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Airburst shells are pinpoint accurate, that's it.

So they don't do anything but actually land in the circle?

Sexton would be tremendously useful if it happened to share the base Howitzer barrage ability, so getting one or two or even three makes for a Base Howitzer barrage involving all five entities. Obviously it bring strategic drawbacks like no manpower for units, but that's kind of the point of having the choice of using more of one unit over others.

That would be nice, but would probably turn coordinated fire straight up overpowered when coupled with airburst shells (what do those even do by the way? widen the AOE right?). It'd be like a calliope barrage but with artillery shells and more stretched out. Imagine the destruction...

I find shocks to be pretty reliable on urban maps where they can pop out from around corners or use smoke.

With OKW I generally feel that the veteran status of the Voks is the big decider. But I haven't put real research into that, it's just how I feel from engagements.

Definitely true, but its also worth noting that even assgrens will be effective if they just pop out on top of the enemy squad's heads.

First off, thanks for all the replies, I'll be playing around with it more in 3s and 4s and lots of the tips will be helpful.

I have actually been playing around this doctrine a bit myself. Here is what I have been doing.

1. I go for straight for anvil. As stated above airburst shells with coordinated fire are very powerful.

2. Do not even go for a Sexton or for weapon racks. You can simple use your munitions instead for artillery. Infantry Sections with five man squads are quite strong anyways that you do not really need weapon racks.

3. Sniper can quite useful. Not only it can apply bleed, it can throw the flares out instead of infantry sections. This can help keep your infantry sections alive since you can get more medics out. Also, this can help vs elite infantry with out the need of weapon racks.

4. Churchills are much better that people give them credit. They have excellent anti infantry, and are tanky enough that you do not really need to fear panthers or tigers. However, they will need support from AT guns. The 17 pounder can actually really help with. Though they are expensive in population, 20. But seeing you are not actually not building sextons this can be fine.

I hope this helps.

1. A given.

2. Not even weapon racks? Interesting. It is a huge muni drain, but can IS actually hold the lines against more numerous AND superior forces that way? (I usually only build two and supplement with pit+bofors or sniper+aec). I'm just wondering.

3. I would build snipers, but I need to find somewhere to fit it into my build with this commander, which is vickers, 2nd IS, tech up, 2x REs, pit, bofors, at gun, tech anvil. Any suggestions?

4. It does seem that other players think that the churchill is a huge vet vending machine, and I really hate using the 17pdr, but I would definitely consider them options.

On another note, I have used the sexton in a couple of 4s that got really arty-spammy and they seemed to do an OK job paired with the valentine map hack but that meant I had to rely on my teammates for any real AT (beyond 6pdr spam and a cromwell), but it wasn't awful. Anyone else had similar experiences? Or was I just playing shitty opponents?

Hot damn, I need to abuse me some of that Command Panther before they nerf it.

Exactly what I started thinking when I saw that screenshot XD