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Panzer IV Medium Tank

Effective against infantry, vehicles, and structures. • Can Hulldown to increase defensive bonuses at the cost of disabling movement.

german faction icon

Stats

panzer_iv_ger

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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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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Increases Side Armor.

Side Skirts

Upgrades the unit with armored side skirts.

Defensive upgrade

Costs
time

30

munition

50

Requires
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Mechanized 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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Defensive

Hull Down

Order the vehicle crew to hull down their vehicle.

Reduces incoming damage by -25%, +5 range and vision, +30% reload speed and disables movement when active. Vehicles with fixed main weapons gain +10 range and increases weapon arc radius by +15.

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Defensive

Disable Hull Down

Order vehicle to leave hull down.

Restores movement.

Requires
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hulldown upgrade vet ger

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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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Toggle off auto-attack

Hold Fire Disabled

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

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Offensive / Passive

Heavy Gunnery

Temporarily grants all machine guns, including top gunners, hull and coaxial weapons, to cause suppression for the selected vehicle.

Costs
munition

25

Duration
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30s

Cooldown
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60s

Requires
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Terror Battlegroup

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Heavy Gunnery

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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

45

manpower

360

fuel

100

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
  • +20% main gun accuracy
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 5400

  • +25% 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

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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

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