Profile of Luoppis

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Impressive use of the soviet counter attack doctrine

I like your ideas for a finnish flavoured commander. Maybe increase the cost on those ski troops and give them camoflage ability to create the perfect ambush tactic with them. And even go as far as giving them a smaller scale version of a demolitions charge to sweeten the deal.

Personally I think some kind of commander highlighting the events and tactics used during the battle of Tali-Ihantala would be more than appropriate for the theme of the game.

Now I just have to throw some ideas around. Maybe we will soon have a whole bundle of these commanders.

0cp: No man left behind!
All squads fight harder when they take losses. Finnish infantry had such high fighting spirit and comradery influenced by the fact that every fallen soldier would be granted funeral at his home town.

2cp: Finnish modified Maxim machine gun crew can be called in. This squad has only 4 men but the gun itself has been modified to fire over 700 rounds per minute causing unforeseen suppression and damage. Costs 320mp.

4cp: Artillery spotter NCO squad (320mp)
Call in a squad of artillery NCO. This squad of one NCO and radio operator can use camoflage while in cover to relay orders for a precision artillery strike. Can call in a fast landing consentrated barrage of 3 shots for 100 munitions. Has the sight range of a sniper. This is to reflect the precision over mass of the finnish artillery doctrine. This squad also increases the accuracy of all nearby mortars and AT guns.

6cp: Anti-tank molotovs + Lahti L39 20mm antitank rifle upgrade. These crude but efficient devices excel at burning out the engine compartments of enemy tanks reducing their movement speed to 25%. Any squad can be upgraded with the Lahti L-39 20mm semi-automatic antitank rifle for 120 munitions. This rifle will grant the special ability to do a thread breaker shot for 60MU, completely disabling the movement of the targeted enemy tank.

14cp: Kuhlmey detachment close air support:
To counter the masses of soviet armor, Adolf Hitler has personally ordered the Kuhlmey detachment to be stationed in Finland to assist in stopping the soviet horde from making a final breakthrough. A fast flying FW-190 will strafe all infantry and Ju-87D will provide antitank support for the duration of the ability. If the ability is used on friendly territory 4 runs of fragmentation bombing are dropped in 15 second intervals on any enemy units spotted in the sector. This ability has the one time cheap cost of only 350MU

Not a single King tiger were shipped to Finland, and even IS-2 was rarity there, JSU-152 was there and was one of those tanks in 1944 retreat that finnish salvage groups tried to capture for valuations and to use against soviets. They even managed to capture one

Actually 2 ISU-152's were captured by finnish troops in 1944. One was abandoned after receiving multiple shots from T-34-85's while the other was sent for repairs, but never saw action in finnish service.

As for the actual topic, everytime I've seen a topic about IS-2 it seems to evolve into a discussion about the reloading mechanics of the actual tank and not the IS-2 that we see in the game. Remember that it is a very good damage sponge and trying to faust it is very close to suicidal. It can stay in the fight long enough to give sight to longer range AT specific units. I'd like to see people point out exactly what would need to be changed about it and why? Sure, it is not overpowered, but its not that bad either.

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