A long, long Indian Road...

[Alexandra]

Well, now that I've beated ID2 once, I can get back to playing Sp: WaW. Unfortunately, due to a crash, my S-grad save file's been corrupted, so I'm playing Long Long Road with an Indian Core.

1xUS HQ (which I'll change as soon as I can)

1xPlatoon Cruasder CSs (So far they seem useless. The 3 inch howitzer doesn't seem to hurt anything!)

1xPlatoon Scorpion Mine Clearing tanks (only ones I could get with anything but a 2# gun - and they clear mines too! Whoo!)

1xMortar Platoon (1 FO, 1 3in mortar, 3 SPA 3in mortars)

1XAA Platoon (4 tracked Quad 50s)

1XIndian Infantry Company

and, my coolest bit

1xIndian Airborne Company (+), with integral, attached Dakotas!

Yes, I have a 4 platoon airborne company and Core Aircraft!!

Whoo!! I can airdrop all over the place and never waste support points on planes!!

Alex

[Irinami]

That sounds bad@$$!! I'll have to try that setup; the integral planes are a cool idea. Don't want to airdrop? Leave 'em behind.

[Alexandra]

Thanks.

But, it sounds better than it is. The Indian Infantry has such low exp/morale numbers, even for it's elite troops that once they take fire, they're very hard to rally, etc. I may, at some point, edit mine, to give them levels equal or near to other commonwealth airborne of that time period.

Questions for all you UK/Aussie/other current or former Commonwealth people out there - or anyone who's a Guru with them

1. What's the proper way to use the Crusader CS? It seems useless. I could get better infantry results with a Pz I with nothing but MGs, and it can't kill a tank at all.

2. Anyone have any suggestions as to how - and what nation - to use to make a South Arfican force?? It seems they're the only Commonwealth nation to get left out of the game!

Alex

[Jim1954]

That CS is useful for smoking AT positions till you get into mg range for your other he-less tanks. That's all I've ever been able to do with them.

[Belisarius]

I view them like some sort of armored mobile direct-fire mortar or something. :p Good for smoke and suppression, and they are also good bullet magnets. Never use them on their own, just single ones or in pairs in CLOSE cooperation with infantry... like a rolling platoon mortar.