Close Support
Unit ability
These units are equipped with weapons that are especially effective in support of close combat — such as flamethrowers, heavy short-ranged cannons and bomb launchers.
Where your unit has the Close Support ability:
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When it would lend support in a close combat, count its full Firepower value instead of only +1 to the Assault value total.
To be clear, if a Close Support unit is in base contact with an enemy unit then you must use its Assault value as normal.
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