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I don't see the point in Supply Yard type upgrades when both factions have the exact same upkeep. It worked for US because US and WM were beautifully distinct from each other and had different takes on upkeep. There's no diversity in that area between Soviets and Ostheer, outside of the oversight of Conscripts taking 6 Pop vs Grenadiers 4 Pop.

I feel compelled to step in to avoid false information being spread. Both Grenadiers and Conscripts have 6 as their population count. The only unit that has a lower population count than its direct counterpart are the pioneers with a population count of 5 versus the 6 of the combat engineers, which is understandable since they do not perform as well.

Let me comment on a few points you raised.

Also who says snipers counter only heavy inf , first of all they fire really quickly and when your opponent flees he can potentially be killed by the 50 cal

1) With heavy infantry play I'm referring to a type of strategy (heavy or prolonged tier 1) that relies manly on infantry. The sniper is a counter to infantry and did never kill or damage anything else to my knowledge although both the Soviet and Osterheer snipers elect to fire at armoured vehicles in their infinite wisdom if no hold fire command is issued

2) The firing rate is about the same as in vcoh. In the interest of an informed conversation I will follow up on this and run a few tests to determine the exact average fire rate of the Soviet sniper in comparison to the American sniper (ranked up once from shooting volks) from coh1. Expect the results by 8 pm GMT+1.

Edit: As promised here are my results. I lined up 3 grenadiers and a Soviet sniper. It took 1 minute and 28 seconds to fire 10 shots. In vcoh the American sniper fired 10 shots in 1 minute 30 seconds. Both therefore have an average fire rate of 1 shot per 9 seconds.

what if you step on a mine well you just loose a scout car

1) Charging and killing a sniper even on retreat is possible. The sniper squad can also be killed by flamethrowers while still inside of the vehicle (I listed possible counters here and here, I have come to like the stalling tactic presented here to give me a bit more time for a good flank, since snipers miss units in buildings a lot)

2) One also needs to be aware of the implications: 2 built scout cars due to the fact that you destroyed one equals 40 fuel which are not used to tech.

3) If the scout car drives over a mine and there is no unit near it to execute a flank, the scout car is in the wrong part of the map and is not inflicting any damage.

Looking forward to it.

1. Exactly, that's what I'm saying By lower upkeep I meant lower manpower income ie small army = +300 mp/m and big army = +200mp/m (totally arbitrary numbers to illustrate the point)

2. Manpower income basically = upkeep for the sake of the post, let's not argue semantics.

3. Not directly no, but you have less upkeep if you can get 1 elite infantry unit instead of two lesser units.

Upkeep is the amount subtracted from your manpower income. I would reformulate that to avoid confusion.

Apart from the imprecise wording, I agree with your point.

Actually fuel and munitions points also gave +3 MP/Min, regardless of size

I just checked and you're absolutely right. Every captured point adds +3 to the manpower income. Let me extend my apologies for the false statement.

i dont believe in my ears , uncrushable wire by vehicles , wirecutters an upgrade again and it was by design not by mistake ...

Just attack ground or mortar it, it goes down fairly quickly. You can also use a troop transporter or just spend the 30 munitions for the wire cutter. There are many ways to get around it (little play on words )