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You're going to want to be able to counter lefh 18s which means choosing a commander with a targeted, small-area bombardment. For me, that's been the IL-2 bomb drop but I think USF's infantry company time on target barrage gets the job done too.
You will also want commander choices that will let you call in loiter aircraft (primarily to be used defensively to keep away from schwerer HQ aa fire) and artillery.
AVRE commanders and ISU-152 commanders are good for wiping veteran infantry.
In much of the early and mid game your actions and build orders are going to be map dependent. If there are key buildings that need to be held then you are going to want to get units inside them or prepare counters or ignore the garrison.
Allied infantry with LMGs are great so that usually means getting elite infantry like Guards or Airborne. Vickers K halftrack drop for the Brits (or even Vikers K drops for your Soviet conscript friends). Infantry company for USF, too.
Thirty-seven minute 2v2 on Crossing in the Woods. Egg and I put up a good fight considering our ELO disparity (almost 800 vs 100). Might be worth a cast?
Yeah this is something that confused me when i started using Airborne commander after playing with the Osttruppen commander... I'd rather pay more MP (325 for Ostheer drop) rather than give up precious munitions.
IDK what stormjager is on about because it feels cheap to have to choose a specific commander to be able to play a combined arms build like Ostheer or Soviets. Seems silly to pay 120 mp just to get two AT guns that will guzzle up munitions and then "LMG paras" for another 120 munition a piece. Seems like we're being punished or pigeon-holed into choosing a commander due to poor faction design.
The issue isn't that Stormjager isn't wrong, just that the reasoning points to a more fundamental issue.
I may be late to the party but I've been playing USF with the airborne commander and I'm a bit confused why the MG and AT gun are split up while Ostheer's Osttruppen commander have both the MG34 and PaK 40 together taking up only a single slot.
It might be apples to oranges but it seems like a bit of an oversight. I'm also frustrated that they cost munitions but that's a bit of a different discussion.