Knight's Cross Holder

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Knight's Cross Holder is updated to version Beta Two.

Knight's Cross Holder

Placement
Faction	Wehrmacht
Doctrine	Any
Tree	Any
Attributes
Squad Size	3
Health	270
Squad Slots	2
Targeting
Target Type	infantry_heroic
Vision
Sight	35
Detection	7/0
Suppression
Suppression Threshold	.2
Pinned Threshold	.6
Recovery Rate	.008
Abilities
For the Fatherland
Blitzkrieg
Inspired Assault
Field Medical Kit
Zeal
Assault
Fire Panzerfaust
Weapons
MP44 Assault Rifle
Panzerfaust
M24 Grenade Assault

Wehrmacht	Knight's Cross Holder Veterancy
	Panzerfausts available & 10% increase to accuracy.	18	Level 1
	Assault Grenades available & 15% reduction to received accuracy.	72	Level 2
	10% reduction to reload, 15% reduction to cooldown & gains a second Panzerfaust use.	216	Level 3
	Known Unit (Custom Name)	540	Level 4
	Feared Unit (Custom Skin)	810	Level 5

Knight's Cross Holder Visual Identification

The Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) was one of the highest awards that could be given to German military personnel. To qualify the recipient had to have the Iron Cross 1st class, or be awarded it at the same time. In addition, there were three extra awards that could be appended to the Knight's Cross: Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. Only a total of 27 men received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds by the end of the war.

They are generally abbreviated in Company of Heroes to KCH.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

History

The Knight's Cross Holders in Company of Heroes are an historically inaccurate unit that never would've existed. It was unheard of for an infantry unit to have every single member be a Knight's Cross Holder.

Tactics & Tips

The ultimate expression of the award: the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds only awarded to Hanz-Ulrich Rudel.

• KCH are very effective anti-infantry specialists, but very expensive.
• KCH are harder to suppress and can take more than one sniper shots due to their special armor, however they are weak to flame weapons.
• Avoid enemy tanks at all cost, but a panzerfaust upgrade may help.
• KCH come equipped with the Assault ability regardless of whether or not Blitzkriegs doctrine has been chosen.
• Although fearsome anti-infantry and possibly even a powerful anti-tank unit by using their panzerfaust, a single group of KCH will succumb to a basic British Bren universal troop carrier with the medium machine gun upgrade if left unattended.
• KCH is great as a focal point(Schwerpunkt) during an attack due to its firepower to popcap ratio.