Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov

Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, a Soviet senior officer in the Red Army, was famous for putting up a heroic resistance with his 62nd Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. Chuikov was credited developing new tactics in such a constricted and cut-off strategic position, including close proximity defense and guerrilla methods, becoming a master of positioning and support tactics.

Abilities

 * Passive Abilities
 * Quick Reload - Artillery units take 20% less time to reload.
 * Army Mechanics - Engineers in repair vehicles can heal vehicles up to 50% of their maximum hit points in addition of fixing critical damages.
 * Reinforced Sandbag Bunkers- Towed anti tank units can deploy a reinforced sandbag cover that protects against attacks from all directions (damage decreased by 40% from above, 40% from frontal attacks and %40 from the sides). The unit can’t be towed while the bunker is active.
 * Towing Hooks - Recon vehicles, light tanks, and self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles recieve the ability to pull towed guns.


 * 1 Star
 * Smoke Grenades - Infantry units deploy with 3 smoke grenades. Smoke grenades apply a fog of war effect where thrown (in a 25 meter diameter for 10 seconds), hiding friendly units.
 * Hand Grenades - Submachine gunners, riflemen, and paratroopers deploy with 2 hand grenades.


 * 2 Stars
 * Hatch Lookout - More effective use of the top hatch increases the vision range of tanks to 38
 * Sandbag Covers - Armored units can deploy a sandbag cover that protects against attacks (damage decreased by 25% from frontal attacks and 25% from the sides), but becoming immobile.


 * 3 Stars
 * Demolition Kits - Riflemen deploys with 2 landmines, sumachine gunners deploys with 1 anti tank grenade or rocket launcher (mission dependant), and paratroopers deploys with 1 TNTs.
 * Extended Camouflage - Light, medium and heavy tanks along with recon cars, self-propelled anti-tanks and towed anti-tanks are more difficult to detect in light vegetation (effective detection range changes to 22 meters).


 * 4 Stars
 * Smoke Discharge Systems - Armored units deploy with 3 uses of smoke discharger. Smoke dischargers apply a fog of war effect around the unit ( in a 8 meter diameter for 10 seconds, hiding friendly units.
 * Firepower - Mortars, self-propelled artillery, and towed artillery receive extra damage for high explosive ammo rounds (3% increase to HE damage).


 * 5 Stars
 * APCR Rounds - All tanks, self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, towed anti-tank vehicles, recon vehicles, and anti-tank infantry deploy with 3 armor-piercing anti-tank rounds (20% damage increase on these rounds).