Heavy Machine Gun

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

Heavy Machine Gun
Machine Gun Unit
Base cost	80 Wealth 70 Metal
Ramping cost	10 Wealth 10 Metal
Build time	15 seconds (225 frames)
Hit points	155
Line of sight	16 tiles
Movement speed	21 (1.7 tiles/second)
Attack strength	36
Attack range	0-15 tiles
Attack speed	50 frames
Armor	2
Population points
Built at	Barracks
Prerequisites	Modern Age
Hotkey (Barracks)	H
Upgrades from	Machine Gun
Upgrades to	Advanced Machine Gun

The Heavy Machine Gun is the standard machine gun unit of the Modern Age, available to upgrade from Machine Gun as soon as the age is reached and trained at the Barracks.

Overview

After Machine Guns become Heavy Machine Guns, they gain +15 hit points, +3 attack strength, +1 attack range, +1 movement speed and +1 line of sight.

Like siege units, Heavy Machine Guns must be packed and unpacked to move their location, but do not require Supply Wagons to fire at full speed. They fire rapidly from their location and serve to protect critical locations from infantry.

Unique units

• The Germans train MG42 instead of Heavy Machine Gun.

Trivia

• The Heavy Machine Gun is armed with the M1919 Browning machine gun.