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Jump back to quoted post27 Sep 2013, 22:27 PMItalianPudding

Personally I didn't know how to use properly this unit. Last night I watched a live game in which HelpingHans was using ostruppen. He created 6 squads of them at the beginning and used them to outnumber the enemy. Now, he's a pro and he played them perfectly. I am not such good but I tried it today two times in a pair of 3v3 games.

The osttruppen are really awesome! Their cost is pretty low and you can have 6 of them at the start. Instead of spread them around the map, I use them to capture the enemy oil point and try to hold it as long as possible. Bunkers with MGs are good in order to provide firepower and in the very moment you have an halftrack with flames you are an infantry killing machine.


I would say the same things about the russians. They are, in my humble german user opinion, so flexible that I don't know what to expect. The only sure thing is they are going to spam SUs in late game. Early and mid game are pretty uncertain against russians.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 21:25 PMbigchunk1

I always get anti tank grenades on conscripts... always.

Your opponent is always going to use their fuel on vehicles at some point and if they don't they are probably going to lose.

Anti-tank grenades slow ostwinds down and makes them an easier target for an anti-tank gun. If you have no AT on the field the ostwinds are a lot easier to avoid when their movement is crippled. Disable it on one side of the map and cap the other side. It's a great way to stall until you can get something that can deal with the ostwind.

I used to be a fan of an anti-tank gun defending another anti-tank gun but it's a very manpower heavy counter and you have to be careful. When it does work it works quite well. Space out your anti tank guns and point them at one another and you cannot be flanked. Watch out for infantry though.

My favorite thing to do with AT now is keep it behind infantry in globs of two or 3 and use them to support the infantry. The 2-3 guns can ambush at the right moment and make a mess of pretty much any armored vehicle. Walk your AT back to re-crew it and get some vet stars. Pretty glorious when it works.