Great War Infantry

Great War Infantry
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Unlocked at	Replaceable Parts
Upgrades From	Rifleman
Upgrades To	Infantry

The Great War Infantry is a Gunpowder unit available in the Modern era.

Overview

As the 20th century opened, the world experienced two of the deadliest and most destructive wars in human history. It was a time of remarkable advancement in the technology of killing, and the infantrymen of World War I faced every conceivable terror the world's scientists and engineers could throw at them. Typically armed with little more than a bolt action rifle and simple uniform, these troops braved the horrors of trench warfare to defend their homes and families.

Strategy

The Great War Infantry is the basic combat unit of the Modern Era, representative of the new tendencies of modern trench warfare. With so many exploding shells on the battlefield it becomes increasingly dangerous for battalions to maintain formation, and so modern infantry exchange organisation for mobility on the field, seeking as much cover as possible, while also firing at enemies. The invention of modern forms of communication also allows commanders to stay in touch while their troops are dispersed - something impossible before.

The Great War Infantry are significantly more efficient than earlier units, capable of dealing with sustained enemy fire while also delivering serious damage themselves. Use them at the front lines to soak up enemy attacks.

Unique Unit Replacements

Icon	Unit	Civilization	Abilities
	Aizsargi	Latvia (Karlis Ulmanis)	May be expended to "Root Out Opposition", destroying a Great Person Tile Improvement and spawning a copy of the appropriate Great Person
	Alpini	Italy (Victor Emmanuel III)	+20 Production cost. Ignores terrain cost. Can cross Mountains.
	Assyrian Levy	Iraq (Faisal I)	Slightly weaker and cheaper. No movement or combat penalty across Rivers. Heals faster when adjacent to Rivers.
	ANZAC	New Zealand (Seddon)	Heals more damage the further it is from the capital when outside borders (up to 30 damage) Slight combat bonus when fighting outside home borders
	Dian Corps	Yunnan (Long Yun)	-17% Production Cost (270 vs. 320). May build Roads, Railroads, and Mines. Heals +5HP for each non-pillaged improvement, Road, or Railroad on its tile when beginning a turn.
	Digger	Australia (Henry Parkes)	+15% Combat Strength on land adjacent to Coast and in foreign lands Starts with Cover I May be upgraded from Workers, upgrades to Mechanized Infantry, and does not obsolete at Plastics
	Dobrovoljac	Serbia (Peter I)	+20% Combat Strength when attacking in rough terrain. +2 Movement when starting a turn in non-hostile foreign borders. Costs no maintenance.
	Expeditionary Force	United Kingdom (George V)	-30 Production cost. Begins with Medic if trained during a 'We Love the King Day.'
	Fedayi	Armenia (Andranik)	Produced 20% faster per Specialist slot filled in its city. When stationed on a Great Person tile improvement, heals faster and ignores enemy Zone of Control.
	Grenzer	Austria-Hungary (Franz Joseph)	Unlocked at Steam Power -22% Production Cost (250 vs 320) -6%  Combat Strength (47 vs 50) +1 Combat Strength per Promotion
	Guerrillero	Cuba (Fidel Castro)	May enter the territory of Civilizations generating Revolutionary Fervour May be expended to create a Rebel Camp in enemy territory When next to another Guerrillero, causes attacking units to retreat
	Guatacòn	Cuba (Fulgencio Batista)	Much weaker than the Great War Infantry. Suffers a penalty for XP gain. May purchase Promotions for the Guatacon with Gold. Enemy Units ending their turn adjacent to a Guatacon yield Gold for Cuba.
	Gurkha	India (Gandhi) (When the India Civilization Pack is installed)	Stronger, but slightly more expensive Receives a bonus when fighting outside of friendly territory
		Nepal (Tribhuvan)	Unlocked earlier at Steampower. +25% Combat Strength when fighting in friendly territory. If trained in the Capital with a garrisoned Rana, gains +25% Combat Strength when fighting outside of friendly territory instead.
	Kantogun	Manchukuo (Nobusuke Kishi)	For the first three turns after declaring an offensive war on another major civ, all Kantogun units can use enemy routes and ignore Zone of Control. Earns Science from kills, with kills earned further away from the nearest Manchukuo city yielding more Science.
	Kuva-yi Milliye	Turkey (Ataturk)	-10% Combat Strength (45 vs. 50). Starts with Drill I. Benefits 50% more from Great Generals. Upgrades to Infantry for Free.
	Latviesu Strelnieki	Latvia (Janis Cakste)	Increased strength on rivers or coasts
	Legie	Czechoslovakia (Tomáš Masaryk)	+1 Movement outside of Czechoslovak territory. Heals faster outside of Czechoslovak territory. Earns Golden Age points from kills.
	Milicia Popular	Bolivia (Victor Paz)	12.5% cheaper May build Mines Provides Great Person points when promoted (either Writer or Merchant, based on your current Treatise bonus)
	Opolcheniye	Russia (Nicholas II)	-10 Combat Strength (40 vs 50). -33% Combat Strength vs. Cities. Produces two for every one trained. +15% Combat Strength in Friendly territory.
	Óglaigh na hÉireann	Ireland (Éamon de Valera)	Heals +5 HP for every civilization Ireland has denounced. Generates Culture equal to its level for every active Peace Treaty.
	Peking Field Force	Great Qing (Cixi)	-5 Combat Strength (45 vs 50). Unlocked earlier at Steam Power. Trained in half the usual time in the Capital. Earns promotions 15% faster if it was upgraded from a Rifleman.
	Popular Levy	Soviet Russia (Vladimir Lenin)	-16% Production Cost (270 vs 320). -2 Combat Strength (48 vs 50). May use enemy Roads. When war is declared between you and a Civilization following a different Ideology, every city receives a Production boost towards training their next Popular Levy.
	Royal Gendarmerie	Albania (Zog I)	Earns XP 50% faster if built in the Capital (or upgraded from a unit built in the Capital). May extend WLTKD in a city by 3 turns when starting garrisoned (once per level, must be promoted to regain this ability).
	Sandinista	Nicaragua (Sandino)	Ignores rough terrain No Movement cost to pillage Gains Great Writer points when beginning a turn on a pillaged tile Upgrades to Paratrooper Immune to Jungle Attrition (with ExCE)
	Sarbaz	Bukhara (Shah Murad)	Trained 50% faster if an enemy unit is nearby. Gains an "Army of the Emir" promotion upon being trained in a city with Bukhara's religion being the majority; giving the unit Faith from kills and a +25% combat bonus in friendly territory.
	Schutzbund	Austria (Karl Renner)	Heals +10 HP when starting adjacent to an enemy of a different ideology, or +15 if in friendly territory. Raises the Strength and HP of the city it is garrisoned in according to local Happiness and this unit's level.
	Sharifian Army	Hejaz (Hussein bin Ali)	+1 Movement Double Movement on Desert +10% Combat Strength and no Movement Cost to Pillage when beginning a turn adjacent to no enemy units
	Sich Rifleman	Ukraine (Mykhailo Hrushevsky)	Trained 20% faster in cities with a World Wonder, and starts with +15 XP in those with 3 or more. Provides +25 Great Person Points of a random type in the Capital upon being leveled up.
	Stormtrooper	Germany (Wilhelm II)	+40%  Combat Strength against fortified units +25%  Combat Strength vs. Gun units +33%  Defense vs. Ranged attacks in Open Terrain
	Territorial Force	Burma (U Nu)	Cheaper and weaker. When within 2 tiles of a city following your capital's religion, gain +30% stength when fighting in rough terrain. When stationed in a city not following your religion, gain +3 local happiness.
	Tongmenghui	China (Sun Yat-sen)	Can be expended near foreign cities to gain Golden Age points, and give friendly units a permanent combat boost against that city. Stronger the more Unhappy or Happy China is.
	Ulster Battalion	Northern Ireland (Basil Brooke)	+40% Combat Strength against Fortified Units and gives this bonus to adjacent friendly Units Receive Culture when this unit is killed or promoted, more so when outside your borders
	Uyghur Division	East Turkestan (Sabit Damolla)	While garrisoned in a city, may destroy a Faith building to spawn another Uyghur Division. Doing this provides Great Merchant points. Generates Great Merchant points from kills.
	Zaporizshka Division	Ukraine (Pavlo Skoropadskyi)	+10% Combat Strength when starting its turn adjacent to a Great General. Ignores Zone of Control if stacked with a Great General.
	Zelenasi	Montenegro (Nikola I)	While in a Golden Age, ignores terrain Movement costs and may enter mountains. +50% Combat Strength from rough terrain, Fort, and Citadel bonuses.