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Jump back to quoted post5 Jan 2017, 18:15 PM__deleted__

As far as I remember from some cruzzi or other cruzzi like posts, most cover is directional (except craters) and only effective til range 10 (molotov minimal throwing range is 5 and max is 15 I think, so you can count it at least to some degree) and then is negated. Simply under 10 range even if you are standing in cover, it does not count and is used normal ground cover (red/none/yellow, depending on surface).

Housing always provide cover

Green cover halts damage from explosives by 50%

Troops in yellow cover are 1.25x harder to hit and troops in green cover are 1.5x harder to hit. I think red cover is 0.75x harder to hit, but im not sure. House is green cover. Troops firing in house are equal or lesser (if you have lesser memembers than windows on that side for example)to windows. Also tank crushing some part of house wall can create another hole, whitch counts like window.

Jump back to quoted post5 Jan 2017, 11:58 AM__deleted__

I think sturmpanzer summed it up pretty well (agree with him in everything, not going to write it here again), here are some of other thoughts.

Choose commader sooner. You should have used stugs e with tiger if you wanted to go that way.
Also prostruppens and sniper into 444 and pak into fast oswind (your fuel is easily overwatchable with 1 hmg and 444 and you can allow to spend 200MP for 50 fuel because you are bleeding him with sniper and ostruppens are dirty cheap). Fast oswind backed up with 2 paks is deadly against USA because it will always come faster than sherman if you execute your play well.

Squadwipes. You lost many squads mainly because you didn´t have plan and haven´t pushed together AND you didn´t take into account kholodny RETARDED retreat patch. If you are near strategic point that is between south VP and his house they you won´t run throught your munnition but throught enemy mid VP, often resulting squadwipe. Keep that in mind.

Your 222 and p4 play was horrible. We all can admit this. Your 222 danced in front of quad, I didn´t knon what you was planning here. Once you saw quad, retreat with it, wait til he extends and then attack with 2x222 from flank. He wouldn´t have dived to kill your 222 fearing either gren/pak combo or teller.

Also p4 died too early. Jackson is squishy as hell, once your pak was vet 1 you could have stunned it, land second AT gun shot and kill it with p4. You don´t have to dive once you get tank, slowly bleed him and wait for his mistake.


And here I have something you may like - early game thoughts with pictures:

Cut off

It´s useless to make cover near your cut off because cover only exist up to 10 range then is negated. So you only use cover when you already have squad there, not when you advance (you won´t have squad near your cut off when he attacks it and once he is near that cover, it serve no function except giving him advantage). Thats why I recommned you not to building cover there, but wiring green cover nearby so he will have harder time holding your cut off. If you hovewer want too much greeno cover there, build it behind that cart, so enemy still have yellow cover and you enjoy green cover while you are definding cut off against attacks from your fuel.




Munnition point cover

I suggest moving cover more to right, so enemy cannot use it. As you can see right now, enemy can position his squads into your cover. If you place cover there, he won´t be able to use it (because once he see your squad approaching, it will already be range <10 and so cover serves no function, meaning he is not in green cover, but in red cover). If enemy dashes to your cover, you will still enjoy no cover, while he will be having red cover (because at 10 range or lower cover is negated [except house cover]).




Mid VP play

Here you should have rushed enemy house with grens and give him pain, while he try to grab it back (USA lack flamer) while second squad should have capped VP, wired tank as I painted there and maybe help with defending house



Early game MG play

You already supressed that riflemen earier and had pios nearby. Instaed of capping strategic point, you should have closed with pios to rifles (as long someone is firing at squad, its unlikely he will lose supression status) forced him to retreat, then capped VP with pios and strategic point with MG. This would have saved mg health




Countering church garrisons

Kholodny church have only 1 window on that side, and also only 1 window on other side. Thats why I think you have to go into green cover and then right with church garrison because then only 1 man will be firing at you. If you however fire from house, you have only 1 window, and he is firing at you from all right windows there (cca 4-5 windows).

Also wire green cover on other side of church so he cannot do the same to you and will have to find other way to flush you out.




Strategic point I talked about

Here you can see retreat path I already talked about. Once again bad sandbad placement. As you can see, there are green dots on other side, meaning enemy can use it as well. I recommend you moving it to position I draw there, so only 2 members can enjoy green cover then. Also wire that small retreat path as I draw there




Thats all. Hope this helps you

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2017, 23:33 PMSturmpanther

If you play both together and flank it yes. You need to get behind him, so he can't shoot you down. As you saw with your first 222, it dies to 1 salve.

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2017, 23:15 PMSturmpanther

So, about your first 222 and pIV you talked allready

I'm not sure if Jove trolled you or not
Because until min 4.10 he had only 2 Rifles and 1 Etap

A) Min 5.17 you are decapping him, and then you run away to the muni house. Better stay up to the cutoff in green cover.

B) Your 2 x 222 tech not sure about that. Its risky play. Tellermine+ pak is saver i guess. It was clear, that Flakhft will probably come. You saw his Lieutnant.

C) Use wire and mines if you can.

D) Min 12, i would try to get first south Vp save and then attack middle, where enemie had green cover and you 0.

E) Take care of your manpower! 52/105 as Ost vs USA is not good. He had no early mortar or something like that. Means you should win the Manpower trade. Also he dealed more damage then you. Normally it should be that axis deals more damage ( paks vs allies tanks)

F) I prefer to get Stugs and Tiger out and not teching t3 tbh. You had not that advantage in this game to snowball.

G) Your mg was often alone. Bad idea, when you want to move with it. You see it in the replay, that you get ez flanked then.

All in all I had the feeling you had no plan, what you want to do this game. Your grens were running alone, mg also. Then 222 and then your late PIV.

Try to stay more together. Especially as Axis

And yes you had the worser side for axis