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You know, it might be a good idea to forget this silly HE round stuff with the M10 and simply reduce M10 fuel cost to 70 so it can once again be a cost effective option for USF. The HE rounds feel rather gimmicky and seem about as appropriate for the unit as the airburst shells were on the Elefant.

I hope that there's no confusion about the functional role of the M10 Tank Destroyer with its unfortunate legacy as a call-in unit and the stale metagames that have persisted as a plague.

If you really want to get wild increase the M10's NEAR penetration from 180 to 200 or even 220(!), but reduce mid range from 160 to 150 and far range from 140 to 120. Alternatively and/or additionally the M10 gun's mid range could be adjusted to calculate at 20 range instead of 25, thus tightening optimal penetration towards closer ranges.

Placing the unit in Major was a nerf indeed, but once unlocked it should certainly be a cost effective unit against Axis armor. If it's going to be locked in USF's final tier, it must be cost effective enough to push their opponent towards their final tier. Matching fuel cost with a StuG simply doesn't cut it for a Major tier M10.

What's interesting is that this would actually allow the unit to have better synergy with both Shermans (better penetration) AND Jacksons (more cost effective for screening).

In my opinion the best course of action should be to simply ensure every USF commander has access to a tank that can operate effectively in the lategame. Returning the M10 to an effective role would also allow the M10 to be a more suitable option for, say, Mechanized or Rifle company. It'd certainly be more appropriate that the 76mm Sherman's current implementation.

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That the only Panzer 4 with a stub nose gun is the command p4 or that the 222 scout car is over twice it's actual size or that at guns and artillery are dragged by people and not horses should be indications that this game isn't going for complete accuracy.

The only worthwhile thing about COH2's FHQ is its aura.

Otherwise you have a worse, immobile ambulance that requires a doctrine choice.

Halftrack is probably more useful than any situation where you want FHQ function but have no buildings to utilize. Unless those medics are of the coh1 variety.

I just managed to create a 'become mobile' ability for this WC51 truck, but also for the sws truck
Will probably be published next week.

Maybe this un-setup ability could be used for a mobile OKW commander.

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I have always wondered why this was never apart of OKW's tech trucks abilities to begin with.

Maybe give them more non-doctrinal utility rather than a straight dps upgrade. Like a repair upgrade (and replace the conscript repair in the commander with something else) or a recon flare ability etc.

So make them a jack of all trades master of none unit.

The various PMD mines and conscript repair doctrinal stuff could easily be merged together. Conscripts would be mini-engineers that wouldn't be able to do what Combat Engineers can do: get flamethrowers or minesweepers.

It still keeps it doctrinal, but if a majority of commanders have a meaningful/useful conscript passive/upgrade option then you'd achieve a rather similar result.