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Infantry Regiment

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AXIS and ALLIES RTS | Assault Infantry

In Axis and Allies RTS the assault infantry regiment has a limited role, although it can be effective if used correctly. With the strength of

AT-Mech and Arties most players won't waste time with assault infantry, but if your curious here's the rundown.

The primary benefit assault infantry offer is multiple grenade attacks, including the m7 rifle grenade which has extended range

Assault infantry will not matchup well versus sniper-based infantry. Scout your enemies to avoid a matchup problem.

Assault infantry are best used in coordination with mech/armor, as they are often too weak to fight on their own, and too slow to finish off retreating vehicles

Infantry is at a disadvantage versus mech and armor. Very important to keep your anti tank infantry in benefitial terrain to help level the playing field.

Assault Infantry >
M7 Rifle Grenade | Upgrades | Unit Comparison | In Conclusion

WW2 | Rifle Grenades

A rifle grenade, not to be confused with a rocket propelled grenade (RPG), is a grenade that attaches to a rifle based launcher; and usually used a blank rifle round to propel the grenade with expanding gas. The rifle grenade had a some advantages over a hand-thrown grenade, greater range, time delayed or impact fuses, and could carry more explosives for a greater kill radius.

The M7 grenade was designed to attach to the US M1 Garand and came in a variety of warheads, such as fragmentation, anti-armor and smoke. While the portability of the M7 was good, it was often difficult to use in combat and limited the rifle to single-shot mode while attached. At short range the M7 could be fired from the shoulder, however at maximum range the recoil was too high, and the rifle must be placed on the ground. In modern times, for the most part, the rifle grenade has given way to more accurate systems that use a dedicated launcher.

AXIS and ALLIES RTS | Assault Infantry Upgrades

Get a basic idea of which upgrades effect which infantry units, and how to apply those upgrades in online play. Included is a suggested upgrade order to help newer players understand which upgrades are the most benefitial to their cause. See:

Upgrading Your Infantry/Airborne

AXIS and ALLIES RTS | Unit Comparison - Assault vs Regular Infantry Units

The assault infantry regiment is like the regular infantry regiment on steriods. Assault infantry units have better attacks (thanks to the M7), and also have better defense and health.


	Regular Infantry Unit	1/2	Advanced Infantry Training, Garand, Improved Logisitics, Special Forces	200/220	5/6
	Assault Infantry Unit	2/3	Advanced Infantry Training, Garand, Improved Logisitics, Special Forces	225/248	5/6

This means assault infantry can be a good counter for the somewhat rare regular infantry spam; or possibly even matchup ok versus mortars and heavy airborne if micro'd efficiently. Probably not USA's first option for attack, but it can add some variety to your game, and if you are über enough maybe you'll have success.

AXIS and ALLIES RTS | In Conclusion | Assault Infantry

Assault Infantry - Are capable of success in some situations, such as versus USA and Germany on heavily forested and/or jungle maps. Best in an infantry support role, mixed with mech or armor and using a tactic such as cycling to keep the enemy constantly engaged. If your opponent(s) have special op bombs or are deploying sniper based infantry, reconsider deploying assault infantry...

Whatever you choose to deploy, it's up to you as commander to put your forces in an advantageous position with an understanding of base resistances, terrain modifiers, formation, upgrades, special ops, military tactics, and more.

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