Even M3 Halftracks and M8 Greyhounds receive extra damage, though not as much. Fortunately, the game multiplies this by 2.25, to a final value of 168 points of damage, whenever an any tank or other heavily-armored vehicle is hit. The basic damage delivered by the weapon is 75 points of damage - enough to kill an infantryman, but not do much damage to a tank. While the explosion has a radius of 3 meters, it will deliver the vast majority of the damage at the point of impact. The warhead has 100% accuracy against any vehicle, and has no problem penetrating any kind of armor. When this ability is activated, the Knight's Cross Holders Squad will advance to within 30 meters of the targeted enemy vehicle, and launch a single Panzerfaust Anti-Tank Warhead at that vehicle. This ability has no interaction with the Assault Grenadiers upgrade from the Blitzkrieg doctrine- it does not require it, nor does it get any benefit or change in any way because of it. The Grenades are also generally useful against Infantry in cover, as they'll squirm out of it after getting hit. The main use of this ability is to quickly close on a low-damage suppressing weapon, usually either a MG squad or a squad or group of BAR equipped Riflemen or Bren equipped Infantry Sections. As of the most recent patch, these Grenades are lethal, but in the hands of Knight's Cross Holders, it's far more likely that the enemy will die to the StG-44 or retreat before the Grenades do the job. This ability causes the Knight's Cross Holders to break suppression and close in on enemy Infantry or Support Weapons while throwing several low-damage Stun grenades at the target, causing enemy Infantry hit to move far more slowly. Breaks supression and launch a volley of grenades at the target.Knight's Cross Holders can also use Medical Kits and turn neutral buildings into Forward Headquarters. The Knight's Cross Holders have two Combat abilities- Assault Grenades, identical to the ability bestowed by the Blitzkrieg Doctine, and Fire Panzerfaust, which requires the first level of Veterancy. The ability to quickly produce a super effective Anti-Infantry squad so close to the battle the moment the Panzer Command is completed can come in handy in many situations. Notably, Knight's Cross Holders are able to be built at a Forward Headquarters. Though somewhat outclassed by the Ostwind in a purely anti-Infantry role, the Knight's Cross Holders are far better Anti-Infantry escorts to Tanks, given their lower cost (especially the total lack of Fuel cost) and lack of vulnerability to Anti-Tank Guns and Tank Destroyers. Therefore, most matches involving them will see them simply supporting tanks or assaulting support weapons rather than Infantry-versus-Infantry encounters, outside of against American commanders making heavy use of Rangers or Airborne. Wehrmacht players are very unlikely to have built a Panzer Command before Allied forces have access to armored vehicles outside of particularly one-sided battles. This is all balanced out by the armor-heavy nature of the late game. These combined factors mean that the only regular Allied infantry unit able to even put up a fair fight against the Knight's Cross Holders are the Commandos, who, even then, will still be usually unable to deal with a veteran squad effectively. In addition, these units are very difficult to kill, boasting high HP and Heroic armor. This makes their use simple and obvious- they are an effective Anti-Infantry squad, able to quickly and decisively deal with any Allied infantry unit in almost any situation, outside of full frontal assaults on HMGs. In game, they come in a 3-man squad, armed with StG 44s. The Knight's Cross Holders (often shortened to Knight's Cross or KCH) are a largely ahistorical unit made up for Company of Heroes, with no true real life counterpart- unsurprisingly, the ranks of officer that would wear the uniform the squad is depicted in would very rarely fight on the front lines, though certainly they could be abstracted to represent the absolute elite in any given German infantry unit. Receiving the Knight's Cross was among the highest honours and was only awarded to the bravest, toughest and most battle hardened infantry in the Wehrmacht Arms Force. The Knight's Cross was the second highest military order of the Third Reich, second only to the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (which was only given to one person, Hermann Göring) It was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery and successful military leadership during World War II. The "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross"( Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, or simply known as Ritterkreuz) was a level of the Iron Cross.
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