Walking Stuka Rocket Launcher

The Walking Stuka Rocket Launcher (commonly referred to as simply Stuka) is a DAK artillery vehicle unit. In multiplayer skirmishes it is available from the Panzerarmee Kommand.

The Stuka serves as the DAK's main artillery unit. Unlike mortars, it does not have the ability to auto attack or attack ground and thus, relies on its barrage abilities to contribute artillery barrages.

It is very specialized and lacks any real utility, with its only purpose being its ability to launch powerful rockets at long range. Thus, it lacks any smoke or other types of barrage abilities. Upon veterancy level 1 it gains the Creeping Barrage active ability which is a modified form of rocket barrage that fires the rockets in a very tight area. These are ultimately more accurate than its regular barrages, but covers a much smaller area.

When ordered to barrage, it fires off its rockets relatively quickly. These rockets explode with massive impact, dealing great damage in a large area of effect. The explosions will also create light cover in the form of craters. It is very effective against many infantry and vehicles who do not get out of the way, and often times a single barrage is enough to force mass routing of units.

As a downside, these barrages have a very long cooldown, so one must choose wisely when and where to barrage. The Stuka also has one of the lowest health in the game for a vehicle, and thus is extremely vulnerable to being destroyed if it is caught out for even just a fleeting moment. Much caution must be paid when using the Stuka - it is highly recommended to always retreat it back to base after firing off a barrage.

Of special note, the Stuka does not have Support Veterancy and thus will need to score a lot of its own damage/kills in order to gain veterancy XP.