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Tommie's in action

Tommies in action on the map Picardie.

The "Tommies" were the standard British infantry soldiers, tasked with capturing sectors. A balanced unit with accurate rifle fire and machine gun support from the Lewis gun. They can call in powerful artillery support.
– Verdun Official Squad Guide[1]

Tommies are British rifle squads, consisting of a NCO, rifleman, machine gunner, and grenadier. They are armed with a collection of British arms, such as the famous SMLE and Lewis gun.

Squad abilities[]

Tommies

Tommie uniform changes

The squad is a rifle squad with the ability to call artillery in the form of mortar shots, sector artillery, and creeping barrage.

The Tommies benefit of a squad passive ability which gives them increased trench capture speed and additional points when successfully capturing a trench. Apart from the capture bonus, the entire squad also benefits from a 20% faster pistol reload speed and additional rifle accuracy up to 25%.

This makes the Tommies a well-balanced all-round squad capable of both capturing and defending trenches.

Squad Roles[]

Corporal[]

Corporal

The role of the Corporal is to lead the squad using commands, keeping them close-by for fast communication and call in artillery support when needed.

He can also call in artillery and issue squad orders with the commands menu, brought up by holding the Q key. Squad orders, called by Q-left click, create a marker on the map and give score bonuses to members of the squad for killing enemies at that position. Artillery, called by Q-right click, can take the form of mortar shots, consisting of three shells; sector artillery, consisting of eight shells; and creeping barrage, with twelve shells.

Specialisations
Level Title Loadout
1 Section leader
2 Scout leader
3 Section corporal
  • SMLE with a Pattern 1907 Bayonet

Rifleman[]

Rifleman
Tommies 1

The role of the rifleman is to engage and eliminate enemies using accurate rifle fire in proximity of the corporal.

The squads sniper and only member of the Tommies that can use scopes has a major advantage in long ranged rifle-combat. The Rifleman has an increase in the amount of time he can hold his breath, allowing for more accurate shooting. Depending on your loadout, the amount of bullets you carry for your rifle varies.

Specialisations
Level Title Loadout
1 Regular
  • P14 + Pattern 1907 Bayonet
2 Nomansland sniper
3 Marksman
  • SMLE + Aldis Model 1916

Gunner[]

Gunner

The role of the Gunner is to provide cover fire. The slowest moving role it is his task to lay down fire while the whole squad advances. As the Gunner cannot sprint at low squad levels, he is very vulnerable in open ground and slow to take up any position. However, the Gunner is also the only person in the squad armed with a machine gun.

The gunner can arm himself with the British Lewis gun or Hotchkiss machine gun. Along with experience bonuses upon kill assists, the Gunner is the guard of your squad, intended to mow down enemy reinforcements and advancing forces.

Specialisations
Level Title Loadout
1 Carrier
2 Lewis Gunner
3 Veteran Gunner

Bomber[]

Bomber

The Bomber is the member of the squad built around grenades. Those explosives are extremely useful at clearing trenches and enemy-infested areas at speed and minimal loss of life.

All his bonuses are based around his explosive armament and addition health regeneration. The number of grenades depends on the the loadout.

Specialisations
Level Title Loadout
1 Rifle bomber
2 Veteran bomber
3 Thrower

Abilities and progression[]

Level

Shared

Corporal

Rifleman

Gunner

Bomber

0

Officer Training
Officer Training: Pistol reload time -20%
Discipline
Discipline I: Players spawn with the NCO, sector capture bonus +25xp
Uniform
Uniform I
Command Aura
Command Aura: Add abilities to all other squad members in same sector or 10m
Officer Training
Officer Training: Pistol reload time -20%
Mortar Shot
Mortar Shot: Fires three mortar rounds on given target, 60 seconds reload time.
Resilient
Resilient: Player gets bonus points for capturing a sector when in aura
Draftee
Draftee: Movement speed lowered 10% when not in aura
Marksman
Marksman I: Holding breath time increased by 10 seconds
Cover Fire
Cover Fire I: Assist kills gets 2 additional points
Heavyweight
Heavyweight I: Cannot Sprint
Drill
Drill I: Rifle reload time -20%
Vulnerable
Vulnerable: Health time regeneration +25%
Quick Lob
Quick Lob: Movement speed when holding a grenade +15%
Quick Lob
Grenade Training I: Grenade throw range +20%

2

Uniform
Uniform II

20

Rifle Training-0
Rifle Training II: Accuracy +15%, Recharge -15%
Uniform
Uniform III

25

Heavyweight
Heavyeight II: Cannot sprint when not in aura

33

Cover Fire
Cover Fire II: Assist kills get 5 additional points

40

Discipline
Discipline II: Players spawn with the NCO, Sector capture speed -15%

41

Drill
Drill II: LMG reload time -20%

45

Marksman
Marksman II: Holding breath time increased by 15 seconds

46

Quick Lob
Grenade Training II: Grenade throw range +20%, 1 additional point for explosive kill

50

Sector Artillery
Sector Artillery: Fires a number of shells in the target sector

59

Patriotic
Patriotic: Player gets bonus points for capturing a sector

60

Rifle Training-0
Rifle Training III: Accuracy +25%, Recharge -25%

69

Cover Fire
Cover Fire III: Assist kills give the same amount of points as an actual kill

70

Officer Training
Officer Training II: Carbine reload time -50%

71

Heavyweight
Heavyweight III: Cannot sprint when not in aura and wielding an LMG
80
Discipline
Discipline III: Players spawn with the NCO, Sector capture speed -20%
95
Drill
Drill III: LMG reload time -33%
99
Quick Lob
Grenade Training III: Grenade throw range +20%, 2 additional point for explosive kill

References[]


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