Things I learnt about WW2 from COH2
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74. Shreks and Fausts were equiped with homing devices.
75. T70 commanders had exceptional vision, but only if they killed hundreds of Germans first...
76. A halftrack contains an unlimited number of replacements within its cargo area.
77. Tiger tanks never actually broke down or ran out of fuel or anything silly. They were just tactically inferior to soviet armour...
78. Sherman tanks won the war for the Red army.
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80. During each minor Engagement there would be a total of 3 commanders, ready to support the higher officer, but only when he chose his favourite.
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83. Coats were advanced Wunderwaffe akin to the V-2 only availible to certain German units in late 1944.
84. The Americans were winning the war in 1940, but after it dragged on into 1945 they started losing
85. Stalin was forced to issue "Order 227" because his forces were unable to establish forward retreat points
86. All such expertise had been lost in the purges, explaining why the Soviets have no officers
87. All Lieutants, Captains and Majors were in the US Army, however upon promotion to Lt Col you were transfered on exchange to OKH
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91. Sturmioniers and Volksgrenadiers were used only in the Western Front until June 4th, 2014.
92. There was a thing called Obersoldaten, or "Upper soldiers". They were apparently super tough troops and had helmets that look like turtle shells.
93. The Germans in France used trucks as bases, and only one of them you can retreat to. Another if you spend some manpower.
94. the Jagpanthers did not exist...because they have the Jagdpanzer4.
95. In 1942 the supreme commanded dictated that MG42s could only be used in the Eastern Front, while all MG34s be taken to France.
96. There was only ever one variant of the SdKfz 231, and that is the Puma.
97. M1 Carbines can suppress infantry, but every other hand-held automatic weapon cannot. And only when fired by rear echelon forces.
98. Only the Americans have figured out how to exit a vehicle in combat conditions.
99. Jaeger infantry are not allowed to pick up anything, including medical kits.
100. Infantry guns are only used like AT guns.
101. The Americans and the Germans in the west did not have any snipers.
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103. During WW2 the Germans developed IR lights that could see through obstacles by means of projecting them through the 5th dimension.
104. Getting airsupport was not a matter of what kind of resistance you where facing but how good the contacts you had with the airforce.
105. German heavy TD units where manned by psycics who could aim without seeing the enemy, their guns where so strong they would pierce a concrete building, a hillside aswell as the front of an IS-2.
106. Said TD crews would have a psycic freakout everytime their tank got hit, by anything.
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Meanwhile the tank would be crewed by a mixed detachment of clerks and commanded by a supply sergeant
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112 Soldiers were not allowed to use grenades of ANY kind until the commander universally escalated the battle efforts to allow their use.
113 Every american captain always brought two bazooka teams,and their trusty Thompsons into the thick of the battle ignoring the Battalion CO's orders to NOT participate in frontline combat,due to their importance.
They would kill a tank or two,and then the battalion commander would radio in and request that they get there ass back to the rear to supervise the production of vehicles,much to their dismay. They would supervise for a while,and then sneak back into the action.
114 Some american officers were track stars in college,and would always sprint like crazy all over the battlefield,their men struggling to keep up with them.
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Panthers had less armor than a tiger
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115 An OKW ATG could be manhandled by three men and made to fire from a first floor window,
without the gun being dismantled
116 Axis infantry in 1944/45 were such sharpshooters, that they disdained the idea of using
snipers
117 OKW ATG crews were so well-trained, that they could dismantle their heavy weapon and
retreat faster than the Pak teams in their Ostheer equivalent, and faster indeed than their
OKW MG or Mortar team counterparts
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regarding that study...what a load of total bs, there is no possible way to prove this "theory" with a survey of statistics. what sane person would be shooting over the heads of people trying to kill you. also i know arty killed far more people in world war 2, than small arms and most of the vets of world war 2 were in the rear with the gear not combat effective troops. do people even question what they read anymore.
I applaud you on your efforts to really dissect the study in an objective way and point out all its flaws on a case by case basis. You are proving yourself to be quite the intellectual here, a man of intellectual merit to the highest order. Your proper grammar only helps your case.
But I must disagree with your thorough, objective analysis that is in no way a case of you getting pissed off when reality says otherwise about your worldview because fundamentally, war is humans killing humans, and that does not go down well on the subconscious level, and most troops weren't at the front, while those that were were quickly rotated out, at least in the case of the Allies in both world wars
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