Explosives
High impact, high cost.
Explosives — grenades, charges, and demolition tools — clear structures, break fortifications, and punish grouped enemies. They are powerful and expensive, so they reward deliberate use.
What this page teaches
- The roles explosives fill
- Anti-structure versus anti-infantry use
- Why explosives are costly
- Safe and responsible use
What role explosives fill
Explosives cover jobs other weapons cannot: dislodging entrenched infantry, damaging or destroying fortifications, and hitting clustered enemies behind cover.
They are problem-solvers for specific situations rather than general-purpose weapons.
Anti-structure versus anti-infantry
Some explosives are tuned for tearing down structures and fortifications; others for clearing infantry out of cover and trenches. Bringing the wrong type to the job mostly wastes it.
Know which problem you are solving before you pull explosives.
Why they are costly
Explosives represent significant logistics per use. A demolition charge or a pile of grenades is a meaningful chunk of production, so each one should have a clear purpose.
Casual or speculative use of explosives is a real drain on the war.
Using them responsibly
Throw and place explosives with awareness of friendlies — explosives cause friendly fire and can collapse your own plans.
- Confirm no friendlies are in the blast area
- Use anti-structure explosives on structures, not on lone infantry
- Carry only what the planned job needs
- Coordinate demolition with the squad relying on it
Related systems
Explosives connect to Anti-Tank Weapons for armour, and to Building topics like Bunkers, which they are used to break.
Carrying a pile of grenades or charges 'just in case' and using them on single targets. That is expensive production wasted.
Decide the specific job — break a structure, clear a trench — and carry only the explosive type that job needs.