Panzer General II/Leaders

In Panzer General II, Leaders are special abilities granted to experienced units. Any unit has a small chance of receiving a leader when it's experience level increases. Two abilities are given per leader, one according to the unit type and one random.

Leaders

Automatic abilities according to unit class

Name	Unit class	Description
Air Defense	Mechanized Veteran	A self-propelled Air Defense unit may move and fire in the same turn.
Anti-Tank	Tank Killer	An Anti-Tank unit will not receive a penalty for movement into combat .
Artillery	Marksman	The artillery unit’s attack range is increased by one hex.
Fighter	Skilled Interceptor	The unit can intercept multiple enemy fighters in the defensive phase.
Infantry	Tenacious Defense	The infantry unit’s ground defense factor is increased by 4.
Reconnaissance	Elite Recon Veteran	The recon unit’s spotting range is increased by two hexes.
Tactical Bomber	Skilled Assault	The bomber cannot be surprised ("out of the sun") while moving.
Tank	Aggressive Maneuver	The tank’s movement factor is increased by 1.

Random abilities

Name	Description
Aggressive Attack	Each of the unit’s attack values is increased by 2.
Aggressive Maneuver	The unit’s movement factor is increased by 1.
All Weather Combat	The air unit is not affected by weather conditions. Note: This can only be awarded air units.
Alpine Training	When moving the unit treats forest and mountain hexes as clear terrain. Note: Some units like e.g. german "Jaeger" infantry have this inherrent.
Battlefield Intelligence	The unit cannot be surprised.
Bridging	When moving the unit treats passable river hexes as rough terrain.
Combat Support	The unit provides both Resilience and Skilled Ground Attack abilities to all adjoining units during combat phases. Will aid inflicting losses and save from loses by 2 to 3 points each battle. Note: According to ingame tests, it seems that this works differently than stated in the readme.txt. Instead, working seems that Ground Units adjacent to Ground Units with Combat Support get for combat their expericne related bonuses calculated including the experience bars from the Combat Support unit. E.g., if fighting unit has 2 Experience Bars and Combat Support unit adjacent has 4 Experience Bars, the unit will fight like it would have 6 bars. For air units, it is the same, only that the Combat support unit has to be air unit as well.
Determined Defense	Each of the unit’s defense factors is increased by 2.
Devastating Fire	The unit may fire twice in a turn. Note: First shot is consuming the bonus (for this turn) but does not count as an attack otherwise - i.e. if the unit did not move, it can resupply after firing once!
Ferocious Defense	The unit’s entrenchment cannot be ignored by enemy units.
Fire Discipline	The unit will expend only one-half of an ammunition point each time it attacks.
First Strike	The unit will fire first against an enemy unit if it wins the initiative in a combat round.
Forest Camouflage	If in a forest hex the unit cannot be spotted by enemy units unless they move adjacent to it.
Infiltration Tactics	The unit ignores enemy unit entrenchment when calculating combat results.
Influence	Allows the unit to upgrade to better equipment at reduced prestige point cost.
Liberator	You receive double the normal number of prestige points for all objective and victory hexes captured by the unit.
Overwatch	The unit will fire at any enemy unit that moves within its range. The enemy unit is automatically surprised, allowing your unit to fire first and at the enemy’s close assault, rather than its ground defense, factor.
Overwhelming Attack	When attacking the unit will have an indeterminate number of the suppression points it would otherwise inflict converted to kills.
Reconnaissance Movement	The unit is permitted phased movement, just like reconnaissance units.
Resilience	The unit will suffer 1 to 3 fewer step casualties than normal units when attacked.
Shock Tactics	Any suppression which the unit inflicts on an enemy unit will last the entire player’s turn, not just the specific combat round.
Skilled Ground Attack	The unit will inflict 1 to 3 more step casualties than normal units when attacking.
Skilled Reconnaissance	The unit’s spotting range is increased by one hex.
Street Fighter	The unit ignores an enemy unit’s city entrenchment when calculating combat results.
Superior Maneuver	The unit may bypass enemy units’ zones of control.

Leader Restrictions by Unit Class

Leader	Infantry	Tank	Anti-Tank	Recon	Artillery	Air Defense	Fighter	Bomber
Aggressive Attack	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aggressive Maneuver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
All Weather Combat	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Alpine Training	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Battlefield Intelligence	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Bridging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Combat Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Determined Defense	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Devastating Fire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ferocious Defense	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Fire Discipline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
First Strike	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Forest Camouflage	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Infiltration Tactics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Fire Discipline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liberator	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Overwatch	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown

Notes

• Because some cross-over occurs between assigned and random abilities, it is possible for a unit to have two of the same ability. The bonuses will be added together.
• A unit with overwatch may only fire on the first enemy unit to move into range. Any subsequent units will be treated normally.
• Although Forest Camouflage is included in the readme file and the game itself, no unit type can receive it. Another leader, Extended Front, is included in the game code, but has no assigned ability and is not described in the readme.