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Jump back to quoted post18 Jun 2015, 16:04 PMnigo

old, but gold

Jump back to quoted post6 May 2015, 03:47 AMChunkeemunkee88

I always thought of stuff like this:The Germans were mostly divided onto 3 fronts.
The Eastern front which was Ukraine,Russian,Poland,Romania,Hungary,Baltics,etc or simply the whole bloody Soviet Union.
Then there would be the Italian or Mediterranean Front which occured from 1943-1945 if you count the final battle in Tunisia and the landings at Sicily.Of course that is where you would get your Italians for a 3rd axis faction...
Finally you have the Western Front which includes France,Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands. I think it's appropriate to remember that Germany still had Northern Italy (Fascist Italy and such) and Hungary on their side for future reference...
The Common Wealth had a massive number of resources available to them what with the extra help from Belgium,Poland, Czechoslovakia, Canada, New Zealand and all those other places.I don't know of any major Australian units in the European campaign...
The British faction I think should have units with access to special combat packages.For instance a Regulars Section (Tommy squad basically) could be given a scoped lee enfield,a bren lmg, or stens with a few small bonus skills per package.A Sten package would simply turn them into units akin to Shock troops or Assault Grenadiers with a sprint ability or a grenade volley(multi-grenade toss). A Bren package would be like having a mobile hmg with high accuracy but lots of reloads. Maybe a Vet 2 or 3 bonus would give it a 100 round drum.Scoped Enfields would be like COH1's version but with minor differences.

This is just for example of course.

I also think some special *Supply chain modifications* should affect their gameplay. The supply chains would permit you to access different types of units and add some little bonuses to your units. For example;one supply modification(upgrade) would give you access to Cromwells in place of Sherman tanks where another would give you access to Heavy Churchills and Royal Engineers. Another might add a single Thompson to an infantry section or permit you to build some ambulances.
Given that the real Common Wealth utilized Shermans they should be able to use them as a primary tank force alongside Churchill tanks.Kangaroos would probably be doctrine call in.Valentines could be a semi-decent early tank.Daimler scout cars would be your "SAS scout jeeps".

Perhaps you would have easy access to artillery and air forces but they'd be very expensive due to their op'ness. They'd be built anywhere on map or in a small dug-out similar to the USF's base with 4 or 5 hard-points where you can build radio towers to the Royal Airforce or artillery emplacements or bunkers that protect your officers so you can recruit units.So think:4-25pdrs pounding the enemy senseless but draining your munitions or plane spam which drains your fuel.

Late 1944 (as was mentioned) the CommonWealth lead armies were undergoing operation Market Garden, liberating the Channel Ports including the Scheldt Estuary and approaching the Gothic Line in Italy among other things. One can't forget the Rhineland battles either. During these battles there was loads of mud and flooded terrain but there were also some of the last tank battles.
Speaking of Tanks the British lead armies (21st Army group comes to mind) mainly made use of Shermans with a few Churchills here and there and lots of Bren carriers.