Profile of cwstatic

right now I go Infantry Company and do a standard build of 3 Rifle Squads to an ambulance. after that I'll either upgrade to grenades/smoke or the Captain. normally if i've been doing well and haven't run into allot of MG's i'' wait and build a Captain. I'll usually spend extra manpower i generate while waiting on reinforcing my squads or building a fuel depot. When the Captain comes out I'll push him up and wait until I have the fuel for a M5A1 Stuart. But if i'm hit by an early puma I just go for a AT gun. I always (unless he is in the middle of capping or fighting off early vehicles) retreat the Captain back to decrease build time at the base. and while he's there i use that ability on both building units as well as unlocking upgrades.

oh and if stationary it will fire the 37mm auto cannon. otherwise while on the move it will shoot the 2 50cal MG's. I think the dotted lines indicate the arc of the auto cannon while the vehicle is stationary

OK first off the only way that 1 ubermensch squad can kill 2 vet 3 rifle squads is if you were to run them both squads up to the ubermensch in negative cover. Even then its a little hard to believe that BOTH squads would be killed in less then 5-10 seconds. Maybe this was the case if both the Rifle squads were already injured, then i can imagine that they could die that quickly. (there is a reason why healing with the ambulance is just as important as reinforcing)

also we need to know if his squad was upgrade with the StG44's?

but keep in mind that the squad costs 400mp to build and the cost (I think) 45mp to reinforce? so even killing 1 or 2 as long as your losses is less then 3-4 is almost a fair trade especially since by the time they come out the OKW player will be really strapped for resources.

The easy answer to this is simple. use vehicles to counter. the M20 Utility Car, M15A1 AA Half-track, M5A1 Stuart, are all excellent at killing infantry and much like the Panzer Grens (before they upgrade to shreks) i don't think they have any AT weapons to defend themselves.

all you have is infantry they you first have to make sure you are using cover any time you engage them. If you can use abilities like grinades (if you can get close enough) suppressing fire, and if you have upgraded to Brownings defensive stance. If you dont have the commander that gives you brownings use the tier 2 M2HB .50 cal Machine Gun Team. if you went with the airborne commander use Paratroopers, who are slightly cheaper and can put out as much or more damage if upgraded with their LMG's

The BAR is an ok upgrade only if you dont have access to the Bowning.


here is how I would handle that same situation.

1. my 2 squads (each equipped with browning's) comes across the ubermensch squad.
2. i immediately move them to cover or fall back if no cover is available. (mind you i didn't say retreat, just fall back to some cover)
3. assuming i was able to find cover I would throw grenades if they were in range.
4. regardless if i could throw a grenade or not i would eventually move one squad back out of range while the other holds ground and covers. with the falling back squad I would find cover and assume defensive stance
5. then i would take the squad that is holding ground and either fall back to the squad in defensive stance or just retreat to save the squad.
6 if the ubermensch keep advancing they will get into range of the squad in defensive stance and be suppressed.

note: this only works as long as there aren't other units supporting the ubermensch.

Yeah I mostly have trouble with it on the new WFA maps where the mg 34 can enter a house overlooking the fuel or VP and it's impossible to get him out.

I wouldn't say its impossible. It does require more micro/attention.

assuming you have 1 rifle squad vs 1 MG in a building

also assume that you have unlocked smoke and have the munitions to use it.

you run your Rifle Squad up on the building.

You get quickly suppressed. (not pinned)

you fire a smoke grenade in front of the window the MG is firing from.

the suppression ends and your unit rushes the house, circle strafing it so they can shoot in at it as they circle around it.

you are sure NOT to try and run around the long side of the building so the MG doesn't have time to set up. so you stick to jumping back and forth from 2 sides over and over again. The MG constantly jumping from one window to another to get a shot off at you but never having the time to set up and shoot.

Eventually it dies or they exit the building, or reinforcements arrive (friendly or hostile), either way that is how you use a smoke grenade to take out a MG in a building. I've been doing it with shock Troops for a while now. and trust me the range on the US smoke is soo much better then the Shock Troops that it makes this super easy in comparison.

I always double up. I never put a 1 bazooka and 1 LMG in the same squad. Mathematically that always means that u are wasting shots from the weapon on targets that its not specialized in killing. I usually have between 3-4 rifle squads out by mid game. 2/3rds to 3/4 of them are always maxed out with LMG's, the last squad is armed with 2 bazooka's supporting the other squads. With the captain with a 2nd bazooka also helping out. This way your squads won't ever be wasting shots firing LMG's at tanks and vise versa.

oh and I prefer the browning over the BAR hands down. Free unlock at 3 cp and can suppress if in defensive stance. And still costs the same munitions as the BAR.