[...]penals are ridiculously strong. Their additional two men just break the neck of the volksgrens.
Katitof gonna love this thread.
Volks cost 235 while penals cost 270.
Volks are 5 man squad, penals - 6 man. "additional two men"?
Try to hold less than a half of the map, but keep your squads close enough to fend off that M3A1 armored car if it run into your guys.
Use kubel + sturmpios against penals.
Rush to puma or luchs because soviet T1 has absolutely no AT capabilities.
Luchs especially good against sniper spam while it is still capable to take down M3A1.
Watch for mines. Upgrade at least one minesweeper after you get your first panzerschrek.
Don't chase enemy with your light vehicles though obvious mining positions or places where you've spotted Combat Engineers before.
Fallschimjaegers is another great option against snipers, but they are somewhat map dependant.
EDIT: I should add that I've never played OKW
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