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I find the attack ground useful for the PaK and ZiS-3 when I don't have the munitions for barrage when trying to dislodge an MG from a building.
It's not as good as a mortar to be sure, but if I'm hurting in terms of manpower it works as a decent substitute since if my opponent doesn't pay attention the building will eventually collapse, especially true of the PaK since its shoots very quickly. Otherwise it's a polite way of saying: "I would really like for you to remove your unit from that building." |
The idea of "buttoning up" a tank was not totally unheard of during the Second World War II and was one of the ways recommended of dealing with a tank if you were lacking in full-on anti-tank weapons in US Army training videos:
[youtube] http://youtu.be/1QgXuhv7-54?t=15m22s[/youtube] |
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Penal squad when getting veterancy: "We have been redeemed!"
Random German soldier: "You know? I'm worried I won't be allowed to like Tchaikovsky anymore." |
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Another two:
Random Soviet Conscript around M5: "Why don't we call them 'Half-wheels?'"
PaK-40 crew when told to attack a tank trying to get away: "Ohhhhh no you don't!" |
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Good to see that despite how grim the Eastern Front was, there's still great bits of humour to be had.
Shock Troops when losing a squad member: "We'll bury him later!"
Engineers when getting flamethrowers (mostly because of the voice-acting): "Flamethrowers are here... I LOVE PLAYING WITH FIRE!"
Pioneers when leaving a building on a winter map: "(Whiny voice) But it is warm in here!"
Elefant: "Slowest... Porsche... EVER!"
And the best one so far from a random German infantryman: "I'd give anything to fight the westerners. Those Americans are always complaining about Pioneer spam!" |
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Strictly speaking, the Fallschirmjagers were para-troopers only in name following the invasion of Crete which happened shortly before Barbarossa, as Die Fuhrer believed the losses they suffered indicated that airborne operations were no longer viable (weirdly enough, impressed by their tenacity in combat, the Americans and the British came to the opposite conclusion, and thus the British Commando and the American Para-trooper concept was born). During the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Fallschirmjagers functioned effectively as a regular (albeit very well-trained and battle-hardened) infantry unit.
Being a favourite of mine from vCoH, I do hope to see them as DLC at some point, perhaps being a rough equivalent to Shock Troopers. |
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Save for the fact that MG teams can still fight while capping a point and they have more members than in vCoH, I'm somewhat puzzled by the complaints about their effectiveness, as the differences between the two mirror the differences between the MG-42 and the Browning HMG in vCoH (one had faster suppression and pinning, the other had better range and killing power). |
I agree the Ostwind really shouldn't penetrate T34 armor. That's ridiculous.
Get no argument from me, especially since an Ostwind that ran into even a vanilla Sherman in vCoH was pretty much a dead Ostwind. For all the flaws the T-34/76 had in real life, it should most certainly have the up on the Sherman in the protection department. |
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Unfortunately this is in line with your main complaint with Ostruppen, but I can see how they can be useful on a suicide Panzerfaust charge on a Su-85 defended by a Maxim (it cannot suppress everything in its cone of fire, after all) so your Panzer IV/Panther can catch up with it. I've never really bothered with them and they're my only gripe with the otherwise very good Lightning War doctrine. |
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After an ugly start and losing a lot of PzGrens and a sniper to bad luck, we manage to hold out to bring the heavies afield. A hapless SU-85 spammer gets a taste of his own medicine against my Elefant. |
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