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| CoH-Stats
| Pioneer Veterancy
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| 50% reduction on negative modifier for building and repair rates.
| 6
|  Level 1
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| 20% reduction to received accuracy.
| 24
|  Level 2
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| 15% faster attack speed & 15% reduction to received damage.
| 96
|  Level 3
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| Known Unit (Custom Name)
| 240
|  Level 4
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| Feared Unit (Custom Skin)
| 360
|  Level 5
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| Pioneer Visual Identification
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A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform engineering tasks.
History
Pioniere (Pioneers) were the engineering troops of the German forces, and could be found in various units. Unlike the combat engineers of other nations, Pioneers were intended to be able to fight as infantry on their own, and were used as the premiere assault troops for clearing enemy fortifications. Pioneers in Panzer and Panzergrenadier divisions were called Panzerpioniere, and Pioneers in Flieger divisions (Airborne divisions) were called Fallschirmpioniere.
Tactics & Tips
Pioneers are a very important part of the early Wehrmacht game, and contribute to the Wehrmacht's force in the following ways:
- Can upgrade to use a very unique and powerful weapon, the Flammenwerfer (Flamethrower).
- Cheap troops that can capture points and garrisoning half tracks.
- Can construct tactical emplacements - wire, sandbags, tank traps, mines, bunkers.
- They are, however, very vulnerable and should be treated as such.
Flamethrowers supplement regular combat units in several ways.
- More effective against units in cover, instead of less effective.
- Deals area damage.
- Highly effective against buildings and emplacements.
- Due to the nature of the weapons, they are better paired up with Volksgrenadiers upgraded with the MP40.
- Put simply, the Flamethrower equipped Pioneers are effective at much of what regular infantry is not, and complement them wonderfully.
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