Desert Rats
United Kingdom · Historical unit: 7th Armoured Division
The British 7th Armoured Division distinguished itself in the Libyan desert from 1940, fighting Italian forces and later Rommel's Afrika Korps.
Its unique experience of desert combat, combined with an aggressive armored mobility doctrine, made it one of the most feared British formations.
After North Africa, the Desert Rats fought in Italy, Normandy, then Germany until the end of the war.
Units in formation
General Buff
For all Desert Rats units, when moving on desert tiles, the mobility consumption -1.
Tactical Effects
Artillery Suppression
After an artillery unit attacks, enemy units within 2 tiles receive Artillery Suppression: 10% additional damage when attacked by a Desert Rats unit.
Armored Prowl
Whenever an armored unit kills an enemy unit having the Artillery Suppression buff, that armored unit gains +2 mobility on its next turn. Increases maximum Mobility by 20.
Mechanical Maintenance
At the end of each turn, any Desert Rats Artillery and Armored Units within one tile of a Desert Rats Infantry Unit regain 50 HP.
This formation can only be formed in Legend, Conquest, or Army Group modes when you are the corresponding country.
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