Armor-Piercing

See also: Armored

Armor-Piercing is a mask, a property used by the game for identifying what a unit is when performing damage calculations and determining what special abilities can be used against such a unit.

The Armor-Piercing mask (the "U" mask) includes the following units and unit categories:

• Helicopters
• Several kinds of Naval units
  • Submarines
  • Cruiser
  • Missile Cruiser
  • Some campaign-exclusive units (Nuclear Missile Sub, Patrol Boat, Ironclad)
• Heavy Infantry (from the Industrial Age and beyond)
• Tanks

Gameplay

Armor-Piercing units deal more damage (180%) to Armored units (with the "A" mask).