Doctrine of Support

Doctrine of Support opens a heavy infantry fighting vehicle: “Unlocks access to a heavy infantry fighting vehicle.” The source is build 23882143. Research costs 500 minerals, and configsToAdd points to BMP at 150 minerals and 15 population, built in twenty-five seconds. Its English description contains “a heavy infantry fighting vehicle with good armor”. The documented clarification dated 4 September 2026 identifies the existing configuration reference as evidence alongside the wording. The connection is now verified by configuration identity. Support in the name does not mean this vehicle heals infantry or replaces the mobile camp.

BMP costs 150 minerals and 15 population, built in twenty-five seconds. It has 700 base hit points and 50 extra health, with 60 front armour against 30 on sides and rear, from build 23882143. Calculated infantry damage is 71.4 per second on a 0.7-second cycle. Its configsToAdd connection is verified; the description’s “access” does not change the identity. Until 4 September 2026, this page discussed a possible wider family instead of reading the link. One field entry does not prove that every other effect is absent throughout the raw files.

BMP has 60 front armour and 30 on sides and rear. The developer described the sector geometry on 10 February 2026; this supports watching its facing rather than prescribing an exclusively offensive role. Its mineral price 150 is below the Dreadnought’s 700 and MCV’s 1 000. Our advice is to choose the research when you need this specific BMP, including the separate unlock price in the decision. Mineral prices alone omit population, production time, armament and the different purposes of those vehicles.

The developer described directional armour as “two conical shapes: one for the front arc and a combined one for the sides and rear” on 10 February 2026. BMP follows that scheme with 60 front armour against 30 on sides and rear. A flank therefore changes the hit sector without guaranteeing half the total protection. BMP area-resistance coefficient 0.44 and the Dreadnought’s 0.5 do not prove artillery effectiveness without a verified formula. Our advice is to assess room to turn, escort and the attacking weapon’s damage profile. The verified Support doctrine link leads to BMP, so its own attributes should guide the response.