Paper Wars

Units

Every Paper Wars unit, from soldiers and tanks to battleships and fighter jets, with HP, movement, attack, defence and range.

Each army starts with the same units. Their numbers are below. These are straight from the game's rules, so they are always up to date.

Unit Mark Moves on HP Move Attack Defence Range Can attack
Soldier S Land 10 3 4 1 1 Land, Air
Medic + Land 8 3 0 1 — —
Tank T Land 16 4 7 3 1 Land, Sea
Transport Tr Land 12 5 0 2 — —
Ferry Fy Sea 12 5 0 2 — —
Battleship BS Sea 20 4 8 4 3 Land, Sea
Aircraft Carrier AC Sea 22 3 3 3 2 Air
Helicopter H Air 10 5 5 1 1 Land, Sea
Fighter Jet J Air 10 7 6 2 1 Air, Land, Sea
  • HP is how much damage a unit can take before it is destroyed.
  • Move is how many movement points it has each turn. See Terrain for what each tile costs.
  • Attack and Defence decide damage. See Combat.
  • Range is how many tiles away it can attack, counted up, down, left and right.
  • Can attack lists which kinds of unit it can hit. A tank can't shoot at aircraft, for example.

Land units

Soldiers are cheap and flexible. They are the only ground units that can climb mountains and still fight, and they can shoot at aircraft.

Medics can't attack, but they heal wounded land units next to them. See Healing and transport.

Tanks hit hard and take a lot of punishment, but they can't climb mountains and can't fire at aircraft.

Transports carry soldiers and medics quickly across open ground. They can't attack.

Sea units

Ferries carry land units across water, including tanks and transports. They can't attack.

Battleships have the longest range in the game. They can shell land and sea targets from a distance.

Aircraft carriers carry helicopters and fighter jets, and their guns can only hit aircraft.

Air units

Helicopters fly over any terrain and attack land and sea units, but they can't fight other aircraft.

Fighter jets are the fastest units and can attack anything, including other aircraft.

Aircraft ignore terrain when moving, but they never get shelter from it either.

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