Kriegsmarine
- replaced K98 with Waffen Obersoldaten K98 and lowered weight in weapon pool
- Ability [Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.] - Increased Complete radius from 0.5 → 1.5
- Squad is now invincible for 7 seconds


King Tiger (OKW)
- Now has the Gyroscopic Gunsight upgrade

Tiger/King Tiger/P4 Ace
- Now have access to spotting scopes upgrade

Ostruppen
- G43 cost reduced to 10 muni

[Prestige Units, Officers (all variants) ]
• Pop cap reduced to 0
dev note: this is to hopefully address prestige unit call-ins from cancelling if the popcap is reached while the unit is being called in

.:Bug Fixes:.
- Fixed bug where Panzer III and Hetzer prioritize vehicles would not prioritize vehicles
- Fixed string errors

[OST/OKW]
• Sprint ability (all variations) - cost removed
• Panzershreck threat reduced from +10 → -10
• All light armored vehicles threat lowered to -15

[Panther II]
• Now has the 8.8cm long barrel by default
- On pentrate instantly destroy Light vehicles
- On penetrate instantly destroy medium vehicles below 40% health

[OST]
• Changed Pioneer Satchel charge keybinding from F to X

[OKW]
• Changed all OKW Salvage abilities keybinding from O to X
• Changed JLI's Flare Trap capture point ability keybinding from X to B

[Elite Panzergrenadier]
• Now starts with Veteran Squad Leader

• Vet 1
- Received Accuracy -15%
• Vet 2
- Weapon Cooldown -25%
- Weapon Accuracy +17%
- Received Accuracy -15%
• Vet 3
- Ability max Range +25%
- Weapon Accuracy +20%
• Vet 4
- Weapon Rate of Fire +20%
- Model Health +65
• Vet 5
- Weapon Cooldown -10%
- Weapon Range +20%

• Fixed veterancy descriptions

[Kübelwagen]
• Target Size 14 → 10
• [NEW ABILITY] Evasive Driving (PASSIVE) - while below 40%. Health Received Accuracy -50% and speed increased 15%
• Now has 15 veterancy

[Volksgrenadier]
• Improved Panzerfaust Ability (Vet 4)
- Renamed to 'Fire Accurate Panzerfaust'
- New UI icon
- Penetration (far/mid/near) 160/170/180 → 170/190/250
- On penetrate applies a debuff 'Sundered Armor': for 10 seconds enemy vehicle has -20% armor and takes 20% more damage

[USF]
[M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo]
• Accerleration 2.2 → 1.9
• Max Speed 6.4 → 5.8
• Rotation Rate 34 → 31

[M26 Pershing]
• Now has .50cal Pintle gunner
• [NEW UPGRADE] - M26E4 "Super" Pershing
- requires vet 3

[M26E4 "Super" Pershing]
• Armor 550/200
• Health 2500
• Damage 240/240
• Range 70
• Pen 300/350/400

[Bug fixes]
- delete forward post wreck model
- Luftwaffe Ground Force missing improved salvage
- Added the upgraded Through Salvage to the Jaeger Light Infantry and Luftwaffe Ground Force
- Fixed Lefh vet descriptions

[OKW]
• Fixing crash prone aircraft abilities

[OST]
Bereichsbefehl
• Can now reinforce while out of supply territory
• Retreat point can now be toggled

[SOV]
• Tweaked the AI to spam less DSHKa's

[UKF]

[Royal Artillery, Royal Engineer, and Advanced Emplacements]
- Automatically granted the Bofors research upgrade upon unlocking the Platoon HQ and locked out of AEC
• [NEW ABILITY] Forward Supplies
- Will now automatically build cache's on resource sectors once captured

• Glide HQ now targets enemy territory and instantly decaps when landed.
• On landing, grants allied infantry -50% received accuracy, -25% weapon cooldown
• every 30 seconds units disembark from the glider. Random chance of tommy, assault tommy, commando, piat commandos, royal engineer, 6 pounder


[Raid Section]
• Now properly buildable
• (PASSIVE) Raid Speed - No longer has sprint ability instead gains passive +1.0 posture speed when not suppressed/pinned


- 17 pounder 🗸
- Sniper 🗸
- Medic - Only used with certain upgrades
- AEC 🗸
- Piat rack model 🗸
- Valentine 🗸
- M10 🗸
- Forward logistics glider 🗸
- PIAT commandos - can now be spawned from the Glider
- Assault officer 🗸
- Raid section 🗸
- Universal carrier 🗸

Bug fixes
• British Forward HQ ghost model will now properly despawn if the parent structure is destroyed

##HEAVIES TWEAKS##
[Tiger II (All versions)]
• Armor 375 → 460
• Health 1280 → 1450
• Damage main Gun critical chance 25% → 10%
• Rear Armor 150 → 200
• [NEW UPGRADE] Gyroscopic Gun Sight
- Requires near Machine Shop (Support Armor Korps or Mechanized Regiment HQ)
- 50 muni
- Removes On the Move accuracy penalty
• [NEW ABILITY](PASSIVE)Fanatical Tenacity
- When below 30% - Reload Speed increased 40%, Damage Received -50%, Weapon Scatter +50%

Tiger II 88mm
• Accuracy 0.025/0.0375/0.05 → 0.0375/0.05/0.0725
• Splash 4 → 5
• Damage 240 → 320
• Penetration 200/220/240 → 360/400/440
• Range (Max) 50 → 60
• Reload 5.7/6.3 → 6.7/7.3
• Scatter 5 → 3
• On penetrate now has a 50% chance to kill all medium armor, non-kill will disable the crew for 10 seconds

Tiger II 105mm
• Accuracy 0.025/0.0375/0.05 → 0.0375/0.05/0.0725
• Splash 4 → 5
• Damage 320 → 400
• Range (Max) 55 → 66
• Reload 6.3/7.5 → 7.7/9.4
• Scatter 5 → 3
• On penetrate chance to kill medium tank 50% → 80%

[JagdTiger]
• Moving accuracy penalty 100% → 700%
• Damage main gun critical from 25% → 15%

JagdTiger 128mm
• Now 100% chance to kill medium tank on penetrate
• Damage 400 → 650
• Reload 8.55/11.1 → 12/14

[Elefant]
• Hitpoints 1040 → 1250
• cost Fuel 245 → 240 Manpower 720 → 640

88mm
• Damage 300 → 320
• Now has a 50% to instantly kill medium vehicles, non-kills will stun the crew for 10 seconds
• Scatter Max 10 → 7



[Sniper/Elite Sniper]
• Target size 1.15 → 1
• [NEW ABILITY] (PASSIVE) Sniper Evasion
While above 50% health, snipers take 60% less damage.

[Commissar Rework]
• Now available with infantry specialization
• Commissar cannot be killed until entire squad is dead
• Aura stacks with additional Commissars present
• Aura vet1
- Infantry and team weapons Accuracy +5% accuracy, Received accuracy -5%
• Aura vet2
- Increase Allied damage +5%, Received Damage -5%
• Aura vet3
- Infantry cannot be killed until Commissar is killed


[Team Weapons]
ZiS-3, DSHK, Maxim MG, 82mm Mortar, pack howitzer, 57mm gun
• Armor 70 → 5
• Health 350 → 200
• removed accuracy penalty against the team weapon itself


[is-3]
• can now be prestiged into the IS-7 at vet 3

• NEW UNIT [IS-7 Super Heavy Tank]
Armor 720/140
Health 3,000
1x 130mm
2x 14.5mm dshk
1% chance to spawn with Soviet Industry

[AI]
• Soviet AI will now be further specialized between Infantry and Armor
• Infantry specialization will receive more veteran infantry as the battle progresses
• Commissars will be more frequently incorporated into infantry compositions

bug fixes
• fixed bug causing recrewed jumbo sherman to recrew as a plain M4A3

##COUNTER BATTERY REWORK##
[OST]
• Mortar's (including half-track version) Counter-barrage
- Now fire a unique shell with slightly increased damage and accuracy which stun and suppress infantry.
- Range increased by 50%.
- Cooldown reduced.

• Panzerwerfer's Counter-barrage
- Now fire only three rockets with increased accuracy.
- Rockets count goes up to five with the Advanced Rocketry upgrade.
- Slighly reduced range which goes back up to normal with Advanced Rocketry.
- Cooldown reduced.
- Moved Entranch ability to UI 33.

• LeFH 18 (both OST and OKW)
- Counter-barrage now fire only three shell with increased accuracy. Cooldown reduced.
- Added missing Direct Fire ability to OST variant.
- Increased damage and range of Direct Fire ability.

[OKW]
• Le ig 18's counter-barrage
- Now fire a unique shell with slightly increased damage and accuracy which stun and suppress infantry. More damage but less suppression than mortar.
- Range increased by 50%.
- Cooldown is reduced.
- Tweaked veterancy.

• Walking Stuka
- ["NEW" ABILITY] Counter-barrage. Fire three rockets with increased accuracy in response to enemy barrage.
- The first coodlown is greatly reduced. The second one is normal.
- Increased damage of rockets by 50%. Rockets can now inflict criticals on vehicle.
- [NEW ABILITY] Experimental Rocket. Fire a unique but extremely powerful rocket to the targeted position, dealing devastating damage over a large area. Require veterancy 3. Cost 100 munitions.
- Tweaked veterancy.

##OTHER CHANGES##

[OKW]
• 2cm Flakvierling
- Veterancy requirements reduced by 50%


• Concrete Bunker
- Repair station now grants 6 pioneers up from 4
- Bunker repair station cost from 100mp/15fuel to 60 munitions


[OST]
• [NEW UNIT] Panzer III Ausf. M
• Built from the Light Mechanized Company
270 manpower 95 fuel
Armor 130/70
Hitpoints 500
[ABILITY] Load Sprgr. 38 high explosive
[ABILITY] Load Pzgr. 39 Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell

Vet 1 1950 → 920
Unlock Combat Blitz
-15% Reload Speed
Vet 2 3940 → 1400
Armor +25
Horizontal Weapon Traverse +40%
Reload Speed +10%
Vet 3 5800 → 2380
Weapon Reload -30%
Rotation Speed +20%
Max Speed +10%
Vet 4 8100 → 4100
Weapon Scatter -20%\nWeapon Penetration +5
Vet 5 10800 → 6900
Moving Accuracy +25%

[Panzer III M and Panzer IV J]
Panzer III and Ostheer Panzer IV J - can now be Prestiged into Elite Panzer IV


• [NEW STRUCTURE] Repair Station
- Built by Pioneers and Luftwaffe Ground Forces
- Cost 125 Manpower 45 munitions 45s build time

[Panther II]
• [NEW UPGRADE] KwK 43 - replace 75mm gun with the KwK 43 8.8cm cannon
- costs 100muni
Damage increase 40%
Reload speed -12.5%
Vehicle speed -10%
Instantly destroys medium tanks below 40% health

[Tiger I]
• Damage up to 200 from 160

[Blitzkrieg Commander]
• Starting Command P4 now starts out of fuel and requires 50 fuel to operate

[Pak 43 (non-emplacement)]
• Should now have veteran 6-15

[Sd.Kfz 250 (all versions)]
• Rotation rate increased to 60 from 40
• Vet 2 now replaces the pintle machine gun with a Heavy MG42
• Mechanized call-in can now reinforce

[Salvage]
• Can now deconstruct uncrewed team weapons
• Thorough salvage time to 8s down from 10s
• Improved salvage time to 7s down from 10s

[AEF]
• [NEW UNIT] M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" Assault Tank
Armor 350/160
Health 1280
Cost 475/175
Built from armor command

• M4 "Skink" SPAA

[Soviet]
[Quantity is a quality all its own]
• Now affects Penal Battalions



Bug Fixes
• Prestige veterancy should now correctly affect atguns, team weapons, and defensive structures
• Fixed bug causing concrete bunker medic upgrade to persist medics after it has been destroyed

###Mechanized Assault and German Mechanized Rework###
• Manpower Priority now affects all 250/251 Half-tracks including the Mechanized Assault Group call-in and applies a -33% cost reduction

[Sd.Kfz. 250]
- [NEW ABILITY] Mechanized Flanking Speed
For 3 seconds after entering Flanking Speed, Half-track is invulnerable.
- [NEW ABILITY] Mechanized Infantry Expertise
After dismounting from a half-track, infantry gain +50% damage for 10 seconds
- [NEW ABILITY] (PASSIVE) Lightning War Doctrine
Each Half-track on the field adds +75 Maximum Health to all Half-tracks. Stacks up to 5 times. Removed on death.
- [NEW ABILITY] (PASSIVE) Evasive Driving
Wile the Half-track is above 75% health reduce damage by 50%
Requires Veteran 1
- [NEW ABILITY] Toggle Defensive Smoke
Can now be toggled to trigger automatically if health drops < 50% at no cost. Can only trigger every 60 seconds.
- [Ability Combined Arms] now affects halftracks. When near infantry, halftracks gain -20% received accuracy.
- SdKfz 250 no longer requires battle phase 1
- Squad load time to 2 seconds down from 5
- Unload time to 0.075 seconds down from 0.125
- When killed, chance for squad to unload safely to 75% up from 50%

[Assault Grenadier]
• Squad Automatic Gunner no longer requires the Assault Rifle Package

dev note: The Mechanized commander rework is part of the ongoing effort to flesh out the identity of Commander Doctrines beyond the collection of a handful of abilities granted at baseline. The idea behind the Mechanized rework is to incentivize the use of mechanized infantry and their halftracks. Quickly accelerate to the engagement, dismount troops, then perform lethal fire and advance maneuvers obscured by smoke on the advance or retreat.



#Commander Changes#

[All Commanders]
• [Veteran Squad Leaders] Now grants the veteran squad leader upgrade to all Grenadier squads baseline

[Blitzkrieg Doctrine]
• Now starts with a Early War Command Panzer IV


[German Mechanized Doctrine]
• Now starts with 1 SdKfz 250 Half-track

[Strategic Reserves]
• Now starts with 1 Assault Grenadier and 1 Pioneer
• Loses access to 'For the Fatherland' and 'Command Panther'

#Misc. Unit Changes#
[Stormtroopers]
• AT weapons are now toggleable

[Termination Stormtroopers]
• Base armor to 2 up from 1
• Veteran 4 receives the Volksgrenadier Improved Panzerfaust


#OKW#
[Vorwärts Stützpunkt]
• Reduced cost increase from FoB's in the sector to 40% down from 50%
• Fixed issue causing fuel cache to trigger a cost increase
• Build time to 35s down from 45s






[Bug Fixes]
• Fixed bug where Stormtrooper STG44 package overwrote slot item weapons
• Fixed bug where the mechanized grenadiers didn't benefit from the squad size upgrade
• Fixed bug causing Fallschirmjaegers and Elite Fallschirmjaegers to not benefit from the T4 squad reinforcement time and cost reduction

#AI#

dev note: in effort to reduce Soviet Air dominance and increase diversity of AI unit compositions we are introducing these changes

[Soviet]
• Only commanders with exisiting air support will receive baseline aircraft abilities


- [NEW ABILITY]Quantity
"Quantity has a quality all its own"
• Has 50% chance to appear on commanders with 'Conscript Assault Package', 'Rapid Conscription', 'Fear Propaganda'
• Reduce conscript reinforce time by 80%
• Reduce armor usage
• dshk 38 & m1910 weapon crews receive a sergeant that reduces received accuracy by 20% and increases hmg rate of fire by 20%
• Every 10 minutes in-game time bolster conscript squads by 1 to a maximum of 5