Infantry Section

Veterancy Abilities

• Base of Fire: This passive is granted upon reaching veterancy level 1. While standing in cover, the Infantry Section will have increased accuracy against enemy infantry units that are out of cover. The icon for the passive (bottom right) will light up when the cover requirement is met - otherwise, it will gray out when the Infantry Section is out of cover. Additionally, the squad will have an indicator above them during combat when the passive is activated, letting players know they meet the cover requirement and may be dealing more damage to infantry.

• The Recce Package grants the squad two scoped Lee Enfield rifles that have slightly better accuracy compared to their default rifles, therefore very slightly increasing the squad's anti-infantry performance overall. The more noticeable combat bonus is through the fact that these scoped rifles have +25% accuracy against units in cover, helping to mitigate cover bonuses. Additionally, the package also grants increased sight range by +5, and access to new abilities: the Recon Flare, and the Forward Observer Artillery Barrage. Lastly, the Recce Package also increases the unit's detection range, turning them into a 'detector' which can reveal camouflaged units at a larger range. More info can be found in the abilities section below.

• The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle Package grants the squad two anti-tank rifles that are very effective against light vehicles, though these are no substitute for anti-armour weapons as they will struggle to penetrate heavier frontal armour. However, it can still be useful to discourage armour charges and can deal respectable damage if used on the flanks of heavier armour. In exchange for gaining the Boys AT rifles which allows them to better tackle vehicles, the squad's anti-infantry performance is significantly reduced as these weapons are less effective against infantry.

• The Bren Light Machine Gun upgrade grants the squad one Bren LMG which significantly increases the squad's anti-infantry performance at all ranges. It is a straight combat upgrade for a Tommy squad, dealing far more damage overall compared to Recce Package though it offers no utility. Note that this Bren LMG cannot be fired on the move, and thus constantly moving will be detrimental to the squad's damage output.

Once upgraded with one of the above three packages, the decision cannot be reversed/changed.

Recce Package grants two abilities: Recon Flare and Forward Observer Artillery Barrage. It also increases the squad's detection range, turning them into a detector unit.

• Recon Flare: Fires a flare at the target location which reveals a large area. No resource cost, but long cooldown. Helpful for getting intel at long range and with little risk.

• Forward Observer Artillery Barrage: Call in an artillery barrage from the base HQ howitzer. This particular artillery strike is very slow, striking after a long initial delay. While it gives opponents plenty of time to react and thus is not exactly reliable for killing, it is quite cheap for an artillery ability and nevertheless still does its purpose of forcing enemies to move or else take damage.

• Detector: Not an actual ability, but it is worth noting that the Recce Package will also increase the squad's detection range, allowing them to reveal camouflaged units at a larger range of 25 compared to their default 12.5 range.

Research Upgrades

Grenade Package is a research upgrade available from the . It grants all Infantry Section squads two new abilities: Rifle Grenade and Anti-Tank Grenade.

• Rifle Grenade: Allows the squad to pay a Munitions cost to launch a frag grenade at the targeted area. Has higher maximum range than other similar 'grenade throw' abilities of other units, and also instantly explodes upon landing. However, as a downside the ability also has a large minimum range where the ability cannot be cast, preventing it from being used in close quarters. It also overall has a longer windup time before the grenade launches.

• Anti-Tank Grenade: Similar to other 'anti-tank snare' abilities of other units, this is a short ranged ability that costs Munitions to throw an explosive at an enemy vehicle. Once thrown, the grenade is guaranteed to 'stick' to the vehicle and deal its damage - this cannot be avoided as soon as the ability successfully casts. In general it will cause 'Crew Shocked' status, which temporarily slows the vehicle down for a short time. If the vehicle is damaged to 50% or lower health, it will instead cause 'Engine Damaged' instead, which permanently slows down the vehicle until it is fully repaired. AT snares are great for discouraging vehicle dives and can be combined with things like AT guns, to ensure quick destruction of vehicles. Multiple anti-tank grenades can be used successively to force an engine damage or cause more damage.

Infantry Training is a research upgrade available from the , granting bonuses to further improve veteran UKF units.

• Infantry Training: Available from the . Grants +800 veterancy XP, and veteran infantry units gain +10% accuracy, +10% reload speed, and -10% received accuracy.

Battlegroup Abilities

Indian Artillery Battlegroup

• Valour: Once Valour is attained from the Indian Artillery battlegroup, all UKF infantry gain the passive ability Valour. When the squad loses half of its members (rounding down), Valour will activate, granting bonuses to the squad. In the case of Infantry Section, it will only activate when down to two or less members. Likewise, it will deactivate if the number of squad members is more than half. Bonuses include -15% incoming damage, +15% rate of fire, and +15% accuracy, and these bonuses are further increased by +5% up to twice, maximizing when down to the last soldier.

• By default, Tommies have one soldier that is equipped with the Webley Revolver. This weapon is slightly worse than the default rifles the rest of the squad has, with worse DPS at all ranges comparatively. It is the first weapon to be replaced when the squad gains new weapons, such as from their various upgrade packages.

• When upgraded with Recce Package, the Scoped Lee Enfield variant is identical to the default rifles the squad uses, with the exception of slightly higher accuracy values at all ranges, plus a +25% accuracy bonus against units in cover. This results in a slight increase in the squad's DPS overall, although it is a very small increase unless comparing against targets in cover.

Trivia

• A popular slang for a common soldier in the British soldier is "Tommy Atkins", often shortened to 'Tommy' or 'Tommies'. While its origin is subject to debate, it was a very common and well-known slang during both World Wars. Armies outside of the British, including Commonwealth, French, and German soldiers, frequently called British soldiers Tommies. Likewise, in-game voice lines as well as players frequently refer to Infantry Sections as Tommies.

Change Log

1.7.0 Onyx Shark July 16 2024

Infantry Section 

• Rifle damage increased from 12 to 14 

• Rifle accuracy increased from 0.651/0.64/0.61 to 0.695/0.685/0.655 

• Webley Revolver Damage increased from 10 to 13 

• Scoped Rifles stats standardized with regular Rifle; except the following 

• Accuracy set to 0.76/0.7/0.66 

• Maintains the increased accuracy against units in cover and weapon penetration that currently exists. 

• Bren Gun cost increased from 90 to 100 munitions