Profile of richarddear

My question is : why SHOULDN'T this MG have, say, 10 penetration?

This is the only MG in game locked behind teching. It was purposefully taken to be the heavy, .50cal monster (as opposed to .30cal which was in CoH1 and therefore a clear choice), which costs more than other MGs. It also has a reinforce cost closer to that of Sturmpio than of a Rifleman.

Meanwhile OKW get Kubel with no teching, no reinforce costs, and at arguably less price.

There is no reason why it should not shred light vehicles like MG42 with AP ability on. At least then I would be able to say "yeah okay, it's a bit lacking in direct infantry confrontation but its multipurpose role really makes up for the increased price".

It's in LT tier, after all.

I wholeheartedly agree, when the DSHKA arrived i was astounded to find that, even with its AP ability the weapon platform couldn't reliably take out light support vehicles like the 251 halftrack and the mortar halftrack.

The arrival of the M2HB got me excited only to find that the m2 was severely lack luster on the anti-vehicle front. The thing that irks me is that the incendiary round ability on both of the Axis HMG's allow them to out perform the Allied HMG's that were DESIGNED to smash through material be it cover or metal skinned vehicles.

I absolutely love terror tactics, it's my go to as of late

unless you have the okw player pigeon holed at their medic truck its not the best idea to use indirect fire.
win the first engagement, use 50cals, HE shermans and Scotts to really push back enemy infantry blobs. shermans have longer max range than shreks, so get a shot off here and there to bleed the enemy. youll want to get your sherman around the 11-12 minute mark.
people complain that the 50cal is squishy, but keep it behind green cover and use riflemen to screen for it. it has a fast tear down and setup time so it can keep up with mobile rifles.
scotts generally do really well against blobs and as they vet up they get really scary. dont forget you can switch out crews.

I agree, although I have lost faith in the 50 cal. This map in particular was lacking in green cover and the crew would of likely died in a flash due to the sheer numbers it would have faced and the lmg 34. Screening with rifles is a BAD idea unless you want to bleed manpower quickly or if you have already dealt a heavy MP blow. I want to say that I probably had a bad spout of RNG seeing as the scott had missed the blob whilst the models were overlapped.

my main gripe is this : The panzershreck wielding volksgrenadier it can reliably counter it's counter. A tank. At max range, meaning unless you are actively microing a tank (easy enough to do, but requires your full attention) you will not be able to use it effectively.

I have tried to make these work ever since WFA was released. From my extensive experiments with the mine I can say this:

Never build a whole cluster fuck of mines in a small tight space for 2 reasons IF you want the mines to be Anti-Vehicle.

1. As cruzz pointed out anymore than 4-5 mines would have a negative impact on the crit chance.

2 As soon as the first mine explodes , the aoe radius will trigger ALL of the other mines, effectively wasting them as the tank in question would be out of the aoe reach.

HOWEVER. you can use these mines as an effective blob counter BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Build a large patch of mines in a small choke point where you know the herd will pass through. Either build a demo within the middle of this patch or ensure you have an AOE unit/weapon. When the herd is in the middle of the patch detonate the demo charge or throw a nade/ fire a zook with A-ground (zook is the better choice as he wont be suspicious). The mines will explode dealing decent damage all round, either killing plenty of models or if you are lucky wipes a squad.

In my opinion though, the light AT mine that the soviet AT tactics commander ( I him) is VASTLY SUPERIOR. The mine applies a stun crit to any enemy vehicle that passes over it. That is correct, it will stun that flanking panther. This gives you plenty of time to get round the back, throw an AT nade, then a At volley and gives your AT guns plenty of time to chip away.

Note: A similar AI blob trap can be created with these mines as well.

I would of preferred if the US light AT mines gave a stun crit, as it would give your m10's the time they need to maneuver around the enemy tank as well as allowing bazooka wielding squads to hit the rear.