Profile of Hannibal

Thank you both for your answers. However, I think I should word the questions I had more specifically.

https://community.companyofheroes.com/discussion/231279/a-guide-to-d-p-s-basics#latest

I do know the guide and the explanations there work well for bolt action rifles, but also for these it does not explain certain values such as the "time to aquire a new target" etc.
As far as I see it there is a delay if your soldier aquires a new target.
And for every shot there is
1. an aiming phase
2. (the shot itself, as far as I know it does not take time?)
3. post-firing-time

Then it goes back to #1 until the magazine is empty (also here: where do I find the magazine size-stat?). When the magazine is empty, the soldier has a reload time and then goes back to his standard shooting cycle. This is basically the intervall at which the chances to deal damage are calculated, which is made up by the "chance to hit" (target_size*accuracy*received_accuracy*special_modifiers) and the "chance to penetrate" (penetration/armor). So basically it's modelled like tank warfare with low pen and armor values. Which also means a Churchill should go down to Pioneer MP40s at some point.
All these times are modified by suppression status and sometimes distance.
On top of that, the guide does not explain units with automatic rifles that have a burst-firing-pattern. How does this work? I know there are burst-length modifiers when moving etc, but I do not know how many bullets (or better to say: how many chances to deal damage) are calculated for every burst, how many burst a model can do before reloading etc.

Accuracy and penetration are found under "weapon" in the mod tools attribute editor. You need to find the correct weapon, and usually the "mp" file which stands for multiplayer if I assume correct. For example if I wanted to find the panther 75mm cannon stats, I'd look under "weapons\west_german\ballistic_weapon\tank_gun\panther_kwk42_75mm.mp". Accuracy and penetration should be under there. Accuracy is multiplied by the target size of the intended target. Penetration is calculated as "pen/armor" = % chance to penetrate and deal X damage. Distances are measured by "close/mid/far" which can be found under "range". "angle_scatter" is deviation left and right of intended target while "distance_scatter_offset" is near and far scatter of the target. All these values have multipliers in the file as well so you need to look at that. Fog of war multipliers are in effect as well when FoW is there.

Infantry damage is calculated similarly, only without scatter I think. Some weapons like the BAR, have a chance to reroll their shots at units in the vicinity should they miss. You take the accuracy of the weapon and multiply it by the target size, which is relativley close to 1 before received accuracy modifiers are applied. Then you have weapon damage. All models ingame have 80HP except snipers which sit at 82 to avoid 1 shots by mortars. Certain units, specifically shock troopers, have armor which like tanks gives a chance to negate damage.

There's many more things to cover, but that's the basics of a few things and how they're calculated. I'm sure SneakEye or Vipper could give much more info than I.

Again I feel sorry since you took so much time to answer this question, but I should have phrased my question differently. Nonetheless thank you for your answer, as some points such as the bar reroll where things that I did not know yet. I can find the stats on penetration, armor etc. Not long ago I uploaded the most recent stat sheet and AT calculator for almost all vehicles with significant AT capability in the game.
What I do not know is: Where do I find the "reference distances" in the attribute editor? For example, standard accuracy values for medium tanks are 0,025/0,037/0,05. But at what distances? I assume far is maximum range, that is 40. But what are the reference points for mid and close? It makes a huge difference if the reference points are at 40/30/20 or 40/35/10, as this would be a very different weapon profile. And exactly these reference data points are yet hidden for me, as I have searched the attribute editor but have not found them. Also does the accuracy and pen go up if the enemy is closer than the "near-distance"? Or are these stats hard capped to their close values? I've seen tanks miss shots when the stuck their barrel right through their target, so I would assume they are hard capped at some point.

Well, not the best "random" teammate story, but I'll share it too.

So me and a friend were playing arranged 2v2 as double Soviets on (I think) Alliance of Defiance (the map with the huge forest in the middle, industry complex on one side and hill area on the other).
While we were doing a pretty standard opening, it was a bit weird when neither of us made contact with enemy units after two minutes. We did not even see territories flashing on the minimap.
Of course we were expecting some neat trick from the enemy, nobody would cue up for automatch and then go afk, right? Right?
After capping our half of course we started taking the other half of the map as well. Still no enemy seen. We realized that the enemy probably never left the base sector and I remember that I cheekily tried satcheling the enemy base bunkers by throwing a satchel over a cliff (it does not work btw) while waiting for my T70 to push the base.
Just a moment before I could push the base, my mate got blobbed by 5 or 6 Ostheer pioneers. They did decent damage, but got satcheled back to base heavily.
Meanwhile, with the help of the T70 I could satchel the bunkers and push into the base sector only to see that the Ost player has used his massive pioneer army to build a huge swastika out of sandbags while his teammate was afk from the beginning.

Well, that's one way to play CoH2, I guess.

Honestly Sturmpionierr have one of the most interesting transitions from a strong push unit at the beginning to a utility unit (repair, mines, sweeping and light AT) in the late game.
OKWs early AT deficit is one thing, but I don't think that Sturmpios should be the first factor to fix that.
They do repair very quickly when upgraded (only Brits come near this) and still have some okay firepower in a 1v1 on the flanks in the mid to late game.
I think they are fine for their price.

I got an idea..

How about the community patchers stop using the live game as their testing guinea pigs especially for one side only tipping the balance so unfair?
Or or how about they actually look at what they put in the game and how it works with balance..

(ostheer commander is blatantly op lets be real here, if soviets had 0cp PPSH cons, penals with smokes and HF point and a IS-2 ace with t-34/85 in the same doctrine everyone would be crying)

How about decently phrasing your complaints for something that other people made for you with good intentions in their own free time?
There are complaints to be made, and rightfully so, but there's no reason to violate Wheaton's law.

But actually why is that so?
If Axis are able to buy a 230 fuel unit after teching to T4, Allies should be able to get a 130-140 fuel unit out as well. Unless you really screwed up your early to mid game, but then it's okay if the opponent fortifies a strong position.