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Assault Doctrine as it appears in the Dust Front RTS demo, from the game files of build 23882143

Assault Doctrine

Confirmed Established — fromlocal project source archive; source corpus local reopened 2026-09-07 — 340 archives JSON, archive fingerprint 8cc33f9c7d706e0a6d86cff99152dd6f1f5205e2628c3cb80c104e369837be22

Cost

Minerals
2 000
Population
100

What it is

Assault Doctrine describes equipment for direct clashes and breakthrough: “Unlocks a range of weapons for assault and clearing. Allows for frontal assaults and direct clashes.” The source is build 23882143. Its configsToAdd points to the Bronenosets at 700 minerals, 50 gears and 50 population, with ninety seconds of production. Until 4 September 2026, the page incorrectly denied that link because the generator did not read the field. It is now checked by configuration identity. A single entry in this specific field does not establish that every effect of the doctrine throughout the game is exhausted by one unit.

Where it comes from

Build 23882143 contains Assault, Siege, Support, Tank and Cleansing doctrines for the Empire. Their descriptions differ: some name vehicles while others summarise a role. This does not prove that all doctrines are mutually exclusive or that each opens an entire vehicle family. The verified configsToAdd link for Assault Doctrine leads to the Bronenosets. Research order and access conditions belong to the tree configuration; a branch name alone does not establish a compulsory sequence of purchases or a universal faction strategy.

How it is actually used

The phrase “frontal assaults and direct clashes” describes Assault Doctrine’s intended role. The Bronenosets has 1 300 base hit points and 1 300 extra health, 90 front armour against 50 on sides and rear, and area-resistance coefficient 0.5, from build 23882143. Its entry also contains regeneration. At 700 minerals and 50 population, the vehicle is a substantial production purchase separate from the research. Our advice is to consider it for a sustained supported engagement, without promising survival of every opening volley or converting the resistance coefficient into a percentage.

How to beat it

The Bronenosets has 90 front armour against 50 on sides and rear, a difference of 40 in the recorded armour values. The developer described the front and combined side-rear sectors on 10 February 2026. This supports seeking a flank rather than removing armour from the vehicle or promising a fixed damage gain. Area-resistance coefficient 0.5 is not converted into half damage here. Our advice is to limit its room to turn and account for ninety seconds of production. The result still depends on weapons and supporting forces.

Values read from game files · version 23882143

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