Profile of Tiger Baron

76mm Sherman
-Veterancy Three 0.8 reload modifier replaced with +25% main gun penetration.
-Can now swap between regular ammunition and HVAP; HVAP has improved penetration and accuracy, but increases reload time by 1.6 seconds.

The idea that Sherman gets a penetration buff in the main gun while it already has AP rounds is weird.

Suggestions:

Make the 76mm Sherman identical to normal Sherman in all stat innlduing price with AP round instead of HE.

Swap the 76mm Sherman to armor company so that it can be used in conjuration with Dozer. One AP tank on AI.

Reserve armor is already problematic in mechanized with dozer being way to cheap and they commander having too many call-in unit almost double than other commanders.


Advanced Defensive Positions
This will be a bundle slot containing both the Pak 43, and new concrete bunkers. Note: This is not yet bundled in the mod, the mod will currently display six slots.
Concrete Bunkers

Giving access to Pak43 + bunkers makes other commanders with Pak43 look bad.

Suggestion:
Remove Pak43, allow pioneers to build the UKF mortar pits and paks to garrison them with some bonuses. (example + 5-10 range, + 5-10 vision , rotation speed)...


221/223
223 is able to lockdown territory and generates additional income. Also automatically detects armoured vehicles on the minimap within range 85 of the vehicle without needing to lockdown.

The idea that because one faction has something another should also have it does not really work.

Suggestions:
Replace the lock down with an ability "siphon" that was available to kubel, that would allow to steal enemy resources or generate more resource in owned territory but for a limited time.

Vehicle detection should be a timed ability with little or no cost.

You forgot to mention that you want the M10 in Mechanized Company.

I suggest that the Pak 43 can be upgraded with a 17 pounder styled emplacement around it when there is enough space to do so as well.

Using the other British emplacements is however a tad not making sense since you will see them much more often than the 17 pounder, plus we're talking about mobile direct fire units being put in a static position for what I imagine would be not much more survivable than their current state, the Pak 43 on the other hand is a large static gun that could use the extra protection that an emplacement could provide.

And please don't go with the asymmetrical balance crap, I could make you a list of things that shouldn't exist based on that logic alone.

Just because one Army has it doesn't mean that another can't as well in a different manner.

Hi guys,

i just want to explain a further idea for a new OKW-commander, the "Kampfgruppen commander"/"Battle group commander".
Some general information:
Kampfgruppen were by definition task-organized for specific missions and consisted of
ad hoc combined arms formations. Kampfgruppen were often referred to by either their commanding officer's name or the parent division.

Please give me some feedback if you would like this theme and how you would design such an commander! EVERY IDEA is welcome, for example a "Kampfgruppen commander unit" (Sturm officer model reworked as combat unit, 3 CP).

This sounds interesting as a concept.

The Kampfgruppes that come to my mind are Kampfgruppe Lehr (based on the Panzer Elite from CoH) and Kampfgruppe Peiper, both of which would be mechanized in my eyes, with Kampfgruppe Lehr being fully mechanized while Peiper would be only partially since if we're going by historical account, they lacked fuel during their Ardennes Offensive.

I also had an idea of a Fallschirm-Panzer Division based on the "1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring" which recently stumbled on and am currently reading about, it's quite interesting as a concept as well.

So for Kampfgruppe Lehr I would imagine:

221/223 Scout Car, like the one introduced in Elite Armor now.

250/1 Infantry Halftrack with Panzergrenadiers who can only repair vehicles.

250/7 Mortar Halftrack, provides mobile indirect fire.

251 Halftrack, can be upgraded to Flammenwerfers, Pioneer repair vehicle and Ammo Carrier/Ambulance, will mostly be used as a utility vehicle to replace the OKW's static HQ trucks.

Command King Tiger, has an officer at all times surveying the battlefield with binoculars (and a map in front of him maybe?), additional radios hampers it's reload speed and accuracy, can call in an Artillery strike (same as the Elite Armor Panzer commander upgrade) and gives out a boosting aura around it similar to other command vehicles.

For Kampfgruppe Peiper:

221/223 again, I just love this vehicle.

Panzerfusiliers.

250 Halftrack with Obersoldaten instead of Panzergrenadiers.

Assault Artillery (from Breakthrough doctrine).

Command Panther? I have no idea really what to put as a late game addition.

Kampfgruppe "Göring":

Fallschirmjagers of course, the poster boys of the doctrine.

221/223, I know it's getting repetitive at this point.

Luftwaffe Supply Drop

Luftwaffe JU-87 Strafing support (Anti-infantry and anti-armor ability basically).

Either Command Panther or Panzer Commander, I really don't know what else to put here, I've basically used up all "Armor" themed units and abilities, unless a Tiger is used somewhere instead or something.

I'm mostly using ideas from Elite Armor, Breakthrough and Special Operations, as well as the Luftwaffe Ground Forces doctrine of course since those seem to have whatever Armor units and abilities the OKW has in terms of commanders.

Because it can't and shouldn't.

And regarding 76mm sherman, that new ammo, its still weaker easy8 with extra steps. Ever since it was put in the doctrine it feels completely out of place to me.

I also don't feel 221/223 should have smoke, a little bit too many light vehicles can have smoke, especially on axis side (the only two lights who can't have smoke are luchs and stuka). I feel like literally any other bonus would be more suitable.

Says otherwise here:

Here's the HT dug in again:

I also suggest some sandbags or something be added to it so there's a more visual representation of it being "dug in".

And here's the 221's FuG upgrade:

The concrete bunkers are definitely not working right. Each repair pio will seek out its own exclusive vehicle to repair rather than all group on one vehicle like Soviet/OKW/Brit repair stations do. You can see it in action in the picture below, there are two repair bunkers with 6 repair pios total, six of the eight damaged tanks are being repaired simultaneously.

Yes I noticed it as well now.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the Forward Supply Station repair pioneers work just fine tho.

The 250 also cannot reinforce even when dug in.

Here's a screenshot:

Pardon my retardness of not capturing the icon above the HT that it's "dug in".

221's FuG upgrade costs only 100 manpower, patchnotes say it should also be 10 fuel.