New Content and Features

Maps

Replay System with Caster HUD

Hammer and Shield

Features & Improvements

Main Menu and Front-End Redesign

First-Time Player Experience Redesign

Challenges

Art Updates

Quality of Life Changes

Multiplayer Balance Changes

Bug Fixes

• Art & Animation
  
• Audio
  
• Essence Editor
  
• Gameplay
  
• Maps
  
• Performance (crashes)
  
• Single player – Italian Dynamic Campaign and North African Operation
  
• User Interface & User Experience (UI/UX)
  

NEWS

• an improved front end design & main menu
  
• new multiplayer maps
  
• single player and multiplayer balance updates
  
• Replays and a new replay HUD
  
• and much more.
  

• new Battlegroups for the US Forces – Advanced Infantry - and the Wehrmacht – Italian Coastal
  
• the Air & Sea Company for the single player Italian Dynamic Campaign
  
• and a premium cosmetic package.
  

• When? November 30th, 2023
  
• Time? 10 AM PT
  
• Where? Twitch
  

DEVELOPER SITREP

• Replays Menu
  
• Capture Point Changes
  
• Challenges
  
• Mines
  

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

LINKS

NEWS

DEVELOPER SITREP

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

LINKS

Hey everyone, just a quick note from the balance team here. We're aware of the ongoing issues relating to DAK balance and Heavy Machineguns, and we're moving to address these issues. The fixes in this current patch are intended to alleviate the problem, but we're aware it will not fully solve them. Some of this work requires more systemic changes that we could not fit into a tuning update, but we hope to include in future updates, starting with 1.4.0 in December. - Jason_RE

General

• Pachino Stalemate (1vs1) and Sousse Wetlands (4vs4) have had their Automatch selection weight reset so they no longer have a higher chance of appearing. Our team will continue experimenting with this weighting in the future to try to find the best balance as we showcase new maps.
  

Heavy Machine Guns

• Crew health decreased from 90 to 80.
  
• HMG 42 Team suppression dealt to suppressed targets reduced from 0.35 to 0.3.
  
• Vickers, M1919 Browning, and MG 34 suppression dealt to suppressed targets reduced from 0.5 to 0.4.
  
• HMG Incremental Accuracy standardized to 1.12.
  
• Infantry pin threshold increased from 0.5 to 0.65.
  
• Wide arc machine gun arcs reduced from 125 to 110.
  

US Forces

• M1 Garand cooldown modifier when in close quarters is reduced from 0.2 to 0.15.
  

• Changes from 1.3.0 update reverted.
  
• Reload time decreased from 4/4.25 to 3.5/4
  

• Area of Effect model cap increased from 2 to 3.
  
• The tracking speed of the turret increased by 33%.
  

Wehrmacht

• Area of Effect model cap reduced from 3 to 2.
  
• Incremental accuracy bonus removed.
  

• Communication Cables sight range now properly affects all resource points.
  
• Decapture rate from Communication Cables removed.
  
• No longer gains bonus sight range from veterancy. (Tooltip will be adjusted in a future update).
  

• Main gun Area of Effect model cap reduced from 3 to 2.
  
• Receives +50% damage bonus to its coaxial machine gun rather than +100% from Armored Support Battlegroup’s Superior Fire Drills
  

• Kar98k cooldown multiplier at close range has been increased from 0.35 to 0.45.
  

• Manpower cost increased from 250 to 275.
  
• Tear Gas Shot now requires Veterancy 1.
  
• Tear Gas Shot duration reduced from 10 to 3 seconds.
  

• Manpower cost increased from 200 to 250.
  
• No longer automatically reinforces Panzergrenadier Squads upon completion.
  

• Armor when decrewed reduced from 100 to 70; standardized with other team weapons
  
• Reload speed increased from 2.5/2.75 to 2.875/3.15; reload time increased by 15%
  

Bug Fixes

• 250 Halftrack - Heal ability is no longer hidden under the Smoke Dischargers ability.
  
• Axis Loiters now have their health at their correct value of 1800 instead of 280.
  
• Axis Tigers Veterancy requirements now require 25% more XP to level (from 2200/6600/13200 -> 2750/8250/16500).
  
• Fixed an issue where "Framerate Limit" was locked to 30 FPS on machines where lower CPU specifications or hardware were detected Dingo can now fire on the move.
  
• Fixed British Supply Surplus Cache and Infirmary upgrades being able to be built on top of existing Supply Caches.
  
• Fixed an issue where the StuG D's veterancy requirement was not set properly to 1000/3000/6000.
  
• Fixed M29 Weasel's Signal Layer ability not giving bonus resources.
  
• Using Focused Gunnery with the Vickers HMG no longer prevents group / band-box selection.
  

NEWS

• A new 4v4 map
  
• Improvements to an existing 1v1 map
  
• A main menu newsfeed
  
• A host of gameplay adjustments
  
• Quality of life improvements
  
• Balance changes
  

• Tac Map Changes
  
• Pings
  
• New Map
  
• Team Weapon Block
  
• Pathfinding – Long Range
  
• Cover Preferences
  
• Infantry Repath
  
• Infantry – Repath #2
  

• Capture (Strategic) Point Night Fighters skin
  
• Pioneer Squad Night Fighters Infantry outfit
  
• Jäeger Squad Night Fighters Infantry outfit
  

DEVELOPER SITREP

PARTNER CONTENT

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

LINKS

BUGFIXES

Art/Animation

• Changed the way weapon swap animations are played so they are now layered as upper-body animation. Mechanically that means that when a unit upgrades to a new weapon (such as the BAR) or when a unit changes weapons (such as mine sweeper for engineers), they no longer stop in their tracks and get separated from the rest of the squad.
  
• Fixed a T Pose when units embark into the Deutsche Afrikakorps 205 Light Carrier.
  
• Fixed hit reaction animations when infantry is dropped to prone from explosions (grenades, mortar, etc.). These animations should now quickly end when the squad is issued a command, instead of keeping the unit locked down for the full length of the animation (It was never the intention for hit reaction animations to lock down units in place).
  
• Fixed a problem where squads would lose the player's requested unload destination if the player issued a second order while the squad was in the process of unloading. The vehicle will now properly acknowledge the new destination and navigate accordingly. Soldiers will now also respond to the unload more quickly and will exit the hold more seamlessly.
  
• Modified the Weapon Swap to use an upper body animation layer. This should should mean kneeling units to no longer stand up when ordered to change weapons or tools.
  
• Removed most pivots from infantry to increase infantry responsiveness.
  
• There should be no more popping before and after throwing a grenade. Entities should now be using the aim animation while rotating to the ability location.
  
• Adjusted the behaviour of infantry entering cover while engaged in combat. Infantry will now avoid sliding into cover (and instead opt to stay standing and shooting) if they are in the middle of aiming. However, the unit will still do the slide into cover animation if they aren't aiming - which might happen depending on a number of factors, such as the weapon type, range, wind down period etc.
  

Gameplay

• Anti-Air units can now target airplanes outside the playable area.
  
• Artillery should now fire with a 20 second cooldown that is surfaced through a decorator It should respect having vision on the enemy unit.
  
• Breach now forces retreat of garrisoned units.
  
• Burst weapons will no longer keep firing if the target ducks behind a shot blocker.
  
• Clarified the meaning of “resource lost” stats with tool tips. This means the resource value of units lost in combat.
  
• Fallschirmpioneers now have access to wire cutters from the start of the game.
  
• Fixed damage over time damage not awarding veterancy and kills to the damage originator.
  
• Fixed HMG redeploying when switching targets in arc.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Panzerjaeger squad was unable to fire Anti-Tank Tear Gas round if the remaining squad members didn't have Panzerbuchse 39 equipped.
  
• Fixed a bug where it was possible for a unit who was repeatedly given the Stop command to completely lose the ability to attack. This was unintentional, and now units told to stop while they're already stopped will no longer cause them to stop attacking. This bug affected infantry, vehicles and structures alike (defensive positions, etc.).
  
• Fixed a missing UI text string on the Salvage Crew ability for the M3 Armored Personnel Carrier when used on friendly or hostile units .
  
• Fixed a tool-tip issue with the Bishop's direct-fire ability.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain call-in units could not be deployed due to incorrect population requirements.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain units could double shot projectiles. Shermans, Brummbars, and Greyhounds now need to cycle a reload sequence if they fired a shell before using WP, Bunker Buster or Smoke shot.
  
• Fixed an issue where Deutsches Afrikakorps Schu Mines and Teller mines would not cancel construction if the builder was given another order before construction begun.
  
• Fixed an issue where Flak emplacements would not be cancelled if the engineer was given a build other before they reached the construction site.
  
• Fixed an issue where Wehrmacht bombers used the incorrect model during the Montella mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where Tear Gas would not disable an indicator over the target.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Crusader had further sight than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Hellcat and M3 75mm Gun Motor Carriage First-Strike Veterancy bonus failed to work correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Stosstruppen Red Phosphorous Grenade would not continue to deal damage after detonation.
  
• Fixed British Forces Supply Surplus Cache and Infirmary upgrades being able to be built on top of existing Supply Caches.
  
• Fixed invalid target requirement text for the Sherman's White Phosphorus Shell.
  
• Fixed M1 Anti-Tank Gun continuing to fire while Brace ability was active.
  
• Fixed M1 Anti-Tank Gun not firing after Brace ability ends.
  
• Fixed missing UI requirements for the Captain's 'Rally to Me' ability.
  
• Fixed players appearing on the wrong team after a skirmish restart.
  
• Fixed Recover Wrecked Vehicle ability range for recovery vehicles.
  
• Fixing a programming glitch that caused repeatedly giving the Attack move order to prevent a unit from moving. Repeatedly giving Attack Move orders now behaves smoothly, similar to how repeatedly giving the Move order does.
  
• Improved weapon range visualization to account for shooter size.
  
• L6/40 Combat Group should now properly be 10 population instead of 12.
  
• Mortars and HMG's should now have their abilities cancelled when pinned.
  
• Pathfinding tuning on Deutsche Afrikakorps recovery now matches the US recovery vehicle.
  
• Setup HMG teams will no longer become stuck if given a reface order in place.
  
• Smoke Canisters should no longer break functionality on the creeping barrage ability.
  
• Team weapons no longer change targets when already engaged via an attack move order.
  
• The Focus Next Infantry command now cycles through units properly, skipping over retreating units.
  
• Unit Efficency has been changed to Efficiency Factor, which is now a ratio like 1.5, rather than 150%. Efficiency Factor means the amount of resource damage dealt to enemies, divided by the cost of units produced. There are now tooltips to explaining this.
  
• Beyond the meaning of Unit Efficiency being unclear, there were also errors in the calculation of efficiency which have been fixed. (Average) efficiency was displaying a total instead of an average. Additionally, the total damage dealt had been including friendly fire and environmental damage.
  
• Updated a large number of tooltips in-game to display numerical values for bonuses of many upgrades and abilities.
  
• Updated the VFX on On Map Communication Pings for the Attack, Defend and Look Here pings. Added a new VFX beam to make pings more visible when used on tall assets like buildings or when placed behind trees and bushes.
  
• You will now receive a specific message in the left-hand-side event queue if one of your units takes a hit from a sniper.
  
• Fix wrecks staying attached to recovery vehicles when issued move command.
  

Performance/Stability

• Improvements in detecting cases of file corruption and trigger verifications on game installs.
  
• Fixed a rare crash that would occur while previewing unit pathing using Tactical Pause.
  
• Turning off FSR with antialiasing on doesn't crash anymore.
  
• Improved/Reduced Frame Per Second drops while in a match.
  
• Fixed crash when closing prompts from a previous mission.
  

Single player

Dynamic Italian Campaign

• Adjusted bunkers to prevent paratroopers from dropping behind them on Monte Cavo map.
  
• Fixed stuttering during mission zero intro sequence.
  
• Fixed the default save names not changing in different game modes.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Anzio Annie Barrage ability not having a cooldown.
  
• Fixed damage on bridges with abilities such as bombing or barrages. These abilities now do the intended damage.
  
• Fixed cursor showing that incorrectly showed you can attack again when you controlled a naval unit that had already attacked this turn.
  
• Fixed FSE that can occur after loading a Calabria tutorial save.
  
• Fixed game crashing when loading some save files that had used paradrop.
  
• Fixed issue where troops would sometimes walk through Italy after landing from troop transport ability from port.
  
• Fixed map atmosphere state not being saved.
  
• Fixed Recover Wrecked Vehicle ability range for recovery vehicles.
  
• Fixed save overwrite confirmation dialogues not always displaying when making a save with an existing name.
  
• Fixed turn soft locking after using naval transport ability on a specific location in the Calabria campaign map tutorial. This only fixes new saves.
  
• Fixed the tooltip text to no longer be a blank “Requires: “ when issuing move orders out of bounds on the campaign map.
  
• Improved clarity on the ability fail message when trying to cast ability out of range.
  
• Addressed the jittery transition from zoomed in to zoomed out states on the Italian Campaign map.
  
• Attempting to capture towns no longer deal damage to it prior to doing mission or skirmish.
  
• Repainted territory in the Cliff Crossing Skirmish to make sure that the new territory layout has separate sectors for each point.
  
• Replaced detachments with emplacements in the Italy population breakdown menu.
  

North African Operation

• Adjusted asset position to prevent blocking garrison doors in the Ajdabiya mission.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Ajdabiya mission where the Flak 36 Objective could be completed by driving the truck up without the Flak 36.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the title card to play even when the player is not first starting the operation.
  
• Moved the enemy spawn locations to prevent them from spawning in view in the Ajdabiya mission.
  
• Reviewed UI mission completion and start popups to reduce cases where they appear back-to-back.
  

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue that prevented some players to receive new daily or weekly challenges on reset
  
• Building production buttons now have a toggled state.
  
• Changed the message on disconnect notifications to add clarification.
  
• Fix a crash that can occur when loading saves from Gela.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused dialog messages to get cut off in certain aspect ratios.
  
• Fixed a typo in Deutsche Afrikakorps Armored Support Group name.
  
• Fixed an issue occurring when a newly created North African Operation save uses the default name of the last completed mission.
  
• Improved the tooltip message shown when trying to invite offline players to your party.
  
• Replaced the CoH3 Desktop icon to support sizes from 16px to 256px.
  
• The Battlegroup panel can now be closed by pressing ESC or clicking outside the panel.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Night Fighter Resource Point cosmetic did not state which resource point it affects.
  
• Updated the Co-op vs AI stats to have the most played faction.
  
• Disabled Select Map and Game Options buttons during match start countdown.
  

NEW CONTENT, FEATURES, AND IMPROVEMENTS

New Map

Sousse Wetlands – 4v4

• The ancient walled city to the North - Featuring exciting urban combat and flanking routes galore
  
• The wetlands and causeway - Featuring masses of foliage and water where combat is long-ranged, and maneuverability is key
  
• The desert village to the South - Where cover can rapidly deteriorate, and defenders can easily be outflanked
  

Reworked Map

Pachino Stalemate – 1v1

• Considerable changes to territory and accessibility
  
• Large rock formations have been removed map-wide enabling better mid to late game pathfinding (which should open the map up as larger vehicles hit the field)
  
• Updated cover around central resource points
  
• Updated map textures to improve visibility around key areas
  
• Updated atmosphere
  

Match stats

• Quitting a match will no longer exit the Match Stats screen.
  
• If a player gets disconnected from a match, they will now still be able to view the match stats.
  

New Cosmetics

• Mud Brown Foot Guards
  
• Mud Brown Matilda II
  

• Sea Blue M18 Hellcat
  
• Sea Blue Sniper
  

• Dark Brown Brummbar
  
• Dark Brown Nebelwerfer
  

• Basalt Grey Stug III D
  
• Basalt Grey Anti-Tank Gun Team
  

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS AND BALANCE

Pathfinding

• Adjusted vehicle pathfinding to take more direct paths to the requested location.
  
• Infantry will now do less pathing adjustments when friendly soldiers are in the way.
  
• Infantry will no longer prefer to take paths with denser cover distribution, which has often led to unpredictable behaviours.
  
• Infantry will now be able to path through allied infantry and team weapons. When traversing through blocking vehicles, infantry will now think they can path through, but will be physically stopped until the vehicles move out of the way for more predictable behavior.
  
• Retreating infantry will no longer get stuck in place when pathing into vehicles, squads, and team weapons.
  
• Team weapons (whether abandoned, set-up, or idle) will no longer be able to block chokepoints for allied units. The space under team weapons is now considered a pathing space.
  
• Units executing attack orders will more consistently approach their target in a straight line.
  
• Vehicles doing a Move order at longer distance will now follow a straight path opposed to following a path that is aligned with their orientation.
  
• Vehicles will no longer be allowed to stop while phasing.
  

Pings

• On map communication pings will now feature a new visual effect, that includes a uniquely colored tear drop effect lasting for 10 seconds.
  

• A colored light beam will appear on pings to improve visibility at distance and when used next to tall assets like high vegetation, trees and buildings.
  
• Previous pings will be removed when a new ping of the same type is issued.
  
• Each ping type will have a unique cursor when selected.
  
• New animation effects on both minimap and tactical map have been added to drastically improve ping readability.
  

• Introduced a cooldown period during ich a player can no longer issue pings, which is activated when a given player issues multiple pings in rapid succession.
  
• When on cooldown, trying to use pings again will display a message in the chat visible to the player.
  
• Continuously using pings when on cooldown will further increase the cooldown itself.
  

Map Updates

• HQ Sector bunker positioning has been adjusted across various maps to prevent bunkers from unintentionally covering resource points, whilst also reducing the number of blind spots that might be exploited by the enemy player.
  
• Many heavy-crush rock piles have been removed across Africa maps, including but not limited to Road to Tunis - 1v1 and Gazala Landing Ground - 3v3
  
• Heavy-crush rock piles have been replaced in many cases by Sangars, which still provide heavy cover, but are less resilient to damage and are medium-crush
  

• Rebalancing of buildings near Victory Points.
  
• Removal of several large rock outcrops to enable late-game crush to open the map.
  
• Territory layout adjusted to be more appropriate for competitive gameplay.
  

• Added an infantry-only “gitty” between Mount Bacon and the Northern beach
  
• Adjusted the placement and number of rocks and tank traps on the Southern beach, to better improve vehicle flow and pathfinding
  
• Minor adjustments to cover around Mount Bacon
  
• Terrain adjusted to rebalance height gameplay around Mount Bacon
  

• Readjusted cover placement along the central resource points, particularly around the most contested resources.
  

• Returned the baby truck to its home, where it belongs.
  
• Updated the two rail bridges to one double length bridge, reducing the number of bridges to destroy/repair in this area of the map from 4 to 2.
  

• Updated territory layout, reducing the number of high resource points and spreading their value more evenly across the map. This should reduce the chances of games ending too soon from dominating the central areas of the map.
  

• Updated camera mesh to make it adhere closer to the terrain, which will prevent the camera from elevating too high near rocky outcrops.
  
• Updated atmosphere to transition into Dawn after around 30 minutes of gameplay.
  

• Updated cover placement around the central bunker complex.
  
• Replaced a number of trenches with sangars, improving the pathfinding of tanks in these areas.
  

Tactical Map

• Scaled down unit decorators, they now act as position icon.
  
• Removed the Unit position icon (circle).
  

GENERAL BALANCE CHANGES

Accuracy Changes

• 76mm halftrack and 221 Panzerbüchse accuracy set 0.1/0.055/0.045
  
• Anti-armor vehicle accuracy set to 1/0.05/0.04
  
• Crusader II and III accuracy set to 0.1/0.05/0.04
  
• General medium, heavy and light tank accuracy set to 0.075/0.0475/0.035
  
• Hellcat, Marder III and variants accuracy set to 0.1/0.055/0.4
  
• Sherman 76mm accuracy set to 0.1/0.05/0.04
  

Anti-Air

• CWT 15CMP AA Truck
  
• Crusader AA
  
• M16 Quad Halftrack
  
• Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind
  
• Flak 30 20mm AA Gun Team
  
• Flakvierling Halftrack
  

1. Strafing Runs (P-47 Strafing Run from the ASC, Luftwaffe Strafing Run)
   
2. Close-in/Dive Bombs (P-47 Dive Bomb from the ASC, Fragmentation Bombs)
   
3. Loiter (Hawker Typhoon Anti-tank loiter)
   
4. Reconnaissance versions of Strafing, Dive Bombs, and Loiters (Recon Artillery, P-47 Reconnaissance Loiter)
   
5. Heavy Bomber Runs (Carpet Bombing Run, Breakthrough Incendiary Bombing Run)
   

Mortars

• HE Barrage cooldown reduced from 0.75 to 0
  
• HE Barrage reload rate standardized to US Forces mortar
  

Veterancy Adjustments

• Anti-tank Gun veterancy requirements reduced from 1300/3900/7800 to 1000/3000/6000
  
• Panzerpioneer and Royal Engineers veterancy requirements reduced from 800/2400/4800 to 700/2100/4200
  
• Walking Stuka Half-track and Sherman Whizbang veterancy requirements reduced from 1950/5850/11700 to 1500/4500/900
  

Sniper Units

• Camouflage when leaving cover increased from 1 to 4 seconds.
  
• Sight range increased from 35 to 40.
  

FACTIONS & ABILITY BALANCE CHANGES

US FORCES

• Frontal armor decreased from 5 to 4.
  
• Moving weapon burst reduced from 100% to 75%.
  

• Veterancy requirement reduced from 900/2700/5400 to 750/2250/4500.
  

• Manpower cost reduced from 250 to 240.
  
• Reinforce cost increased from 22 to 24.
  
• Veterancy requirement reduced from 900/2700/5400 to 800/2400/4800.
  

• Veterancy requirement reduced from 750/1500/3000 to 600/1800/3600.
  

• Fortify Position ability reduces ability recharge times for nearby units by 25%.
  

• Area of effect damage changed from 1/0.3/0.15 to 0.75/0.4/0.4.
  
• Area of effect model limit set from 0 to 2.
  
• Area of effect radius increased from 1.75 to 2.
  
• Max scatter reduced from 4 to 3.
  
• Scatter offset set reduced from 0.33 to 0.
  

• White Phosphorus Barrage direct damage reduced from 80 to 10.
  
• White Phosphorus Barrage now has a cost of 25 munitions.
  

• APCR Rounds munition cost reduced from 45 to 35.
  
• APCR Rounds penetration bonus reduced from +100% to +50%.
  
• Reload time increased from 3.5/4 to 4/4.25 seconds.
  
• Chaffee no longer does additional damage against friendly units.
  

• Grenade area of effect distance increased from 0.5/1/1.5/4.5 to 1/2/4.5; matches the standard US Forces frag grenade used by Riflemen.
  

• Fire Superiority now reduces the squad’s speed by 33% when active.
  
• M1918 BAR penetration reduced from 2.5/2/1.75 to 1.75/1.5/1.33.
  

• Manpower cost reduced from 160 to 150.
  
• Utility Package munitions cost reduced from 30 to 25.
  
• Veterancy requirements reduced from 750/2250/4500 to 500/1500/3000.
  

• Accuracy bonus increased from 25% to 35%.
  
• Capture bonus and received accuracy bonus while moving removed.
  
• Seek and Destroy Ability properly provide its benefits to vehicles you control for the full 40 seconds duration of the activation.
  

• White Phosphorus Smoke ability no longer slows vehicles on hit.
  

• 76mm penetration reduced from 300/200/170 to 200/180/160.
  
• Arrives with a veterancy 1 Engineer squad; unit only becomes Assault Engineers if the Assault Engineer is unlocked.
  
• Command point requirement increased from 7 to 8.
  
• Cost increased from 600 manpower and 100 fuel to 650 manpower and 105 fuel.
  

• Precision Rocket barrage renamed to Long-Range Barrage.
  
• Long-Range Barrage range increased from 80 to 160.
  
• Long-Range Barrage range reload increased from 0.25 to 1.
  
• Long-Range Barrage rocket count increased from 10 to 15.
  

• Second plane now arrives 2 seconds later than the first plane.
  

Support Center

• Ability reticules adjusted to be more representative of their area of effect.
  
• Air Supply cost increased from 100 manpower and 30 fuel to 150 manpower and 40 fuel.
  
• P47 Dive Bomb area of effect reduced from 10 to 7.
  
• P47 Strafe’s 2nd plane now arrives 2 seconds slower.
  

• Munitions Surplus no longer grants an ability recharge bonus.
  
• Survival Training now grants 25% faster recharge speed on infantry abilities.
  

• M1919A6s upgrade time reduced from 50 to 30 seconds.
  

• Chaffee APCR Rounds ability penetration reduced from 300/200/160 to 270/165/120.
  
• Munitions cost reduced from 45 to 35.
  
• Canister Shot ability reworked to deal high damage against infantry in the open, but is less effective against units in cover. Deals 25% damage against units in garrison and heavy cover, 50% against light cover.
  
  
  
  • Munitions cost reduced from 45 to 25.
    
  • Greyhound canister area of effect model limit increases from 3 to 4.
    
  • Sherman canister area of effect model limit increases from 3 to 5.
    
  
  

WEHRMACHT

• Build time reduced from 45 to 40.
  
• Crew health increased from 80 to 90.
  
• Penetration increased from 26/22/18 to 30/26/22.
  
• Veterancy requirements reduced from 1300/3900/7800 to 1000/3000/6000.
  

• Auto-fire reload reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
  
• Barrage recharge time standardized to 20 seconds.
  
• Barrage reload reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds.
  
• Barrage shell count increased from 4 to 6.
  
• Munitions upgrade cost reduced from 60 to 50 Munitions.
  

• Cost increased from 125 manpower and 25 fuel to 200 manpower and 45 fuel.
  
• Now provides +80 health to all affected vehicles.
  
• Side armor bonus removed.
  

• Reload bonus increased from 35% to 40%.
  
• Speed bonuses and received accuracy bonus reduced from 50% to 35%.
  

• AP rounds penetration increased from 90/75/65 to 90/85/75.
  
• AP rounds reload time decreased from 4.75/6.5 to 4/4.5 seconds.
  
• AP Round area of effect distances changed from 0.25/1/4 to 0.25/0.25/4.
  
• HE angle scatter reduced from 12.5 to 7.
  
• HE round area of effect damage changed from 1/0.25/0.15 to 0.5/0.25/0.25.
  
• HE round area of effect radius increased from 4 to 5.
  
• HE round area of effect mode limit increased from 3 to 4.
  
• HE round reload time reduced from 4.5/5 to 4/4.5.
  
• HE rounds now fire directly at targets.
  
• Movement scatter changed to match other tank guns.
  

• Cost reduced from 320 manpower and 60 fuel to 300 manpower and 50 fuel.Checkbox Checked with solid fill
  
• Reload speed decreased from 3.75/4.25 to 1.875/2.125.
  
• Tactical Advance replaced with White Phosphorous rounds.
  
• White Phosphorous Rounds cause suppression and reduce a vehicle’s vision by 75% on hit for 5 seconds. Costs 30 munitions. Lasts 30 seconds.
  

• Capture and de-capture bonus from reconnaissance package set to a flat +20% bonus.
  
• Reconnaissance Package munition cost reduced from 60 to 50.
  

• Communication cable munitions cost reduced from 35 to 25.
  
• Communication cables now grants the Kettenkrad +33% capture and de-capture speed and grants +7 vision range to points captured by the Kettenkrad.
  
• Communications cable resource bonus removed.
  
• Speed increased from 10.50 to 11.75.
  

• Veterancy ability replaced with Deutsche Afrikakorps Commander 8Rad Ability.
  

• White Phosphorous rocket count increased from 5 to 6.
  

• Veterancy requirements reduced from 750/2250/4500 to 500/1500/3000.
  

• Tactical Advance replaced with Tank Hunter.
  
• Tank Hunter is a Passive Ability that causes target vehicles hit by the Panther to be 25% easier to hit for 8 seconds. The affected unit will also be revealed, even in the fog of war for the entire duration.
  

• White Phosphorous Grenades now properly deal damage over time.
  

BRITISH FORCES

• Command Point cost increased from 2 to 3.
  
• Health reduced from 800 to 480.
  
• Manpower cost increased from 320 to 400.
  

• Now gains shared experience.
  

• Veterancy 1 Improved Logisitic ability now shared between the standard CWT and the medical variant.
  

• Grenade area of effect distance increased from 0.5/1/1.5/4.5 to 1/2/4.5.
  

• Area of effect radius reduced from 2.5 to 2.
  
• Area of effect distances reduced from 0.75/1.5/2 to 0.33/1/1.75.
  

• Recce Package passive vision bonus reduced from 7.5 to 5.
  
• Light Vehicle Refit and Withdraw
  
• No longer costs munitions.
  

• Mark Target munitions cost increased from 25 to 45.
  
• Mark Target penetration bonus reduced from +50% to +25%.
  
• Area of effect damage changed from 1/0.3/0.15 to 0.5/0.3/0.3.
  
• Area of effect damage distances changed from 0.44/0.875/1.31 to 0.375/0.375/2
  
• Moving scatter increased from 25% to 50%.
  
• Max scatter to 3.5.
  
• Scatter angle from 7.5 to 5.5.
  
• Scatter offset set to 0.125 to 0.
  

DEUTSCHE AFRIKAKORPS

• Manpower cost reduced from 260 to 250.
  
• Front armor increased from 6 to 7.
  
• Veterancy Requirements reduced from 1200/3600/7200 to 600/1800/3600.
  

• New upgrade added to the Armory. Requires Panzerarmee Command.
  
• Costs 250 Manpower.
  
• Increases the vision range of all vehicles by +5 when moving. When vehicles are stationary, increases vehicle vision by +10.
  

• Manpower cost reduced from 200 to 150.
  
• Advanced Repairs now requires the Light Support Kompanie. Previous Panzer Armee requirement removed.
  

• Manpower cost reduced from 340 to 300.
  

• Bersaglieri call-in ability recharge time increased from 60 to 75 seconds.
  
• Manpower cost reduced from 320 to 280.
  

• Command point requirement reduced from 3 to 2.
  
• Weapon burst duration increased from 0.75/1.25 to 1/1.55.
  
• No longer grant 1 free LMG to Panzergrenadier and Bersaglieri squads.
  

• Provides a flat 4 armor bonus to all facings to all affected units
  

• Gives +15% speed to all Deutsche Afrikakorps infantry who have Combined Arms available.
  
• Panzergrenadier version no longer grants ability range bonuses and only provides +10% bonus to accuracy. Grants the same bonuses as the Combined Arms used by other infantry.
  

• Wehrmacht and Deutsche Afrikakorps Command Panzer IV now both share the ammo swap ability.
  
• AP rounds penetration increased from 90/75/65 to 90/85/75.
  
• AP rounds reload time decreased from 4.75/6.5 to 4/4.5 seconds.
  
• Area of effect distances changed from 0.25/1/4 to 0.25/0.25/4.
  
• HE angle scatter reduced from 12.5 to 7.
  
• HE round area of effect damage changed from 1/0.25/0.15 to 0.5/0.25/0.25.
  
• HE round area of effect radius increased from 4 to 5.
  
• HE round maximum damage cap from 3 to 4.
  
• HE round reload time reduced from 4.5/5 to 4/4.5.
  
• HE rounds now fire directly at targets.
  
• Movement scatter changed to match other tank guns.
  

• Grenade Package Removed. Panzergrenadiers now require either Fire Support Elements from the Light Support Kompanie or the Mechanized Kompanie to be constructed in order to access grenades.
  

• Speed increased from 11.5 to 13.
  

• Now has access to Panzerjaegar squads costing 250 manpower.
  

• Grenade range increased from 16 to 20.
  
• LMG accuracy increased from 0.363/0.286/0.2332 to 0.396/0.312/0.2544.
  
• Rifle accuracy increased from 0.493/0.484/0.341 to 0.538/0.528/0.372.
  
• Model 24 grenade and Hafthohlladung Anti-tank Grenades now requires either Fire Support Elements from the Light Support Kompanie or the Mechanized Kompanie to be constructed.
  

• Now grants a +20% decapture bonus in addition to its capture bonus.
  

• Veterancy Requirement reduced from 1500/4500/9000 to 1000/3000/6000.
  
• Firing Positions range bonus increased from +15 to +20 range.
  

Italian Infantry

• Command Point requirement from 2 to 1.
  
• Booby Trap cost reduced from 55 to 45 munitions.
  
• Traps that detonate on a Victory or Territory point will increase the time it takes to capture the given point by +100% for 20 seconds.
  

• Command Point requirement from 4 to 3.
  

• Renamed to Sound the Alarm.
  
• Munition cost reduced from 60 to 40.
  
• Now also makes squads 20% harder to hit when active in addition to other bonuses.
  
• Now plays an alarm effect on activation.
  

• Armor increased from 1.25 to 1.5
  

• Cost increased from 450 manpower and 30 fuel to 475 manpower and 35 fuel.
  
• Emergency Speed now replaces Italian Brotherhood: Increases speed by +50%, and has +25% acceleration while making the unit 25% harder to hit. Disables weapons while active.
  
• Health increased from 240 to 280.
  
• Now has medium crush.
  
• Penetration increased from 16/14/13 to 45/25/15.
  

• Now has a delay before the ability activates.
  
• Now fires 10 shells over a large area that cause suppression damage. Targets that are pinned will retreat if they are in the blast radius of propaganda shells. No longer causes units to immediately retreat if they are not pinned.
  

Maps

• The ancient walled city - Featuring exciting urban combat and flanking routes galore
  
• The wetlands and causeway - Featuring masses of foliage and water where combat is long-ranged, and maneuverability is key
  
• The desert village - Where cover can rapidly deteriorate, and defenders can easily be outflanked
  

• Large rock formations have been removed map-wide to enable better mid to late game pathfinding
  
• Updated cover around central resource points
  
• Updated map textures to improve visibility around key areas
  

Features & Improvements

Newsfeed

Pathfinding

Pings

Tactical Map

Unit Selection

Game Balance

Anti-Air

Factions & Units

Bug Fixes

• Performance (crashes)
  
• Art & Animation
  
• Gameplay
  
• Singleplayer – Italian Dynamic Campaign and North African Operation
  
• User Interface & User Experience (UI/UX)
  
• Quality of Life fixes (QoL)
  

• Anti-Air units can now target airplanes outside the playable area
  
• Breach now forces retreat
  
• Quitting a match will no longer exit the Match Stats screen.