Broken Arrow – Abilities Guide

Guide to Abilities

Active protection Systems

• Some of the most advanced vehicles are equipped or can be upgraded with active protection systems (APS).
• These systems fire canisters at incoming projectiles to destroy anti tank rockets and missiles.
• APS have a limited number of charges and need to reload for 5 seconds after each interception. The vehicle can be normally hit during this cooldown.

APS charges can be rearmed with supplies.

Decoys

• Helicopters and planes can drop decoys to lure incoming missiles.
• The number of uses is limited and aircrafts that run out of decoys are extremely vulnerable.
• Helicopter decoys can be rearmed with supplies.
• Left click on the decoy button to activate the ability.
• Right click on the button to switch the automatic mode ON/OFF.

Passive countermeasures

Units can be equipped with passive countermeasures which reduces the probability of missiles to hit them. The probability to evade the missiles is indicated as a % next to the icon in the statistics panel.

Defensive smoke

• Infantry and vehicles can be equipped or upgraded with smoke grenades/dischargers.
• Press X to trigger the ability and surround your unit with a thick cloud of smoke that breaks line of sight.

Sprint

• Assault infantry units can use the sprint ability to momentarily increase their speed. This can be used offensively to charge the enemy or defensively to break suppression and go back to cover.
• Infantry cannot fire on the move if they are actively sprinting.

Return fire

• You can order your units not to shoot unless fired upon.
• This is very useful for recon units like snipers to avoid revealing their position.