Modern Armor (Civ6)

Modern Armor
Heavy Cavalry unit of the Information Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Composites
Resources
Resource	Uranium
Resource	Uranium
Resource	Oil
Resource	Oil
Maint.	Oil
Maint.	Oil
Cost
Production	680
Production	680
Gold	2720
Gold	2720
Maint.	8
Maint.	8
Stats
Movement	4
Movement	4
Melee	90
Melee	90
Sight	2
Sight	2
Notes
Information era cavalry unit that is fast and strong.

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The Modern Armor is an Information Era heavy cavalry unit in Civilization VI. It upgrades from the Tank (or its replacements) or the Rough Rider and requires Uranium.

In the Gathering Storm expansion, the Modern Armor requires 1 Oil to train and 1 Oil per turn to maintain.

• Attributes:
  • +1 Movement Movement if it starts from open terrain.
  • Ignores enemy Zone of Control.

Strategy

The ultimate in heavy armor attack strength is here! The Modern Armor can stand against any of the strongest late game units, such as Mechanized Infantry, and beat them with its superior speed and special upgrades. It is especially dangerous for ranged units, which are blown to pieces by its powerful guns.

And, like earlier heavy cavalry units, it will ignore the Zone of Control of enemy units, which allows it unparalleled freedom of movement around the battlefield.

Civilopedia entry

Modern armor is significantly better than those wonderful Panthers, T-34s, Cromwells and Shermans that tore things up during World War II. Today's main battle tanks (MBTs) are bigger, faster, have far better armor and weapons, and, perhaps most importantly, are provided with sophisticated computers and communications equipment which greatly improves their power and survivability on the modern battlefield. What an MBT cannot just blast apart it can run over. A modern tank can scream across the battlefield at 60 kilometers per hour while firing with pinpoint accuracy at a target hundreds of yards away, a targeting computer minutely adjusting the tank's barrel, compensating for each bump or pothole. Infantry rarely carry weapons strong enough to destroy thick-skinned modern armor – except of course, for their radios, which they can use to call in artillery or helicopter gunships. Unfortunately, MBTs don’t work well in the irregular, anti-insurgent warfare now in vogue.

Trivia

• The Modern Armor's model is based on the T-80BV MBT.
• The former Uranium requirement is based on its particular applications towards tank warfare; something demonstrated to great effect during the 1991 Gulf War.

Gallery

Modern Armor seen in the Domination Victory movie

See also

• Modern Armor in other Civilization games