Sturm Armory

Sturm Armory
Army	Wehrmacht
Role	Multi-purpose production center
Unit Cost	240 240 35 35
Prereq.	Escalation to Assault Phase
Produced By	Pioneer Squad
Production XP	23+23 xp
Health	635 635
Armor	None
Produces (5) Sdkfz 234 Armored Car Medium Vehicle, armed with fast firing 20 mm cannon. Effective against infantry. Can be upgraded with 50 mm cannon. Costs 280 280, 35 35, 4 4 Takes 45 seconds to produce Officer One-man support unit, with three different abilities. Can speed up production of units, call bombardment or force enemy squads to retreat. Costs 260 260, 2 2 Takes 45 seconds to produce 150mm Nebelwerfer Rocket Battery Mobile artillery platform. Fires salvos of incendiary rockets. Effective against buildings, infantry and weapon teams. Costs 325 325, 5 5 Takes 45 seconds to produce Stug IV Assault Gun. Equipped with exceptionally strong frontal armor. Effective against vehicles and tanks. Costs 340 340, 50 50, 4 4 Takes 50 seconds to produce Geschutzwagen Lightly armored and highly mobile Anti Tank Gun Effective against vehicles and tanks. Costs 280 280, 55 55, 8 8 Takes 45 seconds to produce Tales of Valor reward unit Replaces Stug IV
Abilities (1) Reinforce Squad Can reinforce nearby Infantry units Costs vary by unit type

The Sturm Armory is a unit producing structure for the Wehrmacht, available after advancing to the third phase of combat at the Reich Headquarters.

Overview

It deploys medium armored vehicles such as the Sdkfz 234 Armored Car, Stug IV, Officer, 150mm Nebelwerfer Rocket Battery, and Geschutzwagen (Tales of Valor reward unit). The escalation to Assault Phase (T3) happens in nearly every game. It's a required upgrade to research LMG42s for Grenadiers, and the Flammenwerfer upgrade for the Sdkfz 251 Halftrack.

Tactics

Due to the great synergy with Blitzkrieg Doctrine, Tier 3 (Assault Phase) is heavily used with Stormtroopers. The Armory grants them the MP44 Sturmgewehr Rifles upgrade, which can decimate infantry in a close-up battle. Stormtroopers provide improved anti-infantry capabilities over the T2 Grenadiers Squads for only a modest increase in cost while retaining the AT (Anti-Tank) capability with Panzerschrecks. Finally, Stormtroopers add on two useful abilities: camo, and bundled grenades. The StuG IV is used as a portable PaK 38 and the Nebelwerfers can decimate infantry 'blobs' with their long range and incendiary capabilities. Overall, their units make the Tier 2 Krieg Barracks redundant, as Storm troopers replace Grenadiers, StuGs replace Paks and StuHs replace Mortars.

Even for non-Blitzkrieg strategies, a Puma Armored Car rush can be a potent strategy. They are fast and capable of quickly destroying Allied infantry to deny the enemy capture opportunities. They are easily capable of flanking US AT Guns and force them to spend fuel producing their own vehicle force, such as the M8 Armored Car or T17 Armored Car.