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It looks like Relic is looking at panzerschrecks as a sort of way for OKW to transition from early game to their tanks, of which relies on fuel economy. Since this means the OKW player would be largely facing light vehicles, then wouldn't it be just more practical if Volks panzerschreck was just changed to AT rifles? A blob would rip an M20 to shreds, but would get ripped themselves by a Centaur.

I also think that, at the least, the panzerschreck upgrade should be locked behind T2. The reason I think this would help is:

1) At present, the upgrade is unlocked in either med truck or puma truck. Any OKW player that wants AT dominance can go puma truck, go for puma, and until then rip with schrecks. There isn't a huge drawback to going medic truck instead, the worst is that the OKW player is FORCED to volksblob because they cannot go for vehicles, a present they're the shitty flaktrack, the unarmed IR halftrack, and the ISG which isn't a vehicle. OKW is kind of saturated with choice and not enough drwawbacks that come when picking them.

2) If Schrecks require medic truck, then going for it would be predictable for strategic gameplay- an opponent will instantly know that Schreck volks mean they went medic truck, which means no puma, which means you pump out HMGs to suppress them. They cannot get more points if their blobs are always being pinned and the munitions are all spent on dealing with a threat that hasn't materialized. Shrecks therefore have obvious benefits and more obvious drawbacks.

3) Naturally, going for schrecks means that, besides instead of blobbing you build Racketen43, the OKW player has denied themselves the benefit of useful light vehicles.

I originally wanted to suggest either Obers with panzerschreck upgrade or even locking the upgrade behind T3, but it seems to me that Relic looks to panzerschreck as more early/ mid game AT than something to be used throughout. It explains why they went for Sturmpioniers instead of Obers, to me Obers is a more obvious choice considering how limited they are in contributing to a meaningful role.

They have heavy tanks for that job
Seriously now, OP does have a point, every time I deploy them next to some obstructions, it causes pathfinding issues for nearby infantry, ie medic truck gets squads stuck forever unless I TK them or rush a tank over there to clear the way.
I personally think they should just give back the regular grenade to Volks for that job. Costs munitions but available at start of game.

Why is it that every time I see a topic about someone wanting to add something to a faction it's always for the OKW?

Because you don't read enough threads here.

Overall I like the changes, though I would have also accepted 2x panzerschreck for Obers instead, but they clearly want AT infantry to come earlier than tanks.

They should make the KV1 and KV8 just give all the relevant commanders a vanilla KV-1 that can upgrade to flamethrowers.

The respective commander and unit will be better since it can perform a much better AI role.

There are three USF units in the game, that aren't Rangers, that have Thompsons. Two of them are non-doctrinal. No reason is given as to why they should get one more via Riflemen.