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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 / Anti-aircraft
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Wirbelwind Flakpanzer

Medium vehicle very effective against infantry and light vehicles. Can shoot down aircraft.

Stats

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vehicles

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Sight Range

35

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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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Max Range

40

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Target Size

20

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Capture Multiplier

0

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Decapture Multiplier

0

Vehicle Armor

medium tank

Vehicle Type
Frontal Armor

frontal

100

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
munition

30

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Unlocks the Hulldown ability.

Hulldown

Upgrades the unit with entrenching equipment.

Defensive upgrade

Costs
munition

25

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Support upgrade

Spotting Scopes

Upgrades the unit with a spotting scope.

Increases vision by +10 when stationary.

Costs
munition

30

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

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Gains increased damage when attacking from Camouflage.

Vehicle Camouflage

Vehicles will camouflage themselves when out of combat.

Passive

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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

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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

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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.

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Defensive

Disable Hull Down

Order vehicle to leave hull down.

Restores movement.

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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

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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

45

manpower

300

fuel

70

popcap

10

Hitpoints
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600

600

Upkeep per minute
manpower

18

Veterancy
vet 1 starvet 1 empty starvet 1 empty star

XP: 1500

Unlocks veteran ability. Increases accuracy and acceleration.

vet 2 starvet 2 starvet 2 empty star

XP: 4500

Increases rotation rate, rate of fire, and accuracy.

vet 3 starvet 3 starvet 3 star

XP: 9000

Increases rotation rate, acceleration, range, and accuracy.

Loadout

1
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20mm flakvierling wirbelwind ger

cannon burst - ballistic weapon

Moving Accuracy Multiplier

0.75

Moving Cooldown Multiplier

1

Near

Mid

Far

Accuracy

0.55

0.5

0.37

Rounds per minute (RPM)

415

393

353

Range of Fire

10

20

40

Penetration

16

14

12

Scatter Area

3

10

42

Min.

Max.

Damage

5

5

AoE Radius

-

2

  • 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.