Is Airborne Company still viable?

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 19:46 PM|GB| The Hooligan486

Good question. I always have trouble using it in 2v2

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 19:54 PMCookiezNcreem

I don't know about full on strats because Every game/map is different but the only general rule I have with airborne is never go more than 3 rifles.

I've gone airborne a lot with LT, using the AAHT as a pseudo AT gun/sniper deterrent, then pathfinder 50 cals if my manpower allows, along with the LT himself, anti infantry is usually taken care of until obers and or LMG gren comes out. Or if it's a wide open map. Since airborne doesn't have any muni sinks for a while until the p47 other than riflemen smoke, you can afford to hand out a lot of bars and bazookas especially, vs Luchs.

Usually those zooks + the airdrop at is enough to derp into major.
Airborne works with captain, but with only 3 rifles... There better docs that synergize with captain

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 20:15 PMAerohank

The HMG and AT gun call ins are however too expensive (they should cost munitions like the Brit version) and the P47 can't hit anything.

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 20:56 PMDullahan

Incredibly useful for letting you skip tech though. For example if you go Lieutenant, you can call in an AT gun for manpower and save fuel for earlier Major. If you go Captain you can still get a machine gun.

I think they're fine as they are for that reason.

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 21:59 PMzerocoh

LoL at you guys talking shit about P47, they are insanely good. Can take more than half of a Tiger health really quick.

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 20:56 PMDullahan

Incredibly useful for letting you skip tech though. For example if you go Lieutenant, you can call in an AT gun for manpower and save fuel for earlier Major. If you go Captain you can still get a machine gun.

I think they're fine as they are for that reason.

Jump back to quoted post14 Apr 2016, 14:00 PMAerohank

I don't agree. Going LTD with airborne completely over-saturates your anti-infantry firepower. Riflemen/pathfinded/paratroopers are already very deadly against infantry and you don't really have the need for LTD tier units to add further anti-infantry DPS. Furthermore, The overpriced call-in AT gun also comes too late (4cp) to help you defend against early enemy armor such as the Panzer 2. So if you do for some reason go LTD, you still need zooks before you can call in the AT gun and at that point, you might as well no longer bother with the overpriced AT gun.

The HMG drop only has some limited use against OKW if they don't go for MG34s you can steal. In every other case, the thing is so bloody expensive (over 360mp to get it crewed with shitty rear echelons) that in nearly every case, you are better of simply teching grenades and use them to steal an enemy HMG. Paratroopers with the captains On-Me sprint bonus and their powerful grenades can quickly flank an enemy HMG and take it out.

Jump back to quoted post13 Apr 2016, 20:15 PMAerohank

I love airborne simply for the Thompson Paratroopers. They are the ultimate flanking squad that can rip retreating squads to bit like no other unit can. If you can get them between the enemy squad and their retreat point and activate their Concentrated Fire ability, they even have a good chance of killing full health squads on retreat.

Other than that, the only decent thing about the doctrine are the Pathfinders. You can get some nice kills with them if you use them to focus-fire low health squads. The HMG and AT gun call ins are however too expensive (they should cost munitions like the Brit version) and the P47 can't hit anything.

Jump back to quoted post15 Apr 2016, 13:53 PMEsxile

P47 has lost his vision so it will not chase any tank in the fog of war making it quite complicated to use. If only it really deal consistent damage at the first run, it wouldn't be an issue...