<r> My favorite WWII tanks being T-34 and Sherman as representants of good, durable medium tanks, easy to produce and transport, reliable and adequate for their task. <br/>
Btw recently read an account by one of soldiers from the Czechoslovakian units on the Eastern front, who spent most of ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: TheOverlord<br/>
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Try checking out SPMBT (Steel Panthers Main Battle Tank) by SPCAMO:<br/>
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It is based on SP Modern Battles (I think) but ...

Touching this, I've seen footage from Korea - M26's standing on sloped ramps, which enabled them to point the gun at higher elevation, acting as artillery.

<t> A bit of my view, altough from modern-era, I tend to ypply it also in WWII...<br/>
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1) seize good defensive positions and hills with large spaces of clear terrain under them.<br/>
2) Destry enemy by long-range fire with long-range weapons (TOWs, MBT guns), try to take as much side shots ...

<t> USSR: T-34/76b+c, T-34/85, KV-1 + SU-57 Rulez!!<br/>
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Reich: Hetzer, StuG-IIIG, Panther, Tiger I and most of all JagdPanther<br/>
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UK: Firefly, Matilda, Churchill<br/>
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USA: M4A3e8, M10 Wolverine, M7 Priest. CALLIOPE!!! SHERMAN FLAME!!!!!!!!<br/>
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Japan: Nothing<br ...

<t> @HMG vs. MMG: All I know is that HMG's had usually higher ROF, in some cases (Maxim, Vickers, Schwarzlose, Browning 1917) they were water-cooled, which resulted in the ROF, or they were of large caliber, or more robust tripod etc.<br/>
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Rifle-caliber HMGs mostly died out after universal ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: FlashfyreSP<br/>
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The 25 pdr howitzer was used historically by the British as a stop-gap AT gun, similar to the way the Germans used the 88mm AA gun.
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For example in Tobruk they've made a nasty surprise for the Panzers...<br ...

Ah, so the auto-recovery works? I have only SPWAW 2.0, where it isn't AFAIK, my bad[:(]

In SPMBT I was lately really furious...

US attack against Irq, jan. 1991...

My Apaches weren't able to see a thing! T-72 fired on it from ten hexes and the Apache didn't see the tank!
The same with Abrams and Bradleys[:@]

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The answer to your question is no, with one exception the YAG-6 heavy truck the Russians own, it can load a tank and transport it[X(] However the tank will still be immoblized when its dropped off ...

<t> IG's: I also don't buy them, but if available, I use them. They are quite good in suppressing infantry, mostly while defending - then one well-placed sIG-33 can mean alot. However, I tend to prefer mid-caliber artillery rather than IG's, as Soviet 122mm or US and German 105mm howitzers.<br ...

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best tank killers: M10,M18,M36 and SU 85.<br/>
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german ones had mostly some drawbacks made them not as good as the <br/>
above. exept that the M series was open topped they were good.
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<t> As it was already said, depends on situation...<br/>
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I am now playing SPMBT, with a bit different arty model than SPWAW (for example no instant barrages, and so on)... I find there the artillery just great to suppress enemy infantry and vehicles, and from time to time to disable/kill ...

ORIGINAL: Tequila
A hefty dose of katayusha rockets can keep a majority of your paratroopers surpressed the entire time.

To be flying in the air scattered into small parts counts as suppression?[;)]

<t> I usually play either USSR or USA/UK, I just don't like playing the Germans in WW2. My force composition then looks like this:<br/>
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2x Medium and 1x mixed Heavy/Light thank company (generally I assign HT platoon to every MT company and LTs used for recon)<br/>
motor/mech inf ...

I was thinking of something similar, but just with counting hits instead of kills.

Good scenario to learn how to take out Tigers and other Cats was in v.7 "The tragic stand", a battallion of Shermans against numerous German vehicles. Only in this scenario I realised how good is to have Sherman 105 and Greyhounds when meeting King Tiger.

<t> I'm playing SPMBT now, but mostly in non-TI times, so the recipe will work perhaps too:<br/>
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As a recon, I use scouts on fast vehicles (Landrovers are great) with a direct support of ordinary mech infantry on some kind of fast APC. As the backup there is a MBT, again I prefer faster ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Frank W.<br/>
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rangers: M9 zook + M1 + good FC + exp + mor make them best opponents<br/>
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also i like german fallschirmjaegers, they are 1 point faster then<br/>
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The FJ shall also have the FG-42, no? Was it used as ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Maciste<br/>
P.D: Another question... the Schwarzlose HMG is a true meat chopper at short distances ¿is it a true characteristic of that HMG, or was just that I've had luck when I used it?
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Afaik Schwarzlose had an unique bolt ...