Grenadier (Tiberian Dawn)

	For other uses, see Grenadier.

Grenadier
Unit
Internal ID	E2
Faction	Global Defense Initiative
Role	Support infantry
Armament	High-explosive grenades
Protection	Kevlar vests (GDI)
Tier	1
Tech level	1
Properties
Hit points	50
Production
Cost	$160
Build time	0:07
Produced by	Barracks
Combat
Ground attack	50 (HE)
Cooldown	50
Speed	10
Attack range	3.25
Sight range	1

Grenadiers are a multi-purpose infantry unit available to GDI in Tiberian Dawn.

Background

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The Grenadier is a very useful all-purpose infantry unit. This troop is faster, can see further, and hit harder than normal infantry. The grenade this unit throws can not only go over walls, but can destroy them as well. They 'splode good, too!! - Tiberian Dawn manual(src)

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Trained to throw explosives accurately at extended distances, Grenadiers were implemented to allow GDI to counter enemy infantry, fixed defensive emplacements, and buildings.

Game unit

Grenadiers are multi-purpose infantry unit most effective against clusters of enemy infantry units and even armored vehicles (though due to their squishiness, are best kept at a distance). Grenadiers are very effective against enemy buildings or when placed behind natural and artificial barriers, like cliffs and walls, allowing them to pelt enemy targets with relative impunity.

When a Grenadier is killed, the grenades they carry tend to explode. As a result, they operate best when spaced out, away from one another and other infantry.

Gallery

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  DOS manual model

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  PDF manual model

Cameos

DOS	English	Textless

Videos

SAM site destroyed by a Grenadier

See also

• Flamethrower infantry, Nod counterpart
• Disc thrower, the successor of the grenadier during the Second Tiberium War.
• Soviet grenadier, the Soviet predecessor of the GDI grenadier during the Second World War.
• Grenadier, Renegade variant