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World of Tanks

New Reserves in Strongholds: Airstrike and Artillery Strike

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In update 9.6, Strongholds will include two new buildings which will produce special clan battle reserves. These weapons can be used directly in battles.

Note: At the moment, reserves are only available for battle modes and not skirmishes.

Artillery Battalion

The Artillery Battalion produces the "Artillery Strike" reserve. When used, it will be indicated on the commander map square and will cover dense artillery fire with the use of high-explosive shells.

Artillery Strike is similar to SPG shots. The shells come from the base side with a 45-degree angle, causing damage identical to default ammunition from the SPG arsenal.

Number of shells, their power and dispersion area depend on the level of building, in which the reserve was produced.

Attack Bomber Squadrons

The building produces the "Airstrike" reserve that allows the commander to summon an Il-2 attack aircraft, which will strike an indicated area with cumulative anti-tank bombs.

The firing style in this type of reserve is different from “Artillery Strike”. The aircraft will approach the target and drop bombs vertically at an angle of 90 degrees to hit sensitive spots in tank armour. In addition, the vertical angle of entry bombs allows hitting the enemy hidden behind buildings or terrain.

Bomb damage and their number depend on level of the building in which the reserve was produced.

How to Use the New Reserves

The command can be applied by the commander (first player, who enters the battle room). The command role may be reassigned in the room as well.
You can use both reserves once during a fight.
Reserves must be added by the commander in the battle room before the battle starts.
Reserves cannot be used when the commander’s tank is destroyed in battle.

Battle Reserves and their Characteristics per Building Level

Artillery Strike

Characteristics	Level of Artillery battalion
Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cooldown before strike (seconds)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Caliber	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Radius of destruction (meters)	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	12	14	15
One shell damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Amount of shells per a strike	25	30	35	40	50	75	100	120	140	150
Cost of preparation ()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

Airstrike

Characteristics	Level of Attack Bomber Squadrons
Characteristics	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
One airbomb damage	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420	420
Amount of bombs per one flight	15	20	25	30	35	70	75	110	120	125
Radius of destruction (meters²)	300	300	600	600	600	1200	1200	1925	1925	1925
Penetration	80	80	80	80	80	90	90	95	95	100
Flight time (seconds)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5
Cost of preparation()	50	75	100	150	200	300	400	500	650	750

Recent Features Added to Strongholds Page:

View clans’ statistics in battle mode with comprehensive statistics by number of ransacked buildings and command centers.
Defence time information, truce, cease-fire, and clan game server.
Scheduled battles calendar, where you can find planned attacks as well as free slots for attacks.
Information about directions with buildings constructed on them, attacks scheduled on these directions and outgoing attacks on other clans.

The following information is also available for your personal Strongholds:

Command center and all the buildings’ hit points.
Number of Industrial resources of all Strongholds buildings.
List of clan members and number of industrial resources they earned as a whole Stronghold, and separately by each building.

Check the updated Stronghold page on clan profile page by selecting appropriate point from the menu on the right. Discuss about the new page on the Strongholds forums.

Strongholds Guide | Strongholds FAQ | Strongholds forum section