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Infantry Support Gun is actually shockingly good against vehicles when it hits. The indirect fire will very rarely hit vehicles so like it says you might get a shot with direct fire.

How do you properly spot for your tanks in the mid to lategame ?
Sending in infantry first might result in quite a slaughter and i feel like units like the Kübelwagen are also not advised bc of their low health.

When it comes down to it infantry basically have to screen for tanks if you want any semblance of safety with your movements. When I say "screen" I mean "scout for threats".

There are options for each side though

OKW: IR-Halftrack can help spot threats before you move forward. Panzerfusiliers are infantry with good sight range and excel in this role. Volksgrenadiers are cheap and durable so they screen well. Scouting is a natural weakness of this side. Some units like the Jagdpanzer IV get bonus vision range from veteran levels though.

US: Multiple doctrines have Pathfinder infantry who have good vision. The Major has ability called Recon Sweep that he can use to scout areas briefly with planes. This is better for finding traps than providing consistent vision. American forces struggle with scouting the most unless they use Pathfinders or are playing the Recon Support Company which has like 12 scouting powers.

Soviets: T-70 Light tank has recon power, Snipers can use flares or camouflage to spot for tanks, SU-85/ISU-152 "Focused Sight" ability gives good cone vision and veteran ability doubles sight, Conscripts are cheap and screen for tanks, M3A1 has good vision radius, commander ability "Recon Overflight" gives good vision.

Wehrmacht/Ostheer: 221 Scout Car has excellent vision range, spotting scope doubles the vision of any tank when standing still (combine 222 Scout Car and Spotting Scope for a map-hack style vision range), Ostruppen are cheap and make good scouts, "Recon Overflight" commander power is plentiful.

Your basic infantry is your best bet most of the time. Use garrison-able buildings whenever possible as these massively boost the spotting range of infantry.

The Sturmtiger is vulnerable to de-crew even after the crew animation is over. Shoot at it with anything during the 50 seconds of reload and you are making progress on de-crewing it.

I guess my point above was that this unit already does so much that making it a really good combat unit that scales will make it even more powerful than it is now. Too powerful I would say.

It is already pretty scary.

Great guide, definitely trying out this build tonight. Early munitions on grenades really does kill any chance of countering the fast vehicles most american players get.

As a side note, the Fortifications doctrine that you said was premium isn't actually purchasable, only droppable in war spoils.

It's true.

I wrote the line assuming that it would be purchasable.

Presumably it still says "Premimum" at the bottom of the commander but I have no idea.