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3) It might just be the exposure time that you pointed out that makes the Molotov's so frustrating. That exposure time sometimes seems to make the difference between throwing the Molotov and getting pinned.

If you dont already do this, with the appropriate doctrine move into position to chuck the molotov then hit the dirt first before throwing. The con will continue to throw the molo but will now benefit from the 20% damage reduction from hit the dirt during the animation.

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I have been disagreeing with your assessment of the Su76 performance, and the reasons for it being used infrequently. I will address that again, then my thoughts on your suggestions.


Yes an ostheer player would absolutely use a unit like the su76 if it replaced the stug. The issues of it getting flanked and punished are ones that can be overcome through proper support. If a StuG gets flanked by an AEC, it will die just like if an Su76 got flanked by a puma. Use the Su76 as conservatively as you would an Su85 and you cant go wrong. At least the su76 has the speed to pull back from a panzer 4, the 85 doesnt.

You use the Su76 for zoning and area denial. You dont try to kill tanks with it, you put them at low enough health where they cant charge without getting a guaranteed snare. You dont need to massacre infantry with the barrage, you just need to force an mg to retreat.


As for your suggestions:

I am against the first one as its too exploitable (eg enter the mode when the barrage is off cooldown, fire the barrage, then exit the mode) and a costless barrage on a cheap vehicle with AT as decent as the Su76 is not a good idea.

Your second suggestion... I'm not entirely sure how that's different than the current barrage unless you mean a direct fire barrage and I still dont know why it should be changed like that.

Your third suggestion has merit. Soviets have a severe lack of non doctrinal smoke options and a vet 1 smoke barrage could give it a lot of utility. I do however worry about the amount of smoke a pair of su76 could lay down at long range so if this is implemented, the smoke barrage would need a long cooldown.

AP rounds- While it's not horrible, I do not think the ability would be worth the micro tax or cost.

IMO a unit for "emergency" shows a broken design, since a player will never bulid it unless his opponent has advantage over him.

Fun fact is, even so many people in this post claimed that su-76 is good when you need temporary mobile anti-tank platform, it didn't appear in recent tourneys. Maybe soviet players are soo good that they never run into such trouble

I see the Soviet 82mm mortar less than I see the su76, but I don't think that's because the PM-41 is a bad unit.

That point aside, having thought about it I think a major reason the su76 isnt used is because tier 3 cant get you through the whole game as Soviets. You are required at some point to tech to tier 4 and any fuel purchases delay that inevitability. The StuG really isnt that much more cost efficient if at all than the su76, but it's in a tier that can last a player a whole match. You dont NEED a panther.

If the t34 was in tier 3, su76 would certainly see more use and ignoring tier 4 entirely would be viable. I am not however advocating for that.

I guess you never ever BUY emergency field rations in the middle of the field? Emergency field ration - ALWAYS with you, you don't PAY for it. That's why it called emergency. The more correct in our case call it - reserve food.

But if you eat "cheap" sugar candies, you have huge risk to pay bill for dentist. SU-76 - cheap "sugar" candy. P4 (and 2-nd P4 if you can't kill 1-st with your SU-76) and huge risk to lose SU-76 - bill for dentist.

You also don't "pay" for normal rations either.

The cost is the extra weight you carry.
However the point is that emergency rations are a food consumed when you cant get normal rations and are meant as a stop gap to last until you get normal rations.

The su76 is an anti tank option that you get to tide you over until you can get more serious mobile anti tank options.


Neither the su76 nor emergency rations are meant to be used all the time, they are meant to be used as a temporary substitute and both have opportunity costs. Both are useful.

I dunno, the e8 is at least as good and arguably better than the okw panzer 4 for a similar price.