Sd.Kfz. 251/20 Ausf. D (Wehrmacht)

Support vehicle. Deployed searchlight can see through distant objects and improve accuracy of other units.

Overview
Mounted with a unique 60 cm infrared searchlight, roughly sixty Sd.Kfz. 251/20 models saw service in late 1944. In tandem with infrared equipped Panthers and 'Vampir' sights on the StG 44, the 'Uhu' illuminated targets out to 1.5 km.

Armaments: None, Armour: 12 mm, Role: Surveillance, Speed: 52.5 km/h.

Gameplay
(+ Unique Ability, + Shared Veterancy, - Unarmed)

Abilities
Command Tiger Fake Artillery Barrage Focused Sight (Toggle) Schnellnebelkerzen 39 Accelerate
 * Infantry have increased accuracy and vehicles fire faster. Timed ability. Requires setup.
 * Cost: 25 Munitions
 * Drops warning flares normally seen before an artillery strike or strafing run at the target area.
 * Increases line-of-sight in a frontal cone and detection radius, but decreases peripheral vision and movement.
 * Cost: 30 Munitions
 * Use equipped smoke dischargers to obscure line-of-sight around the vehicle.
 * Increases movement and acceleration, and reduces chance to be hit. Timed ability.

Upgrades
Emergency Repair Kit
 * Cost: 30 Munitions


 * Allows the vehicle to repair itself when out of combat. Does not repair critical damage.