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Blitzkrieg Mod 5.1.4 Update

Hello everyone!

New version of our beloved Blitzkrieg Mod is UP!


Changelog:

General:
- Increased reload time of most 75mm L48 guns (PIV F2/H/J, StuG III/IV, Hetzer and JPIV) to 7 seconds
- Tweaked stats of 57mm/6pounder guns vs PIVs (includes AT gun teams, T48s, 6pounder churchills; removed -6% accuracy; penetration increased by approximately +10%)
- Tweaked stats of 50mm guns vs Shermans (includes PaK38, Puma; reduced penetration by approximately 10%)
- fixed 1000 VP infantry only mode in CZ language (the desribtion said 1000 VP and did not mention that it is "Infantry only")
- M10 (Wolverine and Achilles) no longer react to movement orders when they are in ambush mode (prevents accidentally leaving ambush position)
- M10 (Wolverine and Achilles) no longer automatically activate Flank speed when they leave ambush (need manual activation)
- Suppression values of LMGs on Jeeps and Schwimwagens/Motorbikes lowered to (approximately) the level of hull MGs on tanks
- Fixed an issue which made several "timed HE" abilities too accurate when shooting at targets in smoke
- Applied new "Reinforce squad icon" (replaces the vCoH reinforcement icon)
- Unified bonuses on vehicles and AT guns when shooting from ambush mode; now they get on the first shot +50% accuracy, +25% penetration, +25% damage (from various values)
- All medic teams should now have proper texts on their Reinforcement button
- All Tank Destroyers should now auto-target enemy vehicles once in ambush mode by default (auto-targetting can be manualy turned off with a "hold fire" button)
- Update Allied Warmachine ability describtion to clearly say what the ability does
- Unified the nerfs of AT guns shooting at armored cars of any faction (they should now all have x0.8 accuracy vs moving armored cars)

US:
- Changed Veterancy bonuses of 57mm AT guns from vCoH to standard BK mod Vet bonuses for AT guns
- Lowered range of T48 to 65 (from 75)
- T48 in camo now receives +5 range (instead of -10)
- Removed "Hit and Run" ability from Wolverine
- Added "Fire smoke shell" ability to Wolverine (25 ammo)
- Changed costs of Shermans (price in brackets applies to Armor doc after Mass production upgrade):
* Sherman M4 410MP 40F (350MP 30F)
* Sherman 76(W) 450MP 55F (380MP 45F)
* Sherman E8 500MP 70F (400MP 52F)
* Sherman Crocodile 440MP 60F (360MP 45F)
* Sherman 76mm Jumbo 780MP
- Removed "Hit and Run" ability from Wolverine
- Added "Fire smoke shell" ability to Wolverine (25 ammo)
- M8 Scott can now use offmap barrage with Tank Commander inside
- Defensive Strafing patrol of AB forward HQ no longer dissapears after upgrading "Strafing AP bullets"
- Tweaked suppression values of BAR's "Suppression" ability - it suppresses a bit slower now
- BAR's "Suppression" ability is now only available to Riflemen in Infantry docrine
- Medic squad (deployed from triage center) can no longer reinforce anywhere via paradrop
- AB medic team can now retreat to AB HQ or to AB HQ Squad
- AB Engineers (called from AB HQ) have now correctly set alternate retreat point as other AB units (instead of Ranger Captain)

CW:
- Removed "Hit and Run" ability from Achilles
- Reworked "Button vehicle" ability
* cost dropped to 10 (from 25)
* range increased to 60 (from 30)
* lower's target's view range by 50% (from 99%)
* makes main gun 50% less accurate (from completely dissabling it)
* disables Top MG
* no longer slows down the targetted vehicle
- Reworked "sector smoke" ability of RA doctrine into an "Offmap smoke barrage" which sends 15 smoke rounds into a selected area
- Fixed an issue that still allowed HQ trucks to crush HMG and Mortar teams
- Lowered turret rotation speed of Achilles to 13 (from 18.5)
- Increased damage output of AVRE vs emplacements (now it should one-shot most emplacements)
- Increased damage output of AVRE vs bunkers (now it should take at least half of bunker's HP on direct hit)
- AVRE now has 5% chance of destroying a bunker completely on hit
- Vehicles in the AoE of AVRE's shot now get a short "stun" effect which lowers the accuracy, reload speed, vision and movement speed for 7 seconds
- AVRE shot ammo cost increased to 45 (from 30) and recharge time increased to 60 seconds (from 45)
- RA Autocar barrage cost increased to 40 (from 25)
- Lowered sight range of Stuart Recce to 40 (from 60)
- Fixed a bug which removed cooldown on Recce's Binocular ability
- Firefly has now basic reload time set for 6 seconds no matter how far the target is (used to reload faster when target was further away)

WM:
- PIV J needs the "H" unlock + "Faster production; comes cheaper right away
- Mass production makes "H" cheaper, does not affect cost of "J"
- Tiger Ace should not longer deal damage to anything just by getting close to it
- Lowered mobility and detection radius of Schwimwagen
- Changed Volksgrenadiers MP40 upgrade from "4xMP40 for 50 ammo" to "2xMP40 for 25 ammo"; possible to upgrade 2x per squad

PE:
- Assault Grenadiers now receive "Vehicle suppression" ability when they purchase LMG upgrade*update
- Vehicle suppression ability:
* costs 10 ammo
* range 60
* lower's target's range by 50%
* makes main gun 50% less accurate
* disables Top MG
- Removed "Hold facing" ability from Jagdpanther to make room for "Hold Fire" ability when in camo

Hope you like the changes and see you in game!