Oberkommando West Commanders

Attention! Eyes straight ahead! Welcome to the Oberkommando West Guide for Company of Heroes 2. This guide will describe the commanders available to the new Axis faction of The Western Front Armies. Each commander has five "doctrinal abilities" that are unlocked by command points (CP) as you progress through a multiplayer game. The guide will be updated as new commanders are added or current commanders are changed.

Use stealth and surprise to catch the enemy off guard and defeat them before they can react. Units can hide themselves from the enemy until they are ready to strike. When attacking, combine a Panther PzKpfw V Command Tank with a grenade assault.

!Duration: 60 seconds. You can use Radio Silence to surprise an enemy during an assault. Your units do not appear on the mini map, and if your enemy is not actively looking at your unit in the game world they cannot see you coming. When attacking with a large force from numerous flanks this ability can be highly effective.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Recharge time: 120 seconds. Use the inexpensive grenade during your assault to weaken enemy forces and put the engagement in your favor. With this ability several units have access to a total of 2 grenades, allowing them to be very lethal against opponents who aren't paying attention to different parts of the field. Use Radio Silence to sneak up on an unsuspecting group of enemies and then grenade them to pieces.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Contrary to the description, the StG44s are powerful at all ranges and feature one of the most powerful damage profiles of the game. This upgrade makes Obersoldaten very lethal both at long and short ranges. The Obersoldaten can only buy the Lmg34 or Infrared StGs, not both. When equipped with these rifles, Obersoldaten can spot invisible units like cloaked snipers or commandos. The IR-StG44s ignore cover to some extent. As a result, they are highly effective against units in green cover as well as in garrisons. Tips from COH2.ORG

! The ability reveals a circle of territory within 5 seconds of activation. The lit up territory then remains revealed for 35 seconds. Enemies can spot the use of this ability by looking out for the bright flares that will be descending from the sky. This ability can be used to maintain a visual on a location without the need for a spotting unit. Tips from COH2.ORG

! The command Panther can spots for itself, so it can engage enemy targets already at 50 range without additional support. Its command aura only applies to your units, allied units are not affected. At vet 5, your infantry benefits from the aura as well. The tank can be upgraded with a pintle MG42, making it somewhat more useful against infantry. The command Panther is mutually exclusive with the King Tiger. The coordinated fire ability marks any enemy tank. The marked tank is 15% easier to hit and takes 25% more damage from all sources. This means that an advanced medium tank can then be killed four instead of five tank or anti tank gun shots. For 35 munitions that is definitely worth it. Use this ability when you are hunting or ambushing enemy tanks. Tips from COH2.ORG

Luftwaffe forces will fight alongside your army. Use reconnaissance plans to spot enemy positions, deploy tank traps, trenches and flak emplacements while the elite Fallschirmjägers ambush and destroy enemy squads. Later, use an airborne assault to steal key enemy territories.

!A cheap and efficient source of intel. Use it before an assault to find weak spots in the enemy's defenses. Tips from COH2.ORG

! Flak emplacements are inaccurate against infantry and deal damage only to the lightest of vehicles. They cost 250 manpower and 10 fuel. They are easily decrewed by any incoming fire and thus may be stolen by your enemy and used against you. Also, keep in mind that their fuel cost will delay your acquisition of a tank. Trenches provide the most protective garrison in the game and can provide great cover for your units. Place a Raketenwerfer inside the trench to give it superb protection from small arms fire and allow it to change directions quickly if a vehicle flanks. However, units in trenches are susceptible to grenades. Both trenches and Flak emplacements can only be build in friendly territory. Warning: Like Flak emplacements, trenches can be occupied by the enemy.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Deploy Fallschirmjäger's from a building to sneak up on an opponent, flank a machine gun, or bolster a defense. Spawning from a building allows Fallschirmjäger's to garrison, gain vision of an area quickly, and stay protected from potentially unseen enemy forces. Can throw a powerful bundle grenade and has access to the panzerfaust. Tips from COH2.ORG

! This ability lasts for 30 seconds. Upon activation, all your infantry can sprint and they also gain better accuracy for the duration of the ability. Tips from COH2.ORG

! All enemies in the target enemy sector, within the capture point, are strafed upon activation of this ability, either suppressing them or pinning them. Then a squad of Fallschirmjagers will airdrop in. Tips from COH2.ORG

Break through the enemy line with heavy armor and elite infantry support. Panzerfusiliers will recon the enemy position while the "Jadgtiger" Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Heavy Tank Destroyer crushes the enemy armor allowing infantry to advance.

!Ability lasts for 60 seconds. Note, this will only speed up de-capping of enemy territory (known as “whiting”). It does not speed up the capturing of neutral territory. Tips from COH2.ORG

!The Sturm Offizier unit is not capable of vetting. He also has 2 abilities; “Focus Fire” costs 40 munitions and increases the received accuracy of an enemy unit- this is particularly useful to take out enemy MGs before it pins your army. “Force Retreat” costs 60 munitions and forces a single enemy unit to instantly retreat. Tips from COH2.ORG

!Panzerfüsiliers are a unit designed to fight enemies at long range. Keep in mind that, even though Panzerfüsiliers are a 6 men squad, they still wouldn't last long if flanked or ambushed by units armed with SMGs like Shock Troops or Paratroopers with Thompsons. They have access to a regular grenade, for 30 munitions and an AT grenade, for 25 munitions. The AT grenade has minimal range. Keep this in mind when you´re fighting against vehicles. They also have access to a “Recon Package” which costs 90 munitions and provide the squad with 3 scoped G43 rifles that improve BOTH close range and long range firepower. The Recon Package also improves their sight range. Tips from COH2.ORG

!It is best used on the enemy's defensive positions before a major offensive. Note that the ability can only be used on enemy sectors; also, the artillery shells do not hit everywhere in the sector, but instead are concentrated around the capture point.Tips from COH2.ORG

!The Jagdtiger has a longer range than any other tank in the game at a whopping 85 range. Can penetrate any tank, but is incredibly slow. Has access to a 60 munition engine upgrade to improve its speed and manoeuvrability. Has access to a 90 munition APCBC shell ability that lets the tank fire it’s next few shells through world objects and still hit enemy targets. At Veterancy 1, it also has access to a 40 munition ability that lets the tank fire three 128mm shells at the enemy, capable of explosive damage- particularly effective against weapons crews and ambient buildings. Tips from COH2.ORG

Use superior equipment and experienced crewman to augment your armored forces. Plan your tactics with Signal Relay or recover your armor with an Emergency Repair. Use the Sturmtiger equipped with a 380 cm rocket launcher to breach the defences.

!Use Signal Relay when you are expecting an enemy assault and need to know exactly where armor and vehicles are coming from. Having the proper Anti-Tank weaponry in the right place when an enemy assault is inbound may mean the difference between victory and defeatTips from COH2.ORG

!The ability for OKW vehicle crews to repair critical damage allows an immobilized and limping vehicle to quickly get back in shape to get out of the fight. Sometimes there is no way your vehicle will get away with engine damage, and a small reprieve in the fighting can be used to quickly repair the critical, drive away from the battlefield, and repair fully.Tips from COH2.ORG

!The HEAT shells are an excellent way to deal with heavy Call-In-armor like the Soviet IS-2 or ISU-152. A combination of a moveable medium tank and an increased damage output by 30% will put the enemy into a tricky situation.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Grants upgraded tank access to a 120 munition artillery barrage call-in. You should also note, the commander will replace the possibility to equip your tank with a turret mounted MG42. If 2-3 tanks are staying together most of the time, consider upgrading 1 with a commander so the others can be upgraded with the turret mounted MG42 for increased firepower.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Use with a spotter to hit targets with a big 380mm surprise before they can react. The sturmtiger has a longer range than most infantry and vehicles have sight.Tips from COH2.ORG

Gather whatever resources you can from the battlefield and defeated enemies. Troops are trained to be more thorough in their salvage operations while infiltrating light infantry can disrupt enemy supplies and lay traps. With a large amount of resources stockpiled, more devastating artillery can be deployed on the enemy strong points.

!Thorough salvage allows OKW players to generate extra munitions from precious destroyed vehicles and wreckage that may occur during a game. Use Thorough Salvage to increase your munitions stores.Tips from COH2.ORG

!The Jäger come armed with 3 Grenadiers´ Kar 98k rifles and one scoped Kar 98k rifle. The scoped Kar 98k rifle will snipe any model below 80% of health when hitting. Use them behind main line infantry like Volksgrenadiers. The main line infantry will damage the squads, allowing the JLIs to snipe the wounded soldiers.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Rehcarge time: 120 seconds. Use the inexpensive grenade during your assault to weaken enemy forces and put the engagement in your favour. With this ability several units have access to a total of 2 grenades, allowing them to be very lethal against opponents who aren't paying attention to different parts of the field.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Use it to punish greedy players who stayed too long in in the light vehicle phase without obtaining proper AT.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Be careful when using this ability, as it will likely drain your stored up munitions. If you are expecting to need your munitions for other things, such as Panzershreks, upgrade a squad before using this ability.Tips from COH2.ORG

Deploy heavy defensive structures to hold back the enemy at all costs. Infantry can construct advanced defensive buildings. Heavy weapons such as the Pak43 and LefH18 can be combined with zeroing artillery to zone out and eradicate breakthroughs.

!Flak Emplacements are inaccurate against infantry and deal damage only to the lightest of vehicles. They cost 250 manpower and 10 fuel. They are easily decrewed by any incoming fire and thus may be stolen by your enemy and used against you. Also, keep in mind that their fuel cost will delay your acquisition of a tank. Trenches provide the most protective garrison in the game and can provide great cover for your units. Place a Raketenwerfer inside the trench to give it superb protection from small arms fire and allow it to change directions quickly if a vehicle flanks. However, units in trenches are susceptible to grenades. Both trenches and Flak Emplacements can only be build in friendly territory. Warning: Like Flak Emplacments, trenches can be occupied by the enemy.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Sneakingly use Volksgrenadiers to place S-Minefields behind enemy lines on retreat paths to get squad wipes.Tips from COH2.ORG

!The crew has access to the “Target weak point” ability for 30 munitions at veterancy 1 to stun enemy tanks. Build a Pak 43 behind a building in order to protect it from enemy advances, while still being able to shoot through the building. The Pak 43 can destroy most medium tanks in 2 hits. Place near a battle-group headquarters to heal and reinforce it and near a flak headquarters for protection.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Cannot be constructed in your base territory so be careful where you place it. Can provide a withering fire of 10 shells every 40 seconds. Receives access to “counter battery” at veterancy 1. Place near a battle-group headquarters to heal and reinforce it and near a flak headquarters for protection.Tips from COH2.ORG

! If you keep line of sight on an enemy within the artillery strike zone, it may continue to bombard them for up to 10 seconds after the ability duration finishes! Lasts 45 seconds.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Thorough salvage allows OKW players to generate extra munitions from precious destroyed vehicles and wreckage that may occur during a game. Use Thorough Salvage to increase your munitions stores.Tips from COH2.ORG

!This upgrade allows sturmpioneers to vet-up much faster.Tips from COH2.ORG

!Doubles sight range of HQ trucks, and reveals units in the fog of war out to a range of 70. Stats from COH2.ORG

!Deals 200 damage when blown up prematurely, and 400 damage when blown up on player command. 1000 penetration, meaning nothing can 'bounce' damage from it. It has 10 AOE, which is almost twice the AOE of a Walking Stuka rocket for scale.(6).Stats from COH2.ORG

!A powerful, free ability that triggers itself automatically and required no setup. Any sector belonging to you will automatically fire a flare when an enemy begin capping it, granting line of sight over a very significant swathe of the battlefield. Flares no longer kill infantry models. Tips from COH2.ORG

!-35% Received Accuracy,+15% speed when in territory.Stats from COH2.ORG

!The 'Bomber' in this ability is statistically the same as the British Air superiority bomber,(Very lethal!) while the strafing aircraft is the same as the "Strafing Run" aircraft from the Ostheer.(Also very lethal!)Stats from COH2.ORG

Squad, turn! In step, march! The Americans and British have landed on the beaches of Europe. The Russians will not resign in the East. Our glorious Leader is a crazy man who will drive us to ruin (but please don't tell him we said that). We are soldiers. Fight for the man next to you. Summon all of your fortitude, and prepare to counter-attack both fronts!