Hotfix,
- Conscript Mosin-Nagant damage nerf from last patch is reverted
- Partisan Sprint now requires vet 1
- Partisan RGD-33 Grenades now require the Grenade Package
- Red Banner HP lowered from 880 to 800
- Reconnaissance and Tank Hunter Section cover bonus was not applied correctly
- 25pdr emplacement tracking cone from 15 to 10 degrees, in line with other howitzers
- HM-38 Barrage reload time from 3.25 to 5.175; Vet 3 range from +33% to +20%
- Hard and Expert AI slightly tweaked to be less overwhelming with tanks
- M16 and M17 AA Half-tracks delayed for AI

The previous patch applied a huge infantry balance pass. This patch contains several tweaks based on feedback and new insights. These are subtle numerical changes again.
In general, dps of squads with 6 members is slightly decreased due to their large salvos. While some expensive 4 men squads have slightly increased dps to help their competitiveness. Semi automatic rifles have been adjusted to be a bit less accurate at long range compared to bolt action rifles.

Miscellaneous changes,
- PIAT Commandos cost from 400 to 370mp
- WASP Flamethrower upgrade cost from 75 to 60 ammo
- Panzerfusilier G43 upgrade adds 2 instead of 3 rifles; cost from 50 to 45
- Panzerfusilier Recon Package changed to Attach Scout; a jäger model equipped with G43
- Forward Assembly added to the Royal Engineer Demolition Team
- Updated portrait for Airborne engineers, thanks to BummKnallPeng
- The Tactical Operations Centre upgrade in HQ shows Recovery Engineers in the preview

Bugfixes,
- British cover bonus did not stack with veterancy (since last patch, my appologies)
- For the Fatherland caused slot items to disappear from infantry
- Assault and Hold did not affect new units after activation
- AVRE did not get its armor upgrade back after recrewing with no vet and regaining the vet

Hotfix,
Synced call-in cost with squad cost.

A huge thanks to Lieutenant, who made this update possible by writing assessments and providing many testruns.
Also a big thank you to the following players for participating in the testruns:
Ribs, Sgt. Qindle, Leidan Lake, 3nder and Kido

This update includes too many subtle numerical balance changes to write down. Therefor the changelog mentions the changes which affect gameplay and includes a summary of the balance pass.

Artwork,
- Improved portraits and matching icons, credits to @bummknallpeng !
- New Osttruppen cover bonus icon, credits to @hash_silencer_li !
- New icons for the SVT-40 and MP40 upgrades
- New symbols for SVT-40, G43, M1 Carbine and FG42

Visuals,
- Commando Weapon Crew no longer use silencers
- Partisan Snipers use G43's instead of Mosin-Nagants
- Designated Marksman uses the Cavalry Riflemen model
- Infantry weapons use historical magazine sizes

Balance pass summary,
- Snares no longer use RNG criticals; The criticals are now tied to HP thresholds: 80%, 50% and 12% for temporary, light and heavy engine damage.
- Satchel Charges have guaranteed light engine damage below 75%
- Abandoned tanks get guaranteed one critical: main gun destroyed or engine damage
- Weapons have more variants based on infantry cost and role; Weapon variants have custom accuracy and damage, all other stats are identical
- Infantry stats rebalanced (Buildtime, population cap, reinforce cost, target size, xp & veterancy bonuses)
- Command point requirements for upgrades tweaked
- Obstacle construction times tweaked based on durability and covertype
- Infantry who can fire LMGs on the moving will no longer prone

USF & UKF Medic squads,
- New upgrade: Combat Medic Equipment; Unlocks smoke grenade and M1 Carbines
- Can move while heal is active; weapons will be disabled
- Can earn xp and earn shared veterancy

USF & OKW Weapon Specialists,
- Renamed to Maintenance Team and has a new symbol
- Vet 1 unlocks to Medical Supplies instead of Critical Repair

USF:
- Riflemen Anti Tank Rifle Grenade requires Any Mechanized Command Post OR Lieutenant and Captain dispatched

UKF,
- Royal Marine Commandos use Garands instead of Lee Enfields
- Royal Engineer Demolition Team Light Gammon Bomb requires Trench Warfare
- Infiltration Commandos and Royal Marine Commandos require two production buildings instead of any specialization

Soviets,
- New upgrade 'Partisan Supply Operations': Unlocks Snipers, LMG and AT Partisans, Supply truck and weapon upgrades

Wehrmacht,
- Wehrmacht T1 and T2 fuel cost from 15 to 10; BP1 from 30 to 40
- Assault Grenadiers' StG44 Package unlocks 2 instead of 3 rifles, cost from 70 to 60 ammo; IR Package 5CP requirement removed and cost from 50 to 30;

OKW,
- Feuersturm Doctrine, Incendiary Munitions passive is replaced by GrW 42 Mortar Team call-in
- New upgrade: MP40 Submachine Guns added to the Sturm Offizier
- New upgrade: Panzerschreck added to Fallschirmjägers
- New ability: Deploy Goliath added to the Opel Blitz Munitions Truck
- New upgrade: Support Package added to Luftwaffe Ground Squad; increase repair speed with 0,5 and unlocks Bundled Grenade Assault
- 251 Half-track vet1 Infantry Awareness replaced by Concealing Smoke; Can now move slowly while heal aura is active

and several bugfixes and improved descriptions

Recent patches failed to fix the issue with units getting stuck in the OKW base; This time a more robust solution: OKW HQ redesign!
- More space and better pathing
- New unique weapon rack model
- The generator model is now partially walk-through, provides no cover and is invincible
- [AI only] The le.IG spawns at the map edge

Global improvements,
- HQ abilities can be used if the structure is outside of the playable area (custom maps)
- The Repair ability can be targeted with units who are walking outside of the playable area
- The Repair ability can no longer target structures during construction; This led to infinite repair times
- Partisan infantry use random models again
- Paratroopers with bazookas were missing the first strike bonus indicators
- Jagdtiger vet 5 text mentioned a passive effect which was removed many years ago
- Supply truck animations are improved; Each state is now visible for 12 sec instead of 1 - 4,5
- Beutepanzer skins are applied automatically when subscribed to the skinsets linked in the description; They don't have to be in the loadout anymore
- Code cleanup: many unused references and actions are removed and filters are more specific; Hopefully this improves the performance a bit

Tweaks,
- New portrait for the mortars when captured with OKW
- New portrait for Volksgrenadiers in winter maps
- Armored Skirts for the Pershing and Churchill renamed to Additional Armor

Veterancy:
- Riflemen and Cavalry Riflemen vet 3 received accuracy from -15% to -10%
- Assault Engineers vet 2 received accuracy from -29% to -23%
- Assault Engineers vet 3 accuracy from 40% to 30%
- Rangers vet 2 received accuracy from -29% to -23%

- Infantry Section vet 3 accuracy from 25% to 30%
- Assault Section vet 3 accuracy from 25% to 30%
- Recon Section vet 3 extra reload time of -15%

- Commissar vet 2 accuracy from 40% to 30%
- Conscripts vet 2 accuracy from 40% to 30% + Debuff for each lower Conscript rank from -7% to -5%
- Combat Engineers vet 1 cooldown from -25% to -15%

- Support Pioneer vet 1 received accuracy from -25% to -17%
- Assault Grenadiers vet 3 accuracy from 40% to 30%
- Panzer Grenadiers vet 2 accuracy from 17% to 14%
- Panzer Grenadiers vet 3 accuracy from 20% to 14%
- Brandenburgers vet 2 accuracy from 40% to 30%
- Brandenburgers vet 3 received accuracy from -29% to -20%

- Volksgrenadiers vet 5 extra received accuracy buff of -10%
- OKW Tank crew vet 3 received accuracy from -29% to -15%
- OKW Tank crew vet 4 received accuracy from -23% to -10%
- Sturm Offizier vet 3 accuracy from 40% to 30%
- Obersoldaten vet 3 received accuracy from -29% to -20%

Bugfixes,
- 221 FuG 12 Radio Set still added hp and armor bonuses
- Light vehicles crews did not autorepair nearby vehicles
- Fallschirm-Pioniere and Support Commandos did not unlock Wire Cutters with the Hazard Removal Package
- Most emplacements were missing settings for AI to calculate the combat rating
- AI did not use Repair with Urban Assault Pioneers and Light Vehicle Crews
- Ground Support Offizier's JLI call-in required the Specialized Support upgrade
- Vet 2 and 3 reinforce radius modifiers for UKF M3 were applied twice
- Piercing Shot of the 17pdr team weapon costed 90 instead of 60 ammo
- 17 Pounder was missing its portraits
- Okw T1 could still block infantry

Visuals,
A huge thank you to BummKnallPeng for the cooperation!
- Over 50 units have new icons & portraits (I lost count). Every single unit now has its own unique portrait and matching icon!
- The Soviet officers from the Rader use three different models
- Skins for Reserve Conscripts and Frontoviki Conscripts swapped
- Repair abilities have an indicator for repair speed

Gameplay,
- If an upgrade with veterancy requirement is removed from a tank when crewed by unvetted infantry, then it will automatically unlock when the required veterancy is reached

Sight,
- Many sight stats are standardized and tweaked to tone down some extreme scenarios
Functional changes:
* Jagdpanzer Spotter enables 360 degree sight instead of extending sight range
* Panzer IV J and Panther Vet 5 changed from Advanced Optics (+7 sight when stationary and 25% accuracy on the move) to +15% accuracy and -10% reload time
Global:
- 2-men Snipers vet 2 from 7 to 5
- Puma from 42 to 40; vet 2 from 8 to 5
- M3 vet 3 from 7 to 10
- M5 vet 3 from 10 to 5
USF:
- WC51 Garrison bonus bonus from 7 to 5
- WC51 from 50 to 45
- Ambulance from 50 to 35
- Stuart vet 3 from 15 to 5
- Pathfinder from 50 to 45
- IR Pathfinder from 50 to 45
- M3A1 Reconnaissance upgrade from 15 to 10
- Greyhound from 50 to 40
UKF:
- Universal Carrier vet 1 from 7 to 10
- Forward Observation Officer from 35 to 40
- AEC from 42 to 40; vet 2 from 8 to 5
- Recon Section from 42 to 45; Marksman Training from 7 to 5
- Valentine Observation Mode from 25 to 20; vet 1 from 7 to 10
Soviet:
- M3A1 vet 2 from 15 to 10
- Pozharsky from 42 to 40
- T70 Recon mode from 25 to 20
- Red Banner from 42 to 45
Wehrmacht:
- Pioneers from 42 to 40
- Support Pioneers from 42 to 35
- 222 with veterancy 2 + Spotting Scopes is capped at 70
- Jager Command Squad from 42 to 40
- Gebirgsjäger from 50 to 45; vet 1 increases sight by 5
- Spotting Scopes from 25 to 15
- Elefant/ISU Focused Sight from 35 to 30
- Panzer Command Tank from 35 to 45
- Panzer IV H & Command Tank with Tank Commander + Spotting Scopes are capped at 55
- Tiger Ace from 35 to 45
- Tiger Ace Spearhead from 15 to 10
OKW:
- HMG34 vet 5 from 6 to 5
- Sturm Offizier from 50 to 40
- Jäger Light Infantry from 50 to 45; vet 1 increases sight by 5
- 221 vet 2 from 15 to 10
- 251 vet 5 from 10 to 5
- AT Hetzer vet 2 from 8 to 5
- Flame Hetzer vet 5 from 15 to 10
- Jagdpanzer from 42 to 45; Spotter from +8 to 360 angle
- King Tiger Spearhead from 15 to 10
- King Tiger with Spearhead + Tank Commander is capped at 50
- Command Panther from 50 to 45
- Command Panther aura sight bonus from 15 to 10

Balance:
- Partisan Supplies armor from 0 to 20 + HP from 1500 to 1000
- Light vehicle crew repair speed from 1.2 to 1.0; vet 2 from +0.75 to +0.5
- Tank crew repair speed from 1.2 to 1.3; vet 2 from +0.75 to +0.5
- Support Commandos repair speed from 1.6 to 2; vet 2 from +0.5 to +0.75
- Airborne Engineers repair speed from 1.6 to 2
- Puma spotter effects changed from +20% penetration to +5 sight and +10% accuracy; cost from 60 to 40 ammo
- Puma Aimed shot dmg from 120 to 80
- Puma vet 3 dmg from +33% to +20 (no percentage)
- HEAT dmg modifier from +33% to +40 (no percentage)
- AEC vet 1 penetration bonus from +30% to +20%
- UKF M10 vet 1 penetration bonus from +30% to +15%
- OKW Panther and Panzer IV vet 3 reload time from -30% to -20%
- Sherman E8 Spotter cost from 60 to 40 ammo
- UKF Tank Commander cost from 25 to 40 ammo
- Churchill Defend with small arms cost from 45 to 40 ammo
- KV-1 Defend with grenades cost from 45 to 40 ammo

Bugfixes:
- Hulldown animation did not disappear in some scenarios and could disable usage of hulldown
- British tank wrecks showed animated binoculars when upgraded with a spotter
- Soviet Radar officer died when crewing a team weapon
- Units could get stuck at the OKW base
- Radio Net modifiers were not removed in some scenarios
- Removed veteran upgrades from tanks when recrewed by unvetted infantry did not remove the modifiers
- Support Commandos had an unintended construction modifier of 30% (leftover from their old 3-men design)
- Ariborne Engineers were missing vet 3 bonuses; new: -15% received accuracy and -15% cooldown
- Partisan Troops call-in cost 210 instead of 240mp
- USF M10 vet 3 reload bonus was -35% instead of -20%
- Urban Assault Pioneers had a repair rate of 2 instead of 1,6
- Ania did not have reduced accuracy against retreating infantry
- Partisan Mortar Squad did not show the mortar icon on the minimap
- AI did not use Urban Assault Panzergrenadiers' Satchel Charge
- Many engineer units mentioned the improved repair speed in the wrong veterancy

Art,
- Dozens of new and improved portraits! Special thanks to BummKnallPeng for the help!

Tweaks,
- Raketenwerfer can use manual reverse
- Put Away Minesweeper can be used before the squad enters the playable area
- Forward Assembly heal and repair upgrades from 80 to 60 ammo
- KV-2 call-in requires Mechanized Armor Kampaneya OR Tankograd
- Red Banner sight range from 45 to 42 and hp from 960 to 880

Bugfixes,
- Fixed three gamebreaking exploits
- Selected units by transfer orders can no longer capture during retreat
- AI will no longer use Officers from the Radar and Allied Reinforcements when taking over a human player
- Abandoned weapon selection types standardized
- Cheat Command mod II now spawns the modded Raketenwerfer instead of vanilla

Hotfix,
- Heroic Charge was supposed to be free; Cost of 25 ammo is reverted to 0.

AI improvements,
- Fixed the bug that caused the AI to stop building units in late game!
- A wider variety of units are used and more upgrades are bought
- Gliders and Airborne Guards paradrops are properly used
- Close/long range units will be used at their effective range and use cover more often
- The AI will no longer walk around units which it never encountered

Balance,
- New AT Mine: Mk. III Mines added to the Demolition Team (same as the Teller Mine)
- Diversion no longer requires the officer to be moving; The squad will draw fire from enemies without attack order
- Handheld flamethrowers use a new damage model: damage is applied slowly during the burst instead of once at the start of the burst
- Trench armor reduced from 35 to 20, equal to the fighting position

Visuals,
- M4 Sherman Calliope renamed to T34 Calliope
- Combat Engineers and Field Engineers names swapped
- More vehicle upgrades change the unit name: IS-2, Pershing, Calliope, Opel Blitz, M3A1 Scout Car, Universal Carrier
- More unit upgrades change the unit symbol: Assault Engineer, Combat Engineer, Support Pioneer, Panzergrenadier, Opel Blitz, 251 Half-track
- Active ammo toggle abilities show the loaded ammo on the unit portrait

Bug fixes:
- Jäger Command Squad was missing 1 weapon slot
- Heroic Charge was free instead of 25 ammo
- Pak43 and howitzers could not be destroyed during construction
- Sherman and Valentine Smoke barrages triggered counter barrage
- Cheat Command mod II now spawns the modded MG34 instead of vanilla
- Calliope Hold Fire did not require the gun upgrade
- Some HMGs did not cancel AP rounds when relocating
- Maxim Sustained Fire was missing UI indicators when active
- Crash landed and Can Reinforce portrait icons for the gliders were the same
- Fighting position upgrade had no voiceline