Anti-Personnel Barrier

"A barbwire barrier delivered via airdrop. The barrier is very effective at slowing down incoming enemies and is a semi-permanent solution great for when you need to hold ground for longer periods. The Anti-Personnel Barrier is part of the Entrenched equipment kit."
- Armory Description

Stratagem Code[ | ]

Players must enter the following sequence, using the controller d‑pad, in order to call down this Stratagem up to five times per mission:

Unlock Requirement[ | ]

The Anti-Personnel Barrier is a DLC Stratagem, available at any rank to those who purchase the Entrenched Pack.

Upgrades[ | ]

	Cost	Effect
Mk1		Basic variant, no upgrades.
Mk2	2	Increases the length of the barrier.
Mk3	2	Supply priority now allows the barrier to be deployed more often (cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 40 seconds).

Gameplay Tips[ | ]

Each barrier despawns after 5 minutes.

Helldivers can safely cross Anti-Personnel Barriers by going prone or crawling through them.

Players using a shield (SH-20 Shield Generator Pack or SH-32 Directional Kinetic Shield) will take no damage from the barbwire barrier, although they will still be slowed down.

The game treats the deployment of barbwire barriers in the same way it treats Airdropped Anti-Personnel/Anti-Tank Mines and Airdropped Stun Mines, meaning that only five sets of either barbwire barriers, lethal mines and/or stun mines can be deployed at the same time. Deploying a sixth set of either Stratagem by any player will cause the first set to despawn immediately. This limit is shared by the entire Helldiver squad and applies to any map-size and mission-type, meaning that players can cancel out each other's lethal mines, stun mines and barb wire if they keep spamming these specific Stratagems.

In contrast to enemies facing the Incendiary Bombs firewall, enemies confronted by an Anti-Personnel Barrier will still attempt to cross it. They will take minor damage and start bleeding, slowing their movement down to a crawl. Weak enemies like Bug Scouts are killed when attempting to cross the barrier, while vehicles such as Cyborg IFVs are immune to its effects.
Helldiver vehicles and Exosuits take a small amount of damage when passing a deployed Anti-Personnel Barrier. The M5-32 HAV (when upgraded to Mk3) and the TD-110 Bastion are immune to this, however.

Gallery[ | ]

Anti-Personnel Barrier (Mk1)
Anti-Personnel Barrier (Mk2 & Mk3)

Notes[ | ]

Helldivers Stratagems
Supply Stratagems	Resupply – REP-80 – AD-289 Angel^♦ – AD-334 Guard Dog^♦ – LIFT-850 Jump Pack – Resupply Pack – SH-20 Shield Generator Pack – SH-32 Directional Kinetic Shield^♦ MG-94 Machine Gun – MGX-42 Machine Gun – AC-22 Dum-Dum^♦ – LAS-98 Laser Cannon – FLAM-40 Incinerator – TOX-13 Avenger^♦ – Obliterator Grenade Launcher – MLS-4X Commando^♦ – RL-112 Recoilless Rifle – EAT-17 – REC-6 Demolisher^♦ – M-25 Rumbler^♦ EXO-44 Walker Exosuit – EXO-48 Obsidian Exosuit^♦ – EXO-51 Lumberer Exosuit^♦ – M5 APC – M5-32 HAV – TD-110 Bastion^♦ – MC-109 Hammer Motorcycle^♦
Defensive Stratagems	A/AC-6 Tesla Tower – A/GL-8 Launcher Turret – A/MG-11 Minigun Turret – A/RX-34 Railcannon Turret – Airdropped Anti-Personnel Mines – Airdropped Stun Mines – Anti-Personnel Barrier^♦ – AT-47 Anti-Tank Emplacement^♦ – Distractor Beacon – Humblebee UAV drone^♦ – Thunderer Smoke Round
Offensive Stratagems	Airstrike – Close Air Support^♦ – Heavy Strafing Run – Incendiary Bombs – Missile Barrage^♦ – Orbital Laser Strike – Railcannon Strike – Shredder Missile Strike – Sledge Precision Artillery^♦ – Static Field Conductors – Strafing Run – Thunderer Barrage – Vindicator Dive Bomb
Special Stratagems	Emergency Beacon – ME-1 Sniffer Metal Detector – NUX-223 Hellbomb – Reinforce