Fixes
- Heavy tanks will be slightly more difficult to critically hit from the front
- Criticals are more appropriate per target (i.e., halftracks can't have their turrets disabled, Jagdpanzers can't have their turrets disabled or top-gunner killed)
- Vehicles that have had the gunner injured no longer display the gunner injury icon long after the debuff has been removed

Features
- Vehicle criticals are now expanded!

Front hits have a very small chance to injure driver, disable turret, destroy cannon, kill commander, injure loader, injure loader, damage vision blocks, break tracks or destroy tires, and damage optics.

Rear hits have a moderate to high chance to damage exhaust, damage engine, destroy engine, set engine on fire, break tracks or destroy tires, kill commander, injure loader, injure gunner, and disable turret.

Flame weapons attacking the rear may set engines on fire or damage them!

Light tanks are now viable at harming heavy tanks if they get in a few rear shots, and AT guns are much more effective when flanking and ambushing. These features will be tweaked and balance as tested!

Balance
- Improved some Soviet vehicle veterancy gains (particularly IS-2, KV-2 and other heavy tanks)

Upcoming
- Vehicle criticals are being added in for next major patch including: broken treads, injured/killed crew members, burning engines (can be caused by flame-based weapons from rear), damaged optics and vision blocks, exhaust damage, and more

Fixes
- Improper tooltips adjusted for some veterancy levels (let me know if you find any other strange tooltips for vet 4 and 5)
- Added fourth and fifth veterancy levels for artillery units and PaK 43
- M1919 LMG now unlocks with the BAR upgrade for US
- Conscripts can now upgrade PPSH kits without CP
- SU76 veterancy level five had its penetration buff corrected

Additions
- Engineers/Pioneers have now received their doctrinal equipment: PaK 43, various mines, repair stations, trenches, artillery, and more are now stock

Balance
- US BAR upgrade now costs 15 fuel (as it now includes M1919)
- Various adjustments to veterancy experience requirements

Fixes
- Adjusted missing portraits/sounds for some units (if you notice any improper UI references, please let me know)

Balance
- Tiger Ace has been reworked with five vet levels and gains veterancy levels normally (from 0 to 5)
- Many units across all factions have had veterancy requirements reduced and streamlined
- Most infantry units have increased inventory sizes (most up to 3 from 2) for additional weapons
- Grenadiers can now wield MG42 and G43 upgrades together
- Panzer Grenadier squads receive four G43 rifles when upgrading to the package
- Panzer Fusiliers now receive six G43 rifles when upgrading to the package
- All upgrade costs have been adjusted accordingly with changes in equipment loadouts
- AT guns and MG's overall have reduced veterancy requirements
- OKW weapon teams require even less experience for each veterancy level (to compensate 3-man teams instead of 4)
- Sturmtiger cost reduced for viability
- Soviet tier 1 building manpower cost reduced to 100 from 130

US Update

Fixes
- Pathfinders can now be properly called in (I&R are doctrine-only as of right now; this is temporary)

Balance
- US can now dispatch Major for vehicles without dispatching other officers first
- Major is now 80 fuel to dispatch (same cost for other nations to access vehicles)
- Sherman Easy Eight fuel price increased to 160
- Captain dispatch time reduced to 30 from 60
- Most airborn units are now cheaper (30 manpower cheaper on average)
- Combat group cost reduced to 700 MP from 900 MP

Overall, playing Captain - Airborn should be more appealing to play without them overperforming. Because US now has a straight tech path to tanks, the increase in the Easy Eight cost should see other vehicles more appealing.

Fixes
- Adjusted descriptions to reflect modding changes
- Adjusted costs of some units to reflect latest patch
- Rangers now require the grenades HQ upgrade to throw grenades

Balance and Tuning
- Adjusted Stug III E scatter, reducing it to be more competent and fill its intended role (similar scatter value to Panzer IV)
- Added top gunner upgrade to Stug III E
- Raised cost of Stug III E to 30 Fuel

Tuning
- OKW heavy tanks (King Tiger and Sturmtiger) have been moved to another building along with other heavies
- Ost German Elite Troops Doctrine has been adjusted: Tiger Ace is now costs slightly less manpower and fuel than a stock Tiger Ace and no longer penalizes resources; Elite Troop Training now has a faster cooldown, costs 50mp/12f and provides 1000 experience instead of 1920 (this will make it overall more expensive but more flexible)

Future Changes
- US will build structures
- Old vehicle criticals will be added (damaged exhaust, gunner injured/killed, driver injured/kill, vision block damage, etc.)

Balance Adjustments
- Soviet veterancies 4 and 5 have been buffed as most other units receive two buffs or one significant buff
- Obersoldaten population has been increased to compensate for their early game capabilities
- Veterancy experience requirements reduced for artillery (OKW, US)
- Grenadier squad models replaced by Obersoldaten models (aesthetic only)

Upcoming Changes
- US will build their buildings like the other races (unit costs and tech trees will be adjusted accordingly)

Balance Adjustments
- Soviets no longer need the first building to build the second, similar to Eastern Germans
- Partisan squads are now cheaper

Tuning
- Many heavy tanks and team weapons (such as mortars, MGs, and AT guns) now require less experience overall to gain veterancy in face of the five veterancy levels (this mostly effects the Soviets)