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Safe changes to German Mechanized Doctrine to make it good and to help it stand out from other commanders:

1. Replaced the LMG Grenadier Sd.Kfz.250 with the regular 250 to make it more affordable and less redundant (you'd probably start with 3-4 Grens with this commander anyway);
2. Stuka Smoke Drop kept as it synergises well with mechanized assaults: serving as recon, to smoke up enemy defences during an assault or to cover a retreat;
3. Spotting Scopes replaced with Emergency Repairs to help (light) vehicles keep up the momentum;
4. LeFH replaced with Combined Arms ability to emphasize the mechanized theme. Could be a copy of the USF one, or it could get some unique buffs.
5. Command Panzer IV kept to keep power level in check (mostly because of how powerful the Combined Arms ability is), and because its passive durability buff to all units would synergize quite well with the mechanized combined arms theme.

1. The regular 250 comes much earlier, you'd be dominating early game with it and still have a strong late game to look forward to. It would be safer to just replace the Grenadiers inside with Panzergrenadiers, so you can fit it more easily into most compositions.

2. Agreed, Smoke Bombs always have a use.

3. I like the addition of Emergency Repairs.

4. Why not keep the Spotting Scopes instead of Combined Arms? Scopes would only be left in 1 teamgame-focused commander otherwise.

5. Instead of Command Panzers, how about adding regular Panzer 4 E's to this doctrine? They'd cost like 100-110 fuel and be buildable once T3 is researched. It would be an interesting addition.

Looks quite good. I would consider replacing the Officer squad with a late game AT strafe ability though (rocket strafe or simply Stuka CAS), as the commander lacks late game power.

I'd avoid Stuka loiter, it's already used in so many doctrines. Also feel it would be better to keep all the actual fire support in (reworked) CAS, to make that doctrine feel more unique, while this doctrine sets the focus on supplies.

How about this:
- Replace vet 1 smoke barrage on Luftwaffe Officer with vet 1 Recon Overflight (maybe Recon Pass?).
- Replace Recon Overflight with "For The Fatherland" from Overwatch (infantry have decreased received accuracy in friendly territory for duration of the ability).

Incendiary Run and For The Fatherland will always have some use, even in the late game. If FTFL is too strong, Tactical Movement could also be an option.

Early and mid game would be quite powerful with AT rifles and sandbags for Grens, as well as the weapon drop to skip T2, so I don't think the commander needs an AI squad call-in.

You're right that the early momentum might be a bit too high, I don't want to remove the officer however. The doctrine would lose most of its (potential) uniqueness. You'd no longer see med crates or incendiary run for example.

Perhaps it's better to keep FG42's behind T3 as an upgrade. That way the officer would just be a Gren squad with extra man, but be able to provide med crates to heal and buff infantry, with another supportive ability at vet 1.

It'd probably also be a bit confusing with the Artillery Officer since they'd have to use the same model.

Don't think this is a problem, only the officer model itself would be the same. The squad would have different weapons, a different retinue (Grens or Falls) and an adjusted icon to make it distinct.

So after reading most of the posts, I suggest one last change to fix the Tiger:

What if we give it higher turret rotation (for start maybe around one bazillion degrees per microsecond or so), and then give it a toggle ability that makes it fly like a helicopter (obviously no shooting possible since the main gun is needed to create lift). Now the Tiger becomes targetable by AA only (only rear armor is used, so that AA vehicles have a chance to penetrate. It's all about balance). You can then fly it across the battlefield and land where you see fit. Maybe the call-in animation should be changed to that as well.

This would also emphasize the legendary status that the Tiger got during WWII.

However, maybe we should limit this ability to the Ace only, I would assume that only a very experienced crew could maneuver their tank like that.

+1

This would provide good counterplay against the T34's ram ability and might improve the potential of Axis Anti-air (if well microed, the Tiger would be able to obstruct the path of planes and possibly even destroy them in a collision).

I'd also like to request one more ability added to this advanced turret rotation mode (this is the last change I swear). The Tiger crew will go in overdrive to lift the tank up even higher, then land upon a target with maximum momentum. The impact would have the blast radius and damage around that of a railway artillery shell. If you land on an enemy tank with turret, its turret rotation will be disabled for 120 seconds. This way the Tiger's own slow turret will be able to keep up once it's on the ground.

With these fixes the Tiger would finally be in line with the Pershing and IS2 and see actual use in high level play.

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Listened to Vipper and changed MG34 in the drop to mortar and changed cost, mostly to differentiate commander from Osttruppen Doctrine.

AT-rifles changed from crate to upgrade, because it wouldn't be worth it on Grenadiers and Panzergrenadiers.

That would probably be the most useless Ostheer commander.

Thank you for the feedback. The commander is meant to gain early momentum with a combination of tools for infantry (sandbags, med kits, elite squad) and plentiful AT against light vehicles (AT-rifle squads, AT gun drop). Possibly quite good if rushing T3. I think the concept could work, but some things might have to be shuffled around.

How about the following changes:
- Prepared Defenses changed to Entrenchment Tools (no Flak, but 1 CP earlier and adds trenches).
- AT-rifles become an exclusive upgrade for Pioneers (easier to balance).
- Luftwaffe Officer orders a single Luftwaffe med crate for 10 munitions (instead of 3 for 30).
- Luftwaffe Officer incendiary strike becomes available at T3 tech (from T4 tech).
- Luftwaffe Officer gets the two FG42's for free at deployment (instead of paying 60 muni).

Would that make it tempting enough to go for?