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Wehrmacht

A steadfast and elite force that can hold against even the most stubborn foe. Unlock unique arsenals to specialize your forces.
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Anti-infantry / Advanced

Jäger Squad

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Advanced infantry effective against infantry at medium and long-range. Can fire smoke grenades.

Stats

jaeger_ger
infantry
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Sight Range
35
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Speed
3.6
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Max Range
35
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Target Size
1
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Armor
1
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Capture Multiplier
1.33
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Decapture Multiplier
1

Upgrades

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RPzB 54 Panzerschreck

Upgrades the squad with one Panzerschreck. Very effective against vehicles.
Adds anti-tank capability.
Costs
munition
90
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Reconnaissance Package

Equips the squad with 2 Scoped G43 Rifles and unlocks the Flare ability. Increases vision range, capture speed and decapture speed.
+7 vision range, +20% capture speed and decapture speed. Scoped rifles have +25% accuracy versus units in cover.
Costs
munition
50

Abilities

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Support / Select target position

Smoke Rifle Grenade

Fires a smoke grenade at the target location that can obscure vision.
Smoke blocks vision for up to 20 seconds.
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Recon / Select target position

Recon Flare

Fires a flare over the target area that will provide vision and reveal camouflaged units for a short period of time.
Provides vision for 15 seconds in a radius of 45.
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Toggle on. Squads' AT weapons will only fire on vehicles. Regular weapons will still engage all targets.

Focus Vehicles Disabled

The squad will only fire its handheld AT weapons at vehicles unless given manual attack orders.
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Passive

Ambush Tactics

The squad gains camouflage when in cover and out of combat. Unit is invisible to enemies unless they get too close.
+25% damage and +40% accuracy when firing from camouflage for 5 seconds.
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Toggle off auto-attack

Hold Fire Disabled

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

Stats

Costs
time_seconds
30
manpower
320
popcap
8
Reinforce
cost
28
time
6
Hitpoints
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110
110
110
110
110
550
Upkeep per minute
manpower
10
Veterancy
vet 1 star
vet 1 empty star
vet 1 empty star
XP: 1000
Unlocks veteran ability. Unit is harder to hit.
vet 2 star
vet 2 star
vet 2 empty star
XP: 3000
Increases accuracy, rate of fire, and unit is harder to hit.
vet 3 star
vet 3 star
vet 3 star
XP: 6000
Increases accuracy, rate of fire, and health.

Loadout

5
g43_jaeger_ger
g43 jaeger ger
rifle - small arms
Moving Accuracy Multiplier
0.75
Moving Cooldown Multiplier
1
Near
Mid
Far
Accuracy
0.65
0.59
0.4
Rounds per minute (RPM)
24
21
20
Range of Fire
7
25
35
Penetration
1
1
1
Scatter Area
4
10
14
Min.
Max.
Damage
13
13
AoE Radius
-
0
  • 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.