Units

Overview

Units in CON are the building blocks of your military campaign. You begin each campaign with a number of units, placed strategically across your homeland cities. In order to mobilize units, you have to research the required technologies and construct the prerequisite buildings in your cities.

Units can be stacked to amplify their strength. Just be aware that stacking too many units will incur a stacking penalty. Different unit types such as air, sea, and land, have different stacking limits. Experiment with different combinations that suit your style of combat.

Basic Unit Stats

When you select a unit stack, the army bar will display real time stats that are essential to your strategic planning.

The Unit Stats section includes:

Estimated Strength - Unit stack's total Attack and Defence Rating, modified by current terrain.
Unit Speed - Movement speed, modified by terrain.
Efficiency - If your stack size is within the stacking limit, efficiency will be at 100%. Once your stack size gets too big, it incurs a stacking penalty that gets progressively worse.

The Activity section of the army bar displays:

Current Position - The province your unit is currently stationed in.
Destination - Unit's final destination while moving (in case it has several waypoints).
Travel Time - Unit's travel time to final destination.
Arrival Time - Unit's arrival time at final destination.

Combat Properties

Click on the unit's icon in the army bar to display its combat properties. It shows the following attributes...

Attack Rating - Unit's unmodified attack rating. An estimation of a unit's strength when attacking. This is NOT a flat damage value.
Defence Rating - Unit's unmodified defence rating. An estimation of a unit's strength when defending. This is NOT a flat damage value.
Range - Combat range
Radar Range - Contacts that enter this unit's radar range, hostile or neutral, are displayed as radar contacts. Only high level info is revealed: Land units are shown as grey blips, airborne units as green blips, naval units as blue blips.

..relative to various unit/entity types:

Infantry
Armored
Fighters and Heavies
Buildings
Naval
Submarines
Missiles
Helicopters
City Population

Terrain Information

Click on the unit's icon in the army bar to display its attributes that change based on terrain type.

Attack Mod. - Attack modifier applied to unit's Attack Rating.
Defence Mod. - Defence modifier applied to unit's Defence Rating.
Speed Val. - Unit's movement speed. A value of "1" indicates that the unit moves at normal speed, i.e. 100%.
Hit Points
Sight Range - See hostile unit type (but not the stack size).

Infantry

Motorised Infantry

Light infantry unit predominately used to conquer and defend enemy terrain and cities. Mainly defensive in nature.
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Mechanised Infantry

Armor supporting infantry, best suited for open or accessible terrain types. Only infantry that cannot airlift early in the game.
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Naval Infantry

Heavy infantry that can disembark at any coast and is very effective at attacking fortified urban strongholds. Weak in difficult terrain.
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Airmobile Infantry

Light airborne infantry using helicopters or VTOL aircraft to air-assault enemy positions. Receives Air-Assault bonus if attacking.
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Special Forces

Stealthy ranger infantry trained for combat in difficult terrain, airborne infiltration and recon. Cannot conquer territory.
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National Guard

Cost effective defensive militia that can be mobilized quickly. Attention: unit's hit-points depend on the morale of the mobilizing city.
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Armored

Combat Recon Vehicle

Lightly armored scout unit, specialized in fast reconnaissance missions. Can identify and uncover stealthy ground units.
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Armored Fighting Vehicle

Well armored and well armed, AFV's form the backbone of any modern armored fighting force. Not very good at attacking difficult terrain.
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Amphibious Combat Vehicle

The naval version of the Armored Fighting Vehicle, able to disembark at any coast acting as armored support for naval infantry.
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Main Battle Tank

Heavily armored ground unit, used to breach defenses and strike deep into the enemy rear. Especially vulnerable in urban and difficult terrain.
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Tank Destroyer

Lightly armored unit dedicated to knocking out enemy vehicles. Very effective in urban terrain due to its light build and low profile.
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Support

Towed Artillery

Traditional towed howitzer artillery, mainly specialized in dealing anti-infantry damage. Can be moved by helicopter from mid-game onward.
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Mobile Artillery

Heavily armored front-line artillery. Especially effective at dealing anti-vehicle damage.
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Multiple Rocket Launcher

Lightly armored, long-range rocket artillery, laying down an all-purpose artillery barrage.
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Mobile Anti-Air Vehicle

Mobile, close-range anti-air support, specialized in anti-helicopter warfare. Can be secondarily used against infantry.
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Mobile SAM Launcher

Mid-range, anti-air support unit specialized in anti-airplane warfare. Cannot target helicopters due to their NOE capabilities.
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Theater Defense System

Long-range, anti-air support unit, focusing on anti-missile warfare. Can target airplanes but will not work against Helicopters due to their NOE capabilities.
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