Heavy Bundeswehr

Heavy Bundeswehr
Statistics
Health	795
Damage per Second	369
DPS vs Infantry	92
Damage Multiplier	25%
Range	1.5
Range Type	Melee
Training Cost	730
Training Time	35s
Troop Space	1
General Information
Nation	Germans
Troop Type	Heavy Infantry
Strength	High damage against buildings and cavalry
Weakness	Defending soldiers, mortars, redoubt
Favourite Target	Any
Upgrade Information
Age Unlocked	Cold War Age
Upgrade Cost	12,900,000
Upgrade Time	13d
Experience Gain	2,130
Upgrade Navigation
Previous	Bundeswehr
Next	Elite Bundeswehr

“Well-armed and plentiful, these troops are effective at tearing down enemy buildings. These unique German soldiers deal more damage!”

Heavy Bundeswehr is the level 12 German unique Heavy Infantry unit unlocked in the Cold War Age. Its predecessor is the Bundeswehr and can be upgraded to Elite Bundeswehr. It is researched in a level 11 Armory. It replaces Valiant Infantry.

General Information

The standard Heavy Infantry's default A.I. or purpose is to destroy the closest building (excluding walls), but they may fight back when attacked by an enemy troop. They're excellent at taking down defensive Heavy Cavalry (noticeably on cavalry at an age lower than them) and are able to destroy buildings quickly. However, their disadvantages are that they have low health, meaning that they can be killed very quickly. They can get destroyed easily by Splash Damage Structures such as Catapults or Mortars and Multiple Target Damage Structures such as Redoubt or Machine Gun. They are also weak against other Heavy Infantry (and even Ranged Infanty} spawned by the City Center, Garrisons, Ambush Traps etc.

• As a German unique unit, The Heavy Bundeswehr have 20% more damage than standard Valiant Infantry.

Historical Description

In the 1950s west Germany was tasked by NATO with rearming and adopting NATO ammunition standard in case of Soviet invasion. As the result, the Bundeswehr's arsenal of MG-3s was fitted with 7.62mm NATO chambering and adapted to use either continuous or disintegrating ammunitions belts.The Bundeswehr use Rheinmetall MG-3s to guard and patrol the west Germany side of Berlin wall, which defined the boundary between capitalism and communism in Europe for thirty years.

Visuals

This soldier wears a gas mask and a green hood, a tool used in the fear and protection against chemical or nuclear fallout, if the M.A.D theory failed and nuclear war broke out. Germany was going to be the front of any invasion from the Soviet Union, who puppeted half of Eastern post-war Germany.

Attacking Strategies

• If these units are used in large groups and not in heavy fire, they can be devastating and can destroy a base easily.
• Catapults or Mortars, with their splash damage, are devastating against these units and can kill a group of them in a few hits if in the range of the impact. Spread the units around so that the mortar would have to hit each infantry to kill it and that its impact would not affect other infantry as well, or deploy a few Heavy Cavalry to destroy it.
• Redoubts or Machine Guns buildings can likewise be devastating against these units, if it is not dealt with appropriately. Keep the units away from it until it is destroyed or position them to destroy it quickly.
• If a group of these units are under fire from Catapults or Mortars or Redoubts or Machine Guns buildings, consider using war tactics such as Sabotage or Protect and destroy the buildings as quick as possible, or use Demolition beforehand to eliminate these threats. You may also consider using Heavy Cavalry or other units to destroy these threats early on.
• The Missile Silo can eliminate a group of these units quickly. Don't group them together so much that will attract the Silo attacks. Or you could deploy them after the Silo is destroyed, sabotaged or distracted by other units with high HP.
• Use Ranged Infantry or Machine Gun Infantry to support them, so they don't perish easily to defenders.
• They can be used as a distraction for many defenses and can help protect ranged infantry such as Ranged Infantry from defenses.
• A group of them can easily overwhelm single target defensive towers, but are vulnerable against machine gun buildings.
• While using an army entirely composed with Heavy Infantry can decimate enemy bases early on, this strategy becomes less useful as you advance ages as your opponents will use more powerful defenses with AOE effect such as the Missile Silo.

Trivia 

• Bundeswehr means "Federal Defense" in German.
• This is the second unit in the game to wear a gas mask, the first being an earlier German unit from the Industrial age makes the Wehrmacht.