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Wirbelwind Flakpanzer

Very effective against infantry. Can shootdown aircraft. • Decent health and armor. • Can Hulldown to increase defensive bonuses at the cost of mobility.

german faction icon

Stats

wirbelwind_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

5.75

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Acceleration

2.3

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Deceleration

3.5

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Rotation

45

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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

90

Frontal Armor

side

75

Frontal Armor

rear

40

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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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

White Phosphorous Rounds

Load special white phosphorous rounds that suppresses infantry and reduces vehicle vision on hit.

Deals suppression damage. -75% vision range for 5 seconds on hit.

Costs
munition

30

Duration
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30s

Cooldown
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45s

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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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

300

fuel

70

popcap

10

Hitpoints
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600

600

Upkeep per minute
manpower

15

Veterancy
vet 1 starvet 1 empty starvet 1 empty star

XP: 1500

  • Veteran ability
  • +20% rotation rate
vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 4500

  • +20% burst length
  • +20% rate of fire
vet 3 starvet 3 starvet 3 star

XP: 9000

  • +80 health
  • +30% weapon accuracy
  • +5 range

Loadout

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20mm flakvierling wirbelwind ger

cannon burst - ballistic weapon

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Damage

5

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Range

40m

Near

10m

Mid

20m

Far

40m

Core Stats

Accuracy

55%

50%

42.55%

Rounds per Minute

469.57

445.71

401.86

Penetration

16

14

12

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

1.3×2

2.6×4

5.2×8

Timing

Burst Duration

3.75s

3.25s

3s

Time Between Bursts

1.75s

1.75s

2.5s

Reload Cycle

2.25s

2.25s

2.25s

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Aim Time

0.125s

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Magazine

2 bursts

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Traverse Speed

100

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Scatter Angle

Scatter Distance

Moving

×0.75

×0.5

×1.25

×1.25

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×0.5

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×0.5

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×0.5

×0.5

Aircraft

×4

  • 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 / Timed

White Phosphorous Rounds

Load special white phosphorous rounds that suppresses infantry and reduces vehicle vision on hit.

Deals suppression damage. -75% vision range for 5 seconds on hit.

Costs
munition

30

Duration
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30s

Cooldown
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45s

Requires
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Vet 1

20mm_flakvierling_wirbelwind_wp_ger1
20mm flakvierling wirbelwind wp ger

cannon burst - ballistic weapon

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Damage

5

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Range

40m

Near

10m

Mid

20m

Far

40m

Core Stats

Accuracy

55%

50%

42.55%

Rounds per Minute

482.14

458.82

396.33

Penetration

16

14

12

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

1.3×2

2.6×4

5.2×8

Suppression Per Second

8.84

7.65

5.62

Timing

Burst Duration

3.75s

3.25s

3s

Time Between Bursts

1.75s

1.75s

2.5s

Reload Cycle

2.25s

2.25s

2.25s

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Aim Time

0.125s

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Magazine

5 bursts

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Traverse Speed

100

Accuracy

Burst Duration

Scatter Angle

Scatter Distance

Moving

×0.75

×0.5

×1.25

×1.25

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

Heavy Cover

×0.5

×0.5

Garrison

Garrison

×1

×0.5

VS Target - Modifiers

Base DMG

Accuracy

Penetration

Damage

Building

×0.5

×0.5

Aircraft

×4

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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