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That is incorrect for instance Ernst Barkmann was using a Panther.
"Barkmann Corner"
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Yeah I actually googled for Panther Ace after I made that comment and found out about Barkmann but the other half of my statement still stands, most Panzer Aces were in Tigers.
Kurt Knispel, Martin Schroif (Relic even gave almost the same name to the driver of the Tiger Ace), Otto Carius, Michael Wittmann, Hans Bolter and others are just some examples of Tiger Aces.
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And most of these Panzer Aces did not start with Tiger. Michael Wittmann started with Stug -E if I remember correctly so many of them may have used a Panther at some point.
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Well rookies usually did not get Tigers, on the other hand not all units had Tigers to begin with
And most of these Panzer Aces did not start with Tiger Michael Wittmann started with Stug -E if I remember correctly so many of them may have used a Panther at some point.
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Also Panther was a 1943 vehicle, Tiger was introduced in later 1942 so a lot of those people using a Tiger did not switch over to Panthers. They were held in the Heavy Tank Battalions until either death or the end of the war.
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I have not checked the information of who liked what vehicle but generally "Aces" where allowed to use their tool preference or the tools available to their assigned unit.
For instance Hans-Ulrich Rudel the Stuka ace was allowed to fly the Stuka even when it become obsolete and Erich Hartmann was flaying a me-109 even when superior planes where available.
Anyway enough history
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IMHO if you wanted to make mobile defense more appealing
0-Cp counter attack tactics= Now allows light vehicles to cap
0-Cp Puma= remains the same with a 10 fuel cost decrease. or giving it a sidetech that allows for earlier timing (like 9 min)
2-Cp Panzer tactican= remains the same
3-Cp ostruppen reserves= Two squads of ostruppen infantry but instead of rng weapons one squad comes with ptrs/bazookas and the other thompsons/ppshs (Depends on which theme you're going with really)
7-Cp cmd tank remains the same.
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IMHO if you wanted to make mobile defense more appealing
0-Cp counter attack tactics= Now allows light vehicles to cap
0-Cp Puma= remains the same with a 10 fuel cost decrease. or giving it a sidetech that allows for earlier timing (like 9 min)
2-Cp Panzer tactican= remains the same
3-Cp ostruppen reserves= Two squads of ostruppen infantry but instead of rng weapons one squad comes with ptrs/bazookas and the other thompsons/ppshs (Depends on which theme you're going with really)
7-Cp cmd tank remains the same.
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why ostruppen have thompson and bazooka?
It's a strange design
Maybe it's 'cause the Axis players aren't a bunch of forum crybabies, and they keep their cool and fight the uphill battle, unlike some of their "allied" counterparts.
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Haven't you heard of allies lend lease to nazi germany allies program?
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Osttruppen should get PPSH and AT rifles if we want to equip them differently. Wehrmacht captured thousands of these weapons and gave them very often to allied divisions.
Maybe it's 'cause the Axis players aren't a bunch of forum crybabies, and they keep their cool and fight the uphill battle, unlike some of their "allied" counterparts.
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All ww2 armies captured crapload of enemy equipment and used it in combat.
Its bad argument to give everything to everyone.
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why ostruppen have thompson and bazooka?
It's a strange design
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IMHO if you wanted to make mobile defense more appealing
0-Cp counter attack tactics= Now allows light vehicles to cap
0-Cp Puma= remains the same with a 10 fuel cost decrease. or giving it a sidetech that allows for earlier timing (like 9 min)
0-Cp Osttruppen
1-Cp Luftwaffe weapons crate drop = Drops captured western front equipment
7-Cp cmd tank remains the same.
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What about now? Seems a bit more functional and the balance team wants to get rid of panzer tactician in this doctrine anyway.
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and the balance team wants to get rid of panzer tactician in this doctrine anyway.
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The doctrine doesnt synergize with normal ostruppen and 1cp weapon drops could easily cause the same broken situation with the SVT drops imho.
What my changes do is add flavor, giving an offensive capability and defensive capability and unique role with the current ostruppen. which is the desriable outcome because you'd have something that fills a good niche and works as an emergency button when you're behind but not broken but because they're ostruppen.
For the record, I always speak only for myself when I comment in threads, unless I specifically state otherwise. I personally would like to remove Panzer Tactician from MobiDef, as I suggested in my previous posts here, to decrease the effectiveness of light vehicle onslaught, so the Puma can be changed to come at a viable timing again.
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Western front reserves with captured enemy weapons, adds flavor and gives some interesting options and makes it actually mechanically viable, as it stands the ostruppen reserves are useless fuckwits whos only worth is crewing team weapons but even then they're bad at that because you pay 425 MP.
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Soviet Panzer IVs when?
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