg - small arms

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Damage

3

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Range

35m

Near

7m

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

35%

30%

17.5%

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

1

1

1

Special Mechanics

Damage Distribution Area

2×11.2

5.6×30

8.2×30

Timing

Burst Duration

2.75s

2.75s

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

1.25s

2.063s

2.875s

Reload Cycle

3.875s

4.125s

4.375s

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Aim Time

0.25s

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Magazine

6 bursts

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Traverse Speed

120

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Arc

70°

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

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

MG 42 Machine Gun

Upgrades the unit with a pintle-mounted machine gun.

Increases anti-infantry firepower.

Costs
time

30

munition

50

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mg42 panzer iv ger

hmg - small arms

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Damage

5

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Range

35m

Near

7m

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

65%

55%

30%

Rounds per Minute

255.48

324.37

374.91

Penetration

2.2

1.8

1.4

Timing

Burst Duration

1.375s

2.063s

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

3.375s

3.625s

3.875s

Reload Cycle

5.875s

6.125s

6.375s

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Aim Time

0.25s

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Magazine

6 bursts

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Traverse Speed

35

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

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