Infantry (Unit)

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

Infantry
Modern Infantry
Base cost	80 Food 70 Timber
Ramping cost	1 Food 1 Timber
Build time	11 seconds (169 frames)
Hit points	161
Line of sight	14 tiles
Movement speed	32 (2.5 tiles/second)
Attack strength	24
Attack range	0-13 tiles
Attack speed	32 frames
Armor	4
Population points
Built at	Barracks
Prerequisites	Modern Age
Hotkey (Barracks)	G
Upgrades from	Riflemen
Upgrades to	Assault Infantry
Special abilities	Can attack low-flying aircraft

This article is about the Modern Age unit. For general information on infantry units, see Infantry.

The Infantry is the standard Modern Infantry of the Modern Age, available to upgrade from Riflemen and are trained at the Barracks.

Overview

When Riflemen become Infantry, they gain +5 hit points, +2 attack strength, +1 armor, +1 attack range, +5 movement speed, and +1 line of sight.

Following the previous units of the unit line, Infantry is effective in fighting Heavy Infantry, Artillery Weapons and Support Units. When used in quantity, they can be effective against light-amored vehicles and civilian structures as well. However, they are weak versus Tanks, Machine Guns and garrisoned fortifications like Towers and Forts. They can move fairly fast and can inflict continuous damage on enemies.

Like most modern infantry, Infantry has a small chance to counterattack aircraft.

Unique units

• The Americans train Marine Infantry instead of Infantry.
• The Aztecs train Jaguar Infantry instead of Infantry.
• The Chinese train Manchu Infantry instead of Infantry.
• The Germans train Volksgrenadiers instead of Infantry.
• The Russians train Red Guards Infantry instead of Infantry.

Trivia

• The European styled Infantry are armed with Thompson submachine guns.
• The German, Roman and Spanish Infantry are armed with MP 40 submachine guns.
• The African, Indian, Asian and Native American Infantry are armed with submachine guns that resemble both Sten Mk II submachine guns and MP28 submachine guns.