Profile of donofsandiego

And then what? You destroyed one emplacement, congrats. In the meanwhile, your VPs are ticking down, the enemy is just about to get the Tiger, you have no upgraded Shermans, incredibly bad infantry and no arty. You are still fucked.

The only thing I take issue with is the "incredibly bad infantry" part of this statement. Vet 1 riflemen get the suppression ability, so US' infantry is a bit better than most would think, at least in 4v4. The enemy wipes the floor with them without it, though.

And this becomes absolutely obsolete when they have multiple of these emplacements. Your plan will not even reach the edge of the map.

Depends on how close to the edge of the map it is.

good luck fighting 3v3 or 4v4 late game

?? Only if the enemy is getting straight Tigers and Panthers.

God help the axis if they aren't able to stop you from hitting critical mass with Sherman 76 HE shells horde. US mid game is the weakest, not late game.

USF late game "indirect fire" (RE: killing blobs) is sherman HE rounds and even canister shot can kill support weapons if you're rich enough to tech it + use it. Try it. Trust me, they're very good.

Okay wow, wait a second. The requirements for the First Strike bonus are 1.) Out of Combat, 2.) Stationary.

If you're holding fire on your Hellcat, you can just drive a short distance out of combat, wait 5 seconds, then drive up, pick a target, and recieve the First Strike bonus over and over.

This changes everything.

And on top of that, the Hellcat gets HVAP rounds from mechanized support center. Those do 200 damage on pen.

EDIT: Wait, nvm. I'm getting ahead of myself... First Strike seems very finicky.

EDIT 2: Yeah, First Strike is very difficult to tell when you're going to get it.

HOWEVER, it actually STACKS with HVAP.

HVAP + First Strike does 300 damage! Expensive (45 muni per Hellcat), but that would bring a Tiger down to half health if you had 2 Hellcats.

As a US 4v4 player whose build centers around rushing AA halftrack then AT halftrack out onto the field, securing VPs with MG bunkers and mortar bunkers, and then getting a sherman ASAP, I have to say that this is probably a build that I would be eating for breakfast.

Number one, Sherman curbstomps the Wirbelwind utterly. On an even game, I'm able to get a Sherman out onto the field at 12-13 minutes. You have about two minutes to bully my infantry with the Wirbelwind while getting shot and penned at max range by my M3 AT halftrack before the Sherman hits the field and removes the Wirbelwind as a serious player in combat.

Number two, if you don't go for a Wirbelwind, and instead for a Marder, not only do you have no good way to deal with my close-medium range specialist riflemen, but my M3 halftrack that's already on the field can hit and pen you from max range, forcing you off the field and putting you on the back foot.

Number three, you're giving up on the nebelwerfer, which while it isn't an infantry blob rape god like you might want it to be, the explosion+flames make quick work of bunkers and MGs inside buildings, which I tend to rely on to hold points

Number four, you're giving up on the Pak 40, which the only other efficient non-mechanized counter to MG bunkers.

Number five, you're giving up on the medical halftrack. Enough said about that.

Number six, if you try to get panzershreck Jagers in order to pre-empt my early Sherman, I'm going to walk on you with my riflemen who can suppress you with their vet 1 ability.