Global
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-Raketenwerfer Teams may no longer be loaded in buildings. Sorry, but it looks...stupid. To say the least.

-Reduced penetration of flamethrowers slightly.


Germans (Wehr)
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-12cm Mortar Precision Strike removed.

-Improved penetration of 2cm cannons vs halftracks slightly.

-Increased HP of SdKfz 181 Tiger to 900.

-Increased HP of SdKfz 184 Elefant to 900.

-Increased range of Panzerfaust ability to 50m.

-Players can now choose between requisitioning Raketenwerfer teams and Panzerschreck teams for Kompanie AT options. Requisitioning a particular team will lock out the other, so choose wisely. AT teams have been moved to the HQ building.

-Railway Artillery Support ability now costs 300 MU and fires one shell and has a recharge time of 20 minutes. The shell inflicts 1600 damage with a blast radius of 24m, with damage and pen being reduced by 1/3 past 8m and 2/3 past 16m. Don't bother wondering about armour penetration - this is a 80cm HE round. Enjoy.

-Stuka Dive Bomb attack now inflicts 760 damage with 150 penetration and a blast radius of 15m, with damage and pen being reduced by 1/3 past 5m and 2/3 past 10m.


Soviets
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-120mm Mortar Precision Strike removed.

-Reduced HP of KV series tanks to 750.

-Reduced HP of SU-76 to 350.

-Reduced HP of T-70 to 300.


Germans (OKW)
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-Converting OKW to function as a Panzergrenadier Kompanie from a Panzer Brigade. As part of that the following changes have been made.

-Added 12cm Heavy Mortar Team as a Regimental / Battalion Support option.
-Light Infantry Gun team removed as a Regimental / Battalion Support option.
-Panzergrenadier Gruppe replaced by Panzergrenadier Sturmgruppe. The Gruppe is armed exclusively with StG44 assault rifles.
-SdKfz 251/1 'Walking Stuka' cap reduced to 2.

-Improved penetration of 2cm cannons vs halftracks slightly.

-Increased HP of SdKfz 182 Tiger to 900.

-Increased HP of SdKfz 186 Jadgtiger to 900.

-Increased HP of Sturmmorser tiger to 900.

-Increased range of Panzerfaust ability to 50m.

-Jaeger Squads now use the same cammo mechanic as Wehr's Erkunder Trupp. In addition, all squad members now use the same infantry model.

-Pioneer Gruppe capped at 3 squads and reduced to 6 men.

-Players can now choose between requisitioning Raketenwerfer teams and Panzerschreck teams for Kompanie AT options. Requisitioning a particular team will lock out the other, so choose wisely.

-Sturmmorser Tiger's 38cm round now inflicts 760 damage with 150 penetration and a blast radius of 24m, with damage and pen being reduced by 1/3 past 8m and 2/3 past 16m.

Global
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-Minesweeper upgrade costs changed to 30 MP from 30 Munitions.


Soviets
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-Commissar Teams can now gain veterency levels.

-Enlarged gun crew for the 152mm ML-20 Field Gun to 9.


Germans (OKW)
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-Panzergrenadier Gruppen and Zugführer Truppen now have 2 additional levels of veterancy.

Global
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-Armoured halftracks should now be impervious to frontal penetration from small arms fire. Heavy calibre machineguns like the .50 cal M2HB and the 12.7mm DShK still have a chance of frontal penetration though.

-Flamethrower upgrades now cost 50 MP instead of 60 munitions.

-Hotkey adjustments.

-Tooltip fixes and tweaks.


Americans
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-Changed compostion of Platoon HQ Section: An Lt. with an M1 Thompson, 2 NCO's with M1 Thompsons and two riflemen with M1 Garands.


Germans (Wehr)
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-Changed compostion of Grenadier Zugfuehrer Truppe: An Lt. with an MP40, an NCO with a scoped G43 / K43 and two riflemen with Kar 98K's.

-Changed compostion of Panzergrenadier Zugfuehrer Truppe: An Lt. with an StG44, an NCO with a G43 / K43, and two riflemen with Kar 98K's.

-Increased cost of Erkunder Truppe slightly.

-Changed Jaeger Infantry upgrade for Grenadier Rifle Squads so that it gives 2 G43 / K43 carbines; only one of them is treated as being "scoped" though.


Soviets
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-Added a Platoon HQ Section, composed of a Leytenant with an SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, an NCO with a PPsH-41 SMG, and two Riflemen with Mosin Nagant rifles.

-AT Grenades unlocked.

-Commissar Teams may no longer pick up weapons (honestly its a bit silly seeing a Commissar wielding a Panzerschreck - they're not THAT badass)

-Commissar bodyguards now equipped with SVT-40 semi-automatic rifles.


Germans (OKW)
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-Buildable 2cm FlaK 38 emplacement changed so that the crew is composed of Fallschirmjaeger.

-Changed compostion of Panzergrenadier Zugfuehrer Truppe: An Lt. with an StG44, an NCO with a G43 / K43, and two riflemen with Kar 98K's.

-Fixed a bug where Fallschirmjaeger Rifle Squads were taking up more population than they should.

-MG34 call-in changed so that the crew is composed of Fallschirmjaeger.

-Special Operations Doctrine: The StG 44 'Vampir' Unlock has been changed to Infrared Sighting Equipment. In addition to unlocking the SdKfz 251/20 'Uhu'and the StG44 'Vampir' upgrades, it also unlocks infrared sight upgrades for the regular SdKfz 251 halftrack and Panther medium tank (no visual changes - the upgrade is purely functional).


Note 1: "Scoped" rifles have superior accuracy at long range but nothing more, so Snipers still have their niche at being able to one-shot infantrymen.

Note 2: I changed the infantry models for Panzergrenadiers to use the cammo'd 'Obersoldaten' so that the StG44 with the Vampir scope would actually show up (it's too nice a model for it to not show up). For consistency's sake, all Panzergrenadiers use this model now until the other "Volks" can be tweaked to use all the available small arms weapon models. If you all would rather I keep the "Obersoldaten" model, let me know. The reason I chose the "Volks" infantry model was because the uniform is reminiscent of that used by Panzer Lehr Division's troops - and OKW is set up like one of Panzer Lehr's Panzergrenadier companies anyway.

Global
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-Abandoned / decrewed vehicles will no longer reset their turrets.

-Tooltip fixes and tweaks.


Soviets
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-SU-76m can now switch between firing AP and HE rounds in normal firing mode.


Germans (OKW)
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-SdKfz 251/20 now requires Special Operations Commander.

Global
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-Adjusted maximum capture crew size of vehicles to equal the population that the vehicles normally take up.

-Ambulances can no longer be auto-targetted by weapons. Players must order attacks against them now.

-Repair and salavage abilities no longer turn the squads using those abilities into bullet magnets.

-Tooltip fixes and tweaks.


Americans
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-Adjusted disembarked crew squad sizes of vehicles to equal the population that the vehicles normally take up.

-Buffed M1918 BAR's suppression amount slightly.

-Changed Fighting Position .50 cal upgrade cost to 100 MP and 50 MU.

-Fixed a bug where M1 81mm Mortar teams took up 3 more population than they should have.

-Fixed a bug where Ranger Team call-in couldn't be cast into fog of war like other call-ins.

-Increased range of M8 Greyhound's cannister shot ability to 40m.

-Reduced movement speed of .50 cal HMG team to 2.5 - that's an 85 pound weapon they're carrying after all. Note: As a point of reference, most infantry have a movement speed of 3.

-Upped Veterancy Level requirements for some smaller squads.

-Vehicle crews may now Sprint.


Germans (Wehr)
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-Most vehicles now have crews that can disembark to conduct repairs or capture territory.


Soviets
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-Buffed Maxim 1910's suppression amount slightly. Increased base long range accuracy to 50% from 33%.

-Buffed DShK 1938's cool down rates slightly. Increased base long range accuracy to 50% from 33% (wheeled mount only).

-Most vehicles now have crews that can disembark to conduct repairs or capture territory.


Germans (OKW)
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-Most vehicles now have crews that can disembark to conduct repairs or capture territory.

Americans
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-Reduced the times needed to unlock support options (Company, Regimental and Divisional) by 20 seconds each.


Germans (Wehr)
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-Reduced Puma's HP from 400 to 350.

-Reduced Flakpanzer Ostwind's horizontal tracking speed to 25 from 30.

-Reduced Flakpanzer Ostwind's accuracy vs infantry by a factor of 10 (3.7cm Flak 43 only).


Germans (OKW)
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-Reduced Puma's HP from 400 to 350.

Global
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-Adjustments to mortars. They should rely more on accuracy than scatter and blast now, so they're more predictable. AoE radius dropped slightly to compensate.

-Increased long range base accuracy of rifles from 33% to 50%.

-Increased rate of fire of all .50 cal M2HB heavy machine guns from 8.3 to 9.2.

-Decreased cooldown times of all semi-automatic rifles to 1 second (near) and 1.25 seconds (far).*

-Increased cooldown times of all bolt-action rifles to 1.75 seconds (near) and 2 seconds (far).*

-Tooltip tweaks.


Americans
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-Increased long range accuracy of tripod-mounted .50 cal M2HB heavy machine gun to 50%.

-Fixed an issue where the Pathfinder I&R squad wasn't getting the same bonuses as normal Paratroopers.

-Pathfinders can now reinforce from planted Beacons and employ grenades against enemy troops.


Germans (Wehr)
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-Changed Panzer IV Command Tank's defensive aura so that it reduces the chances of being hit by enemy weapons.

-Reduced burst lengths for SMG's by half at long range.

-Reduced accuracy of bunker-mounted MG's at long range to 33%.


Soviets
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-Fixed IS-2's 122mm gun not having proper blast radius when firing HE rounds.

-Fixed a bug where the DShK upgrade for the ISU-122 didn't actually show up.

-Decreased reload time for all 122mm guns slightly.

-ISU-122 can now switch between firing AP and HE rounds.

-Reduced accuracy of PPSh-41 smg's used by Penal Squads / Shtrafniki.

-Shock Troops can now use AT grenades.

-Shock Troops can now be upgraded to use either a DP-1928 Light Machine Gun or an ROK-3 Flamethrower.


Germans (OKW)
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-Reduced burst lengths for SMG's by half at long range.


*The idea behind these changes is to make semi-auto rifles distinctively superior in terms of rate of fire when compared to bolt-action rifles. Needless to say this change heavily benefits U.S. Infantry as ALL their rifles are semi-automatic.

Global
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-Increased the maxed crew size allowed for some captured team weapons.

-Tooltip tweaks.


Americans
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-Increased damage of M1 Garand rifle slightly.

-Increased damage of .30 Cal M1919 light machine guns (infantry and vehicle) slightly.

-Increased squad size of Pathfinders to 10.

-Changes to Infantry Company Commander. Replaced Field Defenses with a call-in for Ranger Teams (3 teams allowed).


Germans (Wehr)
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-Improved health of call-in officers.

-Reduced reload time for PaK 40 slightly.

-Reduced reload time for PaK 43 slightly.

-Reduced reload time for SdKfz 184 Elefant's PaK 43 slightly.

-SdKfz 184 'Elefant' can now switch between firing AP and HE rounds.

-Tweaked SdKfz 251/17's 2cm cannon a bit. Rate of fire reduced to 3 (from 7.5) to match what animations allow, but burst length increased to 3.3 seconds (from 2.5) and damage buffed to 50 (from 20) accordingly to give same burst damage as before. This will have to suffice until the model's animations can be fixed to display proper recoil speed and frequency.

-Tweaked SdKfz 222's 2cm cannon a bit. Rate of fire reduced to 2 (from 7.5) to match what animations allow, but burst length increased to 5 seconds (from 2.5) and damage buffed to 75 (from 20) accordingly to give same burst damage as before. This will have to suffice until the model's animations can be fixed to display proper recoil speed and frequency.

-Tweaks to call-in officers. They now gain Sprint and training bonuses like other infantry squads.

Soviets
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-Changed M5 halftrack Assault Group to Mechanised Guards Submachine-gun Squad. This is an 8-man Guards squad armed exclusively with

PPSh-41 smg's.

-Increased damage of Mosin Nagant rifle slightly.

-Increased damage of DP and DT light machine guns slightly.

-Increased damage of Maxim heavy machine gun slightly.

-Reduced reload time for ZiS-3 slightly (default auto-fire only).

Germans (OKW)
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-Fixed a bug with vet bonuses to sight range for Panzerfusiliers where bonuses were granting too much range.

-Improved health of call-in officers.

-Tweaked SdKfz 251/17's 2cm cannon a bit. Rate of fire reduced to 3 (from 7.5) to match what animations allow, but burst length increased to 3.3 seconds (from 2.5) and damage buffed to 50 (from 20) accordingly to give same burst damage as before. This will have to suffice until the model's animations can be fixed to display proper recoil speed and frequency.

-Tweaks to call-in officers. They now gain Sprint and training bonuses like other infantry squads.

HOTFIX
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-Fixed a bug where requirements for Penal Squads couldn't actually be met at times.