Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

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Archaic Entertainment

Released: Jun 1, 2017
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Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 00:55 GMT

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20 Dec 2025Developer post
Game launch issues - now resolved
UPDATE: We've deployed a hotfix that should address the issue of the game not launching directly through Steam. Hello everyone, We're receiving feedback that the mod does not launch through the Steam Library. We're currently investigating the root of this issue and will provide a
UPDATE: We've deployed a hotfix that should address the issue of the game not launching directly through Steam.
Hello everyone,
We're receiving feedback that the mod does not launch through the Steam Library.
We're currently investigating the root of this issue and will provide a hotfix for this as soon as possible,
Until then you can try to launch Eastern Front mod manually:
Open your Steam Library
Right click the game's title Company of Heroes (NOT Eastern Front!) and select Properties.
On the General tab you'll find Launch Options section.
Enter the launch options you wish to apply: "-dev -mod EasternFront" (without the " )
Close the game's Properties window and launch the game Company of Heroes.
If everything is installed correctly Company of Heroes will start with Eastern Front mod active. It may take a while to launch though.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
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23 Nov 2025Developer post
Update 3.6 - Release Notes [1/2]
We're pleased to announce that the long anticipated Update 3.6 is now available! This update brings fixes to notorious Fatal Scar & AI Errors, comprehensive faction balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, map enhancements, bug fixes, and more! General changes Stationary
We're pleased to announce that the long anticipated Update 3.6 is now available! This update brings fixes to notorious Fatal Scar & AI Errors, comprehensive faction balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, map enhancements, bug fixes, and more!
General changes
Stationary Cannons
Can now be reinforced
Will now always be recrewed by 2 members instead of 3
Affects: 88 mm Flak 36, 20 mm Flakvierling 38, 88 mm Pak 43, M2A1 Howitzer, 85 mm 52K Cannon
Commonwealth Emplacements
Weapon Crews can now be killed and emptied emplacements can now be captured
Added Medical Kits to enable crew healing
Affects: MG nest, Mortar Pit, Bofors, 17-Pdr, 25-Pdr
Slit Trenches
Significantly improved tank guns and AT launchers performance vs garrisoned units.
Increased overall cover effectiveness vs ballistic weapons, autocannons, mortars and heavy artillery. (note: still much less compared to vanilla)
Manpower cost: 20 → 50
Construction time: 20s → 30s
Significantly reduced overall durability against tank guns, AT launchers, Grenades/throwables
Minesweepers
Dev Note: this affects all Minesweeper upgrades for Engineers, Sappers, Scouts, Ingenery, Pioneers, Panzergrenadiers, Sturmpioneers, Kettenkrad, Schwimmwagens. Mines provide a lot of value for a very cheap price, and counterplay against 'mine spam' is limited. The changes aim towards addressing the issue that mines cause tremendous damage to everything while countering them with Minesweepers is tedious and requires constant attention.
Upgrade munition cost: 35 → 15
Mine detection radius: 15 → 18
Mine clearing radius on idling: 10 → 18
Mines/S-Mines
Nearby suppression radius: 15 → 12
Nearby suppression multiplier: 1.5 → 1
Unified critical chances vs infantry, infantry_assault, infantry_scout, and infantry_weapon_crew:
Green hp bracket (100-60% hp):
no critical: 95%
make casualty: 5%
yellow hp bracket (60-5% hp):
no critical: 85% → 90%
make casualty: 10% → 5%
killed: 5%
Mortars
Tweaked shell ballistics for better responsiveness and visual appeal:
Speed increment: 2 → 4.5
Speed distance multiplier: 0.3 → 0.2
No longer cause engine criticals to light vehicles with full hitpoints.
Removed incremental engine damage critical vs light vehicles
Now has chance to cause following criticals:
Green hp bracket (100-60% hp):
75% no critical
25% damaged engine critical
Yellow hp bracket 60-5% hp):
50% no critical
25% damaged engine critical
25% kill gunner
AA weapons
Base flakvierlings now deal significantly less damage to planes than those built by Luftwaffe.
Removed 5% critical kill chance vs full hp planes from Quad, Wirbelwind, Flakvierling, Ostwind, Bofors (this reduces the chance of planes being taken down before they even have a chance to appear on the map)
Fixed some target priority issues
Experience value
Tweaked and fixed inconsistenties between unit experience points granted when destroyed/killed (those that count towards gaining Command Points):
Ostheer Tiger: 46 → 66 (now same as WH Tiger)
King Tiger: 54 → 66
Tiger Ace: 54 → 66
Elefant: 54 → 66
ISU-152: 61 → 54
Sherman Calliope: 28 → 44
Wespe: 22 → 33
Katyusha: 22 → 28
Priest: 19 → 33
Zrinyi: 21 → 31
Churchill Croc: 39 → 44
Churchill AVRE: 39 → 44
Soviet Anti-Tank Rifles (PTRS, PTRD)
Damage multiplier vs motorcycles: 1.7 → 1.5 (now requires an extra shot to kill)
Transmission damage critical:
Dev note: This critical stacked a lot with Engine Damage and was much easier to apply using the Target Weakpoint ability. Now focuses on lowering axis vehicles ability to chase down units and makes it harder for them to escape AoE abilities.
No longer reduces vehicle speed
Now reduces vehicle acceleration by 60% instead of 30%
Now reduces main gun accuracy while moving
Base damage: 50 → 25
PTRD-41 base penetration (s/m/l): 1.0/0.9/0.8 → 1.0/0.95/0.87
PTRD-41 base accuracy (s/m/l): 1.0/0.8/0.75 → 1.0/0.9/0.8
Boys Anti-Tank Rifle
Dev note: While intended as a tool to engage and zone away early and mid game light vehicles/tanks, The Boys AT rifle is generally overperforming against such units. It often gave the impression of a hard counter once deployed. Previously, the Boys AT Rifle shared the same penetration table as the PTRS/PTRD-41 AT Rifle. It is important to consider that unlike the Soviet counterparts, the Boys AT Rifle is not the primary infantry anti-tank weapon available to the faction, as this is the PIAT. Additionally, the faction gets natural access to the 6-Pounder AT Gun due to a linear tech tree. For this reason, the weapon performance was reduced notably against light vehicles while its current effectiveness against heavier vehicles was mostly retained. Although not as important for game balance decisions, it is worth noting that the Boys AT Rifle also didn't have the same stopping power and armor-penetrating capabilities as the PTRS/PTRD-41, primarily due to the type of ammunition used
Base damage: 25 → 20
Rebalanced penetration multipliers:
In summary, a notable reduction against light vehicles frontally, especially on max range (up to -20%)
More or less the same chances against heavier vehicles
Fixed a plethora of rear penetration multipliers
Panzerschreck
Damage multiplier vs CW emplacements: 0.6 → 0.7 (this translates to it requiring 1 less shot to destroy all emplacement types)
Increased target prioritization vs emplacements (should now be larger than infantry)
Penetration chance against T-60: 100% → 90%
Bazooka / Panceltoro
Damage multiplier vs Panzer IV: 1.4 → 1.2
Penetration chances:
Panzer IV: 80% → 70%
Panzer IV Skirts: 75% → 60%
Panzer III Skirts: 75% → 70%
T-60: 100% → 90%
M8 Greyhound, T17, Stuart, Staghound, Tetrarch
Dev note: The aim of these changes is to make light vehicles/tanks stay relevant for longer once heavier vehicles and tanks start appearing. The purpose here is to improve the chances for these vehicles to retaliate against various tanks by improving their overall penetration capabilities. Keep in mind that many of these tanks in return deal more damage, have more hitpoints, and have guaranteed penetration chances against these light vehicles.
Unified main cannon statistics
Base damage: 50-65 → 65
Damage multiplier vs various light vehicles: 1.2 → 1
Long range base penetration: 0.66 → 0.76
Area of effect radius: 0.1-1 → 1
37 mm main gun improved vs various armor types:
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Ostwind: 70%/58%/46% → 80%/66%/61%
Panzer IV: 42%/35%/28% → 62%/51%/47%
Marder III: 100%/100%/84% → 100%/100%/100%
Panzer 38t: 100%/83%/66% → 110%/91%/84%
Hotchkiss: 100%/83%/66% → 110%/91%/84%
Panzer III: 48%/40%/32% → 88%/73%/67%
Hetzer: 4%/3%/3% → 25%/21%/19%
Hummel: 38%/32%/25% → 100%/100%/100%
Fixed various abysmal rear penetration multipliers
Heavy tank Call-ins
Tiger/Elefant/Pershing/ISU/Jagdpanther: 360s → 240s
King Tiger/Tiger Ace: 900s → 600s
Flamethrowers
Dev note: Flamethrowers need more area of effect radius in order to be effective vs large buildings where models are spaced out, but also in order to hit spread out squads more consistently. Very high damage output disparity between the various cover types also made Flamethrowers feel incredibly inconsistent, especially when units swap between cover types during an engagement.
Rate of fire: 3 → 2
Burst duration: 4-6 → 3-5
Critical chance: 15 → 20%
Damage: 8-10 → 10-12
Accuracy: 0.9/0.9/0.9 → 1.0/1.0/0.9
Area of effect:
Damage multipliers: 1/0.5/0.25 → 1/0.6/0.3
Radius: 2 → 4
Accuracy: 1 → 0.9
Tweaked cover multipliers:
Damage vs heavy: 2 → 1.5
Accuracy vs heavy: 1 → 1.5
Damage vs light: 1.5 → 1
Accuracy vs heavy: 1 → 1.5
Damage vs garrisons: 3 → 2
Weapon Crews
All team weapon crews received the new weapon crew critical to improve their survivability against certain indirect fire weapons (mainly mortar shells, rockets and heavy artillery)
Halftrack critical type
Small arms will no longer kill Gunners within the green hp bracket (100-60% hp)
British
General
Strategic Point spawned in the base sector removed.
Dev note: This means that the faction and its allies no longer have access to an additional territory sector that generated resources (was +3 mp/min) and provided population space (was +2).
Replaced Withdraw to Captain ability with Withdraw to Forward Assembly
Scouts
Hitpoints: 70 → 65
Veterancy rank 1:
Received damage: -15% → 0% (removed)
Now grants soldier armor
Veterancy rank 2:
+10% weapon damage → +25% weapon accuracy
Long range cooldown multiplier: 1.5 → 1.75
Mid range accuracy: 0.65 → 0.55
DPS change (s/m/l): -/15%/-5%
Recon Element upgrade now increases capture rate by 25%
Marksman shot munition cost: 30 → 35
Infantry Section
Capture speed multiplier: 1 → 1.25
Suppression activation threshold: 0.25 → 0.2
Suppression recovery threshold: 0.2 → 0.15
Pin down activation threshold: 0.65 → 0.6
Pin down recovery threshold: 0.55 → 0.5
Lee Enfield Rifles:
Base accuracy (s/m/l) 0.75/0.55/0.35 → 0.85/0.65/0.45
DPS change (s/m/l): +13%/+18%/+28%
Fixed scatter values
Bren Light Machine Gun:
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.65/0.35/0.15 → 0.75/0.35/0.2
DPS change (s/m/l): +15%/+8%/+33%
Significantly increased suppression potential
Boys AT Rifle upgrade now requires Field Support Truck
Rifle grenades:
Upgrade munition cost: 75 → 50
Damage: 20-25 → 25-30
Now grants 1 grenade launcher instead of 2
Smoke Rifle Grenades munition cost: 15 → 0
Squad leader will now have Medic visuals once Medical Corps is upgraded as additional visual indicator that the upgrade was purchased.
Veterancy Rank 1: Weapon damage: +10% → +25%
Veterancy Rank 2: +10% weapon damage → +25% weapon accuracy
Veterancy Rank 3: Weapon damage: +10% → +20% (cumulative effect: +21% → +50%)
Sappers
Manpower cost: 280 → 300
Reinforce cost: 35 → 38
Upkeep: 6 mp/min → 7.7 mp/min
Suppression activation threshold: 0.25 → 0.2
Suppression recovery threshold: 0.2 → 0.15
Pin down activation threshold: 0.65 → 0.6
Pin down recovery threshold: 0.55 → 0.5
Sten SMG:
Reload frequency: 5 → 3
DPS change (s/m/l): +16%/-/-
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.2 (same as Volks MP40)
Dev note: Sappers are too efficient in the role of assault infantry. This change will make Sappers less effective while on the move, also differentiating them from Commandos.
Grenade cooldown time: 30s → 35s
Veterancy Rank 1: Weapon damage: +10% → +20%
Veterancy rank 2: +10% weapon damage → +15% weapon accuracy
Veterancy Rank 3: Weapon damage: +10% → +15% (cumulative effect: +21% → +38%)
XP value per model: 2 → 1.5
Over-Repair repair speed: 7.5 hp/s → 10 hp/s
PIAT
Fixed missing +25% damage multiplier on close range AoE
Fixed abysmal damage multipliers Sd.Kfz. 234 and 251 (0.7 → 0.9)
Base damage: 90 → 80
Ambush bonuses:
Accuracy: +300% → removed
Damage: +50% → +25%
Penetration: +50% (added)
Penetration chance vs T-60: 100% → 90%
6-Pounder ATG
APDS Shells now requires Armoured HQ
Universal Carrier
Wasp upgrade munition cost: 50 → 75
Mortar Carrier upgrade munition cost: 50 → 75
Removed Bren Carrier upgrade
Bren LMG (Forward and pintle mounted):
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.2
Reinstated MMG Carrier upgrade:
Dev note: Despite doubling the vehicle's firepower, the Bren Carrier upgrade was often an unappealing choice compared to the Wasp or Mortar Carrier. The MMG Carier upgrade will allow the Universal Carrier to combat other light vehicles such as Halftracks and Armored Cars, or provide moderate suppression capabilities.
Cost: 50 munitions
Adds a Vickers MMG and unlocks Armour-Piercing Burst ability
Unlocks Armour-Piercing Burst ability:
Cost: 20 munitions
Vastly increases penetration power vs light vehicles, but also slows down the vehicle while active.
Vickers MMG rebalanced from the ground up.
Fixed Vickers MMG missing horizontal/vertical animations.
Removed -25% received accuracy from rifles while on the move
Wasp Flamethrower:
Fixed missing horizontal/vertical animations.
Base damage: 12-14 → 10-12
Reduced overall damage output
Reduced effectiveness against units in the open and in negative cover.
Stuart Light Tank
Hitpoints: 340 → 320
Lieutenant
Capture speed multiplier: 2 → 1.5
Experience value: 3 → 5
Fuel cost: 30 → 20
Deployment time: 40s → 35s
Population cost: 2 → 1
Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 6/12/24
Now increases the veterancy gain rate of infantry squads by 15% by default.
Command Bonus:
Now requires veterancy rank 1
Increases veterancy gain rate of infantry squads by another 10% (cumulative effect: +26.5%)
Now also provides a -5% received accuracy bonus.
Weapon accuracy bonus: +10% → +5%
Additional command influence stars will now be visible when Enhanced (vet 2) and Supreme (vet 3) bonuses are unlocked:
Command bonus (Vet 1) - 1 star
Enhanced Command bonus (Vet 2) - 2 stars
Supreme Command bonus (Vet 3) - 3 stars
Captain
Capture speed multiplier: 2 → 1.5
Manpower cost: 250 → 200
Fuel cost: 50 → 30
Deployment time: 60s → 45s
Population cost: 2 → 1
Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 6/12/24
Command bonuses now apply in all territory instead of only friendly.
Now increases the veterancy gain of infantry squads by 15% by default.
Command Bonus:
Now requires veterancy rank 1
Now increases veterancy gain rate of infantry squads by another 10% (cumulative effect: +26.5%)
NEW: Supply Truck
The Supply Truck secures sectors which increases resource production and prevents enemy units from capturing that sector. Can convert into a Forward Assembly to establish a retreat and reinforce point.
Cost: 240 manpower
Can be upgraded to Forward Assembly (220 mp, 25f):
Convert this truck into a Forward Assembly. The Forward Assembly acts as a forward retreat and reinforce point that infantry can withdraw to.
Increases hitpoints
Commandos
Hitpoints: 75 → 70
Grenade throw range: 22 → 15
Grenade cooldown time: 15s → 35s
Capture speed multiplier: 1 → 1.25
Tank Hunters (Commandos)
Removed Demolition Charges
Now requires Field Support Truck (primarily to prevent instant PIATs on High Resources games)
Weapons: Sten SMG → Lee Enfield
Heavy Machine Gun Commandos
Concealing Smoke removed
Sten SMG dps (s/m/l): -47%/-50%/-
Mortar Commandos
Concealing Smoke removed
Sten SMG dps (s/m/l): -47%/-50%/-
Humber Armoured Car
Fixed an issue where some shell types would phase through the vehicle
Population cost: 6 → 4
Cromwell Command Tank
Removed Flank Speed
Removed Victor Target
All Command Bonuses (vet0, vet2, vet3) no longer increase sight range (this is what the Tank Commander upgrade is for).
Combat Bonus (vet0) reload bonus: -10% → -15%
Fixed missing Supreme Command Bonus (vet3)
Command Bonus visual indicator now has different visualizations with acquired veterancy.
Veterancy Rank 1: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Cromwell
Veterancy Rank 1: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Sherman Firefly
Dev note: APDS is meant as a tool to combat the heaviest of vehicles, or veteran tanks with reduced received penetration by guaranteeing penetration capabilities for a duration of time. The increased damage per shot meant it would also improve performance against targets it's already strong against.
No longer requires Command Tank
APDS Armour Piercing:
Munition cost: 35 → 50
No longer increases damage per shot by 20%
Implemented APDS piercing state visual (barrel will glow + larger smoke cloud when firing)
Duration: 20s → 25s (makes it easier to fire 4 shells with a vet0 Cmd Tank present)
17-Pounder main gun:
Now deals -10% dmg vs skirted tanks (now in line with other tank guns)
Damage multiplier vs Panther, Jagdpanzer IV, Jagdpanther, Tiger, Elefant, King Tiger: +10% → +25% (Now deals same damage per shot as an M10)
Veterancy Rank 1: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Comet
No longer requires Command Tank
Significantly improved penetration chances vs heavy armor (now more or less the same as the Firefly)
Same changes to the main gun as the Firefly.
Top speed: 5 → 5.2
Main gun weapon range: 40 m → 45 m
Veterancy Rank 1: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Churchill Mk.IV
Reload time: 7s → 6s
Veterancy 3 Bonus: -25% Rec. Penetration → -15% Rec. Damage
Churchill AVRE
Population cost: 14 → 12
Veterancy 1 Bonus: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Veterancy 3 Bonus: -25% Rec. Penetration → -15% Rec. Damage
Churchill Crocodile
Hitpoints: 836 → 1036
Reload time: 7s → 6s (now same as Cromwell)
Veterancy 1 Bonus: +25% Mobility → +50% Penetration
Veterancy 3 Bonus: -25% Rec. Penetration → -15% Rec. Damage
Now restricted to 2.
Churchill Mine Plow
Now has to be activated through a toggle similar to the Sherman Crab.
Now reduces mobility while deployed.
Mine Plow now has crush collision OBB.
Implemented missing upgrade voice lines.
Fixed broken Mine Plow animations and added smoke dust effects while the Plow is deployed.
Hull-Down
Now also increases main gun range by 5 meters.
Now also increases main gun reload time by 20%.
Creeping Barrage
Sped up barrage sequence (time between first and last shell landing) by roughly 30%
Victor Target
Munition cost: 50 → 35
Salvo per howitzer: 3 → 4
M7 Priest
Damage multiplier vs tanks: 0.75 → 1
Fixed various inconsistent target table parameters
Radio Triangulation Beacons
Munition cost: 0 → 15
Typhoon Airstrike
Cooldown time: 120s → 180s
Munition cost: 160 → 175
3" RP-3 Rockets:
Area of effect radius: 10 → 7
Area of effect inner radii: 3/5/7/10 → 2/4/7
Base damage: 100 → 80
17-Pounder Emplacement
Dev note: Generally speaking the 17-pounder should be less efficient on max range (>60m), now having a much higher chance to bounce both medium and heavy tanks. However, its "medium" range is also extended to the default AT gun range (60m), which should help retaining reliable stopping power against incoming threats. All-in-all, this is more similar to how a Flak 36 behaves rather than having near-guaranteed penetration on all ranges. It also puts more emphasis on using the APDS ability that otherwise saw little usage, and the +50% penetration bonus acquired at veterancy 2.
Manpower cost: 300 → 400
Fuel cost: 50 → 60
Base damage: 180 → 165
Long range reload time multiplier: 1 → 1.5
Long range reload time: 6-6.5 s → 8.5-9.25 s
Weapon range brackets (s/m/l): 20/45/90 → 30/60/90
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1.25/0.92/0.835 → 1.25/0.92/0.635
Removed +10% damage multiplier vs Panther
Now deals -10% damage vs tanks equipped with armor skirts (schurzen)
Rebalanced target tables from the ground up
APDS Shells now requires Armoured HQ
25-Pounder Howitzer
Barrage range: 200 → 160
Supercharge barrage range: 250 → 200
(Supercharge) Barrage ranges now increase with veterancy: +20/+20/+10 (to 180/200/210 and 220/240/250 respectively)
FOO Artillery (CW Lieutenant/Captain)
First shell no longer instantly pins infantry
Salvo: 7 → 5
Now requires Officer to be in LoS of the target
Added visual Binoculars animation while targeting the barrage
Casualty Clearing Station
Fuel cost: 15 → 10
Triangulation radios
Munition cost: 35 → 15
Soviets
Ingenery
Minesweepers no longer unlock Demolition Charges
Demolition Charges now require a global Demolitions upgrade available in the HQ (cost: 100 mp, 15 fuel)
Observer Team
Detection range: 18 m → 22 m
Damage taken from Sniper Rifles: 50% → 33%
Conscripts
Veterancy 1 now also grants -20% weapon cooldown, increasing rate of fire on both the Mosin rifles and DP-28 LMG (This translates to a DPS increase of 7-10%)
Now have a unique squad leader
DP-28 Light Machine Gun:
No longer requires Armoury
Munition cost: 50 → 60
Strelky
Suppression recover rate: 0.012 → 0.009
Navals
Suppression recover rate: 0.012 → 0.010
Guards
Suppression recover rate: 0.012 → 0.010
SG-43 Heavy Machine Gun Team
Slightly reduced supression against units in cover and on maximum range
No longer almost instantly pins infantry that have been suppressed
Hitpoints 60 → 65
Sniper
Upkeep cost: 12 mp/min → 10.8 mp/min
Weapon base cooldown 8s → 7s
Veterancy bonuses:
vet 2: +30% accuracy / +15% Hitpoints → +10% weapon range / +15% Hitpoints
vet 3: -10% received accuracy / +25% damage → -10% received accuracy / -25% weapon reload
Guards
SVT-40 DPS (s/m/l): -18%/-%/-%
Experience points per model: 2 → 2.5
Partisans
Dev note: Partisans low cost and early appearance paired with the ability to be spawned anywhere on the map made them overly efficient at dictating early game engagements and building tempo. A low investment cost also made it easy to quickly field multiple squads. As a compensation of their reduced initial durability and higher cost, veterancy rank 1 will now provide a stronger overall bonus.
Call-in manpower cost: 240 → 300
Reinforcement cost: 27 → 33
Suppression activation threshold: 0.24 → 0.2
Infantry armor: Infantry → Conscript (easier to suppress, more damage from machine guns)
Veterancy rank 1 equalized to Conscripts:
Now changes infantry type from Conscript to Regular
Received damage: -15% → -10%
NEW: Received Accuracy: -10%
Weapon cooldown: -10% → -20% (this translates to a roughly 6-10% DPS increase with all weapons, previously this was 2-3%)
PPD-40/MP40 SMG moving accuracy multiplier: 0.35 → 0.2
Scorch Point Ability:
Munition cost: 35 → 15
no longer useable on neutral points
Point disabling is no longer instant
Weapon packages munition cost: 40 → 60
ZiS-44 Medical Truck
Can now reinforce Infantry once deployed
Heal rate outside base 60 hp/min → 45 hp/min
76 mm ZiS-3 ATG
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1.25/1/0.85 → 1.25/0.85/0.75
Improved Ammunition penetration bonus: +30% → +20%
F-1 Fragmentation Grenades
Dev note: To make Soviet infantry blobs less effective against pushing into heavy machine guns
Throw range: 21 → 19
RPG-43 Anti-Tank Grenades
Dev note: While the grenade is intended to be very strong it should not be as spammable as it currently is.
Munition cost: 35 → 50
BT-7
BT-7A upgrade:
Munition cost: 125 → 100
Now slightly decreases vehicle acceleration
76 mm KT-28 gun:
Range: 35m → 30m
AoE radii (s/m/l): 1/3/7 → 1.75/3.5/7
Upgrade now increases the experience value of the vehicle by 100% (5 → 10)
Fixed target tables inconsistencies against some axis light vehicles and tanks
45 mm 20K:
Base damage: 60 → 65
Damage multiplier vs various light vehicles: 1.2 → 1
Area of effect radius: 0.8 → 1
Long range base penetration: 0.66 → 0.76
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Ostwind: 70%/58%/46% → 80%/66%/61%
Panzer IV: 42%/35%/28% → 62%/51%/47%
Marder III: 100%/100%/84% → 100%/100%/100%
Panzer 38t: 100%/83%/66% → 110%/91%/84%
Hotchkiss: 100%/83%/66% → 110%/91%/84%
Panzer III: 48%/40%/32% → 78%/74%/70%
Hetzer: 4%/3%/3% → 25%/21%/19%
Hummel: 38%/32%/25% → 100%/100%/100%
Fixed various abysmal rear penetration multipliers
T-60
Dev note: The changes intend to make the T-60 more useful against large amounts of infantry with antitank weaponry since it does not have access to Cage Armour.
Manpower cost: 320 → 310
Manpower upkeep: 8.6 mp/min → 6.5 mp/min
Build time: 50 s → 45 s
Armour now has a chance to deflect infantry AT rockets
Hull traverse speed: 45 → 35
Acceleration/Deceleration: 4/4 → 3/3
20mm Shvak-T autocannon:
burst duration 3.5-4.5s → 3-4s
damage s/m/l -%/-%/+2%
acc incr. 1.00 → 1.04
nearby suppression radius 7m → 8m
suppression s/m/l -%/+25%/-%
Critical brackets
yellow hp bracket (60-5% hp): kill soldier 10% → 12.5%
Penetration multiplier vs Sd.Kfz. 250: 2.9 → 1.15
Rear penetration multiplier vs Sd.Kfz 250: 0.8 → 1.2
SU-100
Dev note: The SU-100 has been on the rader for a while for overperforming. Featuring very high penetration, top tier damage per shot, very long weapon range (especially with focused firing), reliable armor, and a good amount of hitpoints. In essence, the SU-100 performed much like a vCoH Firefly, with the added benefit of good armor and even higher damage per shot. This not only made the SU-100 immensely cost effective against larger threats but also made it oppressive against equal and lesser targets. This often led to players gravitating to fielding multiple SU-100 rather than using either of the T-34 tanks. The above changes are intended to make the vehicle less manpower efficient while also reducing some of its overall stopping power. Keep in mind, the effects of Focused Firing remain unchanged, temporarily guaranteeing penetration capabilities up to range of 55(!) meters.
Focused Firing:
Munition cost: 35 → 50
Penetration bonus: +300% → +140%
+25% damage bonus replaced with +15% weapon range.
Implemented Focused Firing state visual (barrel will glow + larger smoke cloud when firing)
Accuracy multiplier vs infantry: 0.6 → 0.5
Manpower cost: 400 → 420
Deployment time: 50s → 60s
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1/1/0.86 → 1/0.94/0.83
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Panzer IV: 100%/100%/95% → 100%/100%/89%
Stug IV: 100%/100%/86% → 100%/95%/83%
Hetzer: 100%/100%/86% → 85%/80%/71%
Tiger: 85%/79%/73% → 70%/65%/60%
King Tiger 60%/55%/52% → 45%/42%/39%
Jagdpanther 60%/55%/52% → 50%/46%/43%
Elefant 70%/65%/60% → 40%/37%/34%
Now deals -10% damage vs skirted tanks
T-34/76
Manpower cost: 360 → 340
Hitpoints: 450 → 470
Dev note: this puts it above an important threshold where it now requires the intended 6 shots to be destroyed by 87.5 dmg cannons as opposed to 5 in practise, due to how the last 5% hp work
76mm F-34 gun:
Area of effect radius: 2.6 → 3
Area of effect damage (s/m/l): (87.5/40/22 → 87.5/44/31)
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.65
Moving accuracy vs infantry (s/m/l): 80%/36%/28% → 75%/44%/34%*
Improved Ammunition penetration bonus: +20% → +50%
Dev note: This translates to a net effect of roughly +10-20% due to how multiplications work, whereas previously this was ~5% only.
T-34/85
Fuel cost: 80 → 75
85mm ZiS-53 Gun:
Accuracy multiplier vs Infantry: 0.8 → 0.75
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.65:
Moving accuracy vs infantry (s/m/l): 80%/36%/28% → 75%/44%/34%
BM-13 Katyusha
Experience value: 5 → 10
ISU-152
Hitpoints 964 → 764
Movement Speed 3.7 → 4.1
Traverse speed 23 → 25
Acceleration 1.4 → 2.0
Removed +25% damage multiplier vs Jagdpanther
Heavy Mortar
Dev note: Tweaked shell ballistics for better responsiveness and visual appeal.
Acceleration: 40 → 25
Speed: 25 → 20
Speed increment: 2 → 4.5
Speed distance multiplier: 0.3 → 0.2
Infantry Weapons
Dev note: These changes are intended to allow PPSh and DP-28 to suppress enemy infantry when using For The Motherland ability.
PPSh-41
Suppression (s/m/l): +20%/+33%/-
DP-28
DPS change (s/m/l): +9%/-%/-%
Suppression (s/m/l): +33%/+33%/-%
For the Motherland
Reworked ability to provide following bonuses/penalties:
Infantry will sprint upon activation
Received suppression: -85%
Received damage: +10%
Weapon reload: -40%
Weapon accuracy: -40%
Weapon suppression: +100%
Inspiring Speech
Dev note: This change allows Soviet infantry to charge into enemy lines more reliably. Heroic criticals will prevent them from taking lethal damage unless very low on health. removed overlapping bonuses with For the Motherland and Breakthrough Assault
No longer limited to friendly territory
No longer provides sprint
changed bonuses to:
-25% received damage
-15% received accuracy
infantry receives heroic criticals
Duration: 25 s
Urban Combat
Incendiary Bombing CP cost: 3 → 2
KV-2 CP cost: 3 → 4
52K 85mm AA/AT Cannon
Can now be reinforced
Reload time: 5-5.5s → 4.5-5s
Weapon range brackets: 22/45/90 → 30/60/90
Weapon penetration: 1.25/0.83/0.66 → 1.5/0.87/0.66
Weapon health: 375 → 430
Experience value: 3 → 4
KV-2
Slightly adjusted barrage scatter
Outpost
Reinforce Point upgrade munition cost: 50 → 25
Large Scale Assault
No longer affects infantry
Reworked the way enemy infantry is suppressed by tanks/vehicles:
Suppression is now applied from coaxial machine gun(s)
Light vehicles suppress less than heavy tanks
The total bonuses:
All vehicles get 20% faster reload
All tanks (IS-2, SU-100, T-34s, ISU-152) additionally get -25% rec. penetration and -15% rec. damage
all coaxial machine guns deal increased suppression at 30m range instead of 22m
enemy special abilities and minimap are disabled for 30 seconds
ability duration 60 seconds
Breakthrough Artillery
Recharge time: 120s → 180s
Duration time: 40s → 30s
now uses a new unique 203mm explosion FX
PTAB Airstrike
Munition cost: 150 → 200
Molotovs
Flame FX duration: 7s → 9s
VPGS-41
Improved accuracy against moving targets
Damage multiplier vs light/medium/heavy tanks: 1 → 1.5
Ammunition Supplies
Molotov cooldown reduction: 50% → 67%
Mark Target
Munitions cost: 0 → 15
Shock Infantry
Fuel cost: 40 → 70
Improved Ammunition
Manpower cost: 100 → 150
Fuel cost: 30 → 50
Men Against Tanks
Fuel cost: 20 → 30
Ostheer
General
Upkeep threshold: 10 → 11
Dev Note: this is the amount of population that is free of unit upkeep.
Sturmpioneers
Minesweepers no longer unlock Demolition Charges
Demolition Charges now require a global Demolitions upgrade available in the HQ (cost: 100 mp, 15 fuel)
Mortar Team
Veterancy 1 now also reduces Airburst recharge time by 15s
Airburst Barrage:
Airburst barrage range 80m → 85m
Improved overall suppression consistency
Base suppression (s/m/l): 0.2/0.2/0.1 → 0.1
Suppression multipliers:
vs light cover: 0.6 → 1
vs heavy cover: 0.4 → 0.75
Area of effect suppression (s/m/l/d): 1/1/0.5/0.25 → 1
Marksman
Upkeep: 12mp/min → 13.2mp/min
Weapon base cooldown: 8s → 7s
Veterancy bonuses:
vet 2: +10% rec. damage / +20% weapon accuracy → +10% rec. damage / -20% weapon reload
vet 3: -15% rec. accuracy / -20% weapon reload / -20% weapon cooldown → -15% rec. accuracy / -20% weapon cooldown
vet 4: weapon accuracy x1.2 / weapon damage x1.25 → range +5m
Bk2h Blinding Devices
Now also appplies a received accuracy modifier during the initial blinding for 5 seconds (+100%)
MG34 Heavy Machine Gun
Base suppression (s/m/l): 0.0014/1.0014/0.001 → 0.00165/0.0015/0.0011
MG34 Light Machine Gun
Dev Note: This improves the weapon's ability to more effectively damage and kill infantry that move in large groups.
Incremental accuracy: 1.03 → 1.04
Incremental Accuracy search radii (s/m/l): 5/4/3 → 10/8/6
Base suppression (s/m/l): +15%/+33%/-%
Burst duration: 1-2s → 1.25-2s
Honveds
Changed DPS (s/m/l): +4/+9%/+1%
Reinforcement cost: 29 mp → 25 mp
Upkeep cost: 15.9 mp/min → 12.4 mp/min
Panceltoro reload time: 7.5-8.5 → 6.5-7.5
M43 Danuvia SMG upgrade
damage s/m/l -4%/+2%/-%
upgrade requirement Army Assault Troops → Army Support Troops
ammunition cost 80 → 90
Panzerwerfer
Manpower cost: 310 → 340
Fuel cost: 25 → 35
Manpower upkeep: 10.9 mp/min → 12.4 mp/min
Experience value: 5 → 10
Significantly reduced armour effectiveness vs small arms
15 cm Rockets:
Reworked Rocket ballistics - Rockets are now fired at a steeper angle so they will less likely collide with tall objects such as buildings and hedges.
Base damage: 25-30 → 40-50
Rockets now deal double damage vs tanks
Veterancy 4 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Rocket barrage:
Salvo: 10 → 5
Rebalanced overall barrage scatter
Barrage range: 125 m → 115 m
Removed Incendiary Rockets upgrade
Added Extended Rocket Supplies upgrade:
Cost: 150 munitions
Enable the Panzerwerfer to ripple fire all ten rockets at once during a barrage.
43M Zrinyi II
CP cost: 4 → 3
Hardcap: 3 → 2
Hitpoints: 620 → 480
New Ability: High Explosive Incendiary Barrage
Bombards the targeted area with incendiary artillery shells
Default HEAT-shell:
Tweaked projectile ballistics to make it more reliable against vehicles
Damage: 120 → 145
Reload time: 7-8s → 6-7s
75 mm Pak 97/38 ATG
After selecting Joint Operations newly constructed AT guns are crewed by Honveds (visual difference only).
Damage multiplier vs most light vehicles: 1 → 0.9
Dev note: This fixes dealing excessive damage against such targets, as well as 2-shotting US Halftracks. Note that with HEAT enabled, 2-shots can still occur.
88 mm PaK 43 AT Gun
Dev note: Generally speaking the Pak 43 should be less efficient on max range (>60m), now having a higher chance to bounce both some medium and heavy tanks. However, its "medium" range is also extended to the default AT gun range (60m), which should help retaining reliable stopping power against incoming threats. All-in-all, this is more similar to how a Flak 36 behaves rather than having near-guaranteed penetration on all ranges.
Can now be reinforced
Weapon range brackets (s/m/l): 20/45/90 → 30/50/80
Zeiss Optics increases weapon range by 10m
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.9/0.835 → 1.25/1/0.725
Removed -25% damage multiplier vs Churchill
Now deals -10% damage vs tanks with cage armour
Rebalanced target tables from the ground up
Hitpoints 390 → 450
Crew size: 3 → 4
Concrete Emplacement
Garrisoned units will now partly survive the building being scuttled/destroyed as opposed to retaining full hitpoints.
Field Hospital upgrade muniton cost removed
Field Hospital now has access to a timed area healing ability (cost: 25 munitions)
Manpower cost: 20 → 50
Construction time: 15s → 30s
Field Hospital manpower cost: 150 → 120
Anti-Air Battery manpower cost: 150 → 120
Opel Krankenwagen
Can now reinforce infantry upon reaching Division Support Troops.
Heal rate outside base 60hp/min → 45hp/min
Luchs
Fuel cost: 35 → 30
Panzer 38(t)
Hitpoints: 350 → 320
Fuel cost: 35 → 40
37 mm main gun rebalanced and improved vs various armor types:
Base damage: 50 → 65
Damage multiplier vs various light vehicles: 1.2 → 1
Area of effect radius: 0.8 → 1
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
M10/M18: 60%/52%/40% → 100%/86%/76%
Sherman: 23%/20%/15% → 33%/29%/25%
Churchill: 2%/2%/2% → 20%/17%/15%
Cromwell: 21%/18%/14% → 51%/44%/39%
Priest: 83%/72%/55% → 100%/100%/100%
Stuart: 100%/86%/66% → 100%/93%/82%
T-34: 20%/17%/13% → 43%/37%/33%
KV-2: 19%/16%/12% → 72%/62%/55%
Fixed various abysmal rear penetration multipliers
Panzer III Infantry Support Tank
Dev note: The Panzer III Infantry Support Tank is a formidable unit against other light vehicles due to the combination of good armor effectiveness, hitpoints, firepower, and decent mobility. This often led to situations where such units had few ways to retaliate and compete against these tanks. While these tanks still retain their overall edge against light vehicles, a reduction in penetration chances should help these units stay competitive during engagements. On the flip side, the vehicle was too ineffective against the mobile tank destroyers, so an increase in penetration chances should aid in combating these tanks.
75 mm KwK 37 penetration chances (s/m/l):
M10/M18: 16%/15%/12% → 46%/41%/35%
Stuart: 80%/71%/61% → 70%/62%/53%
SU-76: 93%/82%/70% → 83%/74%/63%
BT-7: 98%/87%/75% → 88/79%/67%
T-60: 100%/94%/80% → 80%/71%/61%
M8/T17/Staghound/Tetrarch: 100%/100%/88% → 100%/89%/76%
HEAT Shells:
Fixed base damage per shot being higher than intended (109 → 87.5)
Fixed missing damage reduction vs T-34 with cage armour (-10%)
Penetration chances:
vs Churchill: 52% → 63%
vs Sherman: 88% → 78%
vs Cromwell: 94% → 87%
Now has a visual in the taskbar UI for easier identification
Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
Fixed various model LOD issues
Implemented new weapon sound while PzGr ability is active as additional audio cue that the ability is activated
Twin-mounted 30 mm MK103:
Base accuracy: 0.45/0.45/0.3 → 0.75/0.65/0.45
Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.75 → 1
DPS change (s/m/l): +30%/+22%/+33%
RoF change (s/m/l): -10%/-/-
Base suppression: 0.007 → 0.03
Suppression multiplier vs light cover: 0.3 → 0.75
Suppression multiplier vs heavy cover: 0.1 → 0.5
Nearby suppression radius: 18 → 12
Jagdpanzer IV
Dev note: The Jagdpanzer IV was too cost effective within its intended role as a defensive tank destroyer, and Pzgr40 were too spammable.
Fuel cost: 95 → 110
Deployment time: 50s → 70s
Upkeep cost (mp/min): 20 → 24
Now has heavy crush
Penetration chances:
vs Sherman (s/m/l): 100%/100%/94% → 100%/91%/84% (now same as Panther)
vs Churchill (s/m/l): 100%/97%/89% → 67%/61%/56% (now same as Panther)
Veterancy xp value: 10 → 14
Panzergranate 40 APCR:
Munition cost: 35 → 50
Implemented APCR piercing state visual (barrel will glow + larger smoke cloud when firing)
Implemented new, higher quality visual model.
Elefant
Dev note: Reduced overall efficiency against Infantry to make it harder to quickly accumulate veterancy when engaging such targets, while also making the Lockdown a more appealing choice to use strategically and in a defensive manner. Previously, even with Zeiss Optics, locked down Elefants would still get outranged by the SU-100 with Focused Firing, and units like the ISU-152 and Sherman Firefly could easily match its range or kite the Elefant without having to sacrifice mobiliy. The changes are aimed to put further emphasis on using the Lockdown to engage targets from farther distances beyond normal sight ranges, while also making it less oppressive to push into. This should also make it harder to target an Elefant with off-maps.
88 mm Pak43:
AoE radius: 5.3 → 4
Inner AoE radii (s/m/l): 0.5/2/5.3 → 0.25/1.5/4
Mid range AoE damage multiplier: 0.3 → 0.25
Range brackets (s/m/l): 10/20/40 → 15/30/40
Lockdown Ability:
Main gun range bonus: +10 m → +15 m
Main gun reload time: -10% → +15% (now slows down reload by ~2 seconds)
Increased accuracy bonus replaced with reduced scatter
Hull traverse speed: 22 → 25
Reduced damage taken from PTAB, 203 mm B-4 and Typhoon RP-3 Rockets
NEW: Tiger Tank "S13"
We're introducing a new reward unit for the Ostheer, replacing the default Tiger call-in in Spearhead Operations
Statistically identical to the default Tiger, the only difference being a Tank Commander upgrade (increases view range) instead of the MG34 Gunner.
Flammpanzer III
Manpower call-in cost: 550 → 480
Flamethrower:
Removed reload time to streamline damage output (flamethrowers only rely on a cooldown time between bursts)
Improved overall weapon responsiveness
Fixed broken flame fx animation (flame jet stream did not align with where the weapon was firing)
Wespe
Fixed various inconsistent target table parameters
Experience value: 5 → 12
Pervitin
Moved from HQ to Ordnance Depot
Zeiss Optics
Renamed from Coated Optics
Main gun range bonus: +5m → +2.5m
Now affects Luchs, Panzer 38(t)
Updated description
Now adds +1 to Infantry, Vehicles, Structures and Tanks as visual indicator that this upgrade was purchased.
Panzerkrieg
No longer provides heavy crush for Panzer IV, Jagdpanzer IV
Priority Defense
significantly improved weapon suppression effect
Counterassault
No longer provides a -25% weapon cooldown/reload bonus
Duration 35s → 55s
Stuka Dive Bomb
Munition cost: 150 → 125
CP cost: 2 → 3
Removed sight range while flying, plane path no longer shown on the minimap
Reworked flight parameters to be more closely to an actual dive now.
44M Panceltoro
Slot item size: 1 → 2
Incendiary Airburst Barrage
Barrage delay 3s → 2.5s
Joint Operations
Adjusted left tree:
1cp : Medical Airdrop
2cp : Luftbrücke Supplies
2cp : JU88 Bombardment
Luftbrücke Supplies
Manpower cost: 200 → 300
Duration: 60s → 40s
Total munition amount: 200 → 150
Recharge time: 300 → 180
Minimap icon replaced with a different visualization
JU88 Bombardment
Number of bombs per plane: 3 → 4
CP cost: 2 → 3 (total: 6 → 5)
Hungarian Strategic Reserves
Command Point cost: 2 → 3
Now instantly grants 50 fuel and 500 manpower instead of an over-time-bonus
Recharge time: 300s → 420s
Munition cost: 125 → 150
Part 2
Panzer Elite, Wehrmacht, Americans, AI, Quality of Life, Visuals, Maps, Bug fixes
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Update 3.6 - Release Notes [2/2]
Part 1 General changes, British, Soviets, Ostheer View game page Panzer Elite Kettenkrad / Schwimmwagen Now has access to Basic Repairs by default (repair rate 3 hp/s) Tank Destroyer tactics now grants Battlefield Repairs (repair rate 5 hp/s; less received damage while repairing)
Part 1
General changes, British, Soviets, Ostheer
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Panzer Elite
Kettenkrad / Schwimmwagen
Now has access to Basic Repairs by default (repair rate 3 hp/s)
Tank Destroyer tactics now grants Battlefield Repairs (repair rate 5 hp/s; less received damage while repairing)
Panzergrenadiers
Hitpoints: 70 → 75
Reinforce cost: 28 mp → 35 mp (note: vCoH is 45)
Removed Sprint
Volley Fire ability:
Moved from slot 10 to 12
Now supresses and pins more reliably
Increased the amount of supression from warning shot ability:
Supression now increases twice after 3s/8s instead of once after 10s Supression multiplier: x3/x9 after 0s/10s → x5/x8/x12 after 0s/3s/8s
Munition cost: 30 → 25
Gewehr 43
Suppression AoE: 6 m → 8 m
Suppression (s/m/l): 0.006/0.004/0.001 → 0.0045/0.0045/0.004
Reinstated Minesweeper upgrade
Assault Grenadiers
MP44 Sturmgewehr upgrade munition cost: 100 → 75
Infantry Halftrack
Manpower cost: 230 → 240
Fuel cost: 15 → 20
Veterancy requirements: 8/22/38 → 8/16/32
MG42 Light Machine Gun:
Arc of fire: +45°/-45° → +60°/-60° (90° → 120°)
Long range base suppression: 0.0015 → 0.002
Incremental accuracy search radii (s/m/l): 6/8/10 → 3/4/5
Removed Suppression Fire ability
Added Site Machine Gun ability:
Lock down the Halftrack to trade mobility for vastly increased suppression capabilities and weapon range.
while active, unit transportation and reinforcement are disabled
Dev note: This is an attempt to turn the Infantry Halftrack into a vehicle-based HMG that might be decent to play with/against, while also being in line with core PE faction design features. Additionally, to differentiate it from the Scout Car's Suppression Fire ability. The lockdown ability works as such that it locks down immediately, locking down the hull and increasing weapon range by +10 meters. After a 3s delay the suppression boost comes into effect. Mobilizing has a 3 seconds initiation phase before the bonuses get removed and the vehicle becomes mobile again.
Light Anti-Tank Halftrack
Veterancy requirements: 8/22/38 → 8/16/32
37 mm Pak35:
Reload time: 5.6 - 6.6s → 4.5 - 5s
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 1/1/0.75
Range (s/m/l): 15/30/45 → 20/35/50
Base Penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.67/0.34 → 1/0.67/0.45
Number of shots required to destroy vehicles:
T-60: 8 → 6
SU-76: 5 → 4
Stielgranate 41
Ability munition cost: 35 → 50
Now inflicts guaranteed criticals similar to Sticky Bombs.
Damage multiplier vs Snipers: 1 → 1.5 (guaranteed OHK when it hits)
Reduced chance to instantly kill multiple soldiers with a single shell
kill chance green health 100% → 15%
kill chance yellow health 100% → 30%
Focused Firing
now also increases gun range to 55m
reload time increase 75% → 40%
Pioneer Halftrack
Manpower cost: 180 → 200
Fuel cost: 15 → 0
Manpower Upkeep: 6.7 → 1.1
Headquarters
Removed Repair Station upgrade
Logistik Kompanie
Added Repair Station upgrade
Kampfgruppe Kompanie
Advanced Kampfgruppe Kompanie upgrade now reduces unit upkeep costs by 15%
Added Repair Station upgrade
Panzerjager Kommand
Advanced Panzerjager Kommand now reduces unit upkeep costs by 15%
Panzer Support Kommand
Advanced Support Kommand now reduces unit upkeep costs by 15%
Fallschirmjägers
Population cost: 8 → 4
Partly reinstated first strike bonus:
When shooting out of camouflaged/cloaked state the squad member will receive a +25% weapon accuracy and damage bonus for a duration of 5 seconds.
Added a visual indicator while the bonus is active
The first strike bonus will not repeat itself until the camouflage resets.
Tank Busters
Heavy weapon item slots: 4 → 6
Scout Car
Veterancy requirements: 8/22/38 → 8/16/32
Improved armor effectiveness against small arms fire by roughly 10%
MG42 Light Machine Gun:
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.6/0.45/0.3 → 0.45/0.45/0.25
Burst rate of fire: 12 → 15
Burst duration: 1.75-2.5 s → 1.5-2 s
Incremental accuracy multiplier: 1.04 → 1.05
DPS change (s/m/l): -16%/+10%/-9%
RoF change (s/m/l): +12%/+10%/+9%
Logistics Car upgrade now increases capture rate by 50% (1 → 1.5)
Camouflage detection radius: 9 → 18
Secured Interception:
Renamed from Radio Interception
Now secures the sector again
Camouflage detection bonus: +25m → +9m
Infantry Anti-Tank Efforts
Now also unlocks the RPzB. 54 Panzerschreck upgrade for Panzergrenadiers
Scorch Point Ability
Munition cost: 35 → 15
No longer useable on neutral points
Point disabling is no longer instant
Armored Car
Reduced overall armor effectiveness vs small arms fire (now slightly less sturdy than a Sd.Kfz 251 HT, this also puts significantly more emphasis on getting defensive vet)
Small arms damage multiplier vs 222: 1 → 0.75
Fixed missing gun vertical animations on both the 20 mm KwK 38 and Coaxial MG42)
Marder III
Fuel cost: 40 → 35
Maximum speed +15% (reverted to vCoH values)
75 mm Pak40 reload time: 6-6.5s → 5-5.5s
Site Main Gun (lockdown):
Penetration bonus: +20% → +35% (reverted to vCoH)
Now also provides +10 m weapon range
Now also provides a -15% received accuracy bonus
Panzer IV Infantry Support Tank
Dev note: The Panzer IV Infantry Support Tank is a formidable unit against other light vehicles due to the combination of good armor effectiveness, hitpoints, firepower, and decent mobility. This often led to situations where such units had few ways to retaliate and compete against these tanks. While these tanks still retain their overall edge against light vehicles, a reduction in penetration chances should help these units stay competitive during engagements. On the flip side, the vehicle was too ineffective against the mobile tank destroyers, so an increase in penetration chances should aid in combating these tanks.
75 mm KwK 37 penetration chances (s/m/l):
M10/M18: 16%/15%/12% → 46%/41%/35%
Stuart: 80%/71%/61% → 70%/62%/53%
SU-76: 93%/82%/70% → 83%/74%/63%
BT-7: 98%/87%/75% → 88/79%/67%
T-60: 100%/94%/80% → 80%/71%/61%
M8/T17/Staghound/Tetrarch: 100%/100%/88% → 100%/89%/76%
Wirbelwind Flakpanzer
Increased overall suppression potential
Hotchkiss Light Tank
Long-Barreled gun and Stuka Zu Fuss can no longer be upgraded simultaneously on a single vehicle.
37 mm SA18:
Base damage: 50 → 65
Damage multiplier vs various light vehicles: 1.2 → 1
Fixed incorrect damage multiplier vs SU-76
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
M10/M18: 60%/52%/40% → 100%/86%/76%
Sherman: 23%/20%/15% → 33%/29%/25%
Churchill: 2%/2%/2% → 20%/17%/15%
Cromwell: 21%/18%/14% → 51%/44%/39%
Priest: 83%/72%/55% → 100%/100%/100%
Stuart: 100%/86%/66% → 100%/93%/82%
T-34: 20%/17%/13% → 43%/37%/33%
KV-2: 19%/16%/12% → 72%/62%/55%
Fixed incorrect shell projectile markers
Long-barreled 37 mm SA38 (upgun):
Dev note: Since the Hotchkiss can no longer be upgraded with both the Stuka Zu Fuss and Long-Barrel simultaneously, the latter of these became an unappealing choice. For it to be worthwhile, the Long-barreled cannon needs to both compete against the appeal of the Stuka Zu Fuss, and feel like a significant upgrade to the default cannon.
Range 40m → 45m
Base damage: 67.5 → 75
Damage multiplier vs various tanks: 1 → 1.3
Fixed incorrect damage multiplier vs SU-76
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Fixed a plethora of incorrect/abysmal penetration multipliers
M10/M18: 100%/100%/81% → 100%/100%/90%
Sherman: 40%/32%/24% → 40%/36%/32%
Cromwell: 37%/30%/22% → 48%/43%/38%
T-34: 34%/27%/20% → 54%/49%/43%
KV-2: 32%/26%/19% → 82%/74%/66%
Fixed various abysmal rear penetration multipliers
Fixed incorrect shell projectile markers
Long-barreled 37mm Cannon upgrade:
Munition cost: 75 → 50
Updated description: "Upgrade the Hotchkiss with a long-barreled 37mm SA38 for increased weapon range and damage, larger area of effect, and better armor-piercing capabilities."
Stuka Zu Fuss upgrade:
Now slightly decreases vehicle maximum speed and acceleration
Stuka Zu Fuss upgrade now increases the experience value of the vehicle by ~43% (7 → 10)
Stuka Zu Fuss Scatter Angle multiplier: 10 → 12
Stuka Zu Fuss FoW Scatter angle multiplier: 3 → 2
Tweaked Barrage UI, target area size is now dynamic based on range
Minimum barrage range: 25 → 40 (inner brackets: 30/40/120 → 60/80/120)
Dev note: Point blank barraging will be more difficult. Previously, the inner range brackets were practically non-existent (5 m close range, 10 m mid range, 80m long range). Barrage shell spread is otherwise mostly dependent on scatter values. So while the range brackets are redistributed the practical change in accuracy won't be noticeable.
Panther
75 mm KwK 42 damage multiplier vs IS-2: 1 → 1.15 (shots to kill: 8 → 7)
Can now be upgraded individually with Armor Skirts (cost: 75 munitions)
Panther Battlegroup
Removed one-time limit
Cooldown set to 600 seconds (same as King Tiger)
Manpower cost 1000 → 1200
Jagdpanther
Veterancy requirements: 24/58/102 → 12/29/51 (now same as Panther)
Fixed received shared veterancy not working
Reduced overall efficiency against Infantry to make it harder to quickly accumulate veterancy when engaging such targets.
Manpower upkeep: 31.2 → 25.9
Flakvierling 38
Can now be reinforced
Veterancy requirements: 12/29/51 → 8/16/32
88mm Flak 36 AT/AA
Can now be reinforced
Veterancy requirements: 12/29/51 → 8/16/32
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Churchill: 100%/53%/27% → 100%/63%/32%
SU-100: 100%/68%/33% → 100%/78%/39%
KV-2: 100%/70%/35% → 100%/100%/72%
IS-2: 97%/48%/24% → 100%/51%/26%
ISU-152: 100%/61%/31% → 100%/71%/36%
Luftwaffe Infantry
Veterancy requirements: 8/24/36 → 8/16/32
Panzergranate 40
Munition cost: 35 → 50
Panzerwurfmine AT Grenade
Now has criticals similar to a Krak RPG-43 Anti-Tank Grenade:
Green (100-60% hp):
Damage engine: 25%
Transmission damage: 75%
Yellow (60-5% hp):
Destroy engine: 25%
Destroy treads/wheels: 25%
Damage engine: 50%
Munition cost: 30 → 35
Reinstated impact fuze (no longer sticks to target, explodes on impact)
Henschel Overwatch
Reworked plane flight parameters from the ground up
Significantly improved overall effectiveness and consistency vs Tanks/Vehicles, especially on maps with tall buildings/objects
Reduced general effectiveness vs Infantry
Fixed a major issue that caused planes to fire its salvo at targets outside the overwatch area, resulting in planes seemingly not engaging intended targets.
Scorched Earth Tactics
Hetzer CP cost: 3 → 2 (total: 5 → 4)
Hummel
Experience value: 12 → 14
Americans
Riflemen
Heavy weapon slots: 6 → 5
Sniper
Upkeep: 15mp/min → 13.2mp/min
Veterancy requirements: 6/16/32 → 8/16/32
Weapon base cooldown: 8s → 7s
Demolition Charges
Now requires Supply Yard
Supply Yard
Level 1 Production fuel cost: 50 → 40
Level 2 Production fuel cost: 100 → 120
Paratroopers
Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 10/20/40
Heavy weapon slots: 6 → 5 (no more triple AT launchers)
Recoilless Rifle upgrade now requires 4 empty slots
M1 Carbine:
Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.6 → 0.8
Mid range accuracy: 0.65 → 0.55
DPS change (s/m/l): -22%/-15%/-
Rangers
Heavy weapon slots: 6 → 5 (no more triple AT launchers)
Removed -25% reduced scatter bonus when acquiring veterancy rank 2.
M1918 BAR
Drop rate: 20% → 12.5% (now same as Bazooka)
M9 Bazooka
Slot item size: 1 → 2
Damage multiplier vs Panzer IV: 1.4 → 1.2
Penetration chances:
Panzer IV: 80% → 70%
Panzer IV Skirts: 75% → 60%
Panzer III Skirts: 75% → 70%
M18 Recoilless Rifle
Drop rate: 40% → 20%
Machine Gun Emplacement
Garrisoned units will now partly survive the building being scuttled/destroyed as opposed to disappearing into a void.
Medic Station
Added Medical Kit ability:
Cost: 25 munitions
For a duration of 30s squads within the proximity of the Medic Station will heal.
Cooldown: 30s
Manpower cost: 150 → 180
Now visible on the minimap and tactical map.
M1 57mm/6-Pounder
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Jagdpanther: 23%/16%/15% → 31%/23%/21%
Churchill: 19%/14%/13% → 38%/27%/26%
M3 Halftrack
M3 Quad Upgrade now has a visual in the taskbar UI
M10 Wolverine
Main gun now deals 10% less damage against tanks with armor skirts (schurzen)
Penetration changes vs Hetzer (s/m/l): 100%/92%/84% → 70%/64%/59%
M18 Hellcat
Main gun now deals 10% less damage against tanks with armor skirts (schurzen)
Main gun base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.96/0.92 → 1/0.92/0.838
Penetration changes vs Hetzer (s/m/l): 100%/96%/92% → 70%/64%/59%
M4 Sherman
M1A1C 76 mm main gun:
Added +25% damage bonus vs Hummel, Panzer IV, Panther, Tiger, Elefant, King Tiger (note: still 10% less damage vs skirted tanks)
Significantly increased penetration chances vs heavy tanks
Sherman Crocodile
Bulldozer:
Hitpoint bonus: +20% → +10% (reverted to vCoH)
Received penetration bonus: -25% → -15%
Sherman Calliope
Experience value: 10 → 16
Barrage cooldown: 95s → 90s (vCoH is 80s)
M2A1 Howitzer
Can now be reinforced
Damage multiplier vs tanks: 0.75 → 1
Fixed various inconsistent target table parameters
Medic Station
Added Medical Kit ability:
Cost: 25 munitions
For a duration of 30s squads within the proximity of the Medic Station will heal.
Manpower cost: 150 → 180
Now visible on the minimap and tactical map.
Wehrmacht
Pioneers
Reduced +50% repair speed boost on veterancy 3 to +20% (7.5 → 6)
Volksgrenadiers
MP40 base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.75/0.4/0.1 → 0.75/0.45/0.1 (reverted to vCoH values)
Sniper
Upkeep: 12 mp/min → 13.2 mp/min
Weapon base cooldown: 8s → 7s
Veterancy rank 3 cooldown bonus: -40% → -30% (this translates to a ~3s faster cooldown instead of ~4s. In comparison, other factions get 0.7 - 1.4s cooldown reduction)
Medical Kits
Munition cost: 15 → 20
Units are now more vulnerable while healing (note: only when a model is healing)
Sd.Kfz. 251
Stuka Zu Fuss upgrade:
Now increases the experience value of the vehicle by 150% (4 → 10)
Stuka Zu Fuss Scatter Angle multiplier: 10 → 16
Stuka Zu Fuss FoW Scatter angle multiplier: 3 → 1.5
Tweaked Barrage UI, target area size is now dynamic based on range
Minimum barrage range: 25 → 40 (inner brackets: 30/40/120 → 60/80/120)
Dev note: Point blank barraging will be more difficult. Previously, the inner range brackets were practically non-existent (5 m close range, 10 m mid range, 80m long range). Barrage shell spread is otherwise mostly dependent on scatter values. So while the range brackets are redistributed the practical change in accuracy won't be noticeable.
Veterancy bonuses:
Fixed Veterancy 2 +20% damage bonus not applying to upgrade weapons (Stuka Rockets, Flame Thrower and rear machine gun)
Veterancy 1 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Veterancy 2 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Veterancy 3 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Dev note: While all other factions have to rely on getting kills with their barrages, Wehrmacht can buy barrage cooldown boosts through veterancy upgrades. This change is intended to make up for the fact that we fixed the fact that the +20% bonus damage veterancy boost did not apply to the Stuka Rockets and the improved barrage reliability.
50 mm Pak 38 ATG
Dev note: While first strike still has a guaranteed penetration chance against targets like M10s, Shermans, and T-34s, Heavy Tanks like the Churchill, M26 Pershing, IS-2, and ISU-152 may now sometimes bounce the first strike shot.
First strike damage multiplier: 1.25 → 1.15
Dev note: Pak38 has a higher base damage in EF (125 vs 115). This change is to offset that difference so that the first strike damage remains unchanged.
First strike penetration multiplier: 10 → 2
Geschutzwagen
75 mm Pak 40 reload time: 7-7.5s → 5-5.5s
Rapid fire reload bonus: -30% → -25%
MG42 LMG suppression reduced (now matching Stug IV, SdKfz251 HT)
Nebelwerfer
Scatter angle: 12 → 14
FoW Scatter angle multiplier: 2.5 → 1.5
Max scatter distance: 12 → 16
Veterancy bonus adjustments
Veterancy 1 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Veterancy 2 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Veterancy 3 Barrage cooldown bonus: -10s → -5s
Dev note: While all other factions have to rely on getting kills with their barrages, Wehrmacht can buy barrage cooldown boosts. This change is intended to make up for the fact that Nebelwerfers have vastly improved useability in Eastern Front.
Sd.Kfz. 234 Puma
Veterancy rank 2 now also increases hitpoints by 15% (previously vet 2 would 'only' increase sight range by 10 m)
Dev note: Not only is this in line with other vehicles affected by vehicle veterancy, improved reliability and usability for most AT weaponry in EF has made it more difficult to use Pumas effectively.
Puma 50 mm now has a visual in the taskbar UI
Fixed missing gun vertical animations on the 20 mm KwK 38.
Panther
75 mm KwK 42 damage multiplier vs IS-2: 1 → 1.15 (shots to kill: 8 → 7)
Bunker
Garrisoned units will now partly survive the building being scuttled/destroyed as opposed to disappearing into a void.
MG42 Light Machine Gun
Base accuracy: 0.15 → 0.13 (reverted to vCoH)
Observed Fire (Officer)
Now requires Assault Phase instead of Battle Phase
Now requires Officer to be in LoS of the target
Added visual Binoculars animation while targeting the barrage
Can no longer be cancelled
Salvo: 15 → 12
Time between shells: 0.25-0.5s → 0.75-1.25s
Munition cost: 120 → 125
Bf 109 Air Raid (Luftwaffe Officer)
Now requires Assault Phase instead of Battle Phase
Now requires Officer to be in LoS of the target
Added visual Binoculars animation while targeting the barrage
Munition cost: 120 → 125
Call-in range: 35 m → 45 m
For the Fatherland
Recharge time 45s → 120s
Munition cost: 45 → 50
Zeal
Dev note: These changes are primarily intended to make the initial effect of Zeal less dominant while retaining its cumulative power as more squad members drop.
For all infantry squads with less than 4 squad members:
Weapon accuracy +15% → +10%
Hitpoints: +10 → +0
For all infantry squads with less than 3 squad members:
Cumulative weapon accuracy +32% → +26%
Hitpoints: 0 → +5 (cumulative: +10 → +5)
For all infantry units with 2 or less man:
Received damage -10% → -5% (cumulative: -19% → -16%)
Weapon accuracy +25% → +20% (cumulative: +65% → +52%)
Hitpoints: 0 → +5 (cumulative: +10)
Inspired Assault
Munition cost: 40 → 50 (reverted to vCoH)
Received accuracy penalty: +25% → +50% (reverted to vCoH)
Cooldown time: 60s → 120s after use
Resource Blitz
Munition cost: 125 → 175 (reverted to vCoH)
Blitzkrieg Assault
Munition cost: 100 → 125 (reverted to vCoH)
Assault
Munition cost: 35 → 50 (reverted to vCoH)
Blitzkrieg Doctrine
Dev note: reverted the Doctrine unlocking costs to vCoH values.
StuH 42 CP cost: 3 → 2 (total: 5 → 4)
Tiger CP cost 4 → 5
StuH 42
105mm Howitzer:
Gun base damage reverted to vCoH values.
AoE area values reverted to vCoH values.
Reload time: 11-12s → 9-10s
Shell now deals damage more reliably to units in the center of impact.
Reenabled the ability to fire on the move
Will no longer engage targets that aren't within LoS
King Tiger
Reduced overall efficiency against Infantry
Tiger Ace
Dev note: In its previous iteration, the Tiger Ace essentially was an amalgamation of both the Wehrmacht ánd Ostheer Tiger with part (or entirety) of their veterancy bonuses and other global upgrades applied in one single upfront package, on top of having other additional inflated parameters. In other words, a much better unit from the get-go without having to invest in global upgrades or acquire veterancy.
Having a Tiger with all of its traits available within the framework of Terror Doctrine is already a major shift in capabilities and possible strategies compared to using the King Tiger.
The goal with the changes below is to push the Tiger Ace into a position where it features the unique trait of having superior penetration capabilities compared to the Blitz/OH Tiger, while also benefitting from a faster reload, more hitpoints, mobility and turret traverse speeds compared to the default Tiger. However, other Tigers may surpass it in some of these areas with their respective upgrades and veterancy bonuses.
Hitpoints: 1220 → 1170
Removed -10% received penetration multiplier
Turret traverse speed: 19 → 23
Main gun:
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.65 → 0.5
Reload time: 6.5s/7.5s → 6s/7s
Scatter angle: 5 → 7.5
Max scatter distance: 12 → 15
Max range: 45 → 42.5 (range brackets (s/m/l): 15/30/45 → 10/20/42.5)
Added +35% accuracy bonus vs heavy tanks
Penetration chances (s/m/l):
Sherman: 100%/98%/94% → 100%
Churchill: 93%/81%/78% → 100%/88%/84%
Cromwell: 100%/90%/86% → 100
Pershing: 78%/69%/65% → 100%/88%/86%
IS-2: 85%/74%/71% → 100%/88%/86%
ISU-152: 100%/93%/88% → 100%
KV-2: 90%/78%/75% → 100%
SU-100: 87%/76%/73% → 100%/92%/88%
T-34: 94%/82%/79% → 100%
Max speed: 5 → 4.6
Acceleration: 2 → 1.8
AI
Fixed a critical bug in the AI budget system that would cause Fatal AI/Scar errors, most notably when a British AI player was present in a match.
Fixed British AI not using Gliders.
Enabled reward units for AI. These will be randomly applied for each AI player at the start of a match.
Increased AI threat aggressiveness to make it slightly more willing to commit to early game engagements regardless of having fewer units than the opponent, while also being less scared as army sizes grow.
Increased base safety and anti-tank safety factor for infantry and weapon teams. This should help AI be more willing to commit to engagements and less likely to back off with its HMG's and AT guns during attacks.
Added various missing entries to the AI "rushable" table, AI should now be aware of close-range high DPS upgrades like the MP40 and StG44, and avoid rushing into such units. These include the Skirmish Commander, Sturmpioneer MP40 upgrades, Stormtroopers, Panzerfusilier and Hoved upgrades.
Resource income bonuses:
Munition income multiplier (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert): 0.7/1/1.3/1.6 → 1/1.3/1.6/1.9
Unit bonuses/penalties:
NEW: Capture rate penalty (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert): -30%/-20%/-10%/0%
Infantry received damage (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert): +2.5%/0%/-2.5%/-5% → +5%/+2.5%/0%/-2.5%
Infantry received accuracy (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert): +2.5%/0%/-2.5%/-5% → +5%/+2.5%/0%/-2.5%
Tweaked Wehrmacht AI build orders and tech priorities.
Improved CW officer following behavior.
Reduced Bren Carrier self-repair usage.
Increased Bren LMG upgrade priority.
Added Commando HMG, Mortar and SAS Jeep to purchase rules.
Fixed a Fatal AI error caused by the T17 stun shot.
Quality of Life & Miscellaneous
Tiger Tank "205" reward unit is now always available (no longer needs campaign completion)
US Barracks, Weapon Support Center and Supply Yard no longer have to be rebuilt to access Motorpool and Tank Depot.
AT gun and HMG arc of fire is now visible while having the unit selected (works for both friend and foe).
Hetzer/Hellcat ambush ability can now be initiated while moving (activating will stop the vehicle).
Hetzer now has gun arc visual.
Flare grenade no longer applies negative kicker to units (it does not have any negative effects other than spotting camouflaged units).
Implemented a hack that enables xp kickers even when command trees are fully unlocked.
Removed endless CP gain which was added as a workaround.
Credit to this goes to HSK, developer at Europe at Ruins.
Mortar Bunker:
Mortar Barrage:
Significantly increased delay between shells fired
Salvo: 5 → 4
Scatter angle: 9 → 10 Quality of life
Mortar Barrages:
Targeting will no longer snap to objects or units, always targeting a position instead.
Gliders and Supply Trucks can now be accessed through the quick-access menu.
Visuals & GUI
Implemented higher quality M1 Garand model.
Implemented higher quality M1 Carbine model.
Updated Hotchkiss vehicle symbol
The following upgrades are now visible on the taskbar unit symbol:
Stuka Zu Fuss
Halftrack Flammenwerfer
Maxson Quad
Puma 50 mm
Panzer III with HEAT Shells
Panzerwerfer with Extended Rocket Supplies
Flame related deaths now use flame specific animation
Target prioritization
Updated small arms base target prioritization (s/m/l): 15/10/5 → 30/15/5
Updated target tables with missing or outdated target prioritization multipliers
Maps
Updated [EF] Zmievka (4)
[EF] Lemberg (4)
Changed VP layout, increased total count from 4 to 5
Western medium fuel point area:
Replaced two small shed/garage buildings with larger barn/farmhouses for additional opportunities to play for these areas.
Eastern medium fuel point area:
Replaced two small shed/garage buildings with larger barn/farmhouses for additional opportunities to play for these areas.
Updated tactical map/preview maps
NEW: [EF] Semoiskiy (2)
An alternative version to the classic CoH1 map featuring additional pathways and movement routes, a revised sector and victory point layout, and a remastering/balance pass for many iconic areas.
[EF] Budapest (4)
Renamed from Grodno (4).
Fixed map crashing and Victory Points not working.
Updated tactical/preview maps.
Bug fixes
Fixed DShK missing sound.
Fixed Snipers not moving at slow pace while camouflaged after retreating
Fixed Armor Company War Machine icon and description.
Fixed Firefly APDS Shells not working properly.
Fixed Wirbelwind missing hull mg tracer
Fixed Ostwind missing hull mg tracer
Fixed Mortar Carrier LMG not firing.
Fixed Mortar Carrier Crew not being killable
Fixed Mortar Carrier damage vs infantry (40 → 36)
Fixed CW Lieutenant xp value (3 → 5)
Fixed various captured team weapon squad AI behavior.
Fixed Pak97/38 HEAT shells being applied permanently to the cannon if the crew died while the ability was still active.
Fixed various unit UI ratings.
Fixed StuH42 engaging targets that aren't in direct line of sight.
Fixed various instances of AT guns dealing excessive damage against light vehicles.
Assault Grenadiers will no longer make Assault Rifle callouts without upgrade.
Fixed CW starting mg emplacement weapon (M1917 → Vickers HMG).
Fixed a potential issue where M8's were overly accurate against AT gun crews.
Fixed recrewed 85 mm 52K cannon display name (was 88 mm Flak 36).
Fixed an inconsistent damage modifier on Axis machine guns/pistols.
Fixed Tank Hunters not receiving ambush bonuses.
Fixed Commando Tank Hunters, Heavy Machine Gun Sections, and Mortar Sections "Good vs." description.
Fixed Mechanized Command description.
Fixed Panzer Recon Company description.
Fixed Armour Command Truck description.
Fixed MP40 upgrade description.
Fixed "stationary weapon cover" icon visibility (now no longer visible).
Fixed several issues with vehicle reverse pathing logic.
Fixed Recovered Shermans and T-34's lacking voice lines.
Fixed Panzer 3/Flammpanzer 3 making Panzer 4 specific call-outs.
Fixed Breakthrough Assault not affecting T34 tanks.
Fixed 25-pounder creeping barrage and sector overwatch requiring the main gun hardpoint to be enabled (unable to trigger abilities while setting up).
Fixed Retreat to Captain granting infinite sprint.
Fixed For the Motherland being useable alongside with Breakthrough Assault and Inspiring Speech.
Fixed Scouts not clearing detected mines.
Fixed 25-pounder creeping barrage and sector overwatch requiring the main gun hardpoint to be enabled (unable to trigger abilities while setting up).
Fixed Retreat to Captain granting infinite sprint.
Fixed Ostheer Halftrack Mg34 clipping through the weapon shield in some situations.
Fixed Cromwell Command tank becoming a Beutepanzer Sherman when recovered by a Famo Truck.
Fixed US Supply Yard upgrade unintentionally reducing reinforcement costs
Fixed various DoT weapons not killing models within the red HP bracket.
removed an unintended 75% reduced damage modifier for some Howitzers against British emplacements.
Fixed Panzerfusilier population requirement (8 → 5)
Fixed Molotovs dealing unintentionally low damage against units that were not in the direct impact area.
Fixed Snipers moving at normal pace while camouflaged.
Fixed Snipers not appearing in Soviet Outposts.
Fixed an unintended side effect of some AP shell abilities causing tanks to overperform vs infantry.
Fixed Pervitin and Counterassault stacking suppression resistance.
Fixed Sturmpioneer Blendkorper grenade causing damaged engine criticals on low health vehicles.
Fixed Inspiring Speech damage/rec. accuracy values stacking per squad member instead of per squad.
Fixed a veterancy bug on Katyushas that caused their animation to go out of sync.
Fixed a bug that enabled FAMO to recover Churchill tanks as Shermans.
Fixed Humber, Scouts and Tetrarch camouflage detection radii.
Fixed a bug where Sherman Smoke Cloud could be used multiple times during recharge time.
Fixed faulty AoE modifiers on Wasp flamethrower.
Fixed Panzerwerfer continous barrage bug.
Fixed Guard Squad leaders having more health than Guards squad members.
Fixed recovered Wespe criticals not being applied correctly.
Fixed some flamethrower RoF and damage inconsistencies for Sherman Croc and Panzer III.
Fixed some movement modifiers on Elefant and ISU in heavy cover.
Fixed some missing or outdated unit descriptions.
Fixed Kettenkrad, Schwimmwagen and Pioneer Halftrack unable to select veterancy bonuses.
Fixed various leftover bugs for the gunner killed critical.
Fixed stationary cannon costs (a leftover bug after implementing reinforcement).
Fixed Elefant Site Main Gun commander not being added/removed properly.
Fixed incorrect US Minesweeper upgrade icon.
Fixed Boys AT Rifle missing projectile.
Fixed Infantry Halftrack gunners not being killable by small arms fire.
Fixed Scout Car gunners not being killable by small arms fire.
Fixed M3 Halftrack having two weapons.
Fixed M3 Halftrack gunners not being killable by small arms fire.
Fixed Ostheer Sd.Kfz 251 gunners not being killable by small arms fire.
Fixed Boys AT Rifle requirement text.
Fixed PIAT Ambush overlapping with Repair ability
Fixed Humber excessive penetration chances vs rear tank armor
Fixed an issue that likely caused replays to desync and result in a fatal scar error.
Fixed some issues with abilities being invisible when Panzer Elite doctrines have not been chosen yet.
Fixed 88 mm Flak 36 having different base hitpoints than in vCoH
Fixed PE 88 mm Flak 36 giving 5 xp instead of 3
Fixed Volksgrenadier squad leader having different hitpoints than the other squad members
Fixed some faulty damage modifiers of the 203mm artillery against tanks
Fixed Pervitin passive healing rate being higher than intended
Fixed some Soviet units missing 'Hero of the Soviet Union' veterancy
Fixed certain vehicle and plane mapobjects not giving cover.
Fixed certain vehicle and plane mapobjects being selectable.
Fixed main menu art shader issue
Fixed Pershing call-in population requirement (12 → 14)
Fixed some aircraft variants having obcenely high hitpoints (now unified at 100 hp)
Fixed Field Hospital Medical Supplies ability visibilty (and updated FH upgrade description). * Fixed Emplacement recrew squad counts (now always recrews with 3 models).
Fixed and unified damage and destroyed engine criticals (some had +rec. accuracy modifiers, others not). When a vehicle has a destroyed or damaged engine it will get +40% received accuracy. * Fixed flame weapon damage on Zrinyi II artillery shell
Fixed OH Panzer IV getting double speed boost from Panzerkrieg (+32.25% → 15%)
Fixed missing V1 Rocket incoming general announcer voice line.
Fixed shells phasing through PE Schwimmwagen
Fixed PE Schwimmwagen having the ability to detect mines by default
Fixed Counter Battery always hitting dead center.
Fixed Mortar Pit/MG emplacement incorrect veterancy tables.
Fixed CW starting mg nests taking up population space.
Fixed StuH42 accuracy tables vs infantry.
Fixed 25-Pounder damage multipliers vs tanks (now deals full damage)
Fixed faulty Flammpanzer III flamethrower range tables
Fixed Commando PIAT ambush overlapping with the Throw Grenade ability.
Fixed Commandos suppression break camouflage not working as intended.
Fixed (removed) CW emplacement medical kits.
Fixed Demolition Charges not destroying stationary cannons with a single charge.
Fixed Sherman Firefly wreck entity (should now be recovered by the FAMO as a Sherman).
Fixed a minor issue with T-34/85 Improved Ammunition bonus.
Fixed a veterancy modifier on JP IV/Zrinyi II Ace vet.
Fixed ISU 152 weapon penetration against Elefant, Tiger I, and Jagdpanther.
Fixed minor target table inconsistencies between Pershing/HVAP weapon.
Fixed minor target table inconsistencies between Jagdpanther/Elefant/KT weapons.
Fixed various inconsistencies in mortar weapon range tables.
Fixed various axis tank guns missing damage modifier against BA64
Fixed Panzerschreck rear penetration multiplier vs Churchill
Fixed Luftwaffe Flakvierling missing weapon
Fixed JU-88 Bombing Run and Paradrop Medical Supplies sharing cooldown with Luftbrucke Supplies
Implemented a potential fix for Propaganda War sometimes failing to retreat targeted squads.
Fixed BoysAT/PTRS/PTRD sometimes bouncing certain world objects
Fixed Breakthrough Artillery explosions sometimes not having a shell projectile
Fixed bk2h Blinding Devices sometimes being able to destroy low hitpoint vehicles
Fixed Ba64 taking less damage than intended from certain Antitank weapons
Fixed PE Schwimmwagen missing doctrinal abilities (SE: Incendiary Trap, Luft: Mark Target, TD: Battlefield Repairs)
Fixed 25-Pounders/Wespe/M2A1 Howitzer sometimes failing to initiate a barrage due to being placed on uneven terrain.
Fixed Kettenkrad Rudimentary Repairs disappearing when Scorched Earth or Luftwaffe Tactics was selected.
Fixed some minor issues with Hetzer/Hellcat camouflage revert times.
Fixed PE Vehicle veterancy inconsistency applying barrage cooldown bonus for Hotchkiss Stuka Zu Fuss, Hummel (now always -5s per veterancy rank)
Fixed KV-2 using incorrect main gun firing sound
Fixed KV-2 main gun recoil animation
Fixed KV-2 base accuracy (now in line with other howitzers)
Fixed Hummel instant barrage recharge time
Fixed Hummel base accuracy (now in line with other howitzers)
Fixed recrewed Ostheer Mortar missing barrage ability if Supercharged Shells are unlocked.
Fixed many explosive weapons (artillery, rockets) missing criticals to destroy building panels.
Fixed Nebelwerfer rockets sometimes disabling garrisons.
Fixed infantry flamethrower damage output vs buildings and emplacements (was around 25% lower than intended).
Fixed Large Scale Assault and Fire Discipline sharing cooldown.
Fixed missing Medical Kit for recrewed emplacements.
Fixed Bk2h Anti-Tank Stun Grenade sometimes destroying vehicles with low hitpoints.
Fixed Ostheer Demolition Charge upgrade requirement.
Fixed Jagdpanther main gun accuracy multiplier vs infantry (0.75 → 0.6)
Fixed some target table inconsistencies on Soviet Coax machine guns
Fixed missing Soviet t3 repair station upgrade
Fixed incorrect requirement text for Strelky
Fixed rebuilt Wespe population cost (8 → 10)
Fixed the infamous "unselectable demo charges" exploit/bug that would occur when demo charges were placed near other selectable objects (e.g. resource points)
Fixed Naval Infantry PTRD upgrade missing Armoury requirement
Fixed various instances of mortar barrages missing when capturing mortars originally belonging to other factions.
Fixed all instances of captured mortar barrage ranges not corresponding with the weapon's actual potential barrage range.
Fixed Commando support units selection groups overlapping
Fixed (updated) Priority Defense description
Fixed PIAT Ambush not revealing units after the first shot
Fixed Concrete Emplacements causing team weapons to become non-selectable after leaving the emplacement
Fixed Nebelwerfer not dealing any suppression vs heavy cover (multiplier was 0, now 0.25)
Fixed (updated) M18 Hellcat descriptio
Fixed Opel Krankenwagen remaining multi-squad selectable (drag-n-click) after setting up.
Fixed Sherman 76 mm missing damage multiplier vs Panzer III/skirts (1/1 → 1.25/1.125)
Fixed Honved Danuvia M3 and Panceltoro upgrade being visible while upgrading the other squad weapon
Fixed an AoE inconsistency on Molotov that caused it to sometimes miss on direct impact
Fixed Molotov sometimes being able to destroy heavy tanks
Fixed Breakthrough Artillery not targeting Anti-Tank Guns and stationary Cannons
Fixed Counter Battery description mentioning Mortar Emplacements
Fixed Butterfly Bombs being available after HQ is destroyed
Fixed Panzer Elite emergency call-in not always showing up
Fixed Emergency call-in disparities
Fixed vehicle flamethrower damage multipliers vs garrisons and trenches
Fixed Panzer III missing vertical gun traverse
Fixed IL-2 Incendiary Bombardment not killing infantry in some situations
Fixed overlapping hotkeys for Sturmpioneer Minesweeper/MP40 upgrades
Fixed Street Fighting bonus not applying properly to some weapon crews
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Update 3.5 - Release Notes [1/3]
We're pleased to announce that Update 3.5 is heading your way. This update brings fixes to desync and major changes to AI difficulty scaling, Commonwealth faction overhaul, balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more! Desync & Saved games Update 3.4 brou
We're pleased to announce that Update 3.5 is heading your way.
This update brings fixes to desync and major changes to AI difficulty scaling, Commonwealth faction overhaul, balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more!
Desync & Saved games
Update 3.4 brought major fixes to desync and saved games. Nevertheless, some reports since Update 3.4 revealed that players were still were experiencing regular desync issues during multiplayer games with a mix of human and AI players, and that some saved games were not working.
Thanks to your continued feedback we were able to identify the issues and as such were able to fix the issues at hand.

Unified all AI display names across all languages (CPU - Easy, CPU - Normal, CPU - Hard, CPU - Expert).
Fixed a desync issue that would occur in team games with a mix of human and AI players if players were using different localization settings.
Fixed an issue tied to custom AI scripts not updating properly after loading a saved game.
Fixed AI difficulty settings not being applied properly for languages with non-ansi characters. (e.g. Russian, Chinese).
AI
Update 3.4 introduced many fixes and improvements to the AI. These changes had a significant impact on the overall competence and difficulty of the AI.
Consequently, we have noted concerns about the AI difficulty, most notably the Easy AI. Previously, the AI difficulty scaling was exponentially. With Normal AI being the baseline (no bonuses), it meant that the Easy AI, while penalized compared to the player, was only marginally easier than the Normal AI. Additionally, the step up from Normal to Hard, and Hard to Expert were generally speaking much steeper.
Starting from Update 3.5, the AI difficulty scaling will now be linear. In practice this means that Easy AI should now be significantly easier compared to the Normal AI, Hard AI will be slightly more difficult than before, while both the Normal and Expert AI remain more or less the same. We hope that this change in difficulty scaling will enhance the player experience when playing against the various AI difficulties.
AI bonuses reworked:

Reworked difficulty scaling from exponential to linear.
Normal AI is still the baseline (no income bonuses whatsoever)
Population cap override removed. Was: 79/81/97/125 (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert)
Base population addition bonus added (Easy/Normal/Hard/Expert): 0/+10/+20/+30
General changes
Repair Stations
Dev note: Unlike Infantry units that can withdraw to the base sector to reinforce and heal up, vehicles and tanks are completely reliant on other units in order to restore hitpoints. While this is an iconic dynamic in CoH gameplay and gives opportunities to keep vehicles rolling on the frontline, we also recognize that it often can lead to a snowballing effect in situations where engineer units are busy elsewhere, or eliminated. In such situations players are not only losing a unit, they also lack the means to get other existing units back into the action. We are therefore introducing ways for all factions to repair vehicles and tanks without the immediate need to field additional engineer units.

Added Repair Station upgrade to the following base structures:

US Motor Pool and Tank Depot
Soviet War Factory (Note: Tank Hall already has this feature)
Ostheer Panzer Recon Company and Mechanized Command
Panzer Elite Logistics Kompanie and Kampfgruppe Kompanie
Commonwealth Emplacements

Rebalanced target type from the ground up:

Generally speaking, indirect fire weapons should deal vastly more damage to emplacements.
Fixed a plethora of weapons dealing very high damage against emplacements.
Fixed a plethora of weapons dealing abysmal damage (notable examples: Mortars, Nebelwerfer, Incendiary DoT weapons).
Small arms should now deal more notable and consistent chip damage.
Trench cover

Rebalanced cover effectiveness:
Small arms:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.4 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.25 → 0.5
Machine Guns:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.2 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.25 → 0.5
Mortars:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.15 → 1
Damage multiplier: 0.1 → 0.5
Penetration multiplier: 0.25 → 1
Artillery:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.15 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.1 → 0.5
Tank Guns:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.15 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.1 → 0.5
Penetration multiplier: 0.5 → 1
Autocannons:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.15 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.1 → 0.5
Infantry AT Launchers:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.15 → 0.5
Damage multiplier: 0.1 → 0.5
PTRS/PTRD/Boys AT Rifles

Penetration multipliers:

Hotchkiss: 1 → 0.8
Stuart: 1 → 0.8
M8: 2 → 1
Staghound: 2 → 1
SdKfz 250: 2.7 → 1
SdKfz 221: 3.7 → 1
PIAT

Reworked projectile ballistics:

Can no longer phase through hedgerows and other tall objects
Projectiles will now use the homing ballistics for better overall reliability (note: this does not guarantee hits).
Acceleration: 30 → 15
Speed: 15 → 30
Scatter angle: 10 → 8

Max scatter distance: 4 → 12

Scatter distance offset: 0 → 0.3

Scatter distance ratio: 0.6 → 0.5

Long range base accuracy: 0.3 → 0.35

Reworked target tables from the ground up
Handheld launchers (Panzerschreck, Bazooka, Recoilless Rifle, Panceltoro, PIAT)

Tweaked accuracy multiplier and moving accuracy multipliers vs light vehicles and infantry. Generally, handheld launchers should be less accurate against such units.
Panzerschreck damage multiplier vs infantry: 1 → 0.33
Bazooka/Panceltoro damage multiplier vs infantry: 1 → 0.5
Recoilless Rifle damage multiplier vs infantry: 1 → 0.6
Recoilless Rifle damage multiplier vs PE light vehicles: 1 → 0.9
Removed range-based reload multipliers
Soldier Infantry Type

Normalized received damage multipliers:

Volksgrenadier kar98k: 0.65 → 0.75
Luftwaffe kar98k: 0.6 → 0.75
Panzerfusilier kar98k: 0.65 → 0.75
Landsers g43: 0.6 → 0.75
Partisans Mosin/kar98k: 0.5 → 0.75
Riflemen Garand: 0.6 → 0.75
Rangers Garand: 0.65 → 0.75
Airborne Carbine: 0.65 → 0.75
Normalized received accuracy multipliers:

Strelky Mosin: 0.85 → 1
Guards SVT: 0.85 → 1
Conscripts Mosin: 0.9 → 1
Honved Mannlicher: 0.85 → 1
Panzerfusilier kar98k: 0.75 → 1
30cal HMG: 0.75 → 1
Riflemen BAR: 0.75 → 1
NEW: Weapon Crew critical type

Implemented new critical type intended for weapon crews. This critical type is based on the default infantry critical type.
Weapon Crew criticals are also applied to crews of captured team weapons.
Dev note: The difference between this and the default infantry critical type is that heavy AoE weapons (Heavy Artillery, Rockets, etc) do not inflict criticals in both the green and yellow hp brackets (100-5% hitpoints). This is to reduce the effect of such weapons regularly instagibbing weapon teams with single shell/projectile impacts. Note that most heavy AoE weapons usually have enough raw damage to kill multiple, if not the entire crew with a single shell anyway. Criticals simply tend to emphasize this effect tenfold. Note also that this otherwise does not affect weapons like Mortars, Grenades, Tank Guns, or Small Arms.
Vehicle Machine Gunners

All mounted machine gunners can now be killed with grenades, AT weapons and concentrated small arms fire (with a relatively low chance).
Commonwealth
Our goal was to increase the versatility and depth of the faction while preserving some of the unique faction features. The aim here was to retain the defining faction style intact, while addressing the limited gameplay options and forced oppressive playstyles that the faction was experiencing.
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General

Command Trucks no longer secure sectors by default. This now requires Secured Resourcing upgraded individually on each truck.
Slow troop movement mechanic removed.
Starting unit: Infantry Section → Scouts
Starting manpower: 460 → 380
Starting fuel: 15 → 5
Starting munitions: 25 → 0
All emplacement crews now share veterancy points with the Lieutenant and Captain (and no longer with the Command Tank).
All units and emplacements may now gain individual veterancy.
Officers/Command Tank will no longer share their veterancy gain with other units.
Units will now share 50% (previously 100%) of their veterancy gain with Officers/Command Tank.
Base population cap: 40 → 30
Population upkeep threshold: 12 → 8
Upkeep costs (mp/min):

HQ Trucks: 1.3 → 0
Universal Carrier: 2 → 5.38
Lieutenant: 1.5 → 3.5
Captain: 1.5 → 3.5
6-Pounder: 3.4 → 5.4
17-Pounder: 3.4 → 7
Bofors: 3.4 → 7
Mortar Pit: 0 → 4
Commando Jeep: 5 → 2.7
Cromwell: 7 → 11
Command Tank: 7 → 11
Firefly: 9 → 11
Comet: 9 → 11
Priest: 10 → 14
Churchill: 10 → 11
Churchill Crocodile: 12 → 11
Churchill AVRE: 10 → 14
Kangaroo Carrier: 2 → 7
Added Victory music that will play at the end of a game and during the post-game screen.
Secured Resourcing

No longer restricted to one globally, now available once per truck
No longer adds an additional increased income bonus to the sector (on top of the securing bonus).
Now enables the truck to secure the sector while set-up.
Manpower cost: 250 → 200
Fuel cost: 25 → 20
Research time: 35s → 60s
Maintain Command Range

Follow distance: -10m → -3m (will now follow closer to the squad. This helps when moving back the Infantry squad away from enemy fire)
Officers will now benefit from -20% received accuracy and -80% target priority while following.
Infantry Section

Manpower cost: 450 → 340
Reinforce cost: 35 → 34
Reinforce time multiplier: 1.25 → 1
Deployment time: 38s → 45s
Infantry Armor Type: Soldier → Infantry
Hitpoints: 65 → 70
Veterancy XP value: 2 → 1
Added squad leader
Removed Recon Element upgrade.

Added Boys Anti-Tank Rifle Package:
Cost: 75 munitions
Adds 2x Boys Anti-Tank Rifles
Lee Enfield Rifles:

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.7/0.55/0.4 → 0.75/0.65/0.4
Base cooldown: 1.2-1.7s → 1s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 0.75/1/1.25 → 0.75/1/1.5
Squad DPS (s/m/l): +17%/+22%/+14%
Bren Light Machine Gun:

Range brackets (s/m/l): 10/20/35 → 8/17/35
Long range accuracy: 0.175 → 0.15
Long range dps change: -15%
Rifle Grenades

Rebalanced Rifle Grenades from the ground up. Now similar in performance to the Ostheer Granatbuchse 39, especially against various cover types (most notably, much better performance against garrison cover).
Munition cost: 75 → 50
Can now construct Repair Stations
NEW: Scouts (3)

Manpower cost: 210
Reinforce cost: 28 (Total: 56)
Capture rate multiplier: 2
Hitpoints: 75 (Total: 225)
Armor type: Spotter
Critical type: Scouts (will not get OHK by Snipers)
Enabled unique voice line set.
Good at long range combat
Abilities: Marksman Shot (requires Recon Element), Wire Cutters
Upgrades: Recon Element, Minesweeper
Recon Element:

Cost: 35 munitions
Unlocks Marksman Shot
Increases sight range by 15 meters
Minesweeper:

Cost: 35 munitions
Equips Minesweeper, ability to detect and clear mines.
Staghound Armoured Car

Hitpoints: 300 → 250
Sandbags upgrade:

Removed 2x health multiplier
Added +50 health addition
Kangaroo Carrier

Garrison squad slots: 4 → 3
Reinforce radius: 0 → 20
Manpower cost: 300 → 280
Hull traverse rate: 50 → 40
Units may no longer use abilities from inside the Kangaroo
Units will now suffer from -25% weapon accuracy while firing from inside the Kangaroo
Cromwell

Improved overall armor strength
Fuel cost: 70 → 80
QF 75 mm Tank Gun:

Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.75
Reload time: 5s → 6s
Command Tank

Enabled Main Gun (same gun as the Cromwell)
Manpower cost: 300 → 440
Fuel cost: 50 → 90
Hull traverse speed: 40 → 35
Acceleration: 1.5 → 2.2
Deceleration: 5 → 4.4
Manpower upkeep cost (mp/min): 3 → 7
Removed special -20% reload multiplier towards the Firefly (now only the default -10% reload bonus applies)
Removed special -20% reload multiplier towards the Firefly on vet 2 (now only the default -19% reload bonus applies)
Added Supreme Combat Bonus at veterancy 3: -27% reload bonus)
Removed Maintain Command Range ability
Bonuses are now applied across the entire map (akin the Soviet Commander units) as opposed to radius based.

Note: Units sharing veterancy progression with the Command Tank obviously do not share these across the map.
Veterancy Rank 1 now unlocks Creeping Smoke Barrage (no longer requires Forward Observation Officers in Royal Artillery doc)

Creeping Smoke Barrage munition cost: 50 → 15

Added Victor Target ability
Lieutenant

Hitpoints: 65 → 100
Population cost: 1 → 2
Limit: 3 → 1
Capture rate multiplier: 1 → 2
No longer is required to have units move at a normal pace.
Fuel cost: 15 → 30
Veterancy 3 no longer expands population cap.
Veterancy 3 now unlocks a third level of Combat Bonuses towards Infantry.
Heroic charge munition cost: 0 → 45
Shared bonuses are now applied across the entire map (akin the Soviet Commander units) as opposed to radius based.

Note: Units sharing veterancy progression with the Lieutenant obviously do not share these across the map.
Basic Command Bonus (Vet 0):

Weapon accuracy multiplier: +15% → +10%
Weapon damage multiplier: +15% → removed
Enhanced Command Bonus (Vet 2):

Weapon accuracy multiplier: +32% → +16% (cumulative effect)
Weapon damage multiplier: +22% → removed
Cooldown multiplier: -24% → removed
NEW: Supreme Command Bonus (Vet 3):

Weapon accuracy multiplier: +21% (cumulative effect)
Command Bonuses now also apply to Commandos.
Captain

Hitpoints: 65 → 100
Population cost: 1 → 2
Capture rate multiplier: 1 → 2
Manpower cost: 300 → 250
Fuel cost: 35 → 50
Added Mark Target (requires Veterancy 1)
Bonuses are now applied across the entire map (akin the Soviet Commander units) as opposed to sector based.

Note: Units sharing veterancy progression with the Lieutenant obviously do not share these across the map.
No longer highlights the sector since this is no longer relevant.

Basic Command Bonus (Vet 0):

Received damage multiplier: -20% → removed
Received accuracy multiplier: -10%
Received suppression multiplier: -50% → -15%
Passive healing addition: +2 mp/min → removed
Enhanced Command Bonus (Vet 2):

Received accuracy multiplier: -10%
Received suppression multiplier: -75% → -40% (cumulative effect)
Maximum health multiplier: +15% → +10%
Sappers

New unit symbol (wrench → spade)
Weapons: Lee Enfield → Sten SMG
Manpower cost: 320 → 280
Reinforce cost: 24 → 35
Infantry Armor Type: Soldier → Infantry
Added squad leader
Added Throw Grenade ability (requires Mills Bombs)
Over Repair:

Repair rate: 10 → 7.5
Maximum health boost: 300 → 200
Fixed decay stopping at +100 bonus health as opposed to the default health of the vehicle.
Can now construct Casualty Clearing Stations and Repair Stations
Universal Carrier

Renamed from Bren Carrier
Bren Light Machine Gun (hull-mounted and pintle mounted):

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.45/0.45/0.175 → 0.55/0.45/0.175
Burst duration: 1-2s → 2-3s
DPS change (s/m/l): +40%/+20%/+25%
Bren Carrier upgrade:

No longer equips the vehicle with a Vickers MMG.
Now equips the vehicle with a second Bren LMG, doubling firepower.
Button Vehicle ability removed.
AP Rounds ability removed.
Munition cost: 50 → 35
NEW: Wasp upgrade:

Replaces the forward Bren LMG with a Flamethrower
Disables troop transporation
+30 Hitpoints
Cost: 50 munitions
Requires: Lieutenant
NEW: Mortar Carrier upgrade:

Adds a 2" Mortar as primary weapon (range: 70 m)
Unlocks 2" Mortar Barrage, Smoke Barrage
Forward Bren LMG remains operational as secondary weapon
Reduces overall mobility
Disables troop transporation
Cost: 50 munitions
Requires: Lieutenant
Fuel cost: 10 → 15

Veterancy requirements: 6/12/24
Headquarters Command Truck

NEW: Scouts
NEW: Medical Corps upgrade

Infantry squads will passively regenerate hitpoints over time while in friendly territory.
Cost: 200 mp, 30 fuel
Removed Speed Governors upgrade
Field Support Truck

Manpower cost: 185 → 240
Fuel cost: 30 → 40
Deployment time: 70s → 90s
Added 6-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun
Removed Speed Governors upgrade
Added Expert Engineer upgrade (global tech):

Speeds up Infantry Section and Sapper construction rates by 25%, and enable Sappers to conduct Over-Repairs.
Cost: 200 mp, 30 fuel
Added Mills Bombs upgrade (global tech):

Unlocks Throw Grenade ability for Sappers and Commandos
Cost: 100 mp, 30 fuel
NEW: 6-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun (3)

Manpower cost: 280
Abilities: APDS Shells (cost: 35 munitions)
Veterancy requirements: 6/12/24
Armour Command Truck

Manpower cost: 205 → 300
Fuel cost: 65 → 100
Deployment time: 70s → 120s
Added Churchill (420 mp, 90 fuel)
Speed Governors:

Moved from unit upgrade panel to command panel.
Now a global upgrade applying to all HQ trucks at once instead of individual trucks.
Available in Armour Command Truck.
Manpower cost: 150 → 200
Fuel cost: 10 → 30
Slit Trench

Manpower cost: 0 → 20
Royal Commandos

Left: Radio Triangulation (1) → Commandos (2) → Decoy Artillery (2)
Right: Glider HQ (1) → Tetrarch Glider (2) → Typhoon Airstrike (3)
Removed Ultra Decryption
Added Typhoon Airstrike
NEW: Typhoon Airstrike

Call-in a Hawker Typhoon ground-attack aircraft to strafe the targeted area with 3" RP-3 Rockets.
Munition cost: 150
Glider HQ

Manpower cost: 260 → 220
Added SAS Jeep
Removed PIAT Commandos
NEW: SAS Jeep

Manpower cost: 220
Weapons: Bren LMG
Captures Territory. good vs. Snipers, Weapon Teams
Abilities: Mine Drop (cost: 35 munitions)
Commandos

Call-in manpower cost: 560 → 420
Manpower cost: 510 → 420
Hitpoints: 65 → 75 (Total: 390 → 450)
Armor typer: Soldier → Airborne
Now benefit from Lieutenant Command Bonuses.
Sten SMG (Silenced):

Range 35 → 30
Rate of fire: 10 → 8
Cooldown: 3-4s → 1.5-2s
Mid range accuracy: 0.2 → 0.4
Concealing smoke munition cost: 0 → 15
Tank Hunters

Renamed from PIAT Commandos
Squad size: 3 → 4
Armor typer: Soldier → Airborne
Now benefit from Lieutenant Command Bonuses.
Hitpoints: 65 → 75 (Total: 195 → 300)
Manpower cost: 325 → 320
Mortar Section

Renamed from Mortar Commandos
Armor typer: Soldier → Airborne
Now benefit from Lieutenant Command Bonuses.
Manpower cost: 255 → 250
Heavy Machine Gun Section

Renamed from HMG Commandos
Armor typer: Soldier → Airborne
Now benefit from Lieutenant Command Bonuses.
Manpower cost: 255 → 240
Added AP rounds ability
Tetrarch Light Tank

Call-in manpower cost: 450 → 400
Manpower cost: 300 → 280
Fuel cost: 25 → 30
Spawn delay after glider landing: 4s → 1.7s
Turret rotation speed: 50 → 100 deg/s
Fire Smoke Canister removed
Added Concealing Smoke:

Envelope the vehicle in a thick smoke cloud to camouflage it for 5 seconds. The smoke cloud can also be used by other units for excellent temporary cover.
Cost: 15 munitions
Royal Engineers

Left: Improved Emplacements (1) → Counter Battery (2) → Churchill AVRE (4)
Right: Improved Command Vehicles (2) → Hull-Down (2) → Churchill Crocodile (3)
Improved Command Vehicles:

HQ speed bonus: +50% → +20%
HQ population cap addition per truck: +6 → +3
Churchill Mk.IV

Added Tank Commander upgrade
Vastly improved overall armor strength
Hitpoints: 700 → 736
QF 6-Pounder Tank Gun:

Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.75
Reload time: 4.25-5s → 5s
AoE radius: 1.5 → 0.5
Deflection damage multiplier: 0.15 → 0.2
Vastly improved armor penetration capabilities
Updated help description: Good vs. Infantry, Light Vehicles → Good vs. Tanks
Churchill AVRE

Added Tank Commander upgrade
Vastly improved overall armor strength
Enabled main gun auto-target search and attack ground
Rebalanced base damage and AoE
Main gun range: 35 → 40
Removed Fire Petard ability
Hitpoints: 700 → 736
Call-in cost: 600 → 700
Now restricted to 2
Added Tank Shock ability
Churchill Crocodile

Added Tank Commander upgrade
Vastly improved overall armor strength
Swapped to Mk.VII model (square turret)
Main gun: QF 6-Pounder → QF 75 mm
Fixed Flamethrower animations
Vastly improved Flamethrower effectiveness vs Infantry and Buildings
Hitpoints: 900 → 736
Call-in cost: 600 → 700
Hull-Down

Defensive bonuses no longer apply instantaneously, but instead after a 7s delay (Approximately once the dig in animation is done).
Improved Emplacements

CP cost: 2 → 1
Removed -10% received penetration bonus
Health bonus: +25% → +200
Counter Battery

Reworked ability functionality from toggled to timed:

Duration: 60s
Salvo: 2 shells
Rebalanced barrage weapon to have reduced scatter, making it more effective at hitting intended targets.
Cost: 35 munitions
Cooldown time: 60s
Royal Canadian Artillery

Left: Forward Observation Officers (2) → Overwatch Artillery (2) → Priest (3)
Right: Supercharge (1) → Humber Armoured Car (2) → Creeping Barrage (2)
NEW: Humber Armoured Car

Call-in cost: 400 mp
Weapons: Besa 15mm Autocannon, Besa Coaxial MG
Armor type: Humber (similar to Sd.Kfz. 222 Armored Car)
Hitpoints: 350
Upgrades: Tank Commander
The Humber marries high speed and all terrain mobility with a rapid firing 15 mm autocannon capable of engaging infantry and other soft targets.
17-Pounder AT Gun

Hitpoints: 450 → 700
Weapon range: 70 → 90
Base damage: 150 → 180
Horizontal traverse: -50/+50 → -25/+25
Deflection damage multiplier: 0.35 → 0.5
Ready aim time: 1s → 1.5s
Reload time: 5s → 6-6.5s
Scatter angle: 5 → 7
Scatter offset: 0.75 → 0.5
Penetration multipliers:

King Tiger: 1.1 → 0.66
Panther: 1.113 → 0.82
Panzer IV: 3.334 → 1.6
Stug IV: 2.463 → 1.4
Tiger: 1.376 → 0.85
Elefant: 1.1 → 0.61
Jagdpanzer IV: 1.113 → 0.82
Hetzer: 0.92 → 1
Jagdpanther: 0.88 → 0.81
Manpower cost: 280 → 300

Fuel cost: 25 → 35

Now requires Captain

Population cost: 3 → 7
40 mm Bofors AA Gun

Hitpoints: 550 → 600
Added projectile ballistics
Base damage: 25/35 → 40
Range: 40 → 45 (inner brackets: 10/29/40 → 10/20/45)
Deflection damage multiplier: 0.05 → 0.15
Base accuracy: 1/1.5/5 → 0.9/0.75/0.5
Accuracy multiplier vs infantry: 0.75 → 0.6
Base cooldown: 4s → 5s
Burst duration 4 → 3
Burst rate of fire: 2 → 2.1 (fixing firing animation misalignment)
Reload frequency: 6 → 3
Added Area of Effect damage functionality
Scatter angle: 7.5 → 6
Max scatter distance: 15 → 12
Vastly improved overall performance against infantry and light vehicles.
Manpower cost: 280 → 300
Fuel cost: 15 → 40
Population cost: 3 → 5
Casualty Clearing Station

Medical Supplies munition cost: 40 → 25
NEW: Repair Station

Cost: 150 mp, 15 fuel
Constructed by: Infantry Sections, Sappers
Deploys specially trained mechanics that will automatically repair vehicles and tanks within the vicinity of the Repair Station.
Restricted to 3
Mortar Pit

Hitpoints: 395 → 500
Weapon range: 75 → 90
Supercharge range: 90 → 110
NEW: Creeping Mortar Barrage:

Cost: 35 munitions
Fire a salvo of fifteen high-explosive mortar shells in rapid succession along a predetermined path.
Requires: Creeping Barrage
Sector Overwatch

Renamed from Overwatch Barrage
Reworked from a toggled ability overwatching a small radius to a timed, sector-based overwatch ability.
Requires: Overwatch Artillery
Machine Gun Emplacement

Manpower cost: 280 → 200
Fuel cost: 0 → 10
Added Armor-Piercing Burst
Vickers HMG:

Base accuracy: 0.6/0.3/0.15 → 0.75/0.4/0.2
Reload frequency: 20 → 5-6
Base cooldown: 2.5-3s → 1.5-2.5s
Short range cooldown multiplier: 1 → 0.4
Scatter angle: 10 → 8
Ready aim time: 0.3s → 0.1s
DPS change (s/m/l): +51%/+39%/+43%
Priest

Call-in manpower cost: 625 → 650
105 mm Howitzer Barrage range: 175 → 160
Supercharged Howitzer Barrage range: 225 → 200
25-Pounder Howitzer

Hitpoints: 450 → 550
25-Pounder Barrage range: 145 → 180
Supercharged Howitzer Barrage range: 225 → 250
Reduced overall scatter when firing into the FoW (now more in line with other stationary Howitzers)
Base damage: 125 → 150
Area of effect damage (s/m/l): 188/94/38 → 225/120/60
Area of effect radii (s/m/l): 1/4/7 → 1/3/7
Now requires Captain
Royal Canadian Artillery

Swapped the unlock position of Creeping Barrage and Overwatch Artillery.
Creeping Barrage

Removed all "off-map" shells that caused multiple shells to hit simultaneously, especially during the first section.
Removed orange warning smoke
Transferred all fired shells to the Priest/25-Pounder itself.
Total barrage salvo: 10 shells
Enabled shell projectile and tracer visibility and sound.
Adjusted shell scatter to land more consistently inside their respective barrage section.
Reload time between shells: 1.6 s → 2.5 s (this fixes the interrupted crew shell loading animations).
Total barrage area length: 70 → 50
Adjusted barrage preview UI scaling to fit the actual barrage constraints.
Fixed quirky hull traverse animation for the M7 Priest.
Fixed missing barrage range UI.
Updated command tree upgrade and ability descriptions.
Barrage range: 225 → 200/250 (Priest/25-Pounder)
Recharge time: 75s → 105s
Munition cost: 150 → 50
Overwatch Artillery

Reworked from a toggled, radius based overwatch to a timed, sector-based overwatch:

Any Friendly or Neutral sector can be targeted (regardless of Mortar/Howitzer range).
Mortars/Howitzers will fire Airburst Shells at any visible target.
Orange smoke will appear on targeted squads.
Targeted sectors are highlighted in green.
Duration: 60 seconds
Recharge time: 60 seconds
While Overwatch Battery is active, the howitzer will not respond to Victor Target calls and can fire neither regular Barrages nor Creeping Barrages.
Overwatch is now on the same shared cooldown timer as the default barrage and Creeping Barrages.
Updated ability description.

Cost: 35 munitions

Fixed shell scatter values that would often result in overshooting/missing intended targets.
Sherman Firefly

Turret traverse speed: 48 → 38
Hitpoints: 550 → 636
17-Pounder Tank Gun:

Base damage: 125 → 112.5
Base reload time: 8.5s → 7s (with vet0 Command Tank: 7.8s → 6.4s)
Range: 50 m → 47.5 m
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.75 → 0.65
Penetration multipliers:

King Tiger: 1.1 → 0.56
Panther: 1.113 → 0.82
Panzer IV: 3.334 → 1.1
Stug IV: 2.463 → 1.0
Tiger: 1.376 → 0.75
Elefant: 1.1 → 0.51
Jagdpanzer IV: 1.113 → 0.72
Hetzer: 0.92 → 0.87
Jagdpanther: 0.88 → 0.72
Damage multipliers:

King Tiger: 1 → 1.1
Panther: 1 → 1.1
Elefant: 1 → 1.1
Tiger: 1 → 1.1
Jagdpanther: 1 → 1.1

Added APDS ability:

Cost: 35 munitions
Duration: 20 s
Effect: Temporarily guaranteed penetration chances, increased accuracy, and +20% damage.
Comet

Manpower cost: 450 → 510
Improved overall armor strength
17-Pounder Tank Gun:

Base damage: 125 → 112.5
Range: 50 m → 40 m
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.7 → 0.75
Penetration multipliers:

King Tiger: 1.1 → 0.56
Panther: 1.113 → 0.82
Panzer IV: 3.334 → 1.1
Stug IV: 2.463 → 1.0
Tiger: 1.376 → 0.75
Elefant: 1.1 → 0.51
Jagdpanzer IV: 1.113 → 0.72
Hetzer: 0.92 → 0.87
Jagdpanther: 0.88 → 0.72
Damage multipliers:

King Tiger: 1 → 1.1
Panther: 1 → 1.1
Elefant: 1 → 1.1
Tiger: 1 → 1.1
Jagdpanther: 1 → 1.1

Button Vehicle

Mobility reduction is now applied in a staggering effect at a 2s, 6s, and 9s delay respectively.
Mobility reduction: -90% → -40%/-70%/-85%
Sight range penalties are now applied in a staggering effect at a 2s, 6s, and 9s delay respectively.
Sight range reduction: -85% → -50%/-75/-85%
Part 2
Soviets, Ostheer
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/317600/view/3982938673437071316
Part 3
Panzer Elite, Wehrmacht, Americans, Maps, Sound Design, Quality of Life & Bug fixes
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/317600/view/4061752300806439090
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01 Apr 2024Developer post
Update 3.5 - Release Notes [2/3]
Part 1 Desync, AI, General changes, Commonwealth Soviets Starting unit: Ingenery → Observer Team Dev note: Soviets have quite a complex starting unit roster with many options available. Some of these are very bad in terms of momentum building and ultimately result in the faction
Part 1
Desync, AI, General changes, Commonwealth
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Soviets

Starting unit: Ingenery → Observer Team

Dev note: Soviets have quite a complex starting unit roster with many options available. Some of these are very bad in terms of momentum building and ultimately result in the faction falling behind from the start. This is quite different from all other factions that generally have fewer choices available. This in turn means that players are much less likely to make a major mistake in their initial army composition. Observers are a mandatory unit to ensure good capping power and early game map presence, but it is difficult to gauge when exactly to field them alongside Ingenery and Conscripts. At the same time, the T1 options of the HMG team and Sniper aren't as vital to be fielded immediately as they usually need one or two support squads to be useful. Observers coming as a starting unit should help smooth out the initial unit choices, while also ensuring early game capping power.
Full update for all Infantry models and textures (courtesy of Halftrack & S42 mod), this includes:

More distinct (unique) visuals for Observers
Less performance demanding unit models
More varying and unique visuals for Naval Infantry, Partisans, Weapon Crews
Ingenery

Deployment time: 28 s → 16 s
Conscripts

Veterancy rank 1 now also provides -10% received accuracy
SG-43 Heavy Machine Gun Team

Teardown time: 2.6s → 2.1s
Command Squad

Manpower cost: 300 → 240
Reinforce cost: 38 → 30
Reinforce time multiplier: 1.5 → 1
Now receives shared veterancy from Infantry and Weapon Crews (similar to CW officers):

Units share 50% of their own veterancy gain with the Command Squad in a 40 m radius
Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 12/24/48

Upkeep reduction bonus:

Vet 0: -5% → -15%
Vet 1: -5% → -10% (cumulative effect: -10% → -23.5%)
Vet 2: -5% (cumulative effect: -14% → -27%)
Vet 3: -5% (cumulative effect: -19% → -31%)
Now come with DP-28 LMG by default

DP-28 LMG can no longer be dropped

For The Motherland now affects every own Infantry unit on the map.
Tank Hall

Added T-34/76:

Cost: 360 mp, 70 fuel
T-34/85 moved to reward unit status as alternative for the T-34/76.
T-34/76 and T-34/85

Fixed inversed vertical hull mg animations
ATo-42 Flamethrower:

Fixed broken horizontal and vertical animations. (This caused the flamethrower to be practically unusable as it could only target units directly in front of the weapon.)
Rebalanced flamethrower damage output from the ground up. (Now similar to Churchill Crocodile flamethrower.)
SU-100

Focused Firing ability also increases weapon range to 55m
Removed +14% damage multiplier against medium tanks/assault guns (Stug, hetzer, zrinyji, ostwind, panzer iii, panzer iv)
IS-2 Heavy Tank

Hitpoints 764 → 840
Fuel cost: 140 → 130
Hull traverse speed: 26 → 24
Top speed: 3.8 → 4.0
Acceleration: 2.2 → 1.8
122 mm D-25T:

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 1/0.85/0.7 → 1/1/0.8
Area of Effect radii: (s/m/l): 0.5/2/4.3 → 0.75/1.25/3.5/4.7
Area of effect damage multipliers (s/m/l): 1/0.25/0.1/0.1 → 1/0.25/0.15/0.1
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.55
Damage multiplier vs Soldier infantry type: 0.9 → 0.6
Penetration multiplier vs Panther: 1.36 → 1.06
Penetration multiplier vs Elefant: 0.8 → 0.68
BT-7 Cavalry Tank

Manpower cost: 270 → 260
Fuel cost: 35 → 30
45 mm 20K tank gun:

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 1/0.9/0.7 → 1/1/0.7
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.9/0.8 → 1/0.95/0.9
Damage multiplier against medium tanks: 1 → 1.25
Turret traverse speed 50 → 100
Penetration multipliers:

StuG IV: 0.24 → 0.31
Panzer III: 0.38 → 0.48
Panzer IV: 0.32 → 0.42
Added AP rounds ability that increases gun penetration by 60% and damage by 25% for 25 seconds

BT-7A KT-28 Howitzer upgrade reworked:

Now requires Tank Hall
ammunition cost 75 → 125
Rebalanced damage profile and enabled artillery shell ballistics
Upgrade now enables 76 mm HE Barrage ability:

Salvo: 5
Recharge time: 90s
Range: 130 m
KT-28 76mm Howitzer:

reload 5.5-6s → 7.5-8.5s
Area of Effect radii (s/m/l): 0.5/1.5/3 → 0.5/2.5/5.2
Area of Effect damage multipliers (s/m/l): 1/0.8/0.4 → 1/0.4/0.2
Weapon range: 40 m → 35 m
Changed shell impact FX.
Turret traverse speed 38 → 50

SU-76

Manpower cost: 280 → 270
Fuel cost: 40 → 35
Artillery Ammunition removed.
76 mm ZiS-3 reload time: 5-5.5 s → 4.5-5 s
Fixed various abysmal penetration chances vs tanks
NEW: Rapid fire:

Cost: 35 munitions
Duration: 20s
Reduces reload time by 40%
Now affected by Improved Ammunition again

Slightly improved overall mobility
Improved Ammunition

Base benetration bonuses:

T-34/76: +15% → +50%
T-34/85: +15% → +20%
SU-76: +15% → +30%
Dev note: Due to how base penetration and target specific multipliers interact, the net effect of Improved Ammunition was often hardly noticeable against a lot of targets. The net effect is now roughly 10-15% as opposed to only 5-7%, with some outliers being better/worse.
Soviet Propaganda Strategy

Right Branch: Partisans (1) → Machine of War (2) → Sturmovik Airstrike (3)
Removed KV-85 Heavy Tank
Added Machine of War:

Soviet Industry produces at maximum capacity!
Population cap is increased by 10%
Unit upkeep costs are reduced by 25%
infantry weapon upgrades are 25% cheaper and equip 50% faster
Vehicles/Tanks are produced 50% faster
Ingenery repair 33% faster
Partisans

Added Scorched Earth (cost: 35 munitions)
Dev note: Besides laying mines, Partisans were lacking tools to harass and hamper enemy operations. The ability to spawn behind enemy lines paired with the option to disable strategic points should aid in emphasizing the unique traits of Partisans over default Infantry units.
Weapon packages now equip 4 SMGs at once.
Weapon package upgrade icons will now properly indicate PPD40 in friendly territory, and MP40 in Neutral/Enemy territory.
Hitpoints: 70 → 75
Upkeep cost (mp/min): 7.7 → 8
Mauser/Mosin rifles:

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.85/0.6/0.3 → 0.75/0.55/0.35
Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.6 → 0.75
DPS change (s/m/l): -16%/-8%/+12%
PPD40/MP40 SMGs:

Fixed and rebalanced a plethora of weapon statistics for overall improved consistency.
DPS change (s/m/l): -/+25%/+5%
Sturmovik Airstrike

Plane count: 1 → 2
Delay between planes: 1.5s
PTAB base damage: 60 → 75
Removed Air Raid alarm sound
Naval Infantry

No longer passively heal while in combat
Resilience received accuracy: -15% → -10%
Observer Team

Updated unit icon, symbol and portrait.
Change speaker from Sniper to Recon (similar to Conscripts, but with recon speaker enabled).
Implemented proper Tokarev TT-33 pistol model and firing sound (Unleash the hand cannon!).
Added Off-map Smoke Barrage ability
TT-33 Pistol range: 35 → 20
TT-33 Pistol range brackets: 8/17/35 → 5/15/20
82mm Mortar Team

Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 7/14/28
Base cooldown: 6-8 s → 7-9 s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 1/1/1.2 → 1/1./1.25
Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Heavy Mortar Team

Crew size: 3 → 4
Hitpoints: 55 → 60
Call-in manpower cost: 350 → 320
Population cost: 6 → 5
Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Weapon setup time: 4s → 3s
Weapon teardown time: 4.5s → 3.4s
107 mm Mortar Barrage:

Base cooldown: 2.5-3s → 1s
Salvo: 3 → 5
Cooldown: 60s → 15s
NEW: Creeping Barrage:

Cost: 35 munitions
Fire a salvo of fifteen 107 mm mortar shells in rapid succession along a predetermined path.
NEW: Creeping Smoke Barrage:

Cost: n/a
Fire a salvo of fifteen 107 mm smoke mortar shells in rapid succession along a predetermined path.
Breakthrough Strategies

Guards CP cost: 3 → 2
Breakthrough Assault CP cost: 1 → 2
Infantry Storm CP cost: 2 → 1
Heavy Mortar CP cost: 2 → 3
Breakthrough Artillery CP cost: 3 → 2
Guards

Hitpoints: 75 → 90
Removed passive health regeneration
Reinforce time: 10s → 8s
Suppressed activation threshold: 0.35 → 0.3
Pin down activation threshold: 0.85 → 0.75
Pin down recovery threshold: 0.65 → 0.6
Suppression recovery rate: 0.015 → 0.012
Veterancy requirements: 12/24/48 → 10/20/40
Added -50% suppression multiplier
Infantry critical type: Infantry → Assault
Shock Infantry

Renamed from Shock Strelky
Upgrade now also affects Guards:

Increases hitpoints by 10
Enables passive health regeneration (10.56 hp/min)
Breakthrough Artillery

Reworked into an Overwatch Barrage:

Can be used anywhere (not tied to territory)
Radius: 35 m
Total duration: 40s
Two off-map heavy artillery overwatches will be activated:

203 mm B-4 Howitzers:

Targets Vehicles, Tanks and Structures.
Orange smoke will appear where shells are targeted.
Salvo: 1
Interval: 11s (will fire up to 5 salvos)
152 mm ML-20 Howitzers:

Targets Infantry and Structures.
Orange smoke will appear where shells are targeted.
Salvo: 2
Interval: 10s (will fire up to 5 salvos)

Cost: 175 munitions

Cooldown: 90s after usage

Updated ability icon an description
KV-2

Added proper heavy artillery firing sound and visuals.
RPG-43 Anti-Tank Grenade

Detonation delay: 2.7s → 1.5s
Base damage: 120-150 → 200
Throwing range: 24 → 18
Ostheer
Sturmpioneers

Veterancy requirements: 6/12/24/48 → 7/14/28/49
Granatbuchse 39:

Damage multiplier vs heavy cover: 1.1 → 1
Reload time: 5-6s → 7-8s
Long range accuracy: 0.75 → 0.6
Max scatter distance: 6 → 7
NEW: MP40 SMGs upgrade

Cost: 60 munitions
Equip the squad with three MP40 SMGs for better short range firepower
Landsers

Gewehr43/MKb.42:

Base cooldown: 1.5-2s → 2-2.5s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 0.8/1/1.8 → 0.65/1/1.4
Squad DPS change (s/m/l): -/-15%/-
Dev note: Landsers were firing too fast on medium range (~50% faster fire rate than Riflemen; this change reduces that to ~20%), enabling them to drop models at a much quicker rate than intended.
MG34 Light Machine Gun:

Base damage 6 → 5
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.7/0.375/0.175 → 0.7/0.35/0.175
Fire aim time multipliers (s/m/l): 0.3/1/1 → 0.1/1/2
DPS change (s/m/l): -10%/-22%/-20%
Mortar Team

Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Veterancy requirements: 6/12/24/48 → 7/14/28/49
Airburst Barrage:

Suppression modifier vs light cover: 0.75 → 0.6
Suppression modifier vs heavy cover: 0.5 → 0.4
Area of Effect radius: 13.5 → 12
Area of Effect radii (s/m/l/d): 2/4.5/8/13.5 → 2/3.5/7/12
Reworked criticals vs Infantry:

Green hp bracket casualty chance: 5% → 0%
Yellow hp bracket casualty chance: 25% → 10%
Yellow hp bracket soldier killed chance: 25% → 5%
Dev note: The Airburst now is similar to the Incendiary Mortar, having no chance to kill models through critical hits in the green hp bracket. It also will have a significantly lower chance of killing models in the yellow hp bracket, going from 50% chance to 15%. This is primarily to reduce the oppressiveness of Airburst shells against weapon teams, but also to ensure the Airburst Barrage should be used in its intended role; zone controlling through suppression and moderare aoe damage, as opposed to having a very high killing potential per shell.

Honved

Implemented completely new unit visuals (courtesy of Halftrack & S42 mod).
Panceltoro 44M munition cost: 100 → 80
Panzerfusiliers

Infantry type: Infantry → Elite
Reduced the overall Kar98k/G43 DPS to offset the vastly increased durability:

Normalized the DPS between the Kar98k and G43 squad leader weapons
DPS change (s/m/l): -5%/-8%/-13%
Scoped MP44 package:

Now grants 5 weapons at once instead of 2x2
Now limited to 1 per squad
Requires 5 free slot items
Upgrade completion time: 20s → 30s
Munition cost: 75 → 100 (previously it was 2x75 = 150 for a total of 4 weapons)
Tweaked weapon DPS profile
MG34 Heavy Machine Gun Team

Setup time: 2.4s → 3s
75 mm Pak 97/38 Anti-Tank Gun

HEAT shells base penetration (all ranges): 1 → 2
Damage multiplier vs BA64: 1.5 → 1
Damage multiplier vs M3 Halftrack: 1.35 → 1 (will no longer 2 shot them consistently)
Accuracy multiplier vs M4 Sherman: 1.1 → 1.00
Penetration multipliers:

M26 Pershing: 0.45 → 0.35
IS-2: 0.54 → 0.33
Skirmish Commander

Priority Defense:

Now affects every own unit in all friendly territory
Merged in most of the effects of Counterattack (previously available in Joint Operations)
Recharge time: 120 s → 240 s
Luchs

Hitpoints: 315 → 380
Fixed bugged main gun animation (this impacted combat performance a lot)
Fixed bugged coaxial machine gun animations
Significantly increased coaxial machine gun damage output (now similar to Armored Car)
Jagdpanzer IV

Ready aim time: 1-1.2s → 0.5s
Horizontal gun traverse speed: 25 → 35
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.65
Improved Coaxial MG42 performance against infantry
Hitpoints: 700 → 742
Manpower cost: 480 → 460
Fuel cost: 100 → 90
Removed Coated Optics
Division Assault Troops

Fuel cost: 45 → 60
Panzer Recon Company

Construction time: 45 s -> 50 s
Manpower cost: 240 → 260
Fuel cost: 65 → 60
NEW global Upgrade: Spotting Scopes

Cost: 200 mp, 60 fuel
Increases vehicle/tank sight range (+3 m) and main gun range (+5 m)
Affects: Panzer III, Panzer IV, Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz, Tiger I, Elefant, Jagdpanzer IV
Mechanized Command

Fuel cost 90 → 70
Removed Panzer 38(t)
Added Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
Dev note: The Panzer 38(t) is intended to fulfil the gameplay role as anti-infantry specialist with the capability to fight other light vehicles. It also is meant to serve as a late game counter against infantry-heavy tactics, especially (elite) assault infantry. However, its intended role can rarely be utilized to reliable extend, especially during later stages in the game. This due to a combination of long time-to-kill against (multiple) infantry squads, high vulnerability to anti-tank weapons and other (light) vehicles/tanks, and late first appearance. This meant that the Panzer 38(t) had a highly limited window of opportunity in which it was a viable choice. Unlike the PE Hotchkiss, which in terms of combat performance is very similar, the Panzer 38(t) also lacks a secondary role it can fulfil (Hotchkiss Stuka; indirect fire support) when its primary role diminishes in use, or an upgun upgrade. All-in-all, it generally positioned the Panzer 38(t) as dysfunctional within its intended role, often left in favour for the Panzer III or Panzer IV, or doctrinal options like the Flammpanzer III. For this reason, the Panzer 38(t) is moved into T3 as alternative unit to the Luchs, and the Kugelblitz takes its place in T4. Like other Flakpanzers, the Kugelblitz is a much more potent platform to engage and quickly silence (multiple) infantry squads due to its fast-firing 30 mm autocannon and decent overall durability. This not only enables for more diverse late game army composition choices, but also means the faction now has a functional and desirable unit within this unit slot. This in turn means that the faction is less forced to solely rely on the Panzer IV, and thus gives T4 a much-needed fuel-cheap alternative to battle infantry-heavy tactics.
NEW: Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz

Cost: 320 mp, 55 fuel
Hitpoints: 500
Armor type: Panzer IV
Abilities: Armor-Piercing Shells (35 munitions)
Wespe

Population cost: 8 → 10
88 mm PaK 43 AT Gun

Population cost: 5 → 7
Concrete Emplacement

Manpower cost: 75 → 20
Flak Emplacement manpower cost: 100 → 150
Field Hospital manpower cost: 100 → 150
Blendkörper Grenade

Now directly targets vehicles
Adjusted projectile speed to be more reliable
Pervitin

Exhaustion duration: 10s → 25s
Recharge time 90s → 180s
Panzer III

Manpower cost: 340 → 360
Deployment time: 45s → 55s
Removed Coated Optics
HEAT shells:

Base damage: 90 → 87.5
Removed +25% damage multiplier on close range AoE
Added +25% damage multiplier against most tanks (112.5 → 110 dmg)
Fixed inconsistent damage multipliers vs light vehicles to offset the above changes
Improved accuracy vs M10/M18
Panzerwerfer

Fuel cost: 20 → 25
Incendiary Rockets munition cost: 100 → 125
Elefant

Now can be upgraded with Coated Optics
Reduced accuracy against infantry by 5% to offset the range increase with Coated Optics
Improved main gun recoil animation
Increased chassis recoil kickback animation when firing the main gun
Changed main gun firing sound to match other 88 mm KwK/Pak43 guns
Fixed suspension animation running too fast
Removed bouncing effect while idling
Removed Coated Optics
Joint Operations

Removed Counterattack:

Dev note: Counterattack is now merged into the Priority Defense ability available to the Skirmish Commander.
Added Airdrop Medical Supplies (1cp)
Ju-88 Bombardment

Munition cost: 150 → 160
Reworked ability from the ground up:

Two visible planes will now appear in succession of each other (1.5s delay between planes), dropping 250kg bombs on the targeted location
Bombs are now visible while falling
Reworked scatter area for better spread/consistency
Rebalanced bombs damage and area of effect
Reworked Ju-88 plane engine sound from the ground up
Improved Ju-88 plane propeller animations
Added 1s delay before plane spawns
Luftbrücke Supplies

Munition amount per crate: 50 → 40 (total munition count: 250 → 200)
Spearhead Operations

Swapped Luftwaffe Intelligence with Panzerfusiliers
Emergency Repairs CP cost: 3 → 2
Incendiary Airburst Artillery

Munition cost: 125 → 150
Part 3
Panzer Elite, Wehrmacht, Americans, Maps, Sound Design, Quality of Life & Bug fixes
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Original post
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Update 3.5 - Release Notes [3/3]
Part 1 Desync, AI, General changes, Commonwealth Part 2 Soviets, Ostheer Panzer Elite Panzergrenadiers Gewehr 43: Damage multiplier vs heavy cover: 1.25 → 1 Accuracy multiplier vs heavy cover: 1 → 0.5 Damage multiplier vs light cover: 1.25 → 1 20 mm Flakvierling Population cost:
Part 1
Desync, AI, General changes, Commonwealth
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Part 2
Soviets, Ostheer
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/317600/view/3982938673437071316
Panzer Elite
Panzergrenadiers

Gewehr 43:

Damage multiplier vs heavy cover: 1.25 → 1
Accuracy multiplier vs heavy cover: 1 → 0.5
Damage multiplier vs light cover: 1.25 → 1
20 mm Flakvierling

Population cost: 3 → 5
Vehicle Veterancy

Offensive:

Removed -5% reload time bonus
Added +10% mobility bonus
Defensive:

Removed +10% speed bonus
Added +2.5 m sight range bonus
Jagdpanther

Slightly increased overall mobility and traverse rate.
Horizontal gun traverse speed: 25 → 35
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.65
Main gun range: 45 → 47.5
Inner range brackets: 10/20/45 → 10/35/47.5
Hummel

Lockdown (rapid fire):

Removed -25% received accuracy bonus
Lockdown/Mobilize cooldown: 5/15 s → 20 s
Hotchkiss Light Tank

Traverse speed: 40 → 45
Max speed: 4.2 m/s → 5.2 m/s
Luftwaffe Infantry

Hitpoints: 55 → 60
Fallschirmjägers

Hitpoints: 60 → 65
Luftwaffe Tactics

Removed Henschel Panzerknacker Overwatch
Added Henschel Overwatch
Henschel Overwatch

For a period of time Henschel Hs. 129 ground-attack aircraft will fly air coverage over the designated area, targeting all visible enemy units with 75 mm APHE ammunition.
Cost: 175 munitions
Bordkanone 7,5:

Vastly increased area of effect damage
Base damage: 225 → 200
Swapped shell explosion FX to match the AoE
Added a small suppression effect
Fixed a potential issue that caused planes to miss a lot
Scout Car

Rebalanced armor effectiveness from the ground up; generally the vehicle should be sturdier against (automatic) small arms fire. A plethora of inconsistencies were also fixed where certain weapons were excessively strong against this armor type.
Added Suppressing Fire ability (cost: 20 munitions)
Acceleration: 4 → 3
Hitpoints: 225 → 275
Manpower cost: 280 → 230
Fuel cost: 0 → 10
Radio upgrade now increases sight range by 15 m
Light Anti-Tank Halftrack

Hitpoints: 250 → 295
Manpower cost: 270 → 260
Moving accuracy multiplier: 0.5 → 0.75
Accuracy multiplier vs infantry: 0.25 → 0.6
Area of Effect radius: 0.5 → 1
88 mm Flak 36 AA/AT

Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.35 → 1
Damage multiplier vs BA64: 1.35 → 1
Marder III

Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.5 → 0.75 (will no longer 2 shot them consistently)
Infantry Halftrack

Hitpoints: 250 → 295
Manpower cost: 220 → 230
Fuel cost: 20 → 15
Added Funkwagen upgrade:

Cost: 30 munitions
Enables capture of territory
Adds a camouflage detection radius
Disables troop transporation
Rebalanced armor effectiveness from the ground up; generally the vehicle should a bit less sturdy against all small arms fire. However, a plethora of inconsistencies were also fixed where certain weapons were excessively strong against this armor type.
Logistics Kompanie

Manpower cost: 160 → 140
Fuel cost: 15 → 10
Removed Scout Car
Added Infantry Halftrack
Kampfgruppe Kompanie

Removed Infantry Halftrack
Added Scout Car
Advanced Kampfgruppe Kompanie

Manpower cost: 120 → 100
Fuel cost: 30 → 20
Panzerwurfmine (Anti-Tank Grenade)

Projectiles will now stick to vehicles
Projectile speed: 9 → 12
Detonation delay: 0s → 1s
Munition cost: 20 → 30
Range: 24 → 18
Panzerjäger Kommand

Advanced Panzerjäger Kommand research time: 70 s → 50 s
Sdkfz 222 Armoured Car

Deployment time: 50 s → 40 s
Panzer IV Infantry Support Tank

Fuel cost: 60 → 70
Hetzer

Rebalanced main gun to now be identical to the StuG IV. Generally, the vehicle will deal more damage per shot against tanks, and have significantly better overall penetration chances.
Infantry AT Efforts

Removed Tank Busters free second Panzerschreck
Reinstated Tank Buster Panzerschreck upgrade
Wehrmacht
Reich Headquarters

Skirmish Phase:

Research time: 45s → 35s
Assault Phase:

Research time: 60s → 45s
Fuel cost: 50 → 45
Battle Phase:

Research time: 60s → 45s
Fuel cost: 50 → 45
Wehrmacht Quarters

Manpower cost: 220 → 180
Construction time: 30s → 25s
Sturm Armory

Construction time: 60s → 40s
Panzer Command

Manpower cost: 260 → 240
Fuel cost: 50 → 40
Construction time: 82s → 60s
Medical Kits

Munition cost: 20 → 15
82 mm Gr.34 Mortar Team

Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Volksgrenadiers

Capture speed multiplier: 1 → 1.25
Skirmish Phase capture speed bonus: +25% → +20%
Stormtroopers

Reinforce cost: 42 → 40
Infantry Armor Type: Infantry → Elite
Veterancy 2:

No longer grants Elite armor
NEW: Received suppression: -25%
NEW: Received damage: -5%
Assault

Munition cost: 50 → 35
StuH 42

Unified damage multiplier vs vehicles: 0.75-1 → 0.6 (112.5-150 → 90)
StuG IV

75 mm StuK 40 main gun damage multipliers:

Pershing: 1 → 1.5
Churchill: 1 → 1.5
Priest: 1 → 1.5
IS-2: 1 → 1.5
ISU-152: 1 → 1.5
50 mm Pak 38 Anti-Tank Gun

Damage multiplier vs BA64: 1.5 → 1
Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.35 → 1 (This means paks will no longer 2 shot a Halftrack, not even with first strike bonus)
Penetration chances vs T-34 (s/m/l): 88%/63%/60% → 100%/77%/72%
Penetration chances vs SU-100 (s/m/l): 73%/53%/50% → 90%/65%/61%
88 mm Flak 36 AA/AT

Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.35 → 1
Damage multiplier vs BA64: 1.35 → 1
150 mm Nebelwerfer

Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Gun traverse speed: 26 → 75
Movement speed: 2.75 → 3.5
Veterancy 1 bonus: +35% speed → -15% received damage
Fixed clunky crew animations (always going through a short re-setup before barraging)
Improved shell projectile ballistics for better visual appeal and more consistent scatter.
Vastly improved barrage reliability, fixing issues where the launcher would get stuck during the initiation of a barrage.
Sd.Kfz. 234 Puma

50 mm KwK 39 penetration chances vs T-34 armor (s/m/l): 44%/40%/35% → 64%/58%/51%
50 mm KwK 39 penetration chances vs SU-100 armor (s/m/l): 32%/28%/25% → 42%/37%/33%
Geschutzwagen

Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.5 → 0.75 (will no longer 2 shot them consistently)
Ostwind Flakpanzer

Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1 → 0.5
Tiger Ace

Manpower cost: 500 → 800
Removed -100 mp/min drain for 5 minutes
King Tiger

Manpower cost: 500 → 800
Removed -100 mp/min drain for 5 minutes
Leutnant

No longer requires Assault Phase (available by default)
Manpower cost: 260 → 200
Capture rate multiplier: 1.5 → 2
Hitpoints: 140 → 100
Infantry type: Infantry → Heroic (can no longer be OHK by Snipers)
Removed +10.56 hp/min passive health regen
Veterancy 1 health regen bonus: +10.56 → +21.12 hp/min
Veterancy 2:

No longer grants Elite armor
NEW: Received suppression: -25%
NEW: Received damage: -5%
Luger P08:

Rebalanced accuracy, cooldown and reload parameters
Rebalanced criticals vs Infantry
DPS change (s/m/l): +160%/+290%/+530%
Supervision now requires Skirmish Phase

Rout Enemy now requires Assault Phase

NEW: Maintain Command Range
Luftwaffe Officer

No longer requires Assault Phase (available by default)
Manpower cost: 260 → 200
Capture rate multiplier: 1.5 → 2
Hitpoints: 140 → 100
Infantry type: Infantry → Heroic (can no longer be OHK by Snipers)
Removed +10.56 hp/min passive health regen
Veterancy 1 health regen bonus: +10.56 → +21.12 hp/min
Veterancy 2:

No longer grants Elite armor
NEW: Received suppression: -25%
NEW: Received damage: -5%
Changed weapon from Luger P08 to Mauser C96:

Rebalanced accuracy, cooldown and reload parameters
Rebalanced criticals vs Infantry
DPS change (s/m/l): +160%/+290%/+530%
Supervision now requires Skirmish Phase

Demoralize Enemy:

Now requires Assault Phase
Rebalanced ability from the ground up; now featuring a targeted radius as opposed to affecting a single squad.
Air Raid:

Reworked airstrike, now similar to Ostheer Stuka Airstrike ability.
Munition cost: 150 → 120
NEW: Maintain Command Range
Americans
Heavy Machine Gun Team

Hitpoints: 55 → 65
M1917 weapon range: 40 → 45
M1917 Inner range brackets: 10/20/40 → 11/22/45
M1917 Reload frequency: 10 → 5-6
Mortar Team

Critical type: Infantry → Weapon Crew
Airborne Company

Airdrop Supplies CP cost: 1 → 2
Bombing Run CP cost: 4 → 3
Supply Drops

Changed supply drops from 3x ammunition (50 each) and 1x fuel (40 each) to 2x ammunition (75 each) and 2x fuel (20 each)
Ammunition drops spawn mortar and M18 Recoilless Rifle, fuel drops a .30cal heavy machine gun and a M1918 BAR.
Bombing Run

Damage multiplier vs Bunkers: 0.5 → 1.5
Significantly increased projectile speed (no longer slow-mo bombs)
AoE damage (s/m/l/d): 200/160/150/150 → 200/150/60/30
Fixed a plethora of target table inconsistencies
Strafing Run

Enabled tracers
Changed shell impact FX to be more pronounced
Slightly increased overall damage output
Slightly increased overall effectiveness against light vehicles
Armor Company

Swapped Raid and Fast Deployment:

Left: Raid (1) → Field Repairs (2) → M26 Pershing (5)
Right: Fast Deployment (2) → War Machine (2) → Calliope Rocket Launcher (3)
Raid CP cost: 2 → 1

Fast Deployment CP cost: 1 → 2

Dev note: Raid needs to be available earlier to have an impact on early Jeep usage. On the flipside, Fast Deployment being available this early generally does not give much useful benefits since it only applies to T3 and T4. Additionally, the right branch generally favors playing for T4, thus benefitting from the faster deployment of tanks. While the left branch has the M26 Pershing as focus, it needs an early bonus to become a more appealing choice.
M3 Halftrack

M2Hb .50cal Machine Gun is now mounted by default (no longer tied to loaded squads)
M2Hb .50cal Machine Gun:

Base damage: 7 → 10
Damage multiplier vs Infantry: 1.5 → 1
Base cooldown: 2-4s → 2-3s
Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.4 → 0.5
DPS change (s/m/l): +40%/+55%/+55%
Gun traverse: -90/+90 → -180/+180 (fully traversable)
Tweaked performance against various light vehicles (Sd.kfz. 222, 250, 251, and 234 puma)
Hold cover type: Garrison → Halftrack
Significantly reduced the chance autocannons killing the MG gunner.
Dev note: These changes are intended to make the base M3 Halftrack a self-sustaining combat unit, no longer being reliant on a loaded squad. The weapon damage output changes are aimed to improve capabilities against light vehicles and elite infantry, while retaining its overall decent performance against normal Infantry.
M2Hb .50cal Machine Gun (Turret Mount)

Base damage: 7 → 10
Damage multiplier vs Infantry: 1.5 → 1
Base cooldown: 2-4s → 2-3s
Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.4 → 0.5
DPS change (s/m/l): +40%/+55%/+55%
Tweaked performance against various light vehicles (Sd.kfz. 222, 250, 251, and 234 puma)
Dev note: These changes are aimed to improve capabilities against light vehicles and elite infantry, while retaining an overall decent performance against normal Infantry.
M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun

Damage multiplier vs PE light vehicles: 0.9 → 0.8 (will no longer 2 shot them consistently)
Damage multiplier vs US Halftrack: 1.5 → 0.9
M10 Wolverine

Removed +25% damage multiplier vs Panzer III
Penetration multiplier vs Jagdpanzer IV: 0.52 → 0.47
M18 Hellcat

Penetration multiplier vs Jagdpanzer IV: 0.52 → 0.47
Updated texture to now match in color scheme to other US tanks (more greyish tone)
Removed skirts/mudflaps for better visual appeal (makes the already vastly oversized model look a lot less bulky)
M4 Sherman

Penetration multiplier vs Jagdpanzer IV: 0.52 → 0.47
Sticky Bombs

Detonation delay: 4s → 2s
M2A1 Howitzer

105 mm Howitzer Barrage range: 250 → 200
Veterancy Rank 1: Adds +20 m barrage range
Veterancy Rank 2: Adds +20 m barrage range
Veterancy Rank 3: Adds +10 m barrage range
Sherman Calliope

Manpower upkeep cost (mp/min): 15 → 21
Population cost: 10 → 12
M8 Rocket base damage: 30-50 → 30-40
Enabled turret traverse (When initiating a barrage, the turret will now rotate instead of the vehicle traversing the entire hull).
Quality of Life

Fixed close range target prioritization for all SMGs/Assault Rifles. Units should now properly switch to closer targets even when already busy engaging another target slightly farther away.
Significantly improved Vehicle/Tank Pathing:

All vehicles may now pivot turn when long-distance move orders are given.
Improved overall priorities between smooth curve turns, reversing and pivot turns.
Curve turns will be considered for distances <48 m
Reversing will be considered for distacnes <32 m
Pivot turns will generally be considered for move orders >48 m
Updated icons for BT-7, T-60, SU-76, T-34/76, T-34/85, SU-85, SU-100, IS-2

Updated symbols for T-60, T-34/76, T-34/85, SU-85, SU-100

M26 Pershing HVAP Shells are now visualized in the vehicle ratings UI as +4 vs tanks.
Maps

Updated [EF] Elbing (2):

Fixed a plethora of terrain elevation issues
Removed a hedgerow that caused a major map imbalance
Moved the outer fuel points away from the map center
Tweaked walls around graveyard
Added OOB horizon
Added weather options: Dusk, Overcast Daytime
Updated [EF] Lemberg (4):

Fixed minor pathing issues
Significantly widened land bridges around the northern medium fuel point
Moved sandbag fortications farther away from the northern medium fuel point
Added potential cut-off to the corner medium munition points
Remastered [EF] Feodosia (2)

Remastered [EF] Grodno (4)

Remastered [EF] Dom Pavlova (4)

Removed [TGPW] Budapest (4)

Removed [TGPW] Futa Pass (4)
Bug fixes

Fixed incorrectly implemented Mortar Halftrack critical tables, causing high probability of no damage inflicted when below 5% hp
Fixed CW Machine Gun Emplacement construction preview arc of fire being misaligned with the actual arc of fire upon construction.
Fixed Axis AT gun shooting infantry out of camouflage
Fixed Panzer Elite Panzer Jäger Kommand and Panzer Support Kommand not permanently unlocking once a Kampfgruppe Kompanie or Logistics Kompanie had been built.
Fixed Hotchkiss Stuka Upgrade not requiring to be in friendly territory.
Fixed the BA-64 DT light machine gun having unintentionally high penetrating capabilities against the Sd.Kfz 222.
Fixed PE Anti-Tank Grenade unintentionally low damage multipliers vs various tank types.
Fixed the HP bar off-set on all Commonwealth Emplacements (now properly situated above the emplacement as opposed to being "inside" the emplacement from the default camera perspective).
Fixed Casualty Clearing Station obscenely large hitbox that caused it to catch shells hitting between the roof structure and flag pole. Hitbox now similar to the US Triage Center.
Fixed DP-28 firing sound being too loud.
Fixed Soviet 82 mm weapon range inconsistencies (75-95 → 85).
Fixed a faulty Breakthrough Assault suppression bonus values for t60 and ba64 so they no longer instantly pin infantry units.
Fixed a bug that caused Strelky to not receive Red Flag bonuses when equipped with PPSh in certain scenarios.
Fixed a bug that caused recovered Panzer III to spawn with 5cm KwK-39.
Fixed 221 Scout Car armour against some SMG type weapons.
Fixed Command Tank Creeping Smoke Barrage not working.
Fixed Zrinyi Barrage name and description.
Fixed Zrinyi Barrage animations not synchronizing with the main gun.
Fixed Zrinyi HEAT shell projectile ballistics and visibility.
Fixed Partisan MP40 bugged tracers.
Fixed (removed) Ostheer Dive Bomb ability hotkey.
Fixed an issue where Snipers would unintentionally automatically engage certain vehicles and tanks.
Fixed PE Flak 88 and Flakvierling not having stationary weapon cover.
Fixed Incendiary Barrage not sharing the same cooldown as the normal/smoke barrages.
Fixed Casualty Clearing Station lacking visible faction flags on the flagpole and structure.
Fixed an issue where most Commonwealth units could be deployed despite HQ trucks not being in connected territory.
Fixed DP-28 firing sound volume.
Fixed Zrinyi II main gun vertical animations.
Fixed BT-7 coaxial machine gun using the wrong sound file.
Fixed BT-7 bugged suspension animation.
Fixed BT-7A missing main gun recoil animation.
Fixed BT-7A 76mm excessive projectile craters.
Fixed BT-7 collision model size
Fixed T17/Staghound missing main gun recoil animation.
Fixed some issues with Spotter armourtype/criticals.
Fixed Panzerfusiliers being suppressable during Sprint.
Fixed a missing weapon critical on T-60 main cannon
Fixed SG-43 excessive suppression vs units in heavy cover.
Fixed potential issues with non-damage weapons dealing criticals
Fixed various target table inconsistencies for the M10 Wolverine main gun.
Fixed Wehrmacht Base Structures MG42 missing tracers (Fortify the Perimeter)
Fixed Kampfkraft Center requirement tooltip
Fixed Hummel and Hotchkiss not receiving barrage cooldown reduction with veterancy
Original post
24 Oct 2023Developer post
Leaderboards and Ranked Play now available
The new rank system is now available on the discord server! Feel free to join and start playing games to save yourself a spot on the leaderboards!
21 Oct 2023Developer post
Leaderboards and Ranked Play
We're proud to present you a discord-exclusive ranking and matchmaking system for Company of Heroes: Eastern Front mod. Thanks to the ranking/ELO bot system NEATQUEUE from NeatZ we can finally provide a proper matchmaking system through discord. If you want to play a match, you s
We're proud to present you a discord-exclusive ranking and matchmaking system for Company of Heroes: Eastern Front mod.
Thanks to the ranking/ELO bot system NEATQUEUE from NeatZ we can finally provide a proper matchmaking system through discord.
If you want to play a match, you simply join our discord, go to one of our matchmaking channels and queue in as axis or allies. Our discord bot will match you up with people who also search for games.
When enough players are available, a custom lobby is created in which you can see the players and the map to be played (yes, we have a random map generator). After that you can join voice channels and play the game in our Eastern Front client.
the last thing required is to report the game result, after that your rating (called MMR) changes accordingly.
Depending on your rating you will be assigned a special Discord rank:

MMR 2200 and higher: Grand Marshal (only one player per Ladder)
MMR 2199-2000: General
MMR 1999-1700: Major
MMR 1699-1400: Captain
MMR 1399-1200: Lieutnant
MMR 1199-1000: Junior Lieutnant
MMR 999 or less: Officer Cadet
Planned game modes:

Supremacy
The classic way Company of Heroes is played in multiplayer. Victory Points and a set of balanced maps on the Eastern Front. Team Size: 1 vs. 1 and 3 vs. 3 Rules: Victory Points 500, fixed starting positions, standard ressources Map Pool 1v1

(2) Mstow
(2) Kotelnikovo
(2) Cologne
(2) Demyansk
(2) Karski
(2) Wrecked Train
Map Pool 3v3

(6) Kiev
(6) Konvoi
(6) Seelow Heights
(6) Prokhorovka

King of the Hill
Opposed to classic Victory Point game mode, King of the Hill only features a single Victory Point in the center of the map. Points will trickle down much slower and allow for more drawn out games. High starting ressources allow players to push and attack more fiercely in the beginning of the match.
Team Size: 2 vs. 2
Rules: King of the Hill, fixed starting positions, high ressources
Map Pool

(4) Kotelnikovo
(4) Zmievka
(4) Kursk
(4) Sevastopol
(4) Constanta Port
(4) Nikolaevka
(4) Rails and Metal

Release Date

The ladder system will be available shortly.
We'll start off with the ladders described above, with working custom ladder ranks in our Discord Server, Leaderboards and playercards with stats. The system is planned to be improved and expanded in the future.
Community Discord Server:
Click here to join our Community Discord
Original post
21 Oct 2023Developer post
Update 3.4 is now available!
Update 3.4 is now available! Check out our dedicated articles to see what this update brings to Company of Heroes: Eastern Front. Part Desync & Saved games, Game stability, AI, General changes, Soviet & Ostheer Part Panzer Elite, Wehrmacht, Americans, Commonwealth, Maps,
16 Oct 2023Developer post
Update 3.4 - Release Notes [1/2]
We're pleased to announce that Update 3.4 is heading your way, and will be released in the near future! This update brings fixes to desync and saved games, game stability improvements, major AI fixes and enhancements, balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and m
We're pleased to announce that Update 3.4 is heading your way, and will be released in the near future!
This update brings fixes to desync and saved games, game stability improvements, major AI fixes and enhancements, balance tweaks, quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more!
Desync & Saved games
One of the major issues that has been reported since the release of Update 3.3 was that players were experiencing desynchronization (desync) during multiplayer games, and that saved games were not working.
Desync refers to a situation where the game state becomes inconsistent or out of sync between different players or the server. This means that what one player sees or experiences in the game may differ from what others are experiencing. Desync issues can result in gameplay problems, such as units behaving incorrectly, actions not registering correctly, or players perceiving events differently. This eventually results in very odd game behavior, lag, and in some cases game crashes. Ultimately Desync ruins the match outcome and player experience.
Thanks to your continued feedback we were able to isolate the issues and as such were able to fix the issues at hand.

Fixed a desync issue that was especially prevalent when teams had a mix of human and AI players.
Fixed an issue tied to custom AI scripts not updating properly after loading a saved game.
Note that a poor internet connections with high ping and severe packet loss, low end systems, and poor in-game performance can also lead to desync and lag.
Game stability issues
The Eastern Front mod suffered from game stability issues since quite some time. While some of these were related to the newly introduced AI scripts that were introduced with Update 3.3, there were other issues that would cause frequent crash-to-desktop errors and game freezes.
In a very time consuming process we managed to identify and fix two critical sources of the crashes. As a direct result, the game should now run much more stable than it used to.
Unfortunately one of these sources related to our custom implementation of Steam Achievements. We therefore decided to disable the achievements completely until we can figure out a way to implement them without causing game instability issues. The achievements will remain visible on the Steam page, but for the time being it will no longer be possible to complete them.
We hope you understand this decision and that our priority is first and foremost to make Eastern Front an enjoyable gaming experience.

Fixed a major issue that would cause the game to crash to desktop without errors.
Temporartily disabled Steam Achievements functionality due to causing critical game stability
Fixed various Fatal AI and Scar errors related to custom scripts.
Fixed various bugs, black screens, and crashes that would occur duing the Tutorial, Performance Test, and various campaign missions.
Lastly, it should be noted that Company of Heroes has game instability issues unrelated to the Eastern Front mod. The game is notoriously unstable when using Ultra Shaders (which enables DirectX 10), even on modern high-end systems. We strongly recommend setting Shaders to either Low or High, and only low amounts of Anti-Aliasing should be used.
AI
With Update 3.3 a plethora of new AI functionalities were introduced with the aim to make the AI more dynamic and a be a more interesting and challenging opponent to play against on all difficulties.
However, we quickly started to note reports of the AI controlled players being passive and unwilling to engage in combat. This includes the AI constantly retreating units or it simply avoiding combat altogether. Additionally it became evident that the AI failed to purchase units and tech upgrades. All-in-all it has led to the player experience against the AI being fairly mediocre to outright underwhelming depending on the set difficulty.
Many of the reported issues were related to several major script bugs where important elements of newly implemented code and functionalities were inactive or not working as intended. These issues took a long time to figure out and address properly.
With the presented fixes and improvements we hope that the AI in Update 3.4 once again will be a fun yet challenging experience for all players. This goes for both novice players as well as battle-hardened veterans!
Fixes

Fixed a critical issue that was prone to causing desync in multiplayer games, even in games without AI controlled players.
Fixed multiple major issues with custom AI control scripts that led to these not running properly, leading to passive AI behavior.
Fixed a major issue where an outdated custom AI unit control script was active.
Fixed Commonwealth AI not deploying HQ trucks properly, trucks should now dynamically move and setup in territory sectors, with high income sectors being preferred so long as they are not in too close proximity to danger. AI will also properly retreat trucks that are too exposed to nearby danger.
Fixed several major AI behavior related issues due to important elements of scripts being disabled.
Fixed a major issue that would cause AI to spam off-map call-in abilities.
Fixed an issue where AI would not consider using certain off-map call-in abilities.
Fixed a fatal AI error related to Soviet AI command tree purchases.
Fixed major script issues that would cause unintended CW HQ truck behavior. This includes refusing to set-up trucks, driving trucks to high-danger areas, and not properly prioritizing correct sectors.
Fixed a fatal scar error related to Guards PPS upgrade (incorrect reference to luaconsts)
Fixed various HQ truck abilities/upgrades.
Fixed AI bonuses not applying properly.
Fixed a bug where the American AI would fail to unlock all Armor Company upgrades.
Fixed an issue where the Cromwell Command Tank would remain stationary in the HQ sector.
Fixed missing CW Lt/CW officer behavior.
Fixed an issue that caused many medium/heavy vehicles with relatively low hitpoint pools being too passive and afraid of potential danger.
Improvements

Implemented AI avoidance functionality from Company of Heroes: Back to Basics mod; AI is now capable of dodging throwables like grenades, and both on- and off-map artillery barrages.
Implemented AI budget system from Company of Heroes: Back to Basics mod.
Implemented AI tactics from Company of Heroes: Back to Basics mod.
Significantly improved tech purchasing rules, based off Company of Heroes: Back to Basics mod. AI should now purchase tech upgrades with better logic than before, minimizing situations where it would purchase any tech upgrade whenever it had resources available.
Improved the overall aggressiveness and threat handling of the AI. Generally speaking it should result in the AI being more willing to take disadvantageous engagements, while still remaining conservative with its overall army.
Vastly improved heavy machine gun usage.
Vastly improved mortar and mobile artillery unit usage.
Implemented personality builds to all factions. This enables the AI to prioritize certain teching routes through increase demand on necessary tech upgrades and units while reducing the demand for side-techs and global upgrades.
Implemented better initial starting build orders for all factions.
'Assault troops' functionality:

Reduced the default close in distance from 17 to 10. This should help AI position units that prefer close-mid range combat in their desired combat range.
Fixed Riflemen, Landsers, Engineers, Pioneers, Fallschirmjägers* and Assault Grenadiers* not properly using the assault troops functionality. (*these units will only use this functionality when upgraded with assault rifles).
Vastly improved barrage control functionality, AI should now also properly consider recrewed mortars and the like as artillery units.

Reworked unit purchase rules from the ground up. AI should now purchase units with much greater logic than before.

Improved AI unit ability usage.

Improved Ostheer/Soviet healing truck usage.

Cleared up a plethora of leftover stuff from previous AI implementations.

Improved Pervitin usage, AI should now utilize this ability while under attack as opposed to spamming it randomly.

Improved Soviet and PE AI upgrade purchasing logic; AI should no longer be purchasing all Armoury upgrades early on as this would significantly delay its tech progression.

Improved various Command tree progression paths.

PE AI should now use Railway Artillery and MG42 Team call-ins

PE AI may now deploy and set up a Pioneer Halftrack within its base sector to help repairing vehicles.

Improved PE teching rules

Barrage control:

Increased max barrage duration from 20 to 30s
Improved Hummel barrage usage
Implemented Ostheer mortar team barrage usage
Slightly reduced Panzergrenadier and Sturmpioneer demand

Reduced Mortar Halftrack class rating

Added Assault Grenadier anti-tank class ratings when upgraded with Panzerschrecks.

Implemented aiclass ratings for brit hq trucks, this should help AI fielding units that counter the units that the respective HQ trucks deploy.

AI is now more likely to build the Supply Yard, Kampfkraft Center, and Armoury near its HQ rather than at the edge of the base sector.

Implemented basic tech rules for Wehrmacht veterancy purchasing.

Improved AI sniper usage, and tweaked sniper demand (AI should now be getting Snipers on a regular basis again)

Slightly increased AT gun base safety factor (should help them stay put a while longer before pulling away from danger).

Significantly reduced Wehrmacht AI Medical Kit usage.
General changes
Demolition Charges
Dev note: We want to make Demolition Charges a more appealing tool to use during games. Unifying their placement functionality and overall damage potential should offer a broader range of use .

Can now be placed anywhere on the map as opposed to solely on Bridges, or Structures.
Recharge time: 0-60s → 30s
Will now revert back to camouflaged state after being out of any detection ranges.
Fixed major damage and area of effect inconsistencies between Demolition Charges of different factions.
Panzerfaust

Damage multiplier vs Jeeps: 2 → 1.5 (effective damage is now ~80% hp instead of >100%)
Panzerschreck
Dev note: The T-34/85 is an agile machine that also benefits from having decent armor protection againt a variety of weapons. As it currently stands the combination of mobility and armor means it's difficult to reliably score penetrating hits with Panzerschrecks. This is especially noticeable when the T-34/85 is upgraded with Cage Armour. We are therefore increasing the penetration chances of the Panzerschreck versus the T-34/85, while also reducing the overall impact of the Cage Armour upgrade.

Penetration multipliers vs T-34/85:

Default: 0.84 → 0.9
Cage armor: 0.74 → 0.8
PTRS/PTRD Anti-Tank Rifles
Dev note: When it comes to handheld anti-tank weapons, the initial shots are often of great importance when trying to scare away vehicles. Lacking the large alpha strike of rocket launchers, Anti-Tank Rifles were often perceived too ineffective when engaging at max range, taking too long to start engaging their targets. An increase in range should help getting squads to fire their initial shots earlier, thus helping with the overall responsiveness of the weapon.

Range: 35 → 40
Penetration multipliers:

Sd.Kfz. 22x series: 1.7 → 1.2
Panzer III: 0.3 → 0.4
Panzer III with skirts: 0.25 → 0.3
Mortar Smoke Barrages
Dev note: We're significantly improving smoke barrages with the aim to increase their overall appeal and utility. The following changes should make it much more responsive and efficient to quickly deploy a dense smoke screen wherever it is needed.

Scatter angle: 25 → 14
Max scatter distance: 25 → 6
Scatter distance offset: 0 → 2
Max tilt distance: 10 → 6
Cooldown: 0.3s → 0s
Wind down: 1s → 0s
Resource sharing
Dev note: We noticed that the reduced ammunition and fuel income was a bit too much in large team games. We therefore decided to tweak the shared income multipliers accordingly.

Shared resource multiplier: 0.76 → 0.87
Shared resources from a low point: 3 → 4
Shared resources from a medium point: 7 → 9
Shared resources from a high point: 12 → 14
Forward HQs
While Forward HQs see some use on certain maps, the upgrade often is not worth the effort. In addition, we want to address that the Ostheer lacks an option to reinforce in the field independant from using Halftracks.

Forward HQ manpower cost 260 → 220
Ostheer now can convert ambient structures to a Forward Headquarters. (Can deploy Sturmpioneers, Landsers, MG34 HMG teams, Mortar Teams, and PaK 97/38 Anti-Tanks Guns.
Soviets
We've noticed a trend where the Soviets tend to overperform significantly when applying certain strategies. Many of the issues lie with the faction being able to build too much momentum too quickly. As such the Soviets were often a squad ahead during the early stages of the game compared to other factions.
Additionally, the faction was able to reach late game tech such as the T-34/85 too quickly without needing to forego other tech and units. This meant that the Soviets could quickly supplement their early game advantage with powerful mid-game spikes while also being able to swiftly transition into late game tanks. All-in-all it resulted in lopsided tendencies in army compositions that are hard to play against.
The following set of changes are together aimed to address the issues at hand and should put the faction back in line with the other factions and make the Soviets less oppressive in various match-ups.

Starting fuel: 15 → 10
Starting manpower: 440 → 420
Mustering Tent

Manpower cost: 100 → 140
Fuel cost: 15 → 10
Support Barracks

Manpower cost: 140 → 200
Fuel cost: 15 → 25
Tank Hall

Manpower cost: 350 → 280
Ingenery
Dev note: This change is primarily aimed at addressing the so-called "clown car" tactics where players would use flamethrower Ingenery together with T-34/85s to wreck havoc while also having repairs available when cruising around the map. At the same time, this change is also makes it easier to conduct repairs on tanks with tank-riding capabilities without the need for hotkeys.

Can no longer ride tanks.
Upkeep cost: 3.8 → 7.1 mp/min
Added Demolition Charges (Requires Minesweeper & Demolition Package).
Observer Team

Hitpoints: 65 → 70
Conscripts

Manpower cost: 260 → 280
Reinforce time: 5s → 6s (with Infantry Storm: 4s → 5s)
Reinforce cost: 18 → 22 (with Infantry Storm: 16 → 20)
VPGS-41 Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade:

Damage multiplier vs Kubelwagen/Schwimmwagen/Kettenkrad/Motorcycle: 1.8 → 1.6 (effective damage is now between 70-80% hp of these vehicles instead of >90%)
Improved overall visuals and projectile ballistics, making it easier to spot when fired. This helps reducing the effect of "instant damage" that was perceived.
Strelky

Upkeep cost: 7.2 → 8.6 mp/min
PPSh-43 SMG:

Base damage: 4 → 5
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.55/0.3/0.05 → 0.55/0.3/0.1
Damage multipliers vs most infantry types: 1 → 0.75
Burst rate of fire: 12 → 10
Burst duration: 1.25-1.75s → 1-1.5s
Base cooldown: 1-1.5s → 2-2.5s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 0.7/1/1.7 → 0.3/1/1.5
Rounds Per Minute (s/m/l): 280/250/175 → 260/190/125
Range brackets (s/m/l): 8/17/30 → 5/15/30
Guards
Dev note: These changes result in practially no DPS change. However, it significantly reduces the rate of fire on mid and long ranges, reducing the overall "endless bullet storm" effect that these weapons had, often leading to overperformance at these ranges.

Call-in cost: 440 mp → 400 mp
PPS Sub-Machine Guns no longer require War Factor or Tank Hall (available by default).
Health regeneration per tick: 0.033 → 0.022
SVT-40 Rifles:

Base damage: 10 → 15
Base accuracy: 0.8/0.6/0.45 → 0.75/0.65/0.35
Base cooldown: 1.2-1.7s → 2.5-3s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 0.75/1/1.25 → 0.5/1/1.5
Rounds Per Minute (s/m/l): 45/33/20 → 37/20/13
DPS change (s/m/l): +5%/-11%/-33%
PPS SMG:

Base damage: 4 → 5
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.8/0.35/0.1 → 0.75/0.35/0.1
Damage multipliers vs most infantry types: 1 → 0.75
Burst duration: 1-1.3s → 1-1.5s
Burst rate of fire: 10 → 8
Base cooldown: 1-1.3s → 1.5-2s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 0.7/1/1.7 → 0.3/1/1.5
Rounds Per Minute (s/m/l): 275/200/160 → 235/165/135
Range brackets (s/m/l): 6/13/35 → 5/15/30
Reload frequency: 3-4 → 3
Naval Infantry

Veterancy requirements 8/16/32 → 9/18/36
Removed Sprint ability
Manpower upkeep: 9 → 9.6 mp/min
Mosin Nagant DPS (s/m/l) -/-/-5%
PTRD-41:

Now slightly better against infantry in garrisons, bunkers and heavy cover
Ammunition cost 60 → 80
Resilience now provides flat passive bonuses:

Rec. damage multiplier: 0.9
Rec. accuracy multiplier: 0.85
Rec. suppression multiplier: 0.5
Health regeneration: 10.56 hp/min
ZiS-44 Medic Truck

Now requires either the Mustering Tent or Armoury to be built once.
BA-64

Can no longer transport infantry.
Upkeep cost: 2.6 → 7.0
SU-76

76.2mm ZiS-3 accuracy (s/m/l): 1.0/0.9/0.6 → 1.0/0.9/0.8
DP-28 Coaxial MG arc of firing 70° → 24°
Artillery Ammunition gun no longer disables the main gun. Instead, when upgraded with Artillery Ammunition the vehicle will now fire HE ammunition instead of AP (akin a StuH42). HE ammunition is inefficient against heavily armored targets, but remains decent against Infantry and light vehicles.
BT-7 Cavalry Tank
Dev note: BT-7 was too efficient when spammed.

Health 385 → 285
manpower cost 320 → 270
fuel cost 40 → 35
76mm upgun health bonus 10% → 25%
45 mm Mod.34 L/46 main gun:

base penetration (s/m/l): 1.0/0.86/0.67 → 1.0/0.9/0.8
Reduced penetration multipliers against most heavy tanks by ~15%
76 mm Kt-28 main gun:

Base penetration (s/m/l): 1.0/0.905/0.767 → 1.0/0.77/0.52
T-60
Dev note: T-60, while powerful, lacked the ability to stay in fights for longer periods of time. We decided to make it more durable in exchange for higher initial cost.

Health 320 → 385
manpower cost 280 → 320
fuel cost 30 → 40
SU-100

Fixed some damage multiplier inconsistencies vs light armor
Now has access to Focus Firing ability that increases accuracy and penetration at the cost of lower rate fire
DP-28 coaxial MG firing arc: 70° → 24°
T-34/85
Dev note: While we are happy with the overall combat performance of the T-34/85 as highly versatile and hard hitting medium tank, it has become evident that the vehicle is too cost efficient compared to other medium tanks of similiar class. We are therefore increasing the overall cost of the T-34/85, not only to put it in line with other vehicles, but also to slightly delay its initial appearance on the battlefield.

Manpower cost: 360 → 380
Fuel cost: 75 → 80
Can no longer upgrade Ato42 flamethrower alongside mine roller
Main Gun now affected by improved ammunition (+15% base penetration)
IS-2

Main gun base penetration: 1/0.85/0.71 → 1/0.87/0.74
ISU-152

Area of Effect inner radii (s/m/l/d): 1/2.5/5/8 → 1/2/4/8
Area of Effect Damage multipliers (s/m/l/d): 1/0.3/0.1 → 1/0.3/0.15/0.1
Adjusted projectile speed
Vehicle/Tank Veterancy

Light Vehicles (BT-7, T-60, BA-64D)

Veterancy 1: -20% received damage
Veterancy 2: +30% weapon accuracy
Veterancy 3: -20% weapon reload
Tanks (ISU-152, SU-100, T-34-85, IS-2, KV-85)

Veterancy 1: -10% received penetration
Veterancy 2: +30% weapon accuracy
Veterancy 3: +30% weapon penetration
Artillery & Cannons (KV-2, SU-76, 76mm ZiS-3 Anti-Tank Gun, 52K 85mm AA/AT, Katyusha)

Veterancy 1: -10% weapon reload, - 5s barrage cooldown
Veterancy 2: +30% weapon accuracy, - 5s barrage cooldown
Veterancy 3: +30% weapon penetration, -10s barrage cooldown
NEW: Hero of the Soviet Union

When a tracked vehicle (ISU-152, IS-2, KV-85, T-34/85, T-60, BT-7, SU-100, SU-76, KV-2) reaches veterancy rank 3, it can be promoted to become a Hero of the Soviet Union. The Hero of the Soviet Union can select a boost to weapon damage and mobility OR increased durability. It also inspires all player owned vehicles which will gain veterancy significantly faster, indicated by a Red Star above the vehicle. There can only be one Hero of the Soviet Union active at the same time.
Cage Armour

Fuel cost: 50 → 60
Improved Logistics

Manpower cost: 150 → 200
Fuel cost: 50 → 70
Fixed manpower upkeep reduction: -35% → -25% (as intended)
Improved Ammunition

No longer affects SU-76 tanks.
Now affects T-34/85 tanks.
Now requires either a Support Barracks OR War Factory to be built once. (This is to make the Armoury upgrades appear less overwhelming for new players; this upgrade isn't useful before having Anti-Tank Guns or Tanks on the field.)
Petrol Bombs

Manpower cost: 80 → 100
Men Against Tanks

Manpower cost: 150 → 80
Fuel cost: 25 → 20
Breakthrough Strategy

ISU-152 reinforcement CP cost 5 → 4
Heavy Mortar reinforcement CP cost 1 → 2
Breakthrough Assault munition cost: 125 → 100
Breakthrough Artillery visually use 107mm mortar shells instead of 81mm mortar shells
Urban Combat Strategy

Naval Infantry reinforcement CP cost: 2 → 1
52K 85mm Anti-Air Gun CP cost: 2 → 3
Street Fighting CP cost: 1 → 2
KV-2 reinforcement CP cost: 4 → 3
IL-2 Incendiary Bombing Run

ammunition cost 200 → 160
Propaganda Strategy
Dev note: Propaganda trees were readjusted to increase the synergy between the available abilities.

Position of 'The Red Flag' and 'Partisan Infiltration' switched
Red Flag CP cost 1 → 2
Street Fighting CP cost 1 → 2
Katyusha reinforcement CP cost 5 → 4
IL-2 PTAB Airstrike :

Adjusted PTAB Air Strike area of effect slightly
Ammo cost 175 → 150
Ostheer
Dev note: Due to the high fielding cost of Landsers, the Ostheer starts training their first Landser squad at a later timing compared to other factions. A slight increase in starting resources should enable the Ostheer to keep up during the early stages of the game.

Starting manpower: 400 → 420
Ordnance Depot

Manpower cost 230 → 220
Division Assault Troops

Research time: 75s → 60s
Mechanized Command

Manpower cost: 350 → 280
Fuel cost: 95 → 90
Sturmpioneers
Dev note: The Granatbüchse proved an unreliable weapon due to a variety of bugs and unintended behavior. This often made upgraded Sturmpioneers feel underwhelming in certain combat situations.

Manpower cost: 180 → 160
Granatbüchse 39 Grenade Launcher:

Upgrade now grants two Grenade Launchers.
Reworked projectile ballistics and scatter; projectiles will now fly in a higher arc trajectory.
Rebalanced area of effect and critical damage.
Damage multiplier against garrison cover: 3 → 7
Added Demolition Charges (Requires Minesweeper & Demolition Package).
Landsers
Dev note: We've noticed that Landsers tend to underperform slightly for their overall cost and intended role. The following changes are aimed to address a major DPS inconsistency between the Gewehr 43 rifle and the squad leader weapon, as well as instances where the Mkb.42 would fire much faster on longer ranges than the Gewehr 43 of other squad members.
It has also proven too difficult to reach veterancy rank 1, which is intended as an essential scaling factor during later stages of a game. On the contrary, once veterancy 1/2 were reached it was too easy to progress to veterancy rank 3 and 4.

Veterancy requirements (1/2/3/4): 10/20/35/55 → 9/18/36/63
Gewehr 43 Rifles:

Mid range accuracy: 0.55 → 0.65
Scatter angle: 10 → 5
Base cooldown: 1.4s → 1.5-2s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 1/1/2.1 → 0.8/1/1.7
MKb.42W Rifle:

Fixed missing point blank mechanic
Fixed several behavior inconsistencies
Base damage: 7 → 10
Mid range accuracy: 0.55 → 0.65
Base cooldown: 1.4s → 1.5-2s
Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 1/1/2.1 → 0.8/1/1.7
Reload frequency: 9-14 → 9
Reload time: 2.5-3s → 2-2.5s
Squad DPS change (s/m/l): +5%/+5%/+5%
Kubelwagen

MG34 Light Machine Gun munition cost: 25 → 15
Skirmish Commander
Dev note: We're adding an additional scaling potential to the Skirmish Commander akin the Offensive/Defensive bonuses provided by the Soviet Command Squad. At the same time it will also require more experience too reach the later veterancy ranks to prevent players from quickly ranking up their Skirmish Commander.

Veterancy requirements (1/2/3/4): 10/20/35/55 → 10/20/40/70
Added a stacking shared bonus towards all infantry, starting at veterancy rank 2:

Received damage multiplier: 0.95
Received accuracy multiplier: 0.95
Added visualization (PE def vet icon) for each level.
Total effect for vet 2/3/4 Skirmish Commander:

Received damage: -5%/-10%/-15%
Received accuracy: -5%/-10%/-15%

Concrete Emplacement

Hitpoints: 500/600 → 700
MG151 Emplacement now requires Company Support Troops
MG34 Light Machine Gun

Research time: 45s → 60s
Company Support Troops
Dev note: This should help Ostheer get to T2 at a similar pacing as Wehrmacht. In comparison to the Wehrmacht, the Ostheer early units are generally more expensive and the faction has other side techs to consider while also having to progress to later tech.

Manpower cost: 200 → 160
Mechanized Command

Manpower cost: 350 → 280
Grenade Supplies
Dev note: Grenade Supplies often foregone for the MG34 Light Machine Gun upgrade. A cost reduction is aimed to increase the overall appeal of this upgrade during earlier stages of the game.

Fuel cost: 35 → 30
Research time: 60s → 45s
Supercharged Mortar Shells

No longer requires Company Support Troops
Now also unlocks Airburst Barrage ability
Fuel cost: 20 → 10
Mortar Team

Added Airburst Barrage ability:

Munition cost: 35
Salvo: 4
Intended usage: Great for suppressing infantry in cover and stopping advances.
Requires: Supercharged Mortar Shells
75 mm PaK 97/38 Anti-Tank Gun

AP shell projectile speed: 70 → 75
HEAT shell projectile speed: 40 → 60
HEAT shell projectile acceleration: 30 → 40
Wespe
Dev note: The Wespe performs below expecations, often missing its intended barrage area due to excessive shell scatter. We're therefore making its barrage spread more consistent while also retaining some of its inaccuracy when barraging into the fog of war.

Hitpoints: 220 → 270
Upkeep cost: 20 mp/min → 15 mp/min
Scatter angle: 10 → 6.5
Max scatter distance: 17 → 18.5
Distance scatter offset: 0.35 → 0.3
Distance scatter ratio: 0.35 → 0.15
FoW angle multiplier: 1.5 → 2
Elefant
Dev note: The Elefant has a powerful main cannon but can rarely utilize it in the majority of games and is too vulnerable against a plethora of weapons ranging from artillery to regular tank guns. We decided to revise its armourtype to become more resilient against said weapons.

Frontal armour is +35% more resilient to most tank guns and AT guns
Has a -10% received damage modifier against everything but infantry AT weapons
Lockdown now provides 15% bonus accuracy in addition to a -10% reload modifier
Zrinyi II Assault Gun

Hitpoints: 520 → 620
Now fires HEAT shells by default as opposed to HE.
Added High-Explosive Barrage ability:

Salvo: 3
Damage: 100
Range: 90 m
Cooldown time: 105s
Schurzen (Armor Skirts)

Fuel cost: 50 → 70
Spearhead Operations
Dev note: The left branch of Spearhead Operations is often favored because of the early access to self-repairs on tanks followed by the Tiger call-in that can be unlocked for a total of 8 CPs. We're therefore bringing the Tiger unlocking cost in line with the Wehrmacht Tiger (9 CP) to reduce its oppressiveness when appearing too early.

Emergency Repairs CP cost: 2 → 3
Panzerkrieg now grants heavy crush to Panzer IV tanks.
Siege Operations
Dev note: We're improving the appeal of Frontline Observers to be more impactful.

Frontline Observers

Now applies +7 m sight range while stationary.
No longer equips Landers with ZF-4 rifle scopes to avoid potential confusion of intended combat role.
Incendiary Airburst Artillery

Ammunition cost 150 → 125
Riegel Mines

Now can also be placed by Landsers and Sturmpioneers.
Joint Operations
Dev note: We decided to rework the Zrynji II to make it a more appealing and useful assault gun.

Zrinyi II Assault Gun:
no longer uses HE shells by default, instead it fires HEAT:

Damage: 100
Reload: 7-8sec
Weapon range: 40m
Can fire a 3-shot HE barrage onto a designated area:

Reload: 105 s
Weapon range: 90m
Call in CP cost: 3 → 4

Luftbrücke Supplies:

Call in CP cost: 3 → 2
Duration time: 75sec → 65sec
Part 2
Panzer Elite, Wehrmacht, Americans, Commonwealth, Maps, Sound Design, Quality of Life & Bug fixes
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Update 3.4 - Release Notes [2/2]
Part 1 Desync & Saved games, Game stability, AI, General changes, Soviet & Ostheer Panzer Elite Dev note: We've noticed that the Panzer Elite has a difficult time maintaining a healthy manpower income during the later stages of the game. Since the faction has no means of
Part 1
Desync & Saved games, Game stability, AI, General changes, Soviet & Ostheer
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Panzer Elite
Dev note: We've noticed that the Panzer Elite has a difficult time maintaining a healthy manpower income during the later stages of the game. Since the faction has no means of reducing its unit upkeep costs, it means the faction had a tendency to lack the manpower to sustain a reasonable army growth over time. This in turn led to limited momentum building capabilities, making it difficult to reach critical power spikes throughout the course of a game.
We aim to address the issue by increasing the base population threshold as well as tweaking some unit upkeep costs. What this means in practise is that it should enable players to field their two initial Panzergrenadier squads without a steep income reduction, and the faction should have an easier time building momentum while also having to maintain losses.

Base upkeep threshold: 5 → 7
Unit upkeep costs (mp/min):

Panzergrenadiers: 8.2 → 7.2
Assault Grenadiers: 9.6 → 8.0
Tank Busters: 11 → 8.6
Fallschirmjägers: 11 → 8.0
Infantry Halftrack: 6.7 → 5.4
Light AT Halftrack: 6.7 → 5.4
Armored Car: 6.7 → 5.4
Pioneer Halftrack: 6.7 → 0
Hotchkiss Light Tank: 6.7 → 5.4
Panther Battlegroup
Dev note: With Update 3.0 that brought the initial rework of the Panzer Elite faction the Panther Battlegroup call-in was removed. This because its power spiking potential was deemed too efficient and toxic in conjunction with common strategies performed by the faction. The game plan of the Panzer Elite often revolved around reaching the Panther Battlegroup as quickly as possible, after which it became a repetitive gameplay loop of solely relying on this call-in ability.
The overall oppressiveness and momentum building potential of the faction was reduced significantly compared to the original faction, and we've noted concerns from the community that certain strategies have a difficult time transitioning into late game options that can reliably deal with the power spikes of other factions.
We are therefore reinstating this iconic ability to the faction, albeit with some tweaks. While we want to avoid players solely relying on this call-in ability once available, we recognize its importance as an initial power spike when performing certain strategies (most notably, a strong mid game focus on T3).

Reinstated Panther Battlegroup call-in:

Requires Advanced Kampfgruppe Kompanie, Advanced Panzerjäger Kommand, Advanced Panzer Support Kommand AND Panther Support
Can only be used once per battle.
Cost: 1000 manpower
Schwimmwagen Type 128
Dev note: We're also reintroducing a familiar unit to the faction as an optional replacement for the Kettenkrad.

Reinstated Schwimmwagen Type 128 reward unit (replacing Kettenkrad).
Abilities:

Incendiary Trap (Scorched Earth Tactics)
Mark Target (Luftwaffe Tactics)
Mine Drop (Tank Destroyer Tactics)
Booby Traps (Scorched Earth Tactics)
Incendiary Trap

Added suppression effect on detonation.
Rebalanced overall damage output of the incendiary damage over time effect.
Munition cost: 15 → 35
Panzerjäger Kommand

Fuel cost: 50 → 40
Tank Busters

Reinforce cost: 36 → 32 (total: 144 → 128)
Kar98k mid range accuracy: 0.65 → 0.55
Removed unintended -40% reduced received suppression multiplier.
Luftwaffe Infantry

Can now construct Observation Posts.
Fallschirmjägers

Manpower cost: 400 → 420
Removed First Strike attack bonus when firing out of camouflage.
Kar98k Rifles moving accuracy multiplier: 0.75 → 0.5
FG42 Assault Rifle:

Base damage: 10 → 7
Burst duration: 0.75-1s → 1-1.25s
Damage multiplier vs most Infantry armor types: 1 → 0.75
Reduced suppression parameters to avoid single Fallschirmjäger squads suppressing targets during a firefight.
Mortar Halftrack
Dev note: The Mortar Halftrack is a powerful unit that stands central in many Panzer Elite strategies. However, it also has a tendency to be too difficult to counter due to its good mobility characteristics and lack of set-up and teardown times compared to conventional mortars.
We've decided to reduce its overall mobility, make the weapon slightly less accurate, and increase its manpower cost to make it less appealing to field multiple vehicles during the earlier stages of the game.

Manpower cost: 270 → 310
Top speed: 7 → 6
Acceleration: 3.3 → 2
Deceleration: 3.3 → 3
Rotation rate: 50 → 35
Cooldown: 6-8s → 7-9s
Ready aim time: 0-0.5s → 1-1.5s
Scatter angle: 10 → 11
Max scatter distance: 10 → 12
Sd.Kfz. 222 Amored Car

Increased overall mobility
Deployment time: 50s → 40s
Panther
Dev note: The Panther is one of the most versatile and formidable tanks in the game. In Update 3.0 its overall power was reduced with the aim to be less oppressive. While we're happy with the overall power level of the Panther, we've noticed that it performs slightly below expectations against the American mobile tank destroyers. This change enables the Panther to 3-shot the M10 again instead of requiring 4 shots.

Damage multiplier vs M10/M18: 1 → 1.2 (damage: 115 → 138)
Damage multiplier vs ISU-152: 1.00 → 1.15
Teller Mines

Can now also be placed by Assault Grenadiers and Tank Busters.
Wehrmacht
(Field) Medical Kit

Ability can no longer be activated when a squad is full hp, and will cancel automatically once full hp is reached.
Enabled healing visuals to better indicate which squad members are healing.
Munition cost: 30 → 20
Stormtroopers

Bundled Grenade munition cost: 40 → 35
Sdkfz 234 Puma
Dev note: The Puma struggled against Soviet light vehicles which is adjusted by making its guns slightly better against Bt-7.

20mm-KwK30 against BT-7:

moving accuracy multiplier: 0.8 → 1.0
damage multiplier: 0.3 → 1.0
accuracy multiplier: 0.75 → 1.0
50mm-KwK39 against Bt-7:

moving accuracy multiplier: 0.8 → 1.0
accuracy multiplier: 0.9 → 1.0
Geschutzwagen
Dev note: The Geschutzwagen has ever since its introduction been a gimmicky vehicle featuring very high damage per shot but lacking in overall versatility. After it eventually lost some of its sting, it is often regarded as being in the shadow of the StuG IV. We want to bring this vehicle back into the light by tweaking its overall design to offer alternative strategies when playing as the Wehrmacht, without it being frustrating to use or play against.
The following changes are intended to put the Geschutzwagen more in line with the Panzer Elite Marder III, exchanging its excessive alpha damage and range for more overall flexibility. A change in veterancy class from Tanks to Vehicles also means it is more comfortable to combine the Geschutzwagen with the Sd.Kfz. 234 Puma.

75 mm Pak 40:

Base damage: 185 → 150
Weapon range: 60m → 50m
Reload time: 7.5s → 6-6.5s
Penetration multipliers:

Sherman: 0.9 → 0.75
T-34/85 cage: 0.52 → 0.81
Damage multiplier vs SU-76: 1.5 → 1

Deflection damage multiplier: 0.5 → 0.35

Gun traverse limits: -22/+22 → -15/+15 (bug fix, now aligned with the animation limits)

Fuel cost 55 → 45

Top speed: 6 → 4.2

Traverse rate: 24 → 40

Death exp modifier: 10 → 8

Now uses Vehicle Veterancy instead of Tank Veterancy:

Switched vet 3 bonus: -25% reload → +25% damage
Rapid Fire shells:

Added UI visualization above the health bar while active.
Duration: 30s → 25s
Reload reduction: -50% → -30%
Munition cost: 50 → 35
Added weapon hardpoint check (can no longer be activated with a destroyed main gun)
Panther
Dev note: The Panther is one of the most versatile and formidable tanks in the game. In Update 3.0 its overall power was reduced with the aim to be less oppressive. While we're happy with the overall power level of the Panther, we've noticed that it performs slightly below expectations against the American mobile tank destroyers. This change enables the Panther to 3-shot the M10 again instead of requiring 4 shots.

Damage multiplier vs M10/M18: 1 → 1.2 (damage: 115 → 138)
Americans
Demolition Charges

Fuel cost: 30 → 10
Mk2 Grenades
Dev note: Similar to the Ostheer Grenade Supplies upgrade, Mk2 Grenades are often foregone for BAR upgrade. A cost reduction is aimed to increase the overall appeal of this upgrade during earlier stages of the game.

Fuel cost: 40 → 30
M10 Wolverine
Dev note: In vCoH the M10 has a misfire issue partly due to a 0.8s wind up time before firing. This was fixed in EF and the wind up time was removed. This effectively means the M10 fired 0.8s faster than intended compared to the vCoH values, resulting in an overall overperformance of the vehicle.

Reload time: 4.2s → 5s
Sherman Crocodile

Burst duration: 4-6s → 3-5s
Defensive Smoke Screen

Manpower cost: 150 → 100
Fuel cost: 25 → 10
Research time: 45s → 30s
Sherman Calliope

Manpower upkeep 13.8 → 15.1 mp/min
Machine Gun Emplacement

Fixed faulty weapon coordinates that led to the weapon being less effective than intended.
Slightly improved effectiveness against suppressed targets.
Airborne Company
Dev note: Airborne Company has a significant manpower and munition demand due to various expensive units, abilities, upgrades and multiple airstrikes. The Paradropped AT gun is often deemed too expensive to field and maintain compared to the conventional AT gun, and players often favor Airborne Squads with Recoilless Rifles to handle vehicle threats. The Airstrikes in turn see limited use due to the high munition demand to upgrade Airborne squads with Recoilless Rifles. Our aim is to make the Paradropped AT gun and Supply Drops more appealing choices, which in turn should boost ability usage. Additionally, we want to address that Airborne squads are often perceived as an expensive yet somewhat underwhelming unit, and make airstrikes more accessible throughout a match.

Airborne (Paratroopers):

Satchel Charges munition cost: 50 → 35
Item slots: 4 → 6 (can now pick up an additional heavy weapon when upgraded with RR)
M1 Carbine:

DPS change (s/m/l): +55%/+37%/+10%

Dev note: Compared to Riflemen (especially with BAR), Airborne squads had really underwhelming anti-infantry capabilities, especially when upgraded with the Recoilless Rifle package. While the DPS increase may seem extreme on paper, the improved firepower makes them a more capable package out of the box, while also retaining some of their capabilities once upgraded. The high deployment and maintenance cost remain the same and act as a balancing factor to offset their power and versatility.
Paradropped Anti-Tank Gun:

Manpower cost: 350 → 320
Reinforce cost: 84 mp → 35 mp
Supply Drops

CP cost: 2 → 1
Manpower cost: 100 → 250
Recharge time: 240s → 300s
Munition crate munition amount: 100 → 50
Added two additional Munition crate drops (total munitions: 100 → 150):

One munition crate drops an M1919A4 Medium Machine Gun.
One munition crate drops an M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).
One munition crate drops an M18 Recoilless Rifle.

Dev note: Supply Drops are rebalanced to offer additional munitions and heavy weapons to allow players to more swiftly utilize this ability in conjunction with infantry orientated strategies.

Strafing Run:

Added red warning smoke
Munition cost: 150 → 125
Slightly lowered initial delay time.
Bombing Run

CP cost: 3 → 4
Munition cost: 175 → 150
Infantry Company

Off-Map Combat Group:

Manpower cost: 800 → 700
First "wave" will now always grant one M10 Wolverine or M18 Hellcat (no longer randomizes with an M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun)
Second "wave" now consists of either an M10 Wolverine/M18 Hellcat OR M8 Greyhound/T17 Armored Car OR Rangers (M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun removed).
Removed third "wave" of reinforcements (HMG team, AT gun, Mortar, or Riflemen)
Commonwealth
Mortar Emplacement

Added Smoke Barrages and Supercharged Smoke Barrages.
Fixed Mortar Overwatch and Counter Battery barrages overlapping the same UI slot.
Removed Victor Targeting functionality.
Can now use Hold Fire
Overwatch Barrage:

Changed projectile explosion FX from default mortar to small airburst.
Area of effect radius: 6 → 12
Suppression: 0.025 → 0.07
Nearby suppression radius: 7 → 14
Nearby suppression multiplier: 1 → 2
Overwatch barrage duration: 20 → 12
Overwatch barrage interval: 10 → 8
Salvo: 5 → 3
Dev note: the intention of these changes is to make the Overwatch ability a proper area denial and suppression tool instead of being inferior to the default mortar barrages.
Commando Mortar Section

Added Smoke Barrages.
Maps

New map: [EF] Vilnia (2):

Core map based off Wolfheze (4) but overhauled from the ground up and adapted for 1v1 games, including base sector locations and overall territory design.
New map: [EF] Lublin Region (8):

Improved version of Montargis Region, featuring a reworked territory and Victory Point layout, and improved passability and movement options in key areas.
Improved [EF] Anapa (6):

Reworked many areas for better overall passability and gameplay options.
Improved Territory and Victory Point layout
Tweaked atmosphere settings
Improved [EF] Zmievka (4)

Improved some areas for better passability and gameplay options.
Sound design

Tweaked DP-28 LMG sound
Implemented a new weapon sound for the MG34 LMG/HMG.
Quality of Life

Smoke cover now has a visual shield and preview dots akin light/heavy cover.
Stationary Howitzer barrages are no longer the default action. This makes it possible to set the facing of howitzers using a right-click action without also ordering a barrage.
Booby traps are now the default action, meaning that squads can quickly plant booby traps using a right-click action on a strategic point.
Updated ZiS-44 vehicle symbol.
Panzerwerfers upgraded with Incendiary Rockets now have a flame on their unit symbol (akin flamethrowers) for easier identification.
Pioneer Battlefield repairs (vet 3 repairs) now uses the Advanced Repair icon.
Implemented a potential fix for disappearing artillery warning smoke.
Improved VPGS-41 projectile physics and visuals.
All base structures and defensive structures (bunkers, emplacements) now appear on the tactical map.
Increased the construction print size of all base structures, including HQ's (0-1 → 1.5-3). This should help avoiding units getting stuck when structures are placed close to the map border or other structures. This is especially crucial for the AI.
PaK 97/38 can now activate HEAT shells while on the move (similar to other AT guns).
Bug fixes

Fixed Panzerfusilier missing reliable Kar98k rifles (still using G33-40t).
Fixed Panzerfusilier DPS inconsistencies between the reliable Kar98k and leader Gewehr 43.
Fixed Guards requiring 10 population space instead of the intended 5.
Fixed Heavy Mortar Team using 3 population space instead of the intended 6.
Fixed Shock Strelky description.
Fixed Improved Ammunition description.
Fixed Luftwaffe Intelligence revealing all infantry on the minimap (now only reveals all vehicles as intended).
Fixed Panzergrenadier Minesweepers blocking Incendiary Grenade usage.
Fixed Infantry Halftrack suppression ability taskbar UI slot (11 → 9)
Fixed Panzer III Infantry Support Tank visuals (now using the "late" hull as intended).
Fixed unintended abysmal damage output and weapon range on Ostheer weapon team crew members.
Fixed Triage Center healing UI visuals not matching the actual healing range (15 → 20).
Fixed swapped Ostheer (Heavy) Mortar recew icons.
Fixed a bug where Panzer 38(t) and Jagdpanzer IV would have full health when recovered by Bergetiger or FAMO
Fixed potential minor bugs with statue cover objects.
Fixed an issue where Overwatch and Counter Battery barrages (Mortar Emplacement, 25-Pounder Howitzers, Priest SPG) could not be activated.
Fixed an issue where the Kettenkrad/Schwimmwagen mine detector would require Tank Destroyer Tactics.
Fixed M7 Priest track animations not working.
Fixed an issue of overlapping hotkeys between the Concrete AA Battery upgrade and Mortar Barrage when a Mortar Team is garrisoned.
Fixed faulty UI indicator for Zeal on KCH
Fixed Zrynji II constantly re-arranging to hit moving targets without shooting
Fixed Priority Defense not applying its combat bonuses correctly
Fixed Counterassault not applying its combat bonuses correctly
Fixed Jagdpanzer IV weapon range brackets not matching Panther KwK42 weapon
Fixed an unintentional rate of fire reduction on Panzer38t
Fixed reinforcement cost for Panzer Elite MG42 teams to match their actual squad cost
Fixed Concrete Emplacements not providing proper cover to units inside
Fixed US M1 Howitzer not receiving reduced barrage recharge, now applies -5s/-5s/-10s when reaching veterancy level 1/2/3
Fixed Partisans not equipping Mp40/PPD-40 submachine guns as intended
Fixed a bug that allowed Soviet 82mm Mortars to shoot further than intended
Fixed penetration bonuses not applying HVAP Pershing gun
Fixed a bug that applied a larger line of sight bonus for spotters while camouflaged than intended
Fixed Soviet Outposts not providing the intended cover modifiers for infantry.
Fixed a bug that allowed Ingenery upgraded with flamethrowers to pick-up heavy weapons.
Fixed King Tiger call-in ability using the incorrect icon.
Fixed King Tiger call-in reinforcement requirement (20 → 16, now matching the tank pop cost)
Fixed Tiger Ace population cost (14 → 16, now matching the call-in requirement)
Fixed Flammpanzer III using the incorrect requirement string (Only three available → Only two available)
Fixed DP-28 LMG slot size (1 → 2)
Fixed Stormtrooper STG44 Assault Rifle using the FG42 firing sound.
Fixed inconsistencies between Goliath units of different factions.
Fixed some minor inconsistencies with various throwables.
Fixed M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle not having the point blank mechanic enabled.
Fixed missing improved ammunition slot item (now shows +1 against heavy armour)
Fixed various inconsistencies with certain vehicle mounted light machine guns (mostly range tables)
Fixed T34-85 with flamethrower upgrade being able to carry infantry units.
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01 Oct 2023Developer post
Greetings from the Eastern Front - Developer Interview
We recently had the opportunity to have a chat with Capt.Sedaris and talk about Company of Heroes, the origins (and future!) of the Eastern Front mod, the people behind it, hurdles during development, modding Company of Heroes, and more! So are you curious to learn more about the
02 Feb 2023Developer post
Update 3.3 is now available!
Comrades, This update brings balance tweaks, AI enhancements, major overhauls to two of our featured maps, bug fixes, and more! General changes Ambient objects Fixed various map objects lacking object cover and impass completely (certain statues, hay bails and large rubble piles)
Comrades,
This update brings balance tweaks, AI enhancements, major overhauls to two of our featured maps, bug fixes, and more!
General changes
Ambient objects

Fixed various map objects lacking object cover and impass completely (certain statues, hay bails and large rubble piles).
Tractors now provide heavy cover instead of light cover.
Standardized metal fuel barrels to all provide heavy cover instead of a mixture between light and heavy.
Ostheer
Kubelwagen

MG34 upgrade ammo cost: 25 → 15
Landsers

Damage output (short/mid/long): -7%/+9%/-4%
Panzer III
Dev note: Panzer III upkeep was lowered in an earlier version, and due to the last set of buffs it is reasonable to revert the upkeep back to the original values.

All Panzer III variants upkeep: 8.08 → 10.75
Spearhead Operations

Panzerfusiliers

Now use reliable Kar98k rifles (visual change only)
Scoped MP44 package ammo cost: 50 → 75
Siege Operations

Riegel mines

CP cost: 2 → 1
Flammpanzer III

Flamethrower will now launch multiple, shorter bursts with a small pause inbetween
Elefant

CP cost: 4 → 5
Accuracy against antitank guns: 50% → 20%
Joint Operations
Dev note: In some situations the abilities of the right side of the doctrine tree proved to be too spammable.

Honved Combatgroup

Call in cost: 260 mp → 270 mp
Hungarian Strategic Reserves

Recharge time: 180s → 300s
Soviets
Conscripts
Dev note: dp 28 will now be slightly more effective against large groups of infantry.

Veterancy requirements rank 1/2/3: 6/14/28 → 6/12/28
DP-28 light machine gun acc incr. 1.03 → 1.05
Strelky

Veterancy requirements rank 1/2/3: 10/20/40 → 9/18/36
Observer Team

Now use their own armourtype tp_infantry_scout. This fixes an issue with Observers not dying except when they're on extremely low health in some situations.
Enemy sniper shots will no longer one-shot-kill Observers with full health
Squad will be slightly harder to hit while they are on the move
Hitpoints 65 → 70
SU-76

76mm Artillery Barrage

Increased the overall damage area by 12%
SU-100

Manpower cost: 450 → 400
Fuel cost: 100 → 90
Improved ammunition tech affects SU-100 (+10% penetration)
Urban Combat Strategy

Naval Infantry

Hitpoints: 80 → 85 (squad health 320 → 340)
Resilience mechanic now also reduces weapon reload by 10%
52K 85mm cannon

Base penetration (short/mid/long): 1.0/0.92/0.88 → 1.25/0.83/0.66
Base damage: 200 → 180 Dev note: This might look like a major nerf, but it isn't. The gun had some unintentionally high penetration values which are put in line with other flak and long range AT weapons
Breakthrough Strategy

M1937 107mm Heavy Mortar

CP cost: 2 → 1
Call-in recharge time: 90 s → 180 s
Breakthrough Artillery

CP cost: 2 → 3
Panzer Elite
Upkeep Threshold
Dev note: this value determines how many population points are free of upkeep.

Required population points: 8 → 5
Panzer Grenadiers
Dev note: The weapon is mostly meant as an anti-garrison weapon that can be used in addition to incendiary grenades. Playtests showed it was slightly too powerful in open combat.

Gewehr 43 weapon

Base damage: 15 → 12
Damage output (short/mid/long): -25%/-27%/-21%
Damage against cover and garrisons +33%
Marder III

Damage taken factor from PTRS/PTRD Anti-Tank Rifles 2.0 → 1.5
Panther

Penetration multiplier vs SU-100: 0.88 → 0.82
88 mm Flak 36 AT/AA

Reverted crew size to 3
Wehrmacht
Panther

Penetration multiplier vs SU-100: 0.88 → 0.82
88 mm Flak 36 AT/AA

Reverted crew size to 3
Maps
Remastered [EF] Kotelnikovo (4)

Significantly improved map flow and passability in key areas:

Opened many fences and blocked passageways to ease flanking around critical areas.
Reduced the size of several hedgerows for better overall passability across the map.
Added additional shot blockers and cover options in a plethora of areas for better gameplay options and map flow, reducing the "shooting range/wasteland" effect that used to happen in many areas.
Tweaked many fences and walls to offer better approaches toward critical areas and to reduce the funneling effect in these areas.
Added additional terrain cover and other cover objects where deemed necessary:

Generally speaking, players may find more terrain cover around cliffs, alongside roads that impose negative (red) cover, and very large open fields.
Rebalanced area around the western Victory Point:

Vastly improved terrain aesthetics for improved visual appeal and added character.
Added additional shot blockers and cover options for better gameplay options and map flow.
Rebalanced area around the eastern Victory Point:

Vastly improved terrain aesthetics for improved visual appeal and added character.
Reworked cover balance around the large barn building.
Improved overall object placement for better visual appeal and better pathing.
Moved central Victory Point off the road.
Western medium fuel point (barn area):

Widened the ramp towards the medium fuel point.
Added additional cover options to fight the barn building from both sides.
Eastern medium fuel point (barn area):

Added additional shot blockers and cover options for better gameplay options and map flow.
Added additional cover options to fight the barn building.
Territory layout:

Replaced corner low munition points with low fuel points.
Replaced central low fuel point on the road with a Strategic point, and moved it off the road.
Western medium fuel sector now also incorporates the large barn.
Western medium fuel sector no longer provides a cut-off towards the western strategic point and corner fuel point.
Eastern medium fuel sector no longer provides a cut-off towards the eastern strategic point and corner fuel point.
Western Strategic points are now linked.
Eastern Strategic points are now linked.
Improved base area aesthetics and design.

Moved off-map entry points for player 2 and player 3 to be adjacent to their base sector instead of the main road.

Fixed a plethora of terrain elevation related issues.

Updated minimap and preview maps.

Added weather options: Overcast, Sunny.
Remastered [EF] Cologne (2)

Reworked map visuals from the ground up:

Expect a much higher color fidelity and much more diverse character between various areas of the map.
Fixed purple reflections/fog appearing on buildings and objects.
Improved dynamic weather coloring and overall atmosphere.
Vastly improved terrain detailing and overall visual appeal.
Reworked building and cover balance for better game flow:

Added a plethora of new fighting positions and new buildings that may be used in key locations.
Reworked many areas for greater gameplay options around common fighting zones.
Repositioned the Victory Points and and tweaked the sector layout:

Added an additional medium fuel sector in the middle of the map.
Added two additional strategic points as possible cut-offs towards the far southern high munitions point.
Fixed various territory sector drawing bugs.
User Interface

Enabled VP announcers on Ostheer and Soviets
Updated doctrine announcements for Ostheer
updated UI values for Panceltoro
AI
Dev note: We've implemented a plethora of new AI functionalities that should help improve its overall behavior and competence on all difficulty levels. However, it will take time for us to finetune all of it and flesh any bugs that may arise. Be sure to leave us feedback on the AI and stay tuned for future updates in which we will be tweaking it further.
Behavior changes

Fixed Commonwealth AI not deploying HQ trucks properly. HQ trucks should now dynamically move and setup in territory sectors, with high income sectors being preferred so long as they are not in too close proximity to danger. AI will also properly relocate trucks that are too exposed to nearby danger.
Fixed multiple major issues with custom AI control scripts that led to them not running properly.
Fixed a major issue where an old custom ai unit control script was active.
Significantly reduced the overall AI defensiveness, fixing an issue where it would often prefer construction Observation Posts over producing combat units.
Increase priority to make Stuarts/Staghounds and sappers for British AI.
Greatly increase priority of Bren carrier MG upgrade.
Increased priority of sapper PIAT upgrade, will upgrade them over Expert Engineers.
Increased priority to build howitzers for British AI.
Added additional starting builds for British AI .
Implemented functionality for AI to use Anti-Tank units more effectively vs tanks and vehicles.
Implemented functionality for AI to better manage repairing vehicles.
Implemented functionality for AI to better manage and utilize mobile artillery units.
Implemented functionality for AI to use grenades and other infantry abilities more effectively.
Implemented functionality for AI to control and coordinate units better:

AI will try to keep long range units at range and away from threats.
AI will use units which excel at close and medium ranged combat much more effectively, trying to close the distance more than always staying at max range.
Implemented functionality for AI to now better and control team weapons such as mortars, AT guns, and heavy machine guns.
Implemented functionality for AI to set up the Krankenwagen and ZiS-44 Medical Truck.
AI bonuses
We have tweaked the traditional AI bonuses (increased manpower, munition and fuel income) for each difficulty level. Additionally, we have introduced several new bonuses the AI receives with increased difficulty. Remember, CPU - Normal has no bonuses whatsoever, and CPU - Easy is penalized compared to the player.

Easy

Manpower income multiplier: 0.9 → 0.92
Munition income multiplier: 1 → 0.95
Fuel income multiplier: 0.9 → 0.95
Fuel income addition (after multiplier): 0 → -0.5
Starting resources multiplier: 1 → 0.946
Production rate multiplier: 1 → 0.95
Repair rate multiplier: 1 → 0.97
Experience received multiplier: 1 → 0.97
Command Point gain rate multiplier: 1 → 0.97
Population cap override: 75
Normal

Manpower income multiplier: 1
Munition income multiplier: 1
Fuel income multiplier: 1
Fuel income addition (after multiplier): 0
Starting resources multiplier: 1
Production rate multiplier: 1
Experience received multiplier: 1
Command Point gain rate multiplier: 1
Population cap override: 81
Hard

Manpower income multiplier: 1.15 → 1.24
Munition income multiplier: 1 → 1.15
Fuel income multiplier: 0.9 → 1.15
Fuel income addition (after multiplier): 0 → 1.5
Starting resources multiplier: 1 → 1.162
Production rate multiplier: 1 → 1.15
Production rate multiplier: 1 → 1.09
Experience received multiplier: 1 → 1.1.15
Command Point gain rate multiplier: 1 → 1.09
Population cap override: 97
Expert

Manpower income multiplier: 1.6 → 1.64
Munition income multiplier: 1.6 → 1.4
Fuel income multiplier: 1.3 → 1.4
Fuel income addition (after multiplier): 0 → 4.0
Starting resources multiplier: 1 → 1.433
Production rate multiplier: 1 → 1.4
Production rate multiplier: 1 → 1.24
Experience received multiplier: 1 → 1.24
Command Point gain rate multiplier: 1 → 1.24
Population cap override: 125
Bug fixes

Fixed JU-87D wreck collision box.
Fixed a range issue on Sherman Crocodile and Flammpanzer III.
Fixed snipers moving at normal speed with veterancy.
Fixed Panceltoro 44M becoming a Wehrmacht Panzerschreck when picked up by troops.
Fixed some armour inconsistencies on Soviet and Ostheer weapon teams.
Fixed a bug that didn't allow the Luchs to drive at maximum speed.
Fixed a bug with soviet and Ostheer artillery not always gaining reduced barrage recharge.
Fixed a bug where Partisan weapon upgrade were unavailable after the Armoury has been destroyed.
Fixed a bug with Elefant StuK43 cannon that allowed the tank to shoot farther than intended when not locked down.
Fixed a bug where Panzer38t and Jagdpanzer IV would have full health when recovered by Bergetiger or FAMO
Fixed Incendiary Ammo ability appearing on recovered Sdkfz 221 Scout Cars.
Fixed an issue where the M26 Pershing sometimes would appear with pink model textures.
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08 Jan 2023Developer post
1v1 Tournament - The Winter Conflict
Greetings Eastern Front fans, We are glad to announce the first Company of Heroes: Eastern Front 1v1 Tournament! The Winter Conflict Prize pool Thanks to our tournament sponsor Relic Entertainment we can offer the following prize pool: 1st place: Company of Heroes 3 Digital Premi
Greetings Eastern Front fans,
We are glad to announce the first Company of Heroes: Eastern Front 1v1 Tournament!
The Winter Conflict
Prize pool
Thanks to our tournament sponsor Relic Entertainment we can offer the following prize pool:

1st place: Company of Heroes 3 Digital Premium Edition Steam™️ key
2nd place: Company of Heroes 3 Steam™️ key
3rd place: Company of Heroes 3 Steam™️ key
4th place: Company of Heroes Franchise Steam™️ key
Participation & Sign-ups
The tournament has free entry. There are 32 player slots in total.
So be sure to sign up as soon as possible to secure a chance to arise as winner of this event and claim a key for the upcoming title Company of Heroes 3!
Sign-ups start January 8th, 2 pm CET and close January 29th, 12 pm CET.
Click here to go to the sign-up page.
Tournament brackets will be made public after the sign-ups are closed.
Time & Dates
The tournament comprises of four rounds that will start on February 3rd and end on February 12th.

Feb 3 :: Round 1
Feb 4 :: Round 2
Feb 10 :: Round 3 (Quarter Finals)
Feb 11 :: Round 4 (Semi Finals)
Feb 12 :: Round 5 (Finals)
Participants have time to play their games from 5 pm CET until 12 pm CET. Players must check-in 1 hour beforehand.
Terms & Conditions
Full tournament rule set:

Allowed Factions: Ostheer and Soviets.
Match rules:

500 VPC
Random Starting Positions
Standard Starting Resources

Rounds 1-4 are played in Best-of-Three (BO3) format. Map pool:

Game 1: [EF] Cologne (2)
Game 2: [EF] Kotelnikovo (2)
Game 3: [EF] Karski (2)

Round 5 is to be played i Best-of-Five (BO5) format. Map pool:

Game 1: [EF] Cologne (2)
Game 2: [EF] Kotelnikovo (2)
Game 3: [EF] Karski (2)
Game 4: [EF] Karachev (2)
Game 5: [EF] Demyansk (2)

Game organization:

Both players bear responsibility to contact the other to organize their game.
The player in the upper bracket should host the game lobby and set it up i accordance to the match rules.
If a participant does not show up after the time runs out, the win goes automatically to the opponent. No substitutes are allowed.

Faction picking:

First Match (BO3/BO5): The Tournament referee will use the Coin Flipping method to decide who picks first. Players in the upper bracket are Heads, Players in the lower bracket are Tails.
Second Match (BO3/BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
Third Match (BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
Fourth Match (BO5): The player who did not pick first the previous match may now pick a faction first.
Tiebreaker Match (BO3/BO5): If both participants won an equal amount of matches, the player with the most remaining Victory Points in all matches may pick their faction for the final battle.

Grid hotkeys are permitted.
Zoom Mods are not permitted.
All participants must join the Eastern Front Discord for ease of communication between the tournament organization and its participants.
All participants must join a Eastern Front Discord voice channel throughout the duration of their games.
Participants may be asked at random to stream their games to the tournament organization.
All replays have to be saved and uploaded to the tournament website as match attachment. The winner of each round is responsible for this.
Be fair, no griefing, no CHEATING, no toxic behavior.
Any confirmed cases of cheating, match rigging, or other behavior against the rules will result in immediate exclusion of the tournament.
Players have the opportunity to call for a restart in the first 2 minutes of a match. A match restart must be played in the same set-up and starting locations as the original match.
For game stability reasons, players must run with the following graphics settings:

Shaders: High or Low
Anti-Aliasing: None
Post Processing: OFF

In the case of a game crash during a game as a result of game instability, players should contact the tournament referee. If proven correct, the referee may decide that the game result is voided and has to be restarted. A match restart must be played in the same set-up and starting locations as the voided match. Any false claims of a game crash will count as a defeat for that match.
Any issues regarding game organization, player infringements, or any other errands related to the tournament must be taken up directly with the tournament organization.
The tournament organization may take the right to change the rules at any time during the tournament to improve the continuity of the tournament or add clarification. The tournament organization is obliged to notify all remaining participants about this.
Broadcast
The Finals will be casted by AECoH on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/aecoh) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/AECoH). Schedule for these castings are TBA in the future.
Good luck & best regards,
Archaic Entertainment
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23 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 3.2 is now available!
Update 3.2 is now available! Check out our dedicated articles to see what this update brings to Company of Heroes: Eastern Front. Part Global changes, Axis Armies Part Allied Armies, Maps, AI, User Interface, Bug Fixes Happy holidays!
21 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 3.2 - Release Notes [1/2]
Comrades, As the holidays appear on the horizon, we're coming back to you with another update announcement. We're pleased to announce that Update 3.2 is scheduled to be released on December 23rd, 10 am PDT (5 pm GMT, 7 pm CET)! Global balance & gameplay changes Flamethrowers
Comrades,
As the holidays appear on the horizon, we're coming back to you with another update announcement. We're pleased to announce that Update 3.2 is scheduled to be released on December 23rd, 10 am PDT (5 pm GMT, 7 pm CET)!
Global balance & gameplay changes
Flamethrowers
Flamethrowers were improved in Eastern Front and provide a more steady and reliable damage output which makes them less powerful against fully healed infantry units while more deadly against low health models.
Playtests showed that Flamethrowers currently overperform in certain situations due to these changes, so we decided to reduce their effectiveness against squads with ~30-50% hitpoints slightly. In return, we increased the damage that flamethrowers do to garrisoned infantry. They will still be much less RNG dependant than vCoH flamethrower units.

Chance to burn models on yellow health bracket: 30% → 20%
Damage multiplier against garrison cover: 2.0 → 2.5
Affected units:

M2 Flamethrower (Engineer)
Flammenwerfer 42 (Pioneers)
Roks3 (Ingenery)
vehicle flamethrowers (Flammpanzer III, Sherman Crocodile, Churchill Crocodile, Sdkfz 251 Halftrack Flamer, Ato42 T34)
Anti-Air weapons

Fixed a plethora of inconsistencies between various Anti-Air Weapons
Panzerfaust

Base damage: 70/85 → 100
Rebalanced and fixed all target table inconsistencies:

Panzerfausts generally will deal significantly more damage against tanks, but the penetration chance remains unchanged.
Damage against light vehicles remains similar but may be a bit higher in specific cases.
Ostheer
Teching adjustments
The Ordnance Depot stands central in many Ostheer strategies, offering critical counter units that help establishing a foothold against a multitude of threat types. However, the structure proved too cheap and we therefore decided to increase its overall cost to reduce momentum building potential and mitigate an identified snowballing effect.
At the same time, the Panzer Recon Company was often discarded in favour of the Mechanized Command due to missing vital Anti-Tank options, and a unit roster that was too focused around handling soft targets. We adjusted this issue by moving the Panzer 38(t) to the Mechanized Command, and made the remaining units in the Panzer Recon Company much more appealing. Panzerwerfers are more accessible, and the Panzer III can now be deployed without the need for the Division Assault Troops update, and now has access to permanent Anti-Tank capabilities.
Division Assault Troops

Fuel cost 60 → 45
Ordnance Depot

Manpower cost 180 → 230
Fuel cost 10 → 20
Mechanized Command

fuel cost 80 → 95
MG34 Light Machine Gun Upgrade

Fuel cost: 60 → 50
Krankenwagen

Fuel cost: 15 → 20
Kubelwagen
The Kubelwagen currently overperforms its role as mobile fire support unit. We're correcting some of its basic statistics to put it more in line with other early recon vehicles.

MG34 Light Machine Gun:

Range brackets (s/m/l): 10/20/35 → 6/15/35
DPS (s/m/l): -7.5%/-9%/-9.6%
Mobility:

Acceleration: 10 → 6
Deceleration: 10 → 6
Traverse rate: 105 → 85
Material hit type: armour → vehicle
Landser
Landsers had the same hitpoints as Volksgrenadiers, meaning that the time-to-kill (TTK) was the same for these two squads in small arms fights. In comparison to Volks, Landsers rely on individual veterancy, do not get elite infantry armor, are more expensive to field and maintain, and do not have a clear niche range where they outperform Riflemen early on. With Conscripts being more durable, Ostheer had a tendency to struggle in establishing a foothold against both USF and Soviets. An increased TTK against Landsers by roughly 10% across all ranges should enable Landsers to stay competitive.

Health 60 → 65 (squad hitpoints: 300 → 325)
LMG 34

dps change s/m/l -%/+3%/+6%
Incremental accuracy multiplier: 1 → 1.04
Skirmish Commander
Aside from providing a +20% global veterancy gaining bonus towards all infantry, the Skirmish Commander also acts as an early shock unit, capable of going toe-to-toe with most mainline infantry squads. An increased cost to both deploy and maintain the Skirmish Commander on the battlefield will mitigate an issue of the unit being too cost effective.

Manpower cost: 250 → 270
Reinforce cost: 33 mp → 45 mp (90 mp total)
Reinforce time: 10-15s → 12s (24s total)
MG 151 Emplacement

Hitpoints 600 → 500
Performance against aircraft:

Accuracy multiplier: 0.6 → 0.2
Penetration multiplier: 1.2 → 3
Sd.Kfz. 251 Halftrack

MG 151 performance against aircraft:

Accuracy multiplier: 1.00 → 0.45
Damage multiplier: 1.00 → 0.80
Penetration multiplier: 1.2 → 3
Panzer III Infantry Support Tank
The Panzer III is a mobile and potent anti-infantry tank, but outshadowed by the Panzer IV in terms of utility in most situations. That's why we decided to rework some aspects of the Panzer III to differentiate it from the Panzer IV and give players reasons to utilize this unit over the Panzer IV.

No longer requires Division Assault Troops upgrade
Deployment time: 50s → 45s
Manpower cost: 380 → 340
Weapon range: 30m → 35m
Can now equip Coated Optics (35 munitions)
Can now equip Anti-Tank Shells (50 munitions)

Gr.Patr. 38 High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) shells provide vastly increased armor penetrating capabilities at the expense of precision and area of effect effectiveness.
As compensation for being a permanent upgrade the damage and accuracy has been tweaked. The HEAT is less accurate while being fired on the move and is less accurate on long range:
Damage: 110 → 90
Reload time: 4.5-5s → 5-6s
Accuracy: 1/1/0.75 → 1/1/0.7, reduced by 50% on the move
Weapon range: 35m
Upgrade now lifts the antenna on the hull and shows smoke dischargers on the turret sides as minor visual indicator that the tank has HEAT instead of HE.
Panzerwerfer
While its offensive power is good, the Panzerwerfer proved too clumsy to use effectively compared to other mobile artillery units. That's why we made the Panzerwerfer more mobile and overall more accessible.

Damage output vs tanks is now more consistent
Removed and tweaked a couple weapon inconsistencies
Fuel cost: 35 → 20
Upkeep: 13.8 → 11.7
Mobility: + 12.5% (max speed)
Panzer 38(t)
The Panzer 38(t) has been moved to the Mechanized Command to allow Ostheer players to field an early vehicle out of the building even if the fuel income has been cutoff.

Moved unit to Ostheer Mechanized Command
Health 330 → 400
Main gun reload time: 6s → 5s
Main gun Area of Effect:

Radius: 0.5 → 1.5
Damage multipliers (s/m/l): 1.0/1.0/0.9 → 1.0/1.0/0.5
Vastly improved main gun performance vs Stuart.

Speed limiter munition cost: 50 → 30

Can now lay Riegel Mines
Granatbüchse 39

Fixed an AoE damage inconsistency bug that would cause the grenade to deal very low damage to units in buildings
Munition cost: 60 → 50
Increased overall damage output by ~15%
Fixed critical tables, now the values are:

green health: 95% no critical, 5% cause casualty
yellow health: 85% no critical, 10% cause casualty, 5% kill soldier
red health: 55% kill soldier, 45% make casualty
Grenade Supplies
Combined with the area damage bugfix, Stielgranate 39 will be a more appealing tool to combat infantry units.

Fuel cost: 40 → 35
Honveds

Betonmine munition cost: 40 → 35
Panceltoro 44M:

Improved penetration capabilities against various tank types.
Coated Optics

Requires Assault Divisions troops
adds +5m weapon and sight range
Munition cost: 50 → 35
Panzerfusiliers

Scoped Assault Rifles movement accuracy penalty: -50% → -25%
Scoped MP44 Assault Rifle:

Close range cooldown multiplier: 0.75 → 0.5
Close range DPS increase: +20%
Elefant

Call-in cooldown time: 480s → 360s
Tiger

Call-in cooldown time: 150s → 360s
Joint Operations
Adjusted the Left Doctrine Tree:

Counter Assault (2)
JU-88 Bombardment (2)
Luftbrücke Supplies (3)
Adjusted the right Doctrine Tree:

Honveds (1)
Strategic Reserves (2)
Zrinyi II Assault Gun (3)
Counter Assault

Fixed Counter Assault bonuses not applying consistently and reshuffled some bonuses for better utility. Infantry will now break suppression and capture sectors significantly faster. They also do a short sprint upon activation and reload their weapons slightly faster.
Duration time: 20s → 60s
Recharge time: 45s → 160s
Munition cost: 45 → 50
Luftbrücke Supplies

Recharge time: 180sec → 300sec
Panzer Elite
Panzer Elite Veterancy:

Defensive Infantry Veterancy bonuses:

Received Suppression bonus: -10% → -15%
Kampfgruppe Kompanie

Removed Group Zeal Upgrade
Current implementation of Group Zeal is impractical and offers little use. At the same time we do not want to back to the original functionality that strongly promotes blobbing infantry. The upgrade may be revised and reimplemented in the future.
Panzergrenadiers
Playtests showed that Panzergrenadiers were in need of a higher damage output to effectively fulfill their role as fire support unit. Additionally, the G43 weapon package was not cost effective. We're addressing the matter by boosting the overall damage dealing potential for both Kar98k and Gewehr 43, while also making the weapon upgrade more accessible.
Keep in mind that Panzergrenadiers, even with improved damage output, are not intended as bulk mainline infantry force for the Panzer Elite. That role has been shifted over to Assault Grenadiers and Tank Busters.

Hitpoints: 65 → 70 (squad hitpoints: 195 → 210)
Kar98k rifles:

Base damage: 10 → 12
Accuracy (s/m/l): 0.85/0.65/0.4 → 0.75/0.65/0.35
Squad DPS (s/m/l): +20%/+20%/+5%
Gewehr 43 package:

Munition cost: 60 → 50
Base damage: 12 → 15
Short range base accuracy: 0.75 → 0.85
Squad DPS change (s/m/l): +36%/+24%/+19%
Reworked Volley Fire ability:

Summary: At the cost of accuracy and movement speed the squad will fire as rapidly as possible. Volley fire temporarily increases damage dealing potential and may induce a small suppressive effect.
Ability is now timed instead of targeted on one squad (duration: 20s), while active:

Weapon cooldown: -40% (+250% fire rate)
Weapon accuracy: -50%
Movement posture speed: -2
Added visual indicator

Target slow removed

Recharge time: 140s → 90s

Munition cost: 40 → 30

Added Wire Cutters ability

Veterancy requirements: 12/16/32 → 12/24/36
Kettenkrad

Capture rate multiplier: 1.25 → 1
Defensive Operations

Manpower cost: 180 → 200
Assault Grenadiers

Hitpoints: 65 → 60
Veterancy requirements: 12/26/40 → 12/28/48
MP44 Assault Rifles (Sturmgewehr):

Weapon package upgrade cost: 80 → 100
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.9/0.35/0.1 → 0.8/0.3/0.1
Squad DPS (s/m/l): -11%/-14%/-
Infantry Halftrack

Tweaked suppression ability:

Munition cost 30 → 20
Weapon range 35m → 40m while ability is active
Halftrack can now move at 20% max speed while ability is active
Significantly increased initial suppression and it further increases over time
Light Anti-Tank Halftrack

Weapon range: 55m → 45m
Weapon reload: 2.6s → 4.6-5.6s
Accuracy: 0.65/0.9/1.0 → 0.75/1.0/1.0
Accuracy against infantry: -15%
Stielgranate 41

Ability munition cost: 45 → 35
Base damage: 70/85 → 100
Rebalanced and fixed all target table inconsistencies. Stielgranate generally will deal significantly more damage per penetrating hit, but the penetration chance remains unchanged.
Tank Busters

Veterancy requirements: 12/26/40 → 12/28/48
Marder III

Lockdown range bonus: +5 → +10
Long range accuracy: 0.65 → 0.75
Panzer IV Infantry Support Tank

75 mm L/24 cannon weapon range 30m → 35m
Armored Car

Critical armor type: tp_light_vehicle → tp_vehicle
Removed Phosphorus Rounds ability
Added Overdrive ability:

Speed bonus: +25%
Phosphorus rounds proved highly toxic against targets the Armored Car was already very strong against, while only offering limited use in other situations (such as vs garrisons). Overdrive instead brings back a familiar element of the Armored Car.
Wirbelwind Flakpanzer

Traverse rate: 50 → 35
20 mm Flakvierling 38:

Rebalance accuracy and cooldown parameters
DPS (s/m/l): +50%/+63%/+46%
Slightly reduced suppression potential
20 mm Flakvierling 38

Vastly increased suppression potential against infantry units
MG42 Heavy Machine Gun Team

Veterancy requirements: 8/16/32 → 12/24/36
Luftwaffe Ground Forces

Can now equip Minesweepers (cost: 35 Munitions)
Fallschirmjägers

Manpower cost: 420 → 400
FG42 Assault Rifles:

Squad DPS (s/m/l): +2%/-5%/+5%
Fixed some cover and suppression table inconsistencies
Veterancy requirements: 12/26/40 → 12/28/48
Incendiary Grenades

Ability munition cost: 25 → 20
Anti-Tank Grenades

Projectile acceleration: 5 → 10
Implemented a proper Panzerwurfmine visual model
Implemented new explosion FX
Improved projectile ballistics
Henschel Panzerknacker

Vastly improved consistency of the main cannon hitting targets.
Removed secondary gun that fired all over the place.
Main gun base damage: 200 → 225
Plane xp value: 20 → 3
Jagdpanther

Call-in manpower cost: 500 → 800
Call-in cooldown time: 900s → 360s
Removed -100 mp/min drain for 300s after deployment
Wehrmacht
MG42 Light Machine Gun

Incremental accuracy multiplier: 1.05 → 1.03
Sturmgeschutz IV
With US Tank Destroyers no longer having the massive damage bonus against Stugs, the Stug is too population efficient as a result.

Population cost: 4 → 6
Tiger

Call-in cooldown time: 40s → 360s
Tiger Ace
When we released the last update we had not yet rebalanced all one-time call-ins. The Tiger Ace has now been adjusted to be called in more than once and its combat power has been tweaked to reflect that.

Removed 1 time hard cap, recharge set to 480s
88 mm KwK 36 L/56:

Accuracy: 1.0/1.0/0.9 → 1.0/1.0/0.85
Moving accuracy multiplier: -50% → -35%
Reload time: 6-7s → 6.5-7.5s
health 1400 → 1220

mobility/max speed reduced by -5.5% (matching Panther level)

upkeep 21.5 → 32.2
Part 2
Allied Armies, Maps, Bug Fixes
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/317600/view/3308481413922153782?l=english
Original post
21 Dec 2022Developer post
Update 3.2 - Release Notes [2/2]
Part 1 Global changes, Axis Armies Soviets We noticed that the faction was often struggling to gain an advantage during the early game, while at the same time capable of quickly snowballing with fast access to powerful tanks. In other words, the "tank rushing" strategy was too ef
Part 1
Global changes, Axis Armies
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/317600/view/3618109754360204669?l=english
Soviets
We noticed that the faction was often struggling to gain an advantage during the early game, while at the same time capable of quickly snowballing with fast access to powerful tanks. In other words, the "tank rushing" strategy was too efficient at the same time that the faction often relied on these shock units as an offset to relatively weak early game options. The following changes aim to push back the timing of the initial T-34/85 tanks while also enabling Soviets an easier transition into a combined arms approach through natural tech progression.
We also aim towards making squad upgrades more accessible, allowing players to equip their forces more easily when falling behind. Furthermore, we also aim to address that the Soviets were lacking early game capping power, often falling behind quickly against an equal opponent, something that became most evident in competitive 1v1 games.
Armoury

Fuel cost 50 → 45
Support Barracks

Fuel cost 10 → 15
War Factory

Fuel cost 55 → 60
Tank Hall

Now requires either Support Barracks or War Factory
Removed Breakthrough Tankovy tech
Upkeep

upkeep threshold 10 → 15
Explanation: This threshold defines when units start to affect your manpower income. Below
15 population units are free of upkeep, after that point each unit that is fielded starts to cost upkeep.
Shock Strelky

No longer unlocks PPSh-41 Sub-Machine Gun weapon package.
Fuel cost 50 → 40
Research time 90s → 60s
Added +10% Mosin Nagant weapon damage bonus
Removed -15% received damage bonus
Petrol Bombs

Manpower cost: 100 → 80
Research time: 60s → 45s
Ingenery

Reinforce cost: 22 mp → 18 mp (66 total → 54 total)
Capture rate multiplier: 0.75 → 1
Conscripts
Conscripts are not meant to be used in large numbers or as aggressive mainline infantry. They thrive in static long range combat and should remain stationary during engagements due to a hefty weapon accuracy penalties while on the move. However, it became evident that Conscripts were a bit too susceptible to light AoE weaponry like Mortars, while also requiring a bit too much planning to be used effectively. This resulted in Conscripts quickly falling apart when caught out in the open or when forced to relocate during combat.
The following changes are aimed to make Conscripts a bit more forgiving to use out of the box, reducing their reliance on the damage output from DP-28 Light Machine Guns, while retaining their overall mediocre combat efficiency.

Hitpoints: 45 → 50 (squad hitpoints: 315 → 350)
Capture rate multiplier: 1 → 1.25
Mosin Nagant damage output (s/m/l): +7%/+5.3%/-
Deployment time: 49s → 42s
Reinforce time: 7s → 5s (total reinforce time for 6 models: 42s → 30s)
Upkeep cost: 5 mp/min → 6 mp/min
veterancy requirements for level 1/2/3: 6/12/24 → 6/14/28
DP-28 LMG

damage output (s/m/l): -6%/-3.6%/-35.7%
VPGS Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade

Munition cost: 35 → 30
Damage multiplier against Sdkfz 250 (PE): 1.3 → 1.5
Damage multiplier against Skdfz 251: 1.3 → 1.5
Improved weapon responsiveness
Ability range 25 → 30
Removed Veterancy Rank 2 range bonus
Observer Team

capture speed 1.5 → 2.0
TT-33 Pistols:

Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.45/0.3/0.2 → 0.7/0.3/0.2
Squad damage output (s/m/l): +55%/+67%/+50%
SVT damage output (s/m/l): +18%/+36%/+12%

SVT upgrade ammunition cost 40 → 30

Sight range while camouflaged reduced by 15%

Now reveal themselves after 2 shots

Added visual indicator when the passive sight range and camouflage detection bonus is active.
Medic Truck

Reworked set-up/mobilize functionality to work similar to the Krankenwagen/CW HQ Trucks.
Strelky

Reinforce cost: 29 → 27
Mosin Nagant DPS change (s/m/l): +6%/+1%/+10%
PTRS-41 Anti-Tank Rifle upgrade:

Munition cost: 75 → 60
Now available by default (no longer requires Men Against Tanks)
PPSh-41 Sub-Machine Gun upgrade:

Now unlocked automatically with War Factory (no longer requires Shock Strelky).
Moving accuracy multiplier vs heroic infantry armor: 0.9 → 1
Sniper

Now equipped with a Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifle instead of SVT-40.
buildtime 55 → 45
SG 43 Heavy Machine Gun Team

Manpower cost: 250 → 240
Capping speed: 0.75 → 1.0
Command Squad

SVT-40 DPS change (s/m/l): +34%/+37%/+44%
DP-28 LMG DPS change (s/m/l): -16.5%/-3.4%/-2.2%
Capture rate multiplier: 1.25 → 1.5
82 mm Mortar Team

Manpower cost: 290 → 260
Upkeep: 8.7 mp/min → 5.8 mp/min
107 mm Heavy Mortar Team

FoW scatter multiplier: 1.1 → 1.25
BA-64D Armored Car

Vastly improved damage output vs light recon vehicles (sdkfz 22x, 250 and 251 series)
Fixed a plethora of weapon inconsistencies
Fixed DShk weapon unresponsiveness after upgrade
Fixed DShK weapon sound
Guards

PPS-43 SMG weapon package now requires War Factory or Tank Hall.
Partisans
Despite their low manpower cost, Partisans proved difficult to use effectively. As a result the squad performance was generally perceived as underwhelming. That's why we're improving their overall survivability and weapon upgrade package in exchange for a slightly higher manpower cost.
Keep in mind that Partisans, like Conscripts, are ineffective while on the move due to much greater on-the-move accuracy penalties compared to conventional mainline infantry squads.

Manpower cost: 220 → 240
Reinforcement cost 24 → 27
Hitpoints 60 → 70
Weapon package

Munition cost 50 → 40
Grants 1x mp40 + 1x ppd40, can be equipped twice
Damage change (s/m/l): +30%/+20%/- (+60%/+40%/- for 2x upgrade)
Naval Infantry

PTRD-41 Anti-Tank Rifles weapon package munition cost: 75 → 60
Hitpoints: 95 → 80 (squad hitpoints: 380 → 320)
Reinforce cost: 42 → 38
Increased manpower upkeep from 7mp/min to 9mp/min
Can now construct Sandbags, AT mines, Outposts, MG Nests
Reworked Resiliance mechanic (Zeal):

Bonuses in friendly territory:

Health regeneration: +10.56 hp/min
Maximum hitpoints: +10
Received suppression: -25%
less than 4 squad members (stacks with above):

Received damage: -10%
Received accuracy: -5%
Weapon reload: -25%
less than 3 squad members (stacks with above):

Received damage: -15%
Received accuracy: -5%
weapon cooldown: -33%

Phosphor grenades:

Munition cost: 35 → 30
Damage: 30 → 30-40
Area values:

AoE area: 6/2/0.5 → 4.5/2.25/0.75
AoE impact damage 0.2/0.5/1 → 0.25/0.5/1
damage over time:

AoE damage over time 1→ 1-1.25
AoE damage over time radius 5 → 5-6
Criticals:
green health: 100% no critical→ 95% no critical, 5% burn death
Yellow health: 100% no critical → 70% no critical, 10% kill soldier, 20% burn death
Red health: No changes

BT-7

Increased mobility by roughly 10%
Increased maneuverability in light cover slightly
Hitpoints: 310 → 375
Fuel cost: 35 → 40
45 mm Mod. 32 L/46:

Reload time: 6s → 5.5-6s
Base penetration: 1/0.84/0.6087 → 1/0.86/0.67
KT-28 76.2mm:

Damage: 87.5 → 80 [*Reload time: 6-7s → 5.5-6s
base penetration: 1/0.84/0.607 → 1/0.905/0.767
significantly increased penetration capabilities against vehicles, especially Panzer III
T-60 Light Tank

20 mm Schwak-T main gun against Marder III armor type

Damage multiplier: 0.5 → 0.3
Penetration multiplier: 0.887 → 0.687
DPS change (s/m/l): +15%/17%/+13%

Increased maneuverability in light cover slightly
SU-76

Main gun reload time: 4-5s → 5-5.5s
Base penetration: 1/0.95/0.85 → 1/0.9/0.8
increased mobility by roughly 10%
Weapon range 50 → 55
Artillery ammunition upgrade:

Salvo: 5 → 4
Range: 150 → 130
scatter -25%
ammo cost 150 → 120
added UI indicator for upgrade
requires Soviet Tank Hall
Tank Riders

infantry now has -25% weapon accuracy while riding tanks
infantry received accuracy while raiding tanks 0.5 → 1.1
Katyusha Rocket Launcher

Base damage: 25/35 → 30/40
T-34/85

Reduced overall speed and acceleration by 10%
Reduced chassis turning speed by 13%
IS-2

Slightly increased top speed on roads
manpower cost 600 → 640
fuel cost 135 → 140
Now requires War Factory
ISU-152
We've implemented a refurbished visual model for the ISU-152, Aside from the vehicle being slightly taller and truer to its historical silhouette, the main gun now has proper horizontal and vertical traverse animations. This greatly improves the comfort of use and reliability during combat, fixing instances of the gun massively overshooting targets.

Implemented a refurbished visual model.
KV-2 Artillery Tank

Reduced accuracy when shooting into the FoW by ~20%
IL-2 ASh-4 Incendiary Carpet Bombing

reduced overall damage by ~20%
Molotov Cocktails

chance to ignite models upon impact:

green health: 20% → 10%
yellow health: 60% → 50%
red health: no change
VPGS Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade

Munition cost: 30 → 35
Breakthrough Assault ability

Enemy special abilities/minimap are disabled for 15sec
Duration 40s → 45s
Effects on Vehicles:

Received penetration 0.75
Vehicle maximum speed 1.25 → 1.15
Applied proper suppression values to guns
Effects on Infantry:

Instant ability recharge
Received damage 0.6
Received suppression 0.1 → 0.35
No longer affects weapon teams
Target Weakpoint (PTRS-41/PTRD-41 Anti-Tank Rifles)

Damaged Transmission critical now shows up as green engine on the vehicle blueprint.

Damaged Transition critical now reduced mobility by 30% and turret traverse speed by 50%.
Removed Main Gun Destroyed critical from the yellow hp bracket (60%-5% hp.

Removed Damaged engine critical from frontal hits within the green hp bracket (100%-60% hp)
Infantry Storm

Reinforce cost discount now dynamic per squad instead of a flat -20% decrease:

Conscripts (19mp): 12 → 17 (-10%)
Strelky (27mp): 22 → 24 (-10%)
Guards (44mp): 35 → 38 (-15%)
The Red Flag

Hitpoint bonus: +15% → +10%
Americans
Riflemen

Suppressive Fire:

Summary: Reworked the suppression potential into a more staggering effect. The result is that suppression no longer happens instantaneous on activation, but becomes more powerful throughout the ability duration (thus making it better vs heroic/assault infantry types).
Added a slow movement penalty while the ability is active.
Added a visual indicator
Duration: 15s → 20s
Heavy Machine Gun Team
Despite a high theoretical damage output, the the Heavy Machine Gun Team has quite underwhelming performance. The suppressive potential was further increased to make it a worthwhile support unit alongside Riflemen and other Infantry, and cheaper AP rounds should allow for more opportunities to counter light vehicles.

Increased weapon suppression potential by ~20%
Range 40m → 42m
AP rounds munition cost 35 → 20
M3 Halftrack

Maxson M45 Quadmount:

Upgrade time 45s → 30s
Accuracy multiplier against aircraft 1.25 → 0.6
M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun

Fixed a plethora of accuracy multipliers vs various vehicle targets.
Dev note: The US Anti-Tank Gun is now more comfortable to use and more efficient at handling light vehicles. Most notably against veteran Pumas and Panzer Elite light vehicles with defensive veterancy.
M8 Greyhound:

Hitpoints: 150 → 200
Armour Skirts hitpoint multiplier: 2 → 1.5 (net difference is the same, now being 200 → 300 as opposed to 150 → 300)
Damage multiplier vs Marder III: 2 → 1.2 (now requires 5 shots instead of 3)
Fixed minor target table inconsistencies
Dev note: The M8 is too reliant on the Armour Skirts upgrade, being a OHK for the pak 38 with first strike bonus (shooting out of camouflage). With more reliable Panzerschrecks in EF it also became too easy to take down unskirted M8's. This change ensures that the dynamic of the Armour Skirts remains untouched, but also makes the M8 a bit more forgiving to use before upgrading.
T17 Armored Car

Hitpoints: 350 → 250
Damage multiplier vs Marder III: 2 → 1.2 (now requires 5 shots instead of 3)
Fixed minor target table inconsistencies
M26 Pershing

Call-in cooldown time: 15s → 360s
Now has the unique minimap icon
Sticky Bombs

Throwing range: 14 → 16
Dev note: While strong when pulled off, Sticky Bombs are much harder to use than other vehicle snare abilities. Vehicles are often able to kite away from Riflemen even when a throw is initiated, cancelling the animation. This change should enable easier snaring of vehicles, thus making Sticky Bombs more effective at careless vehicle usage.
Maps
We've updated a selection of

New map: [EF] Karski (2) - A tweaked version of a map from our friends at Back to Basics mod.
Updated [EF] Cologne (2) - Updated sector and victory point layout, and better passability in across the map center.
Updated [EF] Pripyat Marshes (2) - Disabled passability across the ice sheets, minor pathfinding fixes.
Updated [EF] Constanta Port (4) - Improvements to map flow around the eastern city area.
Updated [EF] Kharkov (4) - Significant changes to overall map flow, cover balance, and sector layout.
Updated [EF] Lemberg (4) - Minor pathfinding and passability fixes.
Updated [EF] Sevastopol (4) - Minor pathfinding and passability fixes.
Updated [EF] Zmievka (4) - Significant changes to overall map flow, cover balance, and sector layout.
Updated [EF] Danzig (8) - Significant changes to overall map flow, cover balance, and sector layout.
Updated [EF] Stalingrad (8) - Significant improvements to overall passability and pathfinding.
AI
Behaviour Adjustments

Enabled deployment of the Cromwell Command Tank so that the AI can deploy the Firefly.
Adjusted purchasing logic for assault grens for PE AI, will prefer them more over regular grens once available for purchase
Removed Pantherturm from defense purchasing decisions for AI.
Localization

Updated English localization
Updated German localization
Updated Russian localization
Updated Traditional Chinese localization
User Interface

Updated vehicle cover shield icon.
Added visual indicator to Focused Firing.
Added visual indicator to Suppressive Fire, Volley Fire.
Tweaked UI radius for Molotow.
Fixed mine placement for Allied and axis mines to 5m spacing for regular and 7m for special mines.
Fixed Kettenkrad Mine detector requirement description.
Improved US veterancy icon visibility.
updated honved smg upgrade icon
added visual effect to Axis Zeal and Resilience
updated Naval Fire Up ability indicators
Fixed Panzergrenadier wire cutters overlapping with Incendiary Grenades.
Fixed Tank Buster help text (now: Good vs Infantry, Tanks)
Added Eastern Front logo to the taskbar
Hotkeys

Soviet Sniper: H → E
Command Squad: H → S
Ostheer Outpost: W → P
Bug fixes

Fixed Fallschirmjager reinforce description
Fixed a bug where T-60 20mm shells would not damage 105mm howitzers and AT guns
Fixed a bug where T-60 20mm shells would bounce off motorcycles
Fixed a bug where Panzer IV would have increased chance to hit targets that move through cover.
Fixed BA-64D DP-28 tracers
Fixed BA-64D Dshk sound volume and sound looping
Fixed T-60 performance against airplanes
Fixed various weapon team recrew count requirements (2/3 → 2)
Fixed a bug that allowed KV-85 to snipe infantry units too reliably
Fixed a bug where recovered Jagdpanzer IV had no proper armortype
Fixed several inconsistencies with Soviet Breakthrough Infantry Storm
Fixed a bug where Soviet infantry would gain veterancy too quickly with the Red Flag Bonus
Fixed a bug that showed Ostheer units 'Hot Barrel' with Soviet heavy machine guns
Fixed Ingenery with Minesweepers not being able to group repair
Fixed a bug that allowed Panzergrenadiers and Sturmpioneers with Minesweeper to pick up weapons.
Fixed a weapon range inconsistency on Mg151 emplacement
Fixed a bug that allowed Ostheer units to use 'Hot Barrel' with Soviet heavy machine guns
Fixed Kettenkrad and Panzergrenadiers unable to defuse mines
Fixed a bug where Artillery Spotter veterancy 2 + 3 bonuses were not applied properly
Fixed a major bug with PTRS/PTRD, causing them to consistently miss vehicles up close
Fixed Tank Commander upgrades missing "required in territory" requirements
Fixed Landsers not receiving scopes when Forward Observers (Siege Operations) is unlocked.
Fixed a bug where Panzer II could equip Coated Optics without researching Division Assault troops
Fixed a bug where units retreating out of camouflage would move at a lower pace compared to other retreating units.
Fixed a bug where MP44 Sturmgewehr (Assault Rilfes) would become unavailable if both the Panzerjäger Kommand and Panzer Support Kommand are destroyed.
Fixed Command Squad default squad formation (wedge instead of column), making it much easier to position the squad effectively.
Fixed an issue where certain Soviet small arms were lacking the "point blank" mechanic.
Fixed an issue where certain Soviet small arms were listed as support weapons, affecting squad formation stance.
Fixed Conscript icon & portrait shadows.
Fixed Men Against Tanks upgrade description.
Fixed a bug where Infantry were able to garrison Ostheer outposts.
Fixed Tank Buster help text (now: Good vs Infantry, Tanks).
Fixed a bug where the Damaged Traverse Mechanism critical could be applied multiple times.
Fixed a bug where the Destroyed Main Gun critical could be applied multiple times.
Fixed a bug where the Soviet Sniper had a much higher firing rate than other Snipers.
Fixed some bugs with Naval Resilience
Fixed SVT-40 Sniper Rifle (currently unused) unintended fast aim time and high rate of fire (now equal to Gewehr 43 Sniper Rifle).
Fixed Panzer Elite starting Position Flak veterancy UI.
Fixed an bug where Panzerfusiliers could be spawned from ambient buildings.
Fixed a bug where VPGS antitank riflegrenades would occasionally do less damage to light vehicles than intended.
Fixed ISU-152 'jump' animation when firing.
Fixed M1 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun damage multiplier vs Puma, Sd.Kfz. 251 Halftrack.
Fixed a bug where Strelky could not construct Sandbags.
Fixed a bug where Ostheer Outposts are garrisonable.
Fixed several target table inconsistencies for BT-7A, Panzer III IST, Panzer IV IST.
Fixed sight range accuracy inconsistencies on Panzer III, Panzer II, 52k AA gun, SU 100, SU 76.
Fixed Flammpanzer III being recovered as a regular Panzer III (also fixes UI effectiveness numbers).
Fixed a bug where Stielgranate 39 dealt low damage in certain situations.
Fixed Command Squad hitpoints inconsistency, now every squad member has 75 hitpoints as intended.
Fixed a bug where the V1 would deal very low damage against the 52K 85mm AT/AA Cannon.
Original post
30 Sep 2022Developer post
Update 3.1 is now available!
Update 3.1 is now available! This update brings game balance changes, AI difficulty tweaks, language support for Traditional Chinese, bug fixes, and more! Check out the release notes to see what has changed:
29 Sep 2022Developer post
Update 3.1 - Release Notes
As we remain in awe of the enthusiasm around Update 3.0, we look forward to the road ahead. We also want to take this opportunity to show our gratitude towards you as a community for staying with us all these years and for your continued support and enthusiasm around Company of H
As we remain in awe of the enthusiasm around Update 3.0, we look forward to the road ahead. We also want to take this opportunity to show our gratitude towards you as a community for staying with us all these years and for your continued support and enthusiasm around Company of Heroes: Eastern Front!
Getting the opportunity to share and play our creation with many of you is a great reward after all these months of development and internal playtesting. Thanks to your valuable feedback and bug reports we were able to track down and address many balance concerns and other issues.
We are therefore happy to announce that Update 3.1 is scheduled to be released on September 30th, 10 am PDT (5 pm GMT, 7 pm CEST)!
The update brings game balance changes, AI difficulty tweaks, language support for Traditional Chinese, bug fixes, and more!
Before we dive into the details of this update, we want to give a shout-out to our community translators. Without your efforts we would be unable to support localization for languages other than English and German. Support for additional languages is planned, but we also are still looking for translators that can aid in this process for currently unsupported languages. If you think that you are up for the task, make sure to get in contact with us!
Global balance & gameplay changes
Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons
In Update 3.0 the M9 Bazooka and 44M Panceltoro received major improvements to their overall reliability and penetration capabilities. While we are mostly satisfied with these changes, we deem the weapons to overperform against certain targets.
M9 Bazooka/44M Panceltoro

Damage multipliers:

SdKfz 22x series: 1 → 0.9
SdKfz 250 series: 1 → 0.9
SdKfz 251 series: 1 → 0.9
SdKfz 234 Puma: 1 → 0.9
Stug skirts: 0.9 → 0.7
Panzer IV: 1.6 → 1.4
Panzer IV skirts: 1.2 → 1.1
Panzer III: 1.6 → 1.2
Panzer III skirts: 1.2 → 1
Jagdpanzer IV: 1.5 → 1.4
Jagdpanzer IV skirts: 1.125 → 1.1
Panther: 1.5 → 1.4
Panther skirts: 1.125 → 1.1
Jagdpanther: 1 → 1.2
Penetration multipliers:

Panzer III: 0.85 → 0.75
Panzer III skirts: 0.8 → 0.7
Jagdpanther: 0.2 → 0.15
Accuracy multipliers:

SdKfz 234 Puma: 1 → 0.85
SdKfz 250 series: 1 → 0.85
SdKfz 251 series: 1 → 0.85
Panzer II Luchs: 1 → 0.85
M8 Greyhound: 1 → 0.85
Target moving accuracy multipliers:

SdKfz 234 Puma: 1 → 0.8
SdKfz 250 series: 1 → 0.8
SdKfz 251 series: 1 → 0.8
Panzer II Luchs: 1 → 0.8
M8 Greyhound: 1 → 0.8
Vehicle Cover
The vehicle cover mechanic was disabled completely with Update 3.0, addressing a significant layer of RNG in vehicle-to-vehicle combat. However, this mechanic also served as an important factor for the survivability of stationary cannons like Howitzers and Flaks. We have therefore decided to re-enable it for these types of units.

Flak 88, 52k-AA/AT, M2A1 Howitzer, Pak 43/41, LeFH, Flakvierling will benefit from a -25% rec. accuracy modifier when placed close to light or heavy cover.
Soviets
VPGS-41 Anti-Tank Rifle Grenade

damage multiplier vs Motorcycle/Kubelwagen/Schwimmwagen: 2 → 1.8
Urban Combat Strategies
The current progression layout proves to strongly favor a linear unlocking progress starting with the left branch. This had a tendency to result in a cookie-cutter approach that comprised of strong Ingenery and Weapon Teams, followed up with Naval Infantry, the highly potent KV-2 Artillery Tank, enhanced defenses, and 52K AA/AT Cannons. We decided to rearrange the branches with the aim to reduce this effect, make the right branch more appealing as a standalone progression, while also reducing the overall efficiency of this command tree.
Street Fighting

Street Fighters (1 cp)
Incendiary Carpet Bombing (3 cp)
KV-2 Artillery Tank (4 cp)
Fortification

Fortification (2 cp)
Naval Infantry (1 cp)
52K 85 mm AA/AT Cannon (2 cp)
ZiS-44 Medic Truck

Fuel cost: 15 → 20
Can now be damaged by small arms.
Strelky
While intended as formidable mainline infantry, Strelky were too oppressive out of the box, capable of bullying off other mainline infantry. We decided to lower their overall damage output.

Mosin Nagant:

Damage 12 → 10
Weapon cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 1/1.4/1.8 → 1/1.3/1.6
T-60 Light Tank
The T-60 proved to be too strong, especially against certain light vehicles.

20 mm TNSh cannon:

Scatter angle: 6 → 8
Max scatter distance: 8 → 16
Deflection damage: 15% → 5%
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.4/0.4/0.25 → 0.4/0.35/0.25
Base cooldown: 3-3.5s → 3.5-4.5s
Cooldown mutliplier (s/m/l): 1/1.25/1.5 → 1/1/1.25
Damage multiplier vs. Puma/Luchs: 0.5 → 0.3
Chance to critically kill soldiers at 60-5% hitpoints: 15% → 10%
Rear penetration chance vs. Panzer 38(t): 35% → 28%
82 mm Mortar Team

Manpower cost: 240 → 290
Barrage area UI now dynamically shows the barraged area based on range (QoL).
Fixed Mortar Smoke Barrage not working.
107 mm Heavy Mortar Team
While certainly powerful, the Heavy Mortar proved to be too unreliable compared to the 82 mm Mortar Team. That's why we improved the weapon performance. Shell travel will be faster and the area of effect damage is more evenly spread out, which should enable it to deal damage more consistently.

Minimum barrage range: 25 → 30
Barrage target UI now dynamically shows the barraged area based on range (QoL)
Barrage reload time: 3-3.5s → 2.5-3s (+15% faster)
Mortar shell impact after firing: ±12 s → ±10s (normal Mortar impact is ±7-8s)
Mortar shell now uses a different FX
Area of Effect:

Inner radii (s/m/l/d): 2/4/8/8 → 1.5/3/6/9
Damage multipliers (s/m/l/d): 1/0.55/0.4/0.4 → 1/0.55/0.4/0.25
Damage: 50/27.5/20/20 → 50/27.5/20/12.5
ISU-152

152 mm ML-20 Howitzer:

reload 10-11 → 11-12
Area of Effect Damage (s/m/l/d): 250/75/37.5/25 => 250/75/25/25
Observer Team
Observer Teams proved to be too cost effective in their default configuration, and were difficult to fight off in tight, close ranged and urban areas. Their pistol damage is reduced to a more reasonable level and their overall durability is reduced significantly.

Hitpoints 70 → 60
Removed -10% rec. accuracy modifier
TT-33 Pistol:

Accuracy (s/m/l) 0.6/0.4/0.25 → 0.45/0.3/0.2/
Damage 10 → 7
KV-2 Artillery Tank
While the KV-2 is intended to be a heavy artillery platform, we noticed that it currently overperforms significantly. We have tuned down its combat potential to be more in line with other mobile heavy artillery tanks like the Hummel.

no longer uses superheavy tank minimap icon
Heavy Artillery Barrage:

Cooldown: 75 s → 90 s
Maximum range: 175 → 160
152 mm M-10 Howitzer:

Fog of War scatter angle multiplier: 1.3 → 1.5
Fog of War distance multiplier: 1.5 → 2
Max scatter distance: 14 → 16
T-34/85
The T-34/85 is a very common sight and players often tend to gravitate towards this tank for handling various threat types. We want to tweak the main gun performance against heavily armoured targets, most notably assault guns and tank destroyers like the StuG IV and Hetzer. The aim is to primarily reduce the effectiveness of the T-34/85 against such targets while engaging on range, while retaining most of its combat potential during close range engagements.

Main gun base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.9/0.8 → 1/0.88/0.76
SU-100
These changes aim towards making the SU-100 better against axis heavy tanks, while slightly reducing its max range sniping potential.

Accuracy (s/m/l): 1/1/0.85 → 1/1/0.8
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.92/0.81 → 1/0.93/0.86
Added a bonus damage multiplier against heavy armor (damage 145 -> 165)
SU-76
We noticed that it is too easy for Soviets to field a large amount of SU-76 and use them as long range indirect fire support. We are also going to address that the main gun penetration is very high in direct-fire mode, especially with Improved Ammunition.

Main gun reload time: 4-5 s → 5-5.5 s
Base penetration (s/m/l): 1/0.95/0.85 → 1/0.9/0.8
Artillery Ammunition:

Munition cost: 100 → 150
Upgrade time: 20s → 30s
High-Explosive Barrage:

Salvo: 5 → 4
Max scatter distance: 14 → 16
Range: 150→ 130
FoW scatter angle multiplier: 1.5 → 2.5
Improved Logistics
Improved Logistics upgrade is currently too cost efficient as it lowers the manpower upkeep from all soviet units by roughly 30%.

Fuel cost: 35 → 50
Ostheer
Kubelwagen

Hitpoints: 150 → 160
Krankenwagen

Can now be damaged by small arms.
Panzer38(t)

Main gun damage multipliers:

Jeep: 1.0 → 1.4
Katyusha Rocket Launcher: 1.2 → 1.6
BA-64D: 1.2 → 1.6
M8 Greyhound/T17/Staghound: 1.0 → 1.2
BT-7: 1.0 → 1.2
T-60: 1.0 -→ 1.2
Panzer III Infantry Support Tank

Fire HEAT shells ability:

Duration: 15 s → 20 s
Damage 100 → 110
Damage multiplier against cage armour: 0.75 → 0.8
Mortar Team

Manpower cost: 260 → 280
Deployment time: 40 s → 45 s
Coated Optics
Coated Optics enabled tanks that were already great at handling both Infantry and Tanks to become too efficient overall. This enabled such vehicles to farm veterancy against soft targets too effectively, which often resulted in a snowballing effect during the late game. The upgrade remains available on more specialized vehicles to enhance their intended role without becoming too powerful against secondary targets.

Accuracy bonus while moving: +33% → +20%
Disabled upgrade for Panzer IV and Panzer III Infantry Support Tank
Sturmpioneers

Granatbuchse 39

Cooldown multipliers (s/m/l): 1/1/1.25 → 0.9/1/1.1
Honved
Honved are too cost effective and oppressive when upgraded with Sub-Machine Guns. We have therefore reduced the overall damage output of the 43M Danuvia Sub-Machine Guns while also making the squad more costly to reinforce.

Reinforce cost 26 → 28
Throw Brandflasche ability munition cost: 10 → 20
43M Danuvia Sub-Machine Guns:

cooldown modifier 0.3 → 0.5
removed 1.02 incr. accuracy modifier
moving accuracy modifier 0.75 → 0.5
Jagdpanzer IV
The Jagdpanzer IV is deemed to underperform against heavier vehicles, while also being too difficult to use effectively.

Fixed gun elevation values
Added 1.25 damage modifier against heavy tanks
Traverse rate: 30 → 35
Zrinji II

tweaked weapon accuracy: 0.5/0.75/1.00 → 0.35/0.7/1.0
weapon scatter settings:
distance scatter offset 0.1 → 0.15
distance scatter max 6 → 7
AoE penetration 0.75/0.9/1.0 → 0.5/0.75/1.0
CP cost increased to 3 (7cp total)
75 mm Pak 97/38 Anti-Tank Gun
The Pak was overperforming out of the box, meaning that it rarely had to use its HEAT Shell ability to succeed against heavy tanks. The weapon range was also brought in line with other Anti-Tank Guns.

Base penetration: (s/m/l): 1.2/0.8/0.72 → 1.1/0.74/0.66
Range: 65 → 60
Pervitin

Now adds +10 hitpoints per soldier if the squad is at full hitpoints during activation. This bonus health decays slowly over time
Panzer Elite
Panzer IV Infantry Support Tank
The vehicle proved too efficient when utilizing its Lockdown ability, especially in conjunction with the upgraded Long-Barreled 75 mm KwK 40 L/48 tank gun. We are therefore rebalancing the ability to be less focused around improving the already impressive rate of fire, while still offering a notable advantage as a trade-off for mobility.

Lockdown:

Main gun reload reduction: -50% → -20%
Main gun range increase: +0 m → +5 m
75mm KwK40 L/48 penetration multipliers:

IS-2: 0.39 → 0.46
SU-100: 0.31 → 0.56
Hetzer

Main gun penetration multipliers:

IS-2: 0.66 → 0.54
SU-100: 0.31 → 0.675
Infantry Veterancy
Infantry Veterancy is deemed significantly too effective, often causing a major snowball effect when it gets going (acquiring veterancy helps with gaining more veterancy). The offensive upgrades grant too much of a boost to overall damage output, while the Defensive upgrades make units too resistent to incoming damage and suppression.

Offensive:

Weapon accuracy: +26% → +20%
Weapon cooldown: -16% → -10%
Weapon reload: -16% → -15%
Weapon penetration: +26% → +15%
Defensive:

Received suppression: -15% → -10%
Received damage: -5%
Health maximum: +10%
Health regeneration addition: 2.4 hp/s
Marder III
Despite now being able to fire on the move, the Marder currently underperforms against its intentional targets. As we do not want to turn the Marder into a highly mobile kiting machine, we have improved its Lockdown ability while also reinstating its long range accuracy.

Lockdown range bonus: +5 → +10
Main Gun long range accuracy: 0.65 → 0.75
Infantry Halftrack

Removed scopes upgrade
MG42 Light machine Gun:

range: 30 → 35
Base accuracy (s/m/l): 0.5/0.45/0.3 → 0.45/0.4/0.3
Wehrmacht
Motorcycle:

Hitpoints: 125 → 160
Panzer IV

Main gun penetration multipliers:

IS-2: 0.39 → 0.46
SU-100: 0.31 → 0.56
Sturmgeschutz IV

Main gun penetration multipliers:

IS-2: 0.66 → 0.54
SU-100: 0.31 → 0.675
Americans
T17 Armored Car

Hitpoints: 350 → 250
Damage multiplier vs Marder III: 2 → 1.2 (now requires 5 shots instead of 3)
British
Staghound

Now replaces the Stuart Light Tank instead of the Command Tank.
Hitpoints: 450 → 250
Armour type: Stuart → M8 Greyhound
Fuel cost: 45 → 40
Damage multiplier vs Marder III: 2 → 1.2 (now requires 5 shots instead of 3)
Added Armor Skirts upgrade:

Cost: 50 munitions
Increases hitpoints by 50
Sherman Firefly

Main gun range: 55 → 50 (52.5 with Command Tank nearby)
Fixed gun recoil animation (wind_down: 0.5s → 1s)
Base reload time: 8.5s → 7.5s
Removed long range -35% reload multiplier (effective base reload time: 7s → 7.5s; with command tank: 4s → 5.5s)
Removed close range +20% reload multiplier (effective base reload time: 10.7s → 7.5s; with command tank: 6.6s → 5.5s)
Button vehicle (Infantry Section, Bren Carrier)

Fixed inconsistent duration time; now unified at 15s
Reduced mobility penalties are now applied at a 2s delay instead of on ability activation. Sight range reduction & secondary weapon penalties are still applied instantly.

Sight range reduction: -99% → -85%
Now also applies the following modifiers to the casting squad:

Weapon accuracy multiplier: 0.2
Weapon reload multiplier: 0.5 *]Weapon cooldown modifier: 0.5
Maps

Constanta Port (4):

Reworked several areas for better map flow and visual appeal.
Added Pripyat Marshes (2)

Added Zmievka (4)

Removed Kholm (4)
User interface

Added Eastern Front logo to the taskbar
Localization

Added language support for Traditional Chinese.
AI
We received feedback that the AI is too difficult to beat for new and inexperienced players. That's why we rebalanced the difficulty scaling for a more level playing field.
From now CPU - Easy is penalized compared to the player. CPU - Easy will thus receive less income than the player and with that scale slower throughout a game. We also tweaked the income multipliers for CPU - Hard and CPU - Expert to reduce the scaling potential in the late game.
AI income multipliers

Easy

Manpower: 1 → 0.9
Munitions: 1
Fuel: 1 → 0.9
Normal

Manpower: 1
Munitions: 1
Fuel: 1
Hard

Manpower: 1.1 → 1.2
Munitions: 1.1 → 1.2
Fuel: 1.2 → 1.1
Expert

Manpower: 1.65 → 1.6
Fuel: 1.6 → 1.3
Behavior improvements

Adjusted ostheer throw blendkorper target filter so the AI uses it against vehicles instead of infantry
Added purchasing logic to AI for PE G43
Adjusted purchasing logic for PE Panzerschreck
Adjusted purchasing logic for PE T3 and T4 buildings
Removed Sherman 105 from Tank Depot spawner list so AI cannot use it
Brit AI should now always deploy trucks
Adjusted purchasing rules for ostheer AI panzerwerfers
Made AI purchase decision of Stuart/Staghound higher if enemy vehicles present before T3 truck available
Increased AI purchase priority of Firefly if enemy armor is present
Added starter build orders for brit AI
Fixes for brit AI to make better unit and upgrade purchasing decisions
Fixed AI not using some artillery abilities
remove military cap from expert AI (it will continue to make units even if it matches player military strength)
Greatly increased AI priority of purchasing men against tanks and PTRS if enemy vehicles are fielded
Bug fixes

Fixed pink Panzer III tracks during certain weather settings.
Fixed Krankenwagen wreck/recover visual bugs.
Fixed field defenses (Sandbags, Barbed Wire, etc.) counting as building kills.
Fixed Anti-Tank Guns counted as heavy vehicle kills (light vehicles now).
Fixed Ostheer Mortar Team barrage weapon z-coordinate, addressing an issue where shells would collide with nearby tall objects such as hedgerows right after being fired.
Fixed Mortar rate of fire inconsistencies .
Fixed Panzergrenadier Veterancy upgrades visibility (were hidden behind squad upgrades).
Panzergrenadiers receiving double veterancy bonuses.
Fixed Naval Infantry Zeal retaining heroic criticals when fully reinforced.
Fixed a plethora of inconsistent damange, accuracy and penetration values for mines, artillery and handheld weapons against light and medium tanks (mostly Zrinji II, T34, SU 100, T-60 and Bt-7).
Fixed pak97/38 range to be in line with other AT guns.
Fixed Cage armour bonuses not properly applying to SU-100.
Fixed a bug where Sherman Beutepanzer could use self repairs.
Fixed a bug where Wehrmacht and Ostheer sniper would automatically camouflage and move slowly in cover.
Fixed RPG-43 Anti-Tank Grenades overthrowing targets.
Fixed an AoE inconsistency on Molotov Cocktails.
Original post
16 Sep 2022Developer post
Update 3.0 is now available!
Welcome back to the Eastern Front comrades, Update 3.0 is now available! Check out our dedicated articles to see what this update brings to Company of Heroes: Eastern Front. Part Summary & Faction Overhauls Part Global balance changes, faction balance tweaks, visuals & so

Updates & announcements

Game launch issues - now resolved

UPDATE: We've deployed a hotfix that should address the issue of the game not launching directly through Steam.

Update 3.6 - Release Notes [1/2]

General changes

Stationary Cannons

Commonwealth Emplacements

Slit Trenches

Minesweepers

Mines/S-Mines

Mortars

AA weapons

Experience value

Soviet Anti-Tank Rifles (PTRS, PTRD)

Boys Anti-Tank Rifle

Panzerschreck

Bazooka / Panceltoro

M8 Greyhound, T17, Stuart, Staghound, Tetrarch

Heavy tank Call-ins

Flamethrowers

Weapon Crews

Halftrack critical type

British

General

Scouts

Infantry Section

Sappers

PIAT

6-Pounder ATG

Universal Carrier

Stuart Light Tank

Lieutenant

Captain

NEW: Supply Truck

Commandos

Tank Hunters (Commandos)

Heavy Machine Gun Commandos

Mortar Commandos

Humber Armoured Car

Cromwell Command Tank

Cromwell

Sherman Firefly

Comet

Churchill Mk.IV

Churchill AVRE

Churchill Crocodile

Churchill Mine Plow

Hull-Down

Creeping Barrage

Victor Target

M7 Priest

Radio Triangulation Beacons

Typhoon Airstrike

17-Pounder Emplacement

25-Pounder Howitzer

FOO Artillery (CW Lieutenant/Captain)

Casualty Clearing Station

Triangulation radios

Soviets

Ingenery

Observer Team

Conscripts

Strelky

Navals

Guards

SG-43 Heavy Machine Gun Team

Sniper

Guards

Partisans

ZiS-44 Medical Truck

76 mm ZiS-3 ATG

F-1 Fragmentation Grenades

RPG-43 Anti-Tank Grenades

BT-7

T-60

SU-100

T-34/76

T-34/85

BM-13 Katyusha

ISU-152