Mortars

Mortar
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Mortars are a new type of weapon in Valkyria Chronicles 4, exclusively used by the Grenadier class. They use a context action prompt to either set down or pick up their Mortar: pressing the button for Aim Mode will also have them set down their Mortar. They must be deployed in order to either enter Aim Mode or deliver Interception fire, a process that takes several seconds during which enemies can still fire at the Grenadier, and cannot be used while in cover or hiding in grass. If they are not in cover or ducked, a Grenadier who is standing will set up their Mortar when their Movement Phase is ended. Blast damage or being run over by a vehicle will knock the Grenadier out of their deployed position, and they will not re-enter it until they are controlled again.

Primary fire is limited, usually to three shots, but Interception fire uses a limitless supply of ammunition. Like Elite Snipers, Grenadiers have different stats for their interception fire, and these stats are based on the specific model. Seeing the actual interception fire damage of a specific mortar requires it be equipped by a Grenadier: simply highlighting it in the Equipment menu will show the primary fire stats of the highlighted weapon, but the interception fire stats will remain those of the equipped weapon.

Like Rifle Grenades, Mortars have both a minimum and a maximum range: Grenadiers have no means of engaging an opponent who gets under their minimum range (which appears to be roughly as far as the maximum range of a hand grenade), and are as helpless at close range as a Lancer or non-Elite Sniper. At such a range they will not turn to face enemies, making it very easy to go behind them for a Surprise Attack and negate their dodge stat.

It is worth noting that the blast radius of a mortar is not displayed: the aiming reticle is not a blast area indicator, but a target indicator that works like the standard crosshair. See Accuracy for more information on what the standard reticle shows.

Mortars are totally ineffective against areas that count as overhead cover, such as the metal-roofed structures found in many maps or the shaded tunnel areas in the ice maps. These areas are effectively anti-damage zones, not only protecting from direct impact, but also splash damage.

Orders and Potentials that say they effect "grenades" will also affect Mortar projectiles.

Federation Mortars[]

Stock weapons[]

Sanders series - Balanced[]

The Sanders series are the default, jack-of-all-trades mortars, with moderate accuracy, medium range, and a balance between vs Pers and vs Armor performance, though their mediocre accuracy and low vs Armor makes aiming for tank radiators a somewhat fraught endeavour. They have a moderately large blast radius, and their accuracy means they are reasonably likely to hit close enough to a point target to do significant damage.

Their interception fire has the "Speed Down" status effect. This will slow the target's movements for several seconds after taking a reasonably direct hit, making them more vulnerable to follow-up shots. It does not affect vehicles.

Interception fire stats.

Hartman series - Anti-Personnel[]

The Hartman series mortars boast an improved blast radius and an almost exclusive focus on antipersonnel attack power. They boast greater power against infantry than even a mortar-lance and the longest range of any mortar. However their accuracy is extremely low, making them more suited to bombardment of groups of enemies than hitting single targets.

Their interception fire also has the "Speed Down" status effect. This will slow the target's movements for several seconds after taking a reasonably direct hit, making them more vulnerable to follow-up shots. It does not affect vehicles.

Interception fire stats.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Hartman MS1	E	650	170	200	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS2	E	650	180	205	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS3	E	650	190	210	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS4	E	650	200	215	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS5	E	650	220	220	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS6	E	650	240	225	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS7	E	650	260	230	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS8	E	650	280	235	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS9	E	650	300	240	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS10	E+	650	320	245	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS11	E+	650	340	250	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS12	E+	650	360	260	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS13	E+	650	380	270	1	Speed Down

Elias series - Anti-Armor[]

The Elias series are the most accurate among the mortars, focused on attacking precision targets such as Fixed Weapons and accurate enough at high levels to specifically target a tank's radiator. Their vs Armor is extremely high, though they pay the price for this with a very focused blast area, shorter range, and weak performance against infantry: at high levels, the final model can only really kill Snipers or Engineers in one shot.

Despite their high vs Armor, because they are counted as a blast weapon they are still ineffective at killing Lancers.

Their interception fire has the "Tank AP 0" status effect. A reasonably direct hit with interception fire will instantly reduce a vehicle's Action Points to zero, acting as a sort of substitute for destroyed treads in the original game. It has no effect on infantry.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Elias MA1	C+	550	150	900	1	N/A
Elias MA2	C+	550	160	930	1	N/A
Elias MA3	C+	550	170	960	1	N/A
Elias MA4	C+	550	180	1000	1	N/A
Elias MA5	C+	550	190	1040	1	N/A
Elias MA6	C+	550	200	1090	1	N/A
Elias MA7	C+	550	210	1140	1	N/A
Elias MA8	C+	550	220	1200	1	N/A
Elias MA9	C+	550	230	1260	1	N/A
Elias MA10	B	550	240	1320	1	N/A
Elias MA11	B	550	260	1380	1	N/A
Elias MA12	B	550	280	1440	1	N/A
Elias MA13	B	550	300	1500	1	N/A

Interception fire stats.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Elias MA1	E+	550	60	800	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA2	E+	550	70	820	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA3	E+	550	80	840	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA4	E+	550	90	860	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA5	D	550	100	890	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA6	D	550	100	920	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA7	D	550	110	950	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA8	D	550	120	980	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA9	D	550	130	1020	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA10	D	550	140	1060	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA11	D	550	140	1100	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA12	D+	550	150	1150	1	Tank AP 0
Elias MA13	D+	550	150	1200	1	Tank AP 0

Limited-Quantity Weapons[]

Rewards[]

These weapons are earned by fulfilling certain criteria in Chapter 2 part 1, Interlude Squad E Assembles, Chapter 4 parts 1 and 3, Chapter 6 part 1, Chapter 7 part 2, Chapter 8 part 2, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15 part 1 and Chapter 17 part 1. Specifically, a random reward weapon is unlocked the first time (and only the first time) each of the following conditions is met:

Obtain A rank.
Kill all enemy Leaders.
Destroy all tanks (doesn't include bosses or fixed weapons).
No squad member deaths.
No squad members in critical condition or evacuated.

Therefore the maximum number of reward weapons that can be acquired in each of the above mentioned 13 missions is 5 and it's 65 in total. The missions can be replayed to fullfill the conditions that haven't been met. The quality of the rewards depends on the amount of R&D weapons researched and is based on a rank system from 1 to 5.

Post-game, Renown Points can be traded for a random reward weapon of a specified rank at the Infirmary. The ranks available for purchase depend on the total number of weapons obtained as mission rewards. Specifically, rank 1 is available from the start and the higher ranks are unlocked every 13 additional weapons acquired. So the requirement to unlock all 5 ranks at the Infirmary is to collect at least 52 reward weapons from the missions.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Hartmann MS1R	E+	650	260	270	1	N/A	Rank 1 reward
Sanders M3R	D+	600	290	290	1	N/A	Rank 2 reward. Requires Sanders M4 researched
Elias M4AR	C	550	210	1100	1	N/A	Rank 3 reward. Requires Sanders M6 researched
Sanders M8R	C	600	440	300	1	N/A	Rank 4 reward
Hartmann MS10R	D	650	620	320	1	N/A	Rank 5 reward
Hartman MS5D	D	600	420	280	1	N/A	A Captainless Squad DLC
Elias MA9D	B	600	300	1400	1	N/A	Expert Skirmish DLC

Interception fire

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Hartmann MS1R	E+	650	145	220	1	Speed Down
Sanders M3R	E+	600	200	200	1	Speed Down
Elias M4AR	D	550	160	900	1	Tank AP 0
Sanders M8R	C	600	250	240	1	Speed Down
Hartmann MS10R	E+	650	240	280	1	Speed Down
Hartman MS5D	E+	600	180	200	1	Speed Down
Elias MA9D	D+	600	200	1180	1	AP Down

Captured[]

Imperial mortars have an odd quirk in that typically their interception fire is more accurate than their aimed fire. Oddly, captured Imperial anti-tank Mortars all have the Speed Down status effect rather than Tank AP 0 as one might expect. On the other hand, this means they can keep damaging enemy tanks while they're moving rather than forcing them to stop. The DLC-only VB GW 8(e) is a super-powerful combination anti-tank and antipersonnel mortar, and has no status effect on its intercept fire at all.

Despite that the non-B GW series used by enemies are balanced damage Mortars like the Sanders series, the GW (e) mortars are mostly antipersonnel-focused like the Hartman-series Mortars.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 1(e)	E	450	380	180	1	N/A	Chapter 6
VB GW 2B(e)	D	450	150	1100	1	N/A	Chapter 10
VB GW 3(e)	E	450	520	200	1	N/A	Squad Story: Honor, Pride, and Regret
VB GW 4B(e)	E+	450	200	1380	1	N/A	Squad Story: Love and Logic
VB GW 5(e)	E	500	670	230	1	N/A	Hard Skirmish 5
VB GW 6(e)	E	500	760	250	1	N/A	Hard Skirmish 7
VB GW 7B(e)	E+	500	240	1550	1	N/A	Squad Story: Reluctant Solitude
VB GW 8(e)	E+	600	720	2300	1	N/A	Expert Skirmish 6 (DLC). Default max ammo is 1.

Interception fire

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 1(e)	E+	450	160	240	1	Speed Down
VB GW 2B(e)	E+	450	150	920	1	Speed Down
VB GW 3(e)	D	450	210	225	1	Speed Down
VB GW 4B(e)	D	450	160	1200	1	Speed Down
VB GW 5(e)	D	500	240	240	1	Speed Down
VB GW 6(e)	D	500	320	250	1	Speed Down
VB GW 7B(e)	D	500	220	1000	1	Speed Down
VB GW 8(e)	E+	600	340	1400	1	N/A

Other[]

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Multi-Ray	D	700	450	480	7	N/A	Crymaria Levin's unique weapon

Interception fire

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Ray	D	700	300	420	8	N/A	Crymaria Levin's unique weapon

Imperial-only Mortars[]

VB GW[]

Imperial equivalent to the Sanders series.

Their interception fire has the "Speed Down" status effect. This will slow the target's movements for several seconds after taking a reasonably direct hit, making them more vulnerable to follow-up shots. It does not affect vehicles.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 1	D	600	210	360	1	N/A
VB GW 2	D	600	240	370	1	N/A
VB GW 3	D	600	270	380	1	N/A
VB GW 4	D	600	300	390	1	N/A
VB GW 5	D	600	350	400	1	N/A
VB GW 6	C	600	370	410	1	N/A
VB GW 7	C	600	400	420	1	N/A
VB GW 8	C	600	450	430	1	N/A

Intercept Fire

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 1	E	600	90	218	1	Speed Down
VB GW 2	E	600	100	221	1	Speed Down
VB GW 3	E	600	120	225	1	Speed Down
VB GW 4	E	600	120	229	1	Speed Down
VB GW 5	E	600	140	233	1	Speed Down
VB GW 6	E	600	150	237	1	Speed Down
VB GW 7	E	600	160	240	1	Speed Down
VB GW 8	E	600	180	245	1	Speed Down

VB GW B[]

Imperial equivalent of the Elias series.

Their interception fire has the "Tank AP 0" status effect. A reasonably direct hit with interception fire will instantly reduce a vehicle's Action Points to zero, acting as a sort of substitute for destroyed treads in the original game. The Order "Fortify Treads" can be used to protect one tank per turn from this status effect. It has no effect on infantry.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 2B	D	550	150	1020	1	N/A
VB GW 3B	D	550	180	1090	1	N/A
VB GW 4B	C	550	200	1140	1	N/A
VB GW 5B	C	550	240	1200	1	N/A
VB GW 7B	C	550	280	1350	1	N/A
VB GW 8B	C	550	300	1400	1	N/A

Intercept Fire

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
VB GW 2B	E	550	60	740	1	Tank AP 0
VB GW 3B	E	550	90	780	1	Tank AP 0
VB GW 4B	E	550	100	820	1	Tank AP 0
VB GW 5B	E	550	120	880	1	Tank AP 0
VB GW 7B	E	550	140	960	1	Tank AP 0
VB GW 8B	E	550	150	1000	1	Tank AP 0

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