One sneeze and they're dead, whether it be tank cannon, Panzershreck rocket, AT Gun shell or Walking Stuka barrage (one hit will often result it being destroyed or abandoned). This means that the katyusha must never ever be in firing range of an unit. Couple that with 160 and pathetic armor, and you have a sitting duck. What's worse, the rockets cannot fire from nearby. The Katyusha is arguably the weakest unit in the game in a face-to-face confrontation: It has no direct weapon whatsoever. The Katyusha fires rockets following a line rather than in a circular area. In multiplayer, it is replaced with creeping barrage. Further veterancies do not really constribute to the katyusha's performance. Do notice that the rocket barrage and the precision barrage share the same cooldown: using one ability will also lock the other. This ability will always be deadly accurate. This very powerful ability will hit a designated small location with deadly precision with one volley. Upon achieving veterancy 1, the rocket truck will gain the precision barrage.
The Katyusha rocket truck will usually, if well-preserved, gain veterancy sooner or later.
Note that accuracy decreases the farther the designated firing location is! One risky tactic is to drive the Katyusha up close to the target and fire the volley, but be sure to bring escorts and make sure the area is safe. After firing the rockets, the ability will be locked until the cooldown expires. The rockets have trouble damaging armored units though, but wreak havoc on infantry units: 16 rockets can wipe out multiple squads. Upon activating, the rocket launcher will fire four volleys of four rockets with a short pause in between. The Katyusha does not fire rockets on its own instead, the player must use the (free) ability: rocket barrage. It is a formidable unit when used right, but easily falls prey to virtually any enemy unit. This unit offers the Soviet army the artillery capacity they need: It is more mobile and thus safer than a mortar and has the ability to take out static units from a faraway distance. It is capable of shooting deadly rockets from a respectable distance, raining destruction on unarmored targets. The BM-13 Katyusha rocket truck is an artillery unit fielded by the Soviet Union in Company of Heroes 2.
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