Profile of Jae For Jett

So most of the answers to your questions are in here:

https://coh2db.com/stats/

https://www.coh2.org/guides/29892/the-company-of-heroes-2-veterancy-guide

(Note that the vet site is not up to date, but probably less than half of the units on there had their vet bonuses changed since then. I believe sections only had their scoped enfields removed with all of their other bonuses being untouched.)

To go over some of those answers quickly though:

-They'll win against both grens and volks at long range in cover to cover battles. They'll probably win against grens long range in open cover battles. Long range in open cover against volks is probably a toss up.

-Yes, they have better RA than grens (shown on the website).

-Scoped Lee enfields were removed as a vet bonus (again, iirc). They also had no actual affect on the performance of the sections (but they did take priority over brens...).

-3 sections with that kind of split of upgrades is fine. You can go with all healing if you want (if you don't care for the arty flares, that is), but don't get more than one flare squad.

-Nades usually aren't that map dependent I think (its not like they deny cover). They're usually build dependent. If the enemy is heavy on HMGs or you just want to catch them off guard then you should consider nades. I suppose crossroads really facilitates nade spam because of the super safe muni points and high resources though.

-Always extra man in my opinion. The fuel you spend on the upgrade will probably be made up for by the extra territory you'll hold due to the extra power the upgrade gives.

-Usually never. Mortar pit if its the right map (meaning you can protect it and it can fire on key areas), and if you really need the indirect fire. The bofors is never really built seriously. If you want to build it, go ahead though. The sim city style of play can be fun (for you, not your opponent).

-For all of the weapon + vet stats you're asking about, just look at the DPS graphs on the website. Note that the one for the enfield assumes the sections are in cover. If not, their DPS will be lower than what is shown on the graph.

How's the living in 2016?

I can forgive myself for getting the vickers price wrong considering how recently it was changed, but getting the maxim price wrong is actually quite embarassing.

But also lmao I'd assume a .50 cal round has more damage than whatever the MG42 used (the same standard rifle round as the 98k?). But, again, this is a game so you never know how things actually work without looking at the stats.

The .50 cal has more damage (per bullet): 16 vs 4.
The MG42 has higher damage (per second).

So in a literal sense, yes, the .50 cal has more damage. People usually mean DPS when they say damage though because DPS is far more relevant than damage per bullet.

Considering how much babysitting of USF units you have to do just to keep them alive it is a downside, especially since the HE isn't even that good. It's so inconsistent half the time it barely does any damage.

Then don't ever switch to HE, and you'll have a tank with similar AI to the p4. As I said (I even capitalized it), its an option that makes a tank thats otherwise equal to the p4 come out noticeably ahead in overall performance.

USF units are not specifically fragile (squad sizes are moderate to high, RA is moderate; hp pools for tanks are standard). HE is the best anti infantry shell available to medium tanks of similar timing (better scatter and AOE than the ost p4, the only really relevant stats).

With such low penetration that cannot penetrate a luchs.
It would be ok if it was an anti-infantry tank, but it's not. Sherman just got good anti infantry ability and low armor and penetration. Also it takes 6 sec to change between AT and AI and p4 can do both without switching, lol.

Sherman chance to pen p4 at max range: 56%
P4 chance to pen sherman at max range: 69%

Sherman chance to pen p4 at mid range: 67%
P4 chance to pen sherman at mid range: 72%

Sherman chance to pen p4 at close range: 78%
P4 chance to pen sherman at close range: 78%

Also, the sherman's regular rounds have roughly the same AI performance as the p4 (lower aoe, but also lower scatter). You've actually managed to act like the OPTION to switch to specialized anti infantry rounds is a downside.