Things I learnt about WW2 from COH2

149. It took the germans longer to find engagements.

150. German Pioneers from the Western Front build the best barbed wire in the world.

151. As soon as one of numerous German field officers was KIA a whole Infantry Division retreated to their base in Germany in fear.

152. Mortars were deadly during the war because of their accuracy and not because of the explosive inside.

153. Penetrating shoots kills a tank crew only if the tank is allready heavily damaged.
154. Elite Inf with the best training and much combat experience can learn more on a new battlefield than basic trained conscripts.
155. Even 1944 on the brink of defeat the german soldiers had the funniest quotes.
156. Germans only send staff officers to the front line.
157. Guards who lost their heavy weapons never got replacements.
158. Panther at the eastern front had the same accuracy and nearly the same reload speed than an IS-2.
159. Mines only explode under the engine of a Tank
160. Snipers can only shoot every 3 seconds even if they have a semi-auto Rifle and the enemy is 5 meters away.

161. Upon entering abandoned M3 Scrap-car, one man duplicates to man both, rear and front gunner seat.
162. Sniper can hit conscripts laying behind stone wall, but cannot hit officer sitting in, standing perfectly still, open M3 car.
163. conscripts need to eat ammo in order to be able to cry "URA!"
164. when engaging light vechicles, instead of trying to hit driver or gunner, soldiers always shot engine first.

165. Drivers and their vehicles were constantly struggeling to agree on a path. Whilst the driver always wanted to go a reasonable path, the vehicle itself just got bat shit crazy

166 In the East, Sturmpionieren almost won the war single-handedly for the Reich, despatching Conscripts willy-nilly

167 Im Western nichts neues......until the Sturmpionieren had a crack at the USF, when the RNG God intervened

168 A/B commanders like Johnny Vastano were drawn from the criminal classes and wanted to become actors

169 It is remarkably difficult to set fire to a wooden building with a flamethrower

170 Only the US had a Rear Echelon

171 US Rear Echelon troops could launch rifle grenades, but only if they were inside a hole in the ground at the time. It is postulated that rifle grenades grow like truffles and that you have to dig a hole in exactly the right spot to find them. US selected their Rear Echelons from men with an especially strong sense of small specifically for this purpose

172 Rangers had the ability to assemble men out of bullets

173 Certain US commanders had the ability to run tanks that didn't need fuel

174 The best way to win the war was to not use any of your supplies but instead leave them unused in dumps to amass a high score

175 The crossing of the Rhine was just a cut scene

176 Kursk and Bagration didn't happen, the Eastern front stopped in March 1943

177 US airpower was only available to 1/6 of US commanders, but that commander did 5/6 of the fighting

178 Only the Germans had any secret, experimental or short production run weapons, and with the exception of the Ostwind these were only to be found on the Western Front.

179. P-47 with rockets were aiming only on tanks, they never dared to fire them at infantry or buildings
180. LMG MG34 was so light that infantry could fire it at move
181. Demolition charges couldn't be seen even if you stand on it
182.Allied engineering was so great that their repair super glue fixed all destroyed tanks parts in seconds
183. 20mm guns were aiming on ground instead of infantry
184. Infantry reserves from west were russian Ostruppen
185. Veteran Tiger II moved faster than T34/85
186. Mericans never had heavy tanks
187. Only JagdTiger could get crew shocked
188. Snipers could spring and not being detected by enemy
189. Russian buildings were so great that one grenade could destroy it completely
190. Sandbags were easy to destroy even by decent gun caliber
191. Luchs and 222 used other gun and had other target priorities

192. M3s make retreating grens look like obers vs retreating volks when being flamed.

193. The KV-2 was in use in 1944. (Sorry Im grumpy)

194. Unlike popular belief, motorcycles saw very little service in WW2.

195. Shooting 10-20 rifle rounds in to a wooden wall will leave a 2x2m hole.

edit: I cant count, fixed that.

196 Bridges are remarkably resistant to Stuka zu Fuss dropping rockets on them, or having real Stukas hit them with 50kg bombs. However they can be destroyed by only two satchel charges.

197 The best way to knock down a bridge with airpower is to strafe it with 37mm cannon

198 Switzerland and the Swiss Air Forces provided the medical support to all factions.

Thank you Switzerland.

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198 Switzerland and the Swiss Air Forces provided the medical support to all factions.

Thank you Switzerland.

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You're welcome! That's so hilarious.

198 Switzerland and the Swiss Air Forces provided the medical support to all factions.

Thank you Switzerland.

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Good eye, though I'd suspect Relic may have done it to avoid trademarks. The Red Cross apparently isn't big on video games using it.

I'm surprised these ones didn't make the cut:
199: Opposing tanks in tank combat were never more than 60 meters apart.
200: You can survive being shot in the chest 3 times with a high-power rifle and still run back to HQ.
201: A man with a Swiss airfoce uniform can stand next to you doing nothing and you'll feel better
202: MG-42s had a floating bipod in front of the barrel.
203: The M1 carbine shots are worse than bee stings for killing
204: Only rear echelons know how to fire the Garand rifle grenade despite being issued with M1 carbines.
205: You can dig through solid concrete with a shovel
206: Nobody ever thought of shooting the cupola MG gunner
207: A panther tank can bounce 152 mm bunker-busting shells with its side armour
208: You can survive a grenade exploding right below you, provided you weren't shot
209: There were tons of T-34s model 1943 in the summer of 1941

210: If the german who is carrying the mg while retreating gets shot, the mg would teleport to the guy who is the farthest.
211: The ratio of world war 2 was an average of 80 % axis and 20% allies.
212: No matter how powered the german army was, their commanders would still complain how they are not good enough.
213: The kv1 and t34 were able to miss from point blank point.

214. The only way to win a battle, is to hold onto 2 out 3 random, and seemingly insignificant points on a battlefield, longer than your opponent.

215. Munitions and fuel don't come from factories or oil refinery's, you actually harvest them from the ground.

216. The United States Army perfected the elliptical base design.

217. Volks grenadiers, although lacking in some aspects of their training, were world reknowned for being able to throw multiple grenades from one hand.

218. Some soviets were able to annex large buildings, rendering them useless to enemy units by filling them with manpower and fuel.

219. Said buildings made the soviets fight harder and better, by means of some occult magic, just so long as the soviets stayed within 5 metres of the building.

220. Some skilled tank crews were able to deflect tank killing shots into their barrel, rendering the gun useless, but allowing the tanks to repair and refit.

221. Repairing a tank takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute, depending how many engineers you have on hand.

222. Flares were widely used in day time, as means to see what the enemy was doing. Some German units could use these flares anywhere they wanted.

223. You can make the enemy crawl around on the floor, or even run away, by dropping paper on their head.

224. Some german commanders were able to magically turn fuel into munitions.

225. Battles were not won by skilled commanders, force multipliers or tactical nous, but by a mysterious force known only as the RNG.

226. Often battles would be paused from 3 to 5 seconds so that everyone could get their breath back, but only on the condition that for the next 3-5 seconds afterwards, everyone had to work twice as hard.

227. That although in the early stages of the war, it seemed unreasonble to charge straight into an HMG, it was later discovered to actually be a totally workable tactic.

228. It only took about a few minutes for a single pioneer squad with nothing but backpacks and wits to restore a heavy tank from damage so bad the main gun had bent and the engine was near complete failure --> to mint condition.

229. That if the Germans dropped one big enough bomb real hard on enemy territory, that territory was agreed by both sides to be considered nobodys until one of the sides hiked over there to check what happened. Then it was theirs.

230. That German officers had such authority that if they told the artillery to shoot double range than actually possible, they just did it.

107 American Armour doctrine was for trained tank crews to dismount, grab Thompsons and attack as infantry. Meanwhile the tank would be crewed by a mixed detachment of clerks and commanded by a supply sergeant

111 American Supply officers were not allowed to open the weapon racks unless the commander wanted them to open a CERTAIN rack. Sometimes the men would never get the BAR or Bazooka they wanted or needed,because the commander forgot to give the order to open the racks.

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.

143. When screaming over the radio for heavy tank support OKW commanders would often get the standard reply of "haf you zet up de flak truck yet?"

I laughed so I started crying a little