Profile of coh2player

6. Double T-34/85 being overpriced and T-34/85 just underperforming
7. Redundant Stug III E

I like churchills due to the fact that they can absorb a lot of hits, and occupy the attention of Wehr infantry and tanks while I use the AVRE to punish blobs. The churchill can do decent damage against infantry and has the free ability that pins down surrounding infantry. This makes it convenient for the AVRE to pop a round into them. The Firefly & CCT is to the rear, sniping the German tanks. I stop producing vanilla churchills as soon as the flamethrower variant is unlocked.

Also, churchills are replaceable and don't cost fuel like Staghounds or Cromwells. Cromwells are a bad value compared to churchills and I never build them.

Staghounds are good but cost fuel like cromwells do & they remove the CCT option (+40% fire rate for fireflies) so the firefly single/pair is weakened.

As far as the infantry goes, The British have Bren gun carriers so I use them to quickly cap so the glider option seems rather redundant.


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So essentially, in my core army I have 1 churchill + 1 AVRE in front, and binded with 2 fireflies in the rear + CCT giving bonuses to all. This works against the Panther spam. Losses of churchills are instantly replaced if I have the MP, and having no cromwells/staghounds gives me the advantage of fuel savings so losses of fireflies can lead to production of new ones instantly. The fuel savings thus ensures that I have some armor presence during the match even if I get walloped and lose most of my armor. So I'm still in the game.

And infantry support elsewhere- I simply just send in a disposible churchill to help defend the cap and delay them long enough so I can swing my core army against them.

I don't like the high cost of the British infantry (510 MP, etc.) and prefer to use them to cap rather than fight. I micro churchill infantry tanks against the Axis infantry.

Also, my 2 x sappers are usually left in the base waiting just to repair tanks rather than supporting attacks with piats.

Yea, the III E is a redundant unit when Stug III G's are available at roughly the same time.

It's 6. I played the game yesterday..

COH has been patched many times over the years. I played the vCOH demo before and the US/Wehr are significantly different by 2014. Many, if not most of the prices/units/abilities are not the same as the original. Even the doctrine content is different.

The AVRE is the artillery of the doctrine. It is very effective and kills blobs. Buildings fall in 3 shots. You however, need a reserve of munitions (at least 100+, preferably 150+) as each shot costs 35.


The more more I play the better I find the US infantry company. I'm starting to think that the US is the best faction, and Infantry company is the best doctrine.

The Hotchkiss w/ rockets may be the best Axis mobile artillery. They're more survivable than the Hummels or the stuka. They also come early. The Hummels tend to fire 6 accurate rounds and are good at knocking out individual structures but are not so good against infantry due to lack of spread. The rockets, however, spread more and are better at killing infantry.


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And STormtroopers..They eat up pop cap like crazy.(8) It would not be prudent to use any more than 2 squads. But I find them too gimmicky and attention consuming to be of much use. (ambushes)