<r> The Finns are very enjoyable to play. They have some tough obstacles to overcome like lack of flametanks after '42 and no recon vehicles that can carry people(can use other vehicles but I miss having a recon vehicle carrying legged recon) but I still love them. The FI Jaeger(bikers) are very ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Komentaja Nopanen<br/>
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Every finlandeer out here! You MUST love BT-42.. 114mm gun, oh the sweetness.<br/>
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BT-42 has only one fault; it's useless.. <E>:P</E>
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If the BT-42 had an MG and better armor I would use ...

<r> I agree with VN2. In PBEM I prefer no prelaid mines but engineers laying mines is fine. The AI needs all the advantage it can get so I turn mines on in my campaigns. Hopefully the campaign/scenario designer doesn't go too crazy and lay 500 mines <E>:)</E> WB and Melvin/Richards do a great job ...

Geeze, I sure hope that's a bug/mistake/oversight. According to onwar.com the PzIV Ausf G was produced right up to June of '43.

<t> In my campaigns I've always played with it on. I played with it on in my first pbem but my previous two opponents turned it off.<br/>
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I'm really confused as to what is the most fair setting to both players and I really want feedback from the experienced pros as to what you feel is the ...

<t> #3. Good question and I would like to know the answer to this also since the manual doesn't help much.<br/>
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#6. I keep my tanks mixed like that, for instance I like buying a platoon of OT-34, T34.m42 and T34.m43 and reassign so each platoon has one of each so you get a flametank, a ...

<t> Oh where to start? [:)] <br/>
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OT-34: One hell of a badass flametank. It's also a flametank that is fast, well armored and can carry eight.<br/>
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SU-57. Nasty hard hitting ATG with a 12.7mm Dhsk HMG. Thinly armored so don't get careless with them.<br/>
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<r> Don't feel bad for getting a draw on the first two scens of Stalingrad for your first time through. I doubt many people were prepared for the partisan activity in the first scen which got me pretty good <E>:)</E> And the 2nd scen Jefrosinowka I recall getting a draw also, it's a lot of ground to ...

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1. Flametanks <E>:)</E> Especially those with range of 2. You can sometimes outright kill the whole squad with two squirts assuming they don't run out of range before the second squirt <E>:)</E> Easier if you target them then only press the key to fire the ...

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Thanks for the reply, Mangudai. I should have posted this in the Training Center like you said, since there doesn't seem to be much traffic in this forum. Can a moderator here move this over to that forum? That'd probably be easier than starting a new one.

<r> Oh one other question regarding mixing troops. When you purchase your platoons do you leave them as is or mix them up via reassignments? For instance if you purchased a platoon like this(or is part of a company purchase):<br/>
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<r> I've reached that point where I'm a bit tired of the lame AI and want to play against a human. I'm personally fond of the whole Eastern Front and am a veteran of the Stalingrad, Watchword Freedom, Hereoes of the Motherland and Russian Steel(still only less than halfway through that behometh ...

Glad someone else likes 105mm arty. Speaking of 105mm, one of my favorite pieces of German anti-infantry, russian- horde busting armor is the StuH42. Mixing StuH42s and flame tanks is a great way to fend off the endless russian infantry letting your Tigers focus on hardware.

<r> Yea there's a lot to be said for keeping your line of AFVs as simple as possible like the USSR did. As the saying goes, "quantity has a quality all its own" and that's quite true of the T34 chassis used for their MBT and TDs. It doesn't have to be the best, just versitle and easy to produce ...

<r> For ATG guns I much prefer the 75mm PaK40 over the 88 anytime. Since I mostly play eastern front campaigns where there's lots of woods, villages and bad weather the superior range of the 88 is negated most times. The 75mm has plenty of hitting power at the 0-20 hex range for most russian ...

<r> Yikes, too weak? If anything I think arty is just a wee bit overpowered in this game. I don't use mine to cause casulties but certainly the big bore 155mm and large rockets will do that. I stick to a combo of light mortars for immediate and accurate suppression, medium mortar for suppression and ...

<r> Wow that sounds messy <SM sm="00000007.gif">[sm=00000007.gif]</SM>. I hope you didn't upgrade those kubelwagens to inf or artillery? They make good upgrades for armor but have lousy inf and artillery command numbers.<br/>
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I chose one company of infantry and two platoons of armor because ...

<r> That core force was fine, it evolved quite a bit during the campaign. It's been a while but as I recall I upgraded some of the FJ to regular rifle. The Russian SMG teams can lay the smack down so I didn't want too many expensive troops -- the PPSh is plain nasty in close quarters. The flametanks ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hunpecked<br/>
Question for Tequila: Earlier in this thread you mentioned your writeup of the Stalingrad Campaign, and posted a link for a site search. I found 10 or so posts by "Tequila", but nothing on your campaign experience. Has the post disappeared from the ...