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Well alternatively you can give them Guards mosins.

How will an infiltration squad deal any damage with bolt action rifles? I am nkt saying guard Mosins are bad. But this makes them static. They should be hit and run / mobile squads and their weapon profiles should match their role. Just like falls have fg42 which was designed to counter any kind of infantry because they had a role. Similarly guard mosins wouldn't get the deal especially without camo. Even now these guys die as soon as they spawn from the building cuz they don't have camo.

In the case of storm troopers. They get out of the building. Camouflage. And then do weapon upgrades. In the meantime grenade cool down also ends so then they attack. In guards case you can't stay long behind the lines because you will get detected instantly.

If half the people seriously think that this unit deserves to hipfire their DPs, there should only be 2 DPs handed out.

You give statements without any Stat backing you up. Give some substance to your argument. Convince us why it shouldn't be given on the move lmg when obers and paratroopers can have that? Commandos and falls. Its not like this commander has any heavy tank which makes it OP.
If USF can have paras and riflemen so can sovs hav dp guards (which are good) and svt cons

Edit: these 3dp have the comparable damage of 1 Ober lmg 34 if i am not wrong. Im open to correction.

Hi all forum members. currently, Airborne guards cost 380 mp in the only commander they are in. When they were released they were set as 360 mp but due to parachute animation bugs, they were turned into infiltration troops and cost increased by 20 mp. Now they are a good overall squad with 2 optional upgrades;
A) free PPSH upgrade which grants smoke grenade and a fire superiority upgrade which reduces enemy accuracy and movement
b) 100 ammo 3 x DP upgrade which grants 3 DP lmg. No additional abilities are unlocked by this

apart from these upgades the squad gets a vet 1 strafing run ability for 60 ammo which is intended for suppressing the enemy.

So here are my thoughts on this squad.
1.) I think if the PPSH path is chosen their grenade should replace with a stronger grenade than the current regular guard grenade. Smoke should remain and since they are an infiltrative squad either they should be given a first-strike bonus or some kind of camo. Because I believe if a squad can infiltrate a house behind the enemy lines they should be able to camouflage themselves. if camo on a 6 man squad is too much perhaps we can have 4 man spawn and then they can reinforce once back in base?
2.) Another point I want to raise is that despite the most expensive squad in the game ( except commando in a glider) airborne guards still can't shoot lmg on the move which if you ask me is injustice with them.
3.) 3rd point I want to talk about is the strafing run. Soviet Union in Coh2 doesn't have a smoke ability. All other factions have this ability, it might be nice to replace this strafing barrage with smoke drop by il2. Alternatively, 60 ammo for mere suppression is a bit much if you ask me. Either the damage should be increased for this ability or the cost reduced from the current 60 ammo. I'm creating a poll below to ascertain the community views on this unit. Thanks for reading this far.

I don't think field HQ is OP at all. It would be OP if we could also set retreat point for the HQ. Right now it can be easily be countered by stukas zu fess. and attack ground by AT guns. Not to mention flamer hT, flame hetzer, sturmtiger, stuka bombing strike etc etc. One should also keep in mimd that soviet player looses alot more mp with his troops nearby the building because of constant indirect fire and constant reinforcing the squads all because trooos usually bunch up when defending a point.


(talking from a 4 v 4 perspective here)

Not to feed the troll or anything but soviet 120 mm does seem like it needs some reduced pop. 10 pop for such unit seems ridiculous. Perhaps at the level of howitzer seems fine.