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Marder III M Tank Destroyer

Effective against all vehicles. Best used at long-range. • High weapon penetration. • Low health; slow. • Must face targets directly to fire. • Can Site Main Gun, increasing range and rate of fire. Disables movement but can rotate.

german faction icon

Stats

marder_iii_ger

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

4.8

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Acceleration

2.25

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Deceleration

4

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Rotation

28

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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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Ambush Upgrade

Camouflage Netting

Equips camouflage netting. When stationary and not in combat, camouflaged vehicles cannot be seen by the enemy. Camouflaged units can be detected at close range.

Click to Upgrade

Costs
time

30

munition

30

Requires
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Special Ops Field Marshal

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Unlocks the Hulldown ability.

Hulldown

Upgrades the unit with entrenching equipment.

Defensive upgrade

Costs
time

30

munition

25

Requires
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Fortifications Field Marshal

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Support upgrade

Spotting Scopes

Upgrades the unit with a spotting scope.

Increases vision by +10 when stationary.

Costs
time

30

munition

30

Requires
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Spotting Scopes

Abilities

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Disables movement and weapons while active. Removes Engine Damage.

Emergency Engine Repair

Orders the crew to repair their own vehicle.

Support / Timed

Costs
munition

25

Requires
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Engine Repair Kits

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Gains increased damage when attacking from Camouflage.

Vehicle Camouflage

Vehicles will camouflage themselves when out of combat.

Passive

Requires
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Camouflage Netting

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Disables Movement and Weapons while active.

Self-repair

Orders the crew to repair their own vehicle.

Support / Timed

Costs
munition

25

Duration
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15s

Requires
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mechanized right 1a self repair

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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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Raid Package

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Increases Damage against vehicles and improves Penetration.

Tungsten-core Rounds

Load special armor-piercing rounds when active.

Offensive / Timed

Costs
munition

45

Duration
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15s

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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Vet 1

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Special Ops Field Marshal

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Passive

First Strike

Vehicles out of combat that are stationary gain First Strike bonuses. Bonuses occur after being stationary for 3 seconds.

+25% damage, +50% penetration, and +50% accuracy on the first shot.

Requires
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Vet 1

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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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Offensive / Toggle

Site Main Gun

Disable movement of the vehicle, but increases weapon range and rate of fire. Unit can still rotate to fire. Combat bonuses trigger 3.5 seconds after the ability is activated.

+10 weapon range, +20% rate of fire. Unit cannot move while active.

Toggle Off
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10s

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Grinding Advance

!Allows the crushing of !heavy obstacles.

Requires
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siegebreakers ger

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Grinding Advance

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Defensive / Passive

Siege Breaker

When this unit enters combat and takes damage, damage taken from the front is reduced by 33% for 10 seconds.

Requires
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siegebreakers buff siege leader ger

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Offensive

S-mine Launchers

Immediately launches and detonates explosives in an area around the vehicle. Deals suppresses and damages nearby infantry.

Costs
munition

30

Shots
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1

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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Grinding Advance

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siegebreakers ger

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Defensive / Passive

Siege Breaker

When the unit enters combat and takes damage, damage taken from the front is reduced by 33% for 10 seconds.

Duration
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10s

Cooldown
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72s

Requires
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siegebreakers buff siege leader ger

Stats

Costs
time_seconds

37.5

manpower

240

fuel

45

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
  • +15 vision range when Site Main Gun is active

Loadout

76mm_marder_iii_ger1
76mm marder iii ger

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

10.91

10.91

10.91

Penetration

300

250

220

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

1×12

2.7×12

4.5×12

Scatter Offset

+1.5m

+1.5m

+1.5m

Timing

Refire Time

5.5s

5.5s

5.5s

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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.

Ability Weapons

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Offensive

S-mine Launchers

Immediately launches and detonates explosives in an area around the vehicle. Deals suppresses and damages nearby infantry.

Costs
munition

30

Shots
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1

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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Grinding Advance

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siegebreakers ger

s_mine_launcher_elite_forces_ak1
s mine launcher elite forces ak

grenade - explosive weapon

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Damage

35

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Range

25 - 150m

Near

20m

Mid

40m

Far

80m

Core Stats

Scatter Area

3.6×5

7.2×10

14.5×20

Scatter Offset

+0.8m

+1.5m

+3m

Penetration

60

60

60

Timing

Time of Flight

2.12s

2.93s

4.09s

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Aim Time

0.375–0.625s

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Obstacle Avoidance

89°

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Traverse Speed

25

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Arc

30°

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Setup

2.5s

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Teardown

2.5s

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Suppression

22

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×1

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×1

×1

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×0.75

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Sniper

×0.8

Bunker

×5

×2.5