Forward Operating Base (FOB)

The forward operating base, usually abbreviated to FOB, is the primary objective that must be destroyed in order to win a match. There are currently three or four FOBs on each map, for each team, placed symmetrically. Thus, FOB placement is equal for both teams.



FOBs are always placed along the routes which IFV and Recon units follow, frequently towards the beginning of the routes. The Desert Trap map has its FOBs placed in a line, where the first and second will be destroyed before the last. In the Woodlands map, the FOBs are spread out at the top, middle, and bottom. The Coldsnap map features a mixture of the two previous methods with FOBs placed in two lines of two.

FOBs can be targeted identically to any other ground target by Anti-Tank Missiles, Guns, and Bombs. Each FOB has 6000 health. On average, it takes 14 standard bombs or 30 seconds of direct gunfire to destroy one. The physical hitbox is a square which is almost the size of the FOB's outer perimeter. Precision ordnance prefers to target the dead center of the perimeter, rather than the large building in the base, and it's very possible to target nearby AAA or Creeps. A bomb which falls just outside the perimeter can still deal damage to the base, thanks to splash damage.