Infantry technology

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The Infantry technology research tree unlocks new infantry equipment, motorized equipment, and mechanized equipment, as well as enabling and improving special forces infantry and improving infantry and cavalry performance as a whole.

Infantry research tree

Weapons & Equipment

Infantry weapons

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Representing an infantryman's standard kit of tools and weapons, Infantry Equipment is the basis of any army. The 1918 Basic Infantry Equipment is available for every nation, while all majors and many minors have the 1936 Weapons I researched. There are a total of four increasingly more advanced types of infantry equipment.

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Pre-Gunpowder Equipment	500	Auto. unlocked 24 days		Before the invention of gunpowder polearms, swords, shields, slings, bows, crossbows, basic handcannons and numerous other weapons along with metal armours were common on the battlefield, and still are in less advanced places of the world.	1 Defense: 3.0 Breakthrough: 0.5 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 1.0 Hard attack: 0.0 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 0.001 Reliability: 80.0% Production Cost: 0.25 Unlocks Infantry Manpower: 1000 Training time: 90 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.06 Suppression: 2.0 Organization: 60 HP: 25.0 Weight: 0.5
	Muzzle-loading Guns	800	80 days	Pre-Gunpowder Equipment	Gunpowder weapons are slowly being adapted, but so far gunsmiths are only able to make basic muzzle-loading firearms with wheellocks, flintlocks or matchlocks, which use black powder to propel bullets across a relatively long distance. The weapons are highly inaccurate and take a long time to reload, which means the most effective way to use the weapon in battle is to form up in long, organized lines.	1 Defense: 12.0 Breakthrough: 1.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 2.5 Hard attack: 0.2 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 0.001 Reliability: 70.0% Production Cost: 0.40
	Breech-Loaded Rifles	989	120 days	Muzzle-loading Guns and Pre-Industrial Artillery	Muskets of old have been largely replaced by breech-loaded rifled firearms, which use smokeless powder and can be reloaded quickly and easily. In addition, soldiers use sidearms such as pistols and bayonets as well as state-issued helmets and uniforms.	2 Defense: 20.0 Breakthrough: 2.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 3.0 Hard attack: 0.2 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 1.0 Reliability: 90.0% Production Cost: 0.43 Heavy Machine Gun Soft attack: 5.0 Hard attack: 2.0 Piercing: 10.0 Production Cost: 0.50 Heavy Machine Gun Manpower: 1.0 Soft attack: 3.0 Hard attack: 1.0 Reliability: -5.0% Production Cost: 1.00 Additional Machineguns Manpower: 1000 Training time: 90 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.07 Unlocks Infantry Manpower: 1000 Training time: 90 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.06 Suppression: 2.0 Organization: 60 HP: 25.0 Weight: 0.5
	Bolt-Action Rifles	1007	120 days	Breech-Loaded Rifles	Bolt-action rifles are replacing older designs thanks to their higher rate of fire compared to previous breech-loaders. Furthermore, standardised grenades are seeing widespread use, vastly increasing the firepower of the individual soldier.	2 Defense: 22.0 Breakthrough: 3.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 6.0 Hard attack: 1.0 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 4.0 Reliability: 90.0% Production Cost: 0.50
	Improved Infantry Equipment I	1009	120 days	Bolt-Action Rifles	Personal and crew served weapons for infantry as well as the various other bits of kit a soldier needs. Improved weapon models and more specialized equipment.	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +5%
	Submachine Guns	1010	160 days	Improved Infantry Equipment I	Machine guns proved to be powerful weapons but lack mobility. However, submachine guns allow soldiers to maintain high rates of fire even on the move. Newer designs make these firearms particularly effective in close-quarters combat. Meanwhile, new anti-tank weapons help overcome armoured vehicles such as half-tracks and tanks.	3 Defense: 28.0 Breakthrough: 4.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 9.0 Hard attack: 1.5 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 5.0 Reliability: 90.0% Production Cost: 0.58
	Magic Rifles	1010	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment I	Magic is inherent to most sapient life, but not everyone can harness it as a weapon. Innovative designs in firearms have led to the invention of the magic rifle, a gun that uses specially imbued crystal-based cartridges to launch devastating spells against enemies. However, sustained fire makes the rifle prone to malfunctions due to the finicky nature of magic crystals. Despite its questionable reliability, the field of magic firearms is nascent and is bound to improve on these early designs.	2 2 Defense: 31.0 Breakthrough: 4.5 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 11.0 Hard attack: 2.3 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 6.0 Reliability: 50.0% Production Cost: 0.81 Spellfire Cannon Soft attack: 20.0 Hard attack: 7.0 Max Speed: -0.1 km/h Piercing: 35.0 Reliability: -20.0% Production Cost: 1.50 Unlocks Magical Infantry Manpower: 1000 Training time: 120 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.06 Suppression: 2.2 Organization: 60 HP: 25.0 Weight: 0.5 Upgrades Military Police Suppression Bonus: +10.0%
	Improved Infantry Equipment II	1011	160 days	Submachine Guns or Magic Rifles	Personal and crew served weapons for infantry as well as the various other bits of kit a soldier needs. Improved weapon models and more specialized equipment.	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +5%
	Infantry Anti-Tank I	1013	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment I	Arming our infantry with anti-tank rifles will allow them to take out lighter armored vehicles while maintaining mobility.	Upgrades All Infantry & Mot/Mech Hard attack: +25% Piercing +100%
	Battle Rifles	1013	160 days	Improved Infantry Equipment II	Battle rifles are specially designed to improve soldiers' firepower by utilising either semi-automatic or fully automatic fire modes. As such, battle rifles combine the stopping power and range of previous service rifles with the close-quarters efficacy of submachine guns. Meanwhile, personal anti-tank weapons continue to evolve, allowing the infantry to engage enemy tanks effectively.	4 Defense: 34.0 Breakthrough: 5.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 12.0 Hard attack: 2.0 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 10.0 Reliability: 80.0% Production Cost: 0.69
	Automatic Magic Rifles	1013	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment II	Attempts to improve the firing rate of magic firearms displayed in full force the challenges presented in using crystal-based ammunition. Self-loading magic firearms require a far larger and heavier firing mechanism than usual, making a portable magic semi-automatic rifle unwieldy. However, this line of research has produced a viable light machine gun equivalent. Despite their propensity to misfire, the suppressive and destructive firepower makes these automatic magic rifles deadly weapons.	3 3 Defense: 37.0 Breakthrough: 5.5 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 14.0 Hard attack: 3 Air attack: 0.001 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.001 Piercing: 12.0 Reliability: 65.0% Production Cost: 0.9 Improved Spellfire Cannon Soft attack: 25.0 Hard attack: 9.0 Max Speed: -0.1 km/h Piercing: 50.0 Reliability: -20.0% Production Cost: 2.00
	Infantry Anti-Tank II	1014	120 days	Infantry Anti-Tank I	For infantry to effectively engage heavier armored units, high-explosive anti-tank weapons need to be made smaller and lighter.	Upgrades All Infantry & Mot/Mech Hard attack: +25% Piercing +100%
	Improved Infantry Equipment III	1015	120 days	Battle Rifles or Automatic Magic Rifles	Personal and crew served weapons for infantry as well as the various other bits of kit a soldier needs. Further Modernized to include personal Assault Rifles and anti-tank rockets. Improved availability of weapons previously distributed to a limited extent.	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +10%
	Improved Infantry Equipment IV	1017	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment III	New efforts in standardisations for personal kits will allow us to focus on only certain firearms for further design improvements such as select-fire for assault rifles and better handling to make our soldiers even deadlier	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +5%
	Infantry Anti-Tank III	1018	120 days	Infantry Anti-Tank II	Out of every possible means of delivering ordinance against armoured targets, rocket-based weapons have shown to be the most effective. Arming our soldiers with these anti-tank rockets will make them a deadly foe to enemy armour.	Upgrades All Infantry & Mot/Mech Hard attack: +12.5% Piercing +50%
	Assault Rifles	1019	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment IV	A divergence from the development of battle rifles, the assault rifle mainly differentiates itself from the former by using intermediate rifle cartridges. The smaller calibre sacrifices overall range and stopping power for better weapon handling, making the assault rifle more useful in tighter combat situations. New tactics developed in tandem with this new rifle change the old infantry combat dynamics, rendering our soldiers far deadlier than those of yesteryear.	5 1 Defense: 40.0 Breakthrough: 6.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 15.0 Hard attack: 2.5 Air attack: 0.002 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.002 Piercing: 12.0 Reliability: 85.0% Production Cost: 0.80
	Magic Light Machine Gun	1019	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment IV	Breakthroughs in spell imbuements lighten the cartridges used in magic firearms, allowing a streamlining of the firing mechanism of previous designs. The new design, in turn, reduces the overall weight of the weapon, turning previous automatic magic rifles into true light machine guns. Specialised ammunition also changes the spell launched at enemy targets, making for a more effective magic LMG for most situations.	4 4 1 Defense: 43.0 Breakthrough: 6.5 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 17.0 Hard attack: 3 Air attack: 0.002 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.002 Piercing: 14.0 Reliability: 75.0% Production Cost: 1.0 Advanced Spellfire Cannon Soft attack: 30.0 Hard attack: 11.0 Max Speed: -0.1 km/h Piercing: 65.0 Reliability: -20.0% Production Cost: 2.50
	Improved Infantry Equipment V	1021	120 days	Assault Rifles or Magic Light Machine Gun	With newer light-weight weaponry introduced with more modern weapons, soldier kits can allow for other equipment such as MREs, additional grenades or ammunition, all of which lengthens the staying power of our soldiers before they must withdraw.	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +5%
	Infantry Anti-Tank IV	1022	120 days	Infantry Anti-Tank III	Refinements of our anti-tank rocket launchers have crystallised to the recoilless platforms that are lightweight, can be shouldered, and provide the greatest caliber of ordinance against enemy targets. There is nothing more terrifying to a tanker than a soldier lying in wait with such a weapon.	Upgrades All Infantry & Mot/Mech Hard attack: +12.5% Piercing +50%
	Improved Infantry Equipment VI	1023	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment V	A new generation of modern firearms may just be beyond the horizon, but that doesn't mean that further refinements of our current generation cannot be made. New modular designs improve ease of maintenance, all in service to making the lone soldier capable of fighting for as long as possible without support.	Upgrades Leg Infantry Soft attack: +5% Motorized/Mechanized Infantry Soft attack: +5%
	Infantry Anti-Air I	1025	120 days	Infantry Anti-Tank IV	The addition of a small anti-air rocket launcher capable of being carried on a soldier's back, similar to the introduction of the bazooka a decade ago, will allow infantry to have a fighting chance against airplanes.	Surface-to-Air Missiles Air attack: 5.0 Reliability: -10% Production Cost: 5.00 Upgrades Air attack: -49900% All Infantry & Mot/Mech Air attack: +50000% Note: The large percentage increases are necessary due to a workaround (a very small value is multiplied by a very large percentage). The actual values are much smaller than the percentages might imply.
	Modern Rifles	1025	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment VI	New materials, lighter weapon accessories, and better equipment layouts have significantly improved upon previous iterations of our assault and battle rifles to the point that they have supplanted older bolt-action rifles as the service weapon. Submachine guns and bolt-action rifles are now effectively specialist weapons. In contrast, the versatile high-capacity automatic rifle is used by the rank-and-file, permanently changing the nature of infantry combat.	6 1 Defense: 46.0 Breakthrough: 7.0 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 18.0 Hard attack: 3.0 Air attack: 0.003 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.003 Piercing: 14.0 Reliability: 90.0% Production Cost: 0.90
	Modern Magic Rifles	1019	120 days	Improved Infantry Equipment VI	Continued refinements in magic firearms design have finally yielded a set of practical select-fire rifles that can chamber crystal cartridges. In order to address the propensity of magic firearms suffering catastrophic failures, the overall fire rate is considerably lower than that of conventional assault rifles. However, these modern magic rifles are lightweight enough to be used on the move and are as effective as the regular service rifle.	5 5 1 Defense: 49.0 Breakthrough: 7.5 Hardness: 0.01% Soft attack: 20.0 Hard attack: 3.5 Air attack: 0.002 Max Speed: 4.0 km/h Armor: 0.003 Piercing: 16.0 Reliability: 85.0% Production Cost: 1.1 Modern Spellfire Cannon Soft attack: 35.0 Hard attack: 13.0 Max Speed: -0.1 km/h Piercing: 80.0 Reliability: -20.0% Production Cost: 3.00

Support weapons

Support weapons includes crew-served weapons such as medium and heavy machine guns and mortars. These technologies provide bonuses to the defense and breakthrough of cavalry and all types of infantry.

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Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Support Weapons I	989	120 days	None	Automatic weapons are becoming more portable. Submachine guns have already proven effective and the development of hand-held support weapons must continue.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons II	1009	120 days	Support Weapons I	The development of automatic weapons which combine the aspects of light and heavy machine guns allows versatility in how our infantry employ their equipment.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons III	1011	120 days	Support Weapons II	While maintaining and improving reliability of machine guns, we can also experiment with higher firing rates to ensure lethality of the constant stream of bullets.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons IV	1013	120 days	Support Weapons III	With the increased use of assault rifles, developing automatic weapons that can be used in any environment by all soldiers is a priority for a modern army.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons V	1015	120 days	Support Weapons IV	Despite some notable drawbacks and ethical questions, infantry flamethrowers can be highly effective provided they are used in the correct environment and circumstances.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons VI	1017	120 days	Support Weapons V	Lightweight, anti-personnel mines can be deployed more easily over a larger area compared to conventional anti-tank mines, for protecting FOBs and setting up ambushes.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons VII	1019	120 days	Support Weapons VII	Specialized grenades, including incendiary, smoke, and tear gas variants, are normally only used by special forces. Outfitting our standard infantry units with these grenades may give our soldiers a tactical advantage in certain scenarios.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons VIII	1021	120 days	Support Weapons VII	It is time to update our light and heavy machine guns, as new techniques and technologies have become available that can be used to produce more effective heavy weaponry.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons IX	1023	120 days	Support Weapons VIII	Making internal improvements to our support weapons will help to increase their lifespan by reducing wear and tear, allowing them to fire for longer with a barrel replacement.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%
	Support Weapons X	1025	120 days	Support Weapons IX	Trials done with newly developed anti-personnel mines have shown them to be more effective than the current models, with a smaller signature and larger blast radius.	Upgrades Defense: +5.0% Breakthrough: +5.0% Defense: +3.0% Breakthrough: +3.0%

Night vision

Night vision equipment allows soldiers to see even in the dark, offsetting some of the -50% penalty that units receive when fighting at night and giving an edge over enemies who do not have such equipment.

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Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	All-Weather Gear	1009	120 days	Breech-Loaded Rifles	Simple modifications to our uniforms allow our soldiers to adapt to extreme heat and cold more quickly. Thick, hard goggles can protect against both snow and sand.	Global stats Winter Attrition: -5.0% Heat Attrition: -5.0% Cold acclimatization gain factor: +20.0% Hot acclimatization gain factor: +20.0%
	Night Vision I	1013	200 days	All-Weather Gear	Being able to see the enemy without being seen is key to night operations. With the invention of infra-red technology, we can outfit our army with devices which, though unwieldy, make this possible.	Global stats Land Night Attack: +10.0%
	Night Vision II	1017	160 days	Night Vision I	Early infra-red scopes, although initially intended for use by snipers, had a limited vision range. As both the portability and vision improves, these devices can be used by more troops operating at night.	Global stats Land Night Attack: +15.0%
	Distributed Recon & Signals	1021	160 days	Night Vision II	With each platoon and vehicle crew having someone carrying binoculars, and another a two-way radio, the entire army can report in and ensure rapid communication.	All Frontline Battalions Reconnaissance: +0.2% Initiative +1.0%

Motorized

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Motorized infantry is a somewhat harder and much faster version of infantry, but is more expensive and less reliable. It represents infantry outfitted with "soft-skinned—unarmored or lightly armored—vehicles (Jeeps, trucks, etc.). It provides infantry with more strategic (deploying to the area of operations, though state infrastructure is the primary strategic mover) and operational (moving along the front line) mobility and is suitable to accompany armored forces.

Motorized technology enables research of Mechanized Infantry that uses increasingly advanced armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles (e.g., armored cars and half-tracks). These are much more expensive than Motorized, and initially slower, but provide higher attack, armor and hardness, with much greater tactical mobility (moving under fire, i.e., the "breakthrough" stat). Mechanized Infantry should be upgraded to keep pace with the faster advanced tanks. Mechanized Infantry lacking tanks is better as a defensive fire brigade than an assault force (except against relatively weak opposition that it can outpace and overrun). As a general rule, mechanized infantry are best used with armored forces, just as they were in reality.

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Motorized	1936	170 days		Motorizing infantry is the first stage to mechanizing an army. Civilian trucks are readily adapted to military uses of transporting soldiers, towing guns, and carrying equipment and supplies. This greatly increases the strategic mobility of infantry units, which would otherwise rely on marching.	1 1 Hardness: 10.0% Max Speed: 12.0 km/h Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 1.2 Production Cost: 2.50 Unlocks Motorized Infantry Manpower: 1200 Training time: 90 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.11 Suppression: 2.2 Organization: 60 HP: 25.0 Weight: 0.7
	Motorized Rocket Artillery	1939	127 days	Motorized	Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more quickly than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. Being mounted on trucks, this version is able to launch attacks and change positions before the enemy can return fire.	1 1 Defense: 15.0 Breakthrough: 12.0 Soft Attack: 36.0 Hard Attack: 1.0 Piercing: 2.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 0.1 Production Cost: 12.0 Unlocks Motorized Rocket Artillery Manpower: 500 Training time: 120 Recovery Rate: 0.10 Supply use: 0.28 HP: 0.6 Weight: 0.5
	Mechanized Equipment I	1940	170 days	Motorized	Mechanized infantry is infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. Mechanized infantry is distinguished from motorized infantry in that its vehicles provide a degree of protection from hostile fire, as opposed to soft-skinned wheeled vehicles (trucks or jeeps) for motorized infantry.	2 1 Defense: 26.0 Breakthrough: 4.0 Hardness: 60.0% Max Speed: 8.0 km/h Armor: 10.0 Piercing: 11.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 2.4 Production Cost: 8.00 Upgrades Hardness: +100%
	Mechanized Equipment II	1942	170 days	Mechanized Equipment I	Mechanized infantry is infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. Mechanized infantry is distinguished from motorized infantry in that its vehicles provide a degree of protection from hostile fire, as opposed to soft-skinned wheeled vehicles (trucks or jeeps) for motorized infantry.	3 1 Defense: 30.0 Breakthrough: 5.0 Hardness: 70.0% Max Speed: 10.0 km/h Armor: 15.0 Piercing: 16.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 2.4 Production Cost: 10.00
	Mechanized Equipment III	1944	255 days	Mechanized Equipment II	Mechanized infantry is infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat. Mechanized infantry is distinguished from motorized infantry in that its vehicles provide a degree of protection from hostile fire, as opposed to soft-skinned wheeled vehicles (trucks or jeeps) for motorized infantry.	4 1 Defense: 34.0 Breakthrough: 6.0 Hardness: 80.0% Max Speed: 12.0 km/h Armor: 20.0 Piercing: 21.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 2.4 Production Cost: 12.00 Upgrades Soft Attack: +15% Hard Attack: +15%
	Basic Amphibious Tractor	1941	170 days	Mechanized Equipment I	Amphibious Tractors, or Amtracs, allow Marines to be landed on a beach under armored protection. However, this comes at the cost of poor fuel efficiency.	2 1 Defense: 26.0 Breakthrough: 4.0 Hardness: 60.0% Max Speed: 7.0 km/h Armor: 10.0 Piercing: 11.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 4.0 Production Cost: 8.00 Unlocks Amtrac Batallion Manpower: 1200 Training time: 120 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Soft Attack: 0.1 Hard Attack: 0.5 Supply use: 0.18 Suppression: 1.0 Organization: 60 HP: 30.0 Weight: 1.0
	Improved Amphibious Tractor	1943	170 days	Basic Amphibious Tractor	These Amtracs feature several improvements over the base version, such as rear loading ramp for easier unloading on the beach.	3 1 Defense: 30.0 Breakthrough: 5.0 Hardness: 70.0% Max Speed: 10.0 km/h Armor: 15.0 Piercing: 16.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 4.0 Production Cost: 10.00
	Basic Armored Car	1936	170 days	Motorized	Where previous armored cars were simply commercial models with thin steel plating, this model was designed from the ground up to carry armor and light armament.	2 Defense: 2.0 Breakthrough: 12.0 Hardness: 65.0% Soft Attack: 6.0 Hard Attack: 2.0 Max Speed: 9.0 km/h Armor: 3.0 Piercing: 6.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 0.8 Production Cost: 4.00 Unlocks Armored Car Manpower: 500 Training time: 180 Recovery Rate: 0.30 Supply use: 0.14 Suppression: 2.5 Organization: 10 HP: 2.0 Weight: 0.8
	Improved Armored Car	1940	170 days	Basic Armored Car	An improved internal layout and additional ammunition storage creates a more effective armored car.	2 Defense: 3.0 Breakthrough: 16.0 Hardness: 65.0% Soft Attack: 13.0 Hard Attack: 4.0 Max Speed: 12.0 km/h Armor: 10.0 Piercing: 8.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 1.8 Production Cost: 6.00
	Advanced Armored Car	1942	170 days	Improved Armored Car	Changes on the battlefield require a much heavier armament and thicker armor to defeat enemy light untis and survive to report back.	2 1 Defense: 5.0 Breakthrough: 28.0 Hardness: 70.0% Soft Attack: 16.0 Hard Attack: 8.0 Max Speed: 15.0 km/h Armor: 20.0 Piercing: 36.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 1.8 Production Cost: 8.00
	Anti-Tank Armored Car	1942	85 days	Advanced Armored Car	Our light mechanized units will come into contact with enemy tank forces at some point. Developing a special anti-tank variant would give them a fighting chance.	2 1 Defense: 6.0 Breakthrough: 28.0 Hardness: 70.0% Soft Attack: 12.0 Hard Attack: 14.0 Reconnaissance: 1.0 Max Speed: 16.0 km/h Armor: 20.0 Piercing: 62.0 Reliability: 80.0% Fuel Usage: 1.8 Production Cost: 9.00

Special forces

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In addition to regular, motorized, and mechanized infantry, there are three specialized infantry types (Marines, Mountaineers, and Paratroopers) that are useful in specific situations. They require standard infantry equipment.

These three types of specialized infantry types are known as Special Forces or SF (not to be confused with the army doctrine Superior Firepower). Special Forces have a Battalion cap for each country. This cap is the greater of either 24 battalions or 5% of your total battalions (excluding SF battalions) making up the rest of your divisions. Divisions cannot be changed, trained, given a different template or have their template adjusted if that would result in exceeding the SF cap. To increase the 24 SF battalion cap, you would have to exceed the 480 non-SF battalion breakeven point by 20 for each additional SF battalion. For example, you would need 500 non-SF battalions for 25 SF battalions, 520 non-SF battalions for 26 SF battalions, 540 non-SF battalions for 27 SF battalions, etc.

Special Forces research tree

Marines

Marines are specialized infantry trained to engage in wet terrain and perform amphibious invasions. They receive +30.0% attack in marshes, +40.0% attack when fighting over rivers, and +50.0% attack when engaging enemies during amphibious landings. Marine Divisions are very effective when supported by Engineer Companies.

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Marines I	1936	170 days		Troops specializing in amphibious warfare are growing ever more indispensable. Improvised methods and equipment become things of the past as our naval infantry is supported by specialized landing craft and training.	Unlocks Marines Manpower: 1000 Training time: 120 Recovery Rate: 0.40 Breakthrough: 0.3 Supply use: 0.06 Suppression: 1.0 Organization: 70 HP: 20.0 Weight: 0.5
	Marines II	1939	127 days	Marines I	Amphibious warfare requires constant innovation. Improved logistical support and portable harbors can enable our marines to perform landings that may otherwise have been impossible.	Upgrades Soft attack: +5% Organization: +5
	Marines III	1943	170 days	Marines II	Marines can be more than just amphibious infantry. In the future, our marine corps will be among the most disciplined and organized special forces.	Upgrades Organization: +5

Mountain Infantry

Mountaineers are specialized infantry that excel in maneuvering through and engaging in rough terrain. They receive +10.0% movement, +20.0% attack, and +5.0% defense in hills and +20.0% movement, 35.0% attack, and 10.0% defense in mountains.

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Mountain Infantry I	1936	170 days		Combat in mountain ranges exposes troops to many perils, but sometimes cannot be avoided. We can minimize these risks by providing our soldiers with specialized training for this environment.	Unlocks Mountaineers Manpower: 1000 Training time: 120 Recovery Rate: 0.40 Breakthrough: 0.3 Supply use: 0.07 Suppression: 1.0 Organization: 70 HP: 20.0 Weight: 0.5
	Mountain Infantry II	1939	127 days	Mountain Infantry I	Going beyond survival, our forces can be trained to use mountains to their advantage. With light equipment and mule transports, they can maneuver in this terrain better than other infantry.	Upgrades Soft attack: +5% Organization: +5
	Mountain Infantry III	1943	170 days	Mountain Infantry II	Preparing for the most arduous mountain missions in high altitudes and low temperatures will require extraordinary training and discipline from our mountain troops.	Upgrades Organization: +5

Paratroopers

While they take longer to train and only have slightly better stats than normal Infantry, Paratroopers are the only type of unit that can be paradropped into the field, which they do via transport plane. This allows them to perform operations behind enemy lines and in locations where other units cannot easily reach. The AI will use paratroopers in battle, but never uses them for paradrops.

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Paratroopers I	1936	170 days		By incorporating airborne forces into our army, we can make forced entries and position key troops in previously inaccessible areas, allowing for new tactical opportunities.	Unlocks Paratroopers Manpower: 1000 Training time: 150 Recovery Rate: 0.40 Supply use: 0.06 Suppression: 1.0 Organization: 70 HP: 22.0 Weight: 0.5
	Paratroopers II	1939	127 days	Paratroopers II	Transitioning from small operations with only a few paratroopers to larger airborne divisions paves way for massive airborne landings, taking these forces beyond a novelty to a natural part of warfare.	Upgrades Soft attack: +5% Organization: +5
	Paratroopers III	1943	170 days	Paratroops III	Learning to adapt paradrop operations according to weather, standardizing equipment such as jump boots and extended specialized training will minimize the confusion and risks involved in these dangerous missions.	Upgrades Organization: +5

Special Forces Concentration

Special forces (marines, mountaineers, paratroopers) are trained and equipped for conditions that ordinary soldiers aren’t expected to excel in. The first tech will give them a boost to acclimatization speed. Afterwards, the tree splits. One option is to train your special forces harder, to improve their skills and their ability to fight for longer before having to be resupplied.

The other option is to expand the special forces training programs to accept more recruits. Your special forces will be more numerous, but come with more drag and not quite as high speed. In the end though, they will still be elite forces and will be able to develop training to make them even more skilled in fighting in the harshest of conditions.

Note: The maximum quantity of special forces is capped at 24 battalions or 5% of your fielded regular battalions (this limit can be increased by unlocking the Expanded Special Forces Program technology).

Icon (generic)	Technology	Year	Base cost	Prerequisites	Description	Statistics
	Special Forces	1938	170 days		Unconventional fighting requires specialist training. We need to ensure that our troops are prepared and able to adapt to harsh conditions.	Upgrades Hot Acclimatization gain factor: +5% Cold Acclimatization gain factor: +5%
	Advanced Special Forces Training	1940	170 days	Special Forces	With extensive training, we can ensure that our special forces will be able to perform above and beyond that of normal men. Mutually exclusive with Expanded Special Forces Program.	Upgrades Division Training Time: +10% Defense: +5% Organization: +5
	Extreme Environment Training	1942	170 days	Advanced Special Forces Training	We need to be able to fight in the harshest of environments. With the right training and equipment, our troops will be able to fight in the most extreme conditions.	Upgrades Division Training Time: +10% Supply Grace: +48 hr Hot Acclimatization gain factor: +50% Cold Acclimatization gain factor: +50%
	Expanded Special Forces Program	1940	170 days	Special Forces	Special forces are able to perform missions that ordinary soldiers can not. We need to expand the training program to get more of our soldiers qualified. Mutually exclusive with Advanced Special Forces Training.	Upgrades Capacity Multiplier: +5% Division Training Time: -10%
	Survival Training	1942	170 days	Expanded Special Forces Program	Our special forces will often fight behind enemy lines and in short supply. We need to train them to endure harsh weather and fight with limited supplies.	Upgrades Hot Acclimatization gain factor: +20% Cold Acclimatization gain factor: +20% Out of Supply: -10%
	Elite Forces	1944	170 days	Survival Training	Only the best of the best will become special forces. The soldiers that make it through the training will be stronger. faster, and fight harder than anyone else.	Upgrades Hot Acclimatization gain factor: +20% Cold Acclimatization gain factor: +20% Supply Grace: +48 hr Soft Attack: +5% Organization: +5