So,
The new year has been and gone.
Ardennes Assault is well and truly out the door.
And CoH2 has racked up another exciting set of hideous balances.
So now it's time start speculating about what balance beasties will be introduced to run the game ragged next, will be introduced next into the game.
My guess -
Italy
Brits vs Germans
Half fascist Italian/Half German force
Weak early game infantry, strong late game fallschirmjagers (think Cassino)
OP armour (because that's what always happens with the Axis) Panzer IIIs with rapid firing 7.5cm shortbarrels, lots of armour. Non-doctrinal Elefants...
Semovente 105s (similar to the StuH
Brits
Indian and Gurkha troops, generally rubbish (as usual with allied troops, whatever the reality)
Strong non-doctrinal artillery
Awesomely powerful Sherman Firefly (or if they really want to mix things up, a Challenger)
As well as the Bren gun carrier to hard counter the Kubelwagen so all allied players have to buy it.
Lel, the Italian Campaign.
Panzer.Division. „Hermann Göring“
FlaK.Rgt. „HG“
Pz.Aufkl.Abt. „HG“
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 1 „HG“
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 2 „HG“
Pz.Pio.Abt. „HG“
Pz.Rgt. „HG“ (ein Bn. Pz IV, ein Bn. StuG IV)
Gets some of the first StGs, all the goodies (a fair chunk of the G 41(W)s shipped to that theater), TIGER TONKS, and badass uniforms.
Then ofc the 3rd ID comes along and ruins their day with 155 howie spam up the chuff )))
EDIT: Anyone claiming I'm a full on Allied fanboy can go home. You're drunk. I've done my homework (admittedly, for my realism mod, but still, I've done it).
14. Armee
90. Panzergrenadier Division (first five days)
Artillerie.Rgt. 90 (ein Bn. SP, zwei towed)
Aufkl.Abt. 90
LW.FlaK.Rgt. 5
Mapping Trupp 190 <- lel I don't even
Pio.Abt. 190
Pz.Abt. 190 (StuG IV, 1 Kompanie Pz IV lg)
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 200 (reinforcing)
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 361
StuG.Rgt. 242 (11 StuG M43, 22 StuG M42)
StuG.Kompanie. 247 (7x StuG III)
114. Jäger Division
Artillerie.Rgt. 66
Aufkl.Abt. 114
Jäger.Rgt. 741
Pio.Abt. 114
Pz.Jäg.Abt. 114 (1 StuG M42 kompanie)
I Fallshirm Korps (PE)
4. Fallshirmjager Division
Fallschirmjäger.Artillerie.Rgt. 1/4
Fallshirm.FlaK.Abt. 4 (mot.)
Fallshirm.Pio.Abt. 4
Fallshirm.Pz.Jäg.Abt. 4
Fallschirmjäger.Rgt. 10
Fallschirmjäger.Rgt. 11
Fallschirmjäger.Rgt. 12
29. Panzergrenadier Division
Artillerie.Rgt. 29 (ein Bn. Wespe, zwei mot.)
FlaK.Abt. 313 (mot.)
Pio.Bn. 29 (mot.)
Pz.Abt. 129 (StuGs)
Pz.Aufkl.Abt. 129
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 15
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 71
65. Infanterie Division
Artillerie.Rgt. 165
Aufkl.Abt. 165
Gren.Rgt. 147
Pz.Jäg.Abt. 165
Pio.Abt. 164
715. Infanterie Division (mot.)
Artillerie Rgt. 1/671
Gren.Rgt. 725
Pz.Jäg.Abt. 715
Pio.Rgt. 715
Korps Units
1/Pz.Rgt. 4 (Panthers)
s.Pz.Abt. 508
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 1027
s.Pz.Jäg.Abt. 590
s.Pz.Jäg.Abt. 525 (Nashorn)
StuG.Abt., 11. Luftwaffe Korps
Luftlandepionier.Abt. 22
LXXVI Panzer Korps (WM)
3. Panzergrenadier Division
Artillerie.Rgt. 3 (ein Bn. SP, zwei mot)
FlaK.Abt. 3 (mot.)
Pio.Abt. 103
Pz.Abt. 103 (StuG)
Pz.Aufkl.Abt. 103
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 8
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 29
26. Panzer Division
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 9 (ein Bn. armored, zwei mot.)
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 67
Pz.Rgt. 26 (ein Kompanie Pz V, ein Pz IV)
Pz.Aufkl.Abt. 26
FlaK.Abt. 304 (SP)
Pz.Jäg.Abt. 93 (Hornisse?)
Pz.Artillerie.Rgt. 93 (ein Bn. SP, zwei mot.)
Panzer.Division. „Hermann Göring“
FlaK.Rgt. „HG“
Pz.Aufkl.Abt. „HG“
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 1 „HG“
Pz.Gren.Rgt. 2 „HG“
Pz.Pio.Abt. „HG“
Pz.Rgt. „HG“ (ein Bn. Pz IV, ein Bn. StuG IV)
71. Infanterie Division
Corps Units
3/Fallshirmjager Rgt. 1
Fallshirmjager Lehr Abt.
Luftwaffe Feld Abt. 7
2/SS Grenadier Rgt. 35
2/SS Grenadier Rgt. 36
Fusilier Abt. 362
Sturmpanzer Abt. 216
Funklenk Panzer Abt. 301
Pionier Abt. 60
Panzerpionier Abt. 811
Panzerpionier Abt. 813
Did yer' homework for ya
(from my hopefully-very-soon-released mod, Operation SHINGLE (part of my soon-to-be-initiated mod series, Untutored Courage).