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so if i understand it correct its totally fine that vet gren while beeing supressed without cover and maxim shooting at him for the whole duration of the fight is able to kill it just by crawling into it? couse as far as ive noticed maxim NEVER completelly pinned a gren squad even it would shoot for few minutes. and your saying that tanks gonna do enough damage against infantry would mean that after mid game i should just suicide this unit couse it holds absolutelly no value to late game, on top of it i will free my suply and i cant build tanks that actually do something, why not just add "delete unit" button couse acording to your logic theres stronger units late game and its totally fine that its useless after grens get vet

I didn't say they were useless. MGs are extremely powerful lategame for their suppression potential. It also may have been a bug if units were never pinned, because I've always pinned units at close range. An MG is going to beat a single Gren squad if its suppressed, if the Grens don't use Rifle Grenade or have a way of breaking suppression.

Suppression is incredibly important for keeping tanks alive lategame and holding territory, since an MG in a building (such as by the right VP on Moscow) can completely deny any capping potential. They shouldn't be relied on for damage, however. Suppressed units are easier to hit with tank shots or grenades and forces the units to stay relatively still, allowing you to move up infantry into close range (Conscripts, Shock Troops, Flame Engineers) and take them out easily without many casualties.

HMGs are support units, not units that can take on the world by themselves. The MG42 is better than the Maxim in terms of damage output and suppression, but the Maxim can still fulfill its role as a support anti-infantry unit (not for its damage, but for reducing infantry damage and mobility).

They certainly aren't as great for holding down lots of territory, but they're still great at chokepoints or if you know where your opponent's infantry is going to come from. They're just as good in buildings as German HMGs, although Soviet HMGs have a quicker pack-up time so you can escape and retreat quicker.

They're really easy to pack-up and re-aim in the midst of battle as well, so the lack of a large fire arc can be somewhat mitigated by good micro.

I just had the inverse experience. Was playing germans and took the MortarHT commander. I'm in the enemy base with flammenwerfer HT and a Panther, with the entire map capped, when suddenly an IS-2 rolls out and demolishes everything. I built more Panthers and Paks, but nothing could stop it

As German, without T-34 to disable the "soviet Tiger", what are you supposed to do?
At the moment, the guy with the heavy tank commander wins the game

^this

The reason everyone goes for the IS-2, ISU, or Tiger doctrines is because these doctrinal tanks are too powerful lategame for anything else to really deal with it. Soviets can use T-34s to ram Tigers, while Germans can get out an Elefant (although significantly more expensive and still not as useful as T-34 ram against a singe heavy tank), but if you play safe and support the tank with infantry and weapon teams, it's almost impossible to beat.

In 1v1 this isn't as much of an issue, because you can beat your opponent before either player has enough CPs, fuel, and MP for a heavy tank. In 2v2 and up, doctrines like Jaeger Infantry and the HTD/PPsH Conscript doctrine are significantly worse, since players of similar skill will likely be able to hold on until the lategame when heavy tanks can come out.

Keep in mind that heavy tanks require an extreme amount of fuel and MP, so it's certainly possible to prepare enough AT to deal with heavy tanks. Issue with this is preparing early AT reduces your manpower income by a lot without actually helping you hold territory against infantry, so unless you know when the heavy tank is coming out, preempting the opponent's unit construction can be incredibly detrimental.

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gg wp! Really fun games!