All axis factions during war had old equipment at the time
USSR too. USA use old equipment (tanks, AT-guns, rifles and etc) in pacific front.
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All axis factions during war had old equipment at the time
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I dont know about warthunder but RUSE uses prototypes that weren't even constructed... Soviets used all variants of t-34 in 1944 so it is not an issue, also its not that you see the t-34/76 too often couse it sucks and nobody builds it Saying that germans didn't have better equipment than japan or italy in 1944 is just stupid, those two countries were with some exceptions still using WW1 tactics and weaponry while germans created and used weapons that are backbone of modern military forces like jet planes, hybrid engines, assault rifles, mechanised infantry, universal machineguns, guided rockets, intercontinental missiles and so on.
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So let me get this straight?
On the allied side there are three different distinct faction with USF, Brits, and USSR. Representing all the three big allied players.
But then on the axis there is Germans and... more Germans?
Where's Japan? Where's Italy? I'm honestly pretty disappointed, I kind of thought atleast one of them would be in the game with all the allies there.
Why would they do it like this?
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I can't speak for Japan (even if i would love to have them in CoH2), Italy didn't develop a vast variety of vehicles and weapons like Germans but Italians have enough stuffs to be put in CoH2. You wrote about guided rockets, intercontinental missiles and jet planes but do you use them? Are you able to use them?
Ww1 tactics ... I don't know, this sentence seems a bit stupid or exaggerated, because the only armies who fought in a very modern way of fighting were Germans and Soviets. And people aren't complaining about this.
Coh2 also keeps aside problems that affected Italians like shortage of resources, problem with supplying troops in Africa and tanks production.
Also the famous problem of fighting heavy tanks it's not a real problem because Italians developed many SPGs with high AT power, a 90mm AT and AA gun (Cannone da 90/53) and do you remember when USF didn't have Pershing? (And Pershing isn't that necessary unit to deal with other tanks), they still were able to win.
Italy maybe couldn't be a faction only because if game is really set in 1944 (I doubt it because eastern front armies are set during Kursk, while Italy was still fighting in the axis), but I want them anyway! And I think also much people would like to have them, a third German faction shouldn't exists.
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Type 3 Chi-Nu is no worst then T-34-76.
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Type 3 Chi-Nu is no worst then T-34-76.
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Problem is, it was never used in battle. All the other vehicles we have in coh2 have seen action, even if in some cases not much of it.
Except for the fact that T34 was manufactored in tens of thousands and Type 3 was literally 60 units.
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It's still more then Pums, Ostwinds, Sturmtigers, and etc.
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Type 3 Chi-Nu is no worst then T-34-76.
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British also used very modern tactics, actually they individually developed mechanised infantry with the invention of UC. They also had best radars at their disposal. Us forces were also very modern. Their armor and equipment may seem outdated but great usage of tanks and light vehicles combined with responsive and easy to call airforce and mobile artillery was what they used not only in europe but later in korea and vietnam so it was very innovative. And that actually wraps up all the factions we have in coh2.
Thats why I wrote about some exceptions. They had pretty good semovente assault guns, AA guns and great fighter planes. But apart from that you have only ships that were good. In my opinion its not enough. Coh2 is divided into game phases, in early game you need a good light vehicle, they could get an early tankette so its ok. But then in the mid game you need mobile, well armed medium tank. Hard to find one in italian army, they most often used pz3s and pz4s as their core medium tank. If you put semovente there it would make them defensive only faction as turettless vehicle will be countered by AT guns or TDs no matter what. Then you have the late game and you still have neither medium tank to swarm like usf nor a heavy tank to keep you on the field like germans or soviets. Makes you a bit like soviets with useless doctrine but worse All you can give them at this stage is artillery and AA gun emplacement but that sounds incredibly boring...
I would also love to have polish faction but you know, its not possible becouse all you would have to play with after early game would be partisans... Its much better idea to make unique italian commander for one of axis factions.
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Japan never faced intensive tank battles that took place in Europe so they don't only have reliable tanks but also no good AT guns (the Type-1 37mm AT gun was only able to destroy a M3 under favorable conditions).
If a Japanese faction had problems against the USF light tanks, how should it fight against the Pershing, Cromwell, IS-2, etc?
I know the truth is hard, but japan had NO ground forces to fight off early war soviet armor, there is nothing that would even pose a mild threat for pershing or IS-2.
Hell, KV-1 would roll over most of japan armor with ease.
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The multiplayer is obviously set around 1943/44 (Ostheer, Soviets) to 1944/45 (UKF, Amis, OKW). By that time there are no significant Axis Powers left but Germany and Japan. The latter is on the other side of the globe and defending islands. Hardly suitable for this game.
The Italians, or rather the northern part have been turned into a mere puppet state like the Romanians and Hungary. The Finnish actually mind their own business and aren´t an Axis power but a co-belligerent. And they all use lighter equipment or have gotten the somewhat heavier stuff from the Germans (109s, StuGs, Panzerfaust). It´s not advisable to design a whole faction based on this.
So I think this pretty much explains why there´s two German factions.
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