Armored Car

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing -34% damage vs Armed Caravans, Armed Supply Wagons, and Armed Merchants. Missing +50% damage vs Civilians. Missing +15% damage vs Ranged Cavalry. Missing -5% damage vs Sparse. Missing +66% damage vs Siege (including but not limited to Artillery Weapons).

Armored Car
Ranged Cavalry
Base cost	90 Food 40 Oil
Ramping cost	1 Food 1 Oil
Build time	12 seconds (188 frames)
Hit points	150
Line of sight	12 tiles
Movement speed	42 (3.3 tiles/second)
Attack strength	20
Attack range	0-11 tiles
Armor	4
Population points
Built at	Auto Plant
Prerequisites	Industrial Age
Hotkey (Auto Plant)	A
Upgrades from	Hussar Carabineer
Upgrades to	Armored Scout Car
Special abilities	Can fire while moving Can attack low-flying aircraft

The Armored Car is the Ranged Cavalry of the Industrial Age, available to upgrade from the Carabineer along with the Hussar as the successor of Light Cavalry, and are built at the Auto Plant.

Overview

When Hussars become Armored Cars, they gain +19 hit points, +4 attack strength, +11 attack range, +1 armor, +1 movement speed, and +3 line of sight. When Carabineers become Armored Cars, they gain +36 hit points, +1 attack strength, +1 attack range, +2 armor, +12 movement speed, and +1 line of sight.

Armored Cars are strong against most infantry units, but weak against Tanks.

Trivia

• The Armored Car used by most nations in the game is modeled after the British Rolls-Royce armored car, which was developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.
• The American-exclusive Armored Car is modeled after the M8 Greyhound, which was produced during World War II. It may have originally been intended to be an Armored Scout Car rather than an Armored Car, as this better fits the time period of its real-life counterpart. (In fact, the Iroquois and Lakota have their Armored Scout Cars modeled after the M8 Greyhound.)