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Yeah 9th armored was in ww2 or something. And unless the US government has been lying about our non involvement vs ISIS (which wouldn't be surprising cuz our government lies about pretty much everything unfortunately) those pictures are almost certainly of a victory over the Iraqi military, which was provided with state of the art US vehicles and weapons. Too bad they're all giant pussies and peace out instantly.

Stugs are super strong against all of Soviet T3 and they're pretty good against USF tanks.

Against USF I'd rather hold out with double Pak40 until a Tiger comes. Jackons do a lot of damage, but even they have trouble actually finishing off a tiger before it backs up into range of Paks.

Their AT capability got slightly nerfed (less pen) but they still do 160 damage per shot, fire faster than P4s, have a freaking amazing vet 1 ability (for AT) and gained splash damage - while getting reduced in cost. (And they out-range anything that is not a tank-destroyer).

Basically, if you don't have a tiger commander going double Stug will probably be better AT and AI than getting a single Panther (while also being MUCH cheaper when you factor in the cost to tech to a Panther as Ost). Alternatively you can combine a P4 with a Stug, which is a nice combo. The main issue against USF is that Jacksons rip Stugs up - and are easily accessible from the Major (whereas if you see T34s, it is highly doubtful that you'll see SU85s).

So yeah, Stugs are good. Moreso against Soviet T3 than USF. But I don't think a Panther is a viable choice in a 1v1 (and probably not in team games) for either Ost or OKW. The alternatives are just much stronger.

USF late game fucking sucks balls. USF early game is extremely strong. M1919s are a joke.

Buff late game.

Nerf early game.

Fix M1919s.

Right now the only time USF has a late game is with Easy Eights. It's even worse in team games where they regularly have to deal with super heavies and most of their shit either misses, gets 2-shotted or doesn't pen.

Really not sure what game you're playing (or maybe you don't play because you constantly clutter the forum with overly biased and ignorant posts?)...

First of all M1919A6 (defensive stance activated) beat every single infantry squad in the game by a mile. There is no infantry counter to this and OKW lack AI vehicles. Even without defensive stance they have an amazingly strong weapon profile and put out suppression. They're, by far, the best weapon upgrade in the game. Oh and if you don't feel like going the infantry commander you can get them on Paratroopers - which are arguably the best infantry squad in the game. (6 men, self healing, M1919s, reinforce on the field, spammable suppression fire, etc etc). I'd be shocked if defensive stance and/or M1919s do not get heavily nerfed - but currently USF absolutely dominates every other faction in terms of infantry.

M36 Jackson is an absolute beast. It stomps the Puma, Luchs, and KT while still doing great against the Panther and the Jp4. It does not fear schrecks because of its mobility. As for against Ostheer, it completely hard counters everything in T3. Still beats Panthers (which are not at all viable to field in a 1v1 as Ost) and is extremely solid against Tigers. I will admit that Jacksons have to be afraid of the Pak40, which - when combined with Tigers - probably gives Ost the advantage in the late game.

HE Sherman shells are crazy good - making the combination of M36 + Sherman a nightmare to deal with as OKW. Combined with the mounted MG on the Sherman I think it is probably the best AI tank in the game (maybe the Ostwind or KV8 get this honor? - but they're super weak to other tanks - the Sherman is not).

M8A1 is also really good, I prefer the Sherman but plenty of top players combine the M8 with Jacksons and other AT to great effect.

As I've mentioned earlier in the post USF has the best forward retreat mechanic in the form of the Major + Ambulance, and has a huge advantage over everyone in terms of repair speed. RET repair faster than all other engineers except for Sturms with the minesweeper package, and when combined with tank crews the USF can repair their tanks almost instantly.

Anyways, I feel like I'm really repeating myself here - and given how long this post has become I doubt most people will read it in its entirety. But think about this for a minute. OMGPOP is 48-1 as USF. Sure he's an amazingly good player but his ONLY loss so far came at the hands of an exploit. As far as I go - I'm 10 wins 2 losses as USF (while not playing Lt + M15) - my only two losses being to Ostheer (and both losses at the hands of Tigers).

Right now Ost and USF are definitely the top two factions. I give the slight edge to Ost because a late game of 3-4 Grens, 2 MG42, 2 PAK and Tigers is probably unbeatable. USF *can* win against Ostheer thanks to their early game prowess and they're significantly stronger than OKW and Soviet.

To put it simply Ost > USF >>> Sov >> OKW.

USF late game is FAAAAAAAAR from "fucking sucks balls"

Against Ostheer they can be pretty great. You can also use smoke to "clear" a house - if you shoot the smoke inside the house the squad inside cannot see anything which can be really good on some maps.

I don't really like to get early nades vs OKW because it is rarely worth throwing a nade at a Volk squad. If they're playing double MG34, they'd probably be worth grabbing, or if they're playing Sturm heavy.

Mostly just a situational thing. I generally would rather save the early fuel/ammo for BARs or M1919 on my Paras, but there are certainly cases where they're well worth it.

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In all seriousness I can try to help people out if they provide replays (can pm them to ciez23 on here) or if they have general questions. Replays are a lot easier since I can only answer questions with general theory.