The Panzer 38T and the Panzer III were the 'core tanks' in Barbarossa. The Panzer II, Panzer IV, and 35T were supplementary.
But in same time, of course, Panzer 38T and PzKpfw III are non doctrinal core tanks - all seems legit.
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You seem to be relying solely on numbers. The mech. corps were quickly defeated by all 3 AG and disbanded. The Southwestern Front's T-34/KV inventory came to naught. Afterwards, it was tank brigades and tank divisions, and 100-series TD which were mostly armed with light tanks with a minority of T-34/KV models spread about.
The T-34/KV-1 were rare compared to the various light tanks in Barbarossa in actual combat. The only real operational reversal against the new tank was in Oct. 1941, Mtensk against KG Eberbach.
If translated in-game, the T-34/KV-1 could be seen as the Soviet's "Tigers". |
Production is a different issue. Most of the field forces were equipped with light tanks during the summer-fall. Only the top crust had the newer models. The mech. corps that had the most of them- Southwestern Front- were quickly beaten in the border battles.
Not so rare, it was about 508 KV and 967 T-34 build before war (Panzer 38T - 1,414 tanks). In first half year of 1941, with cancelling production of T-26 and BT series, was produced about 393 KV tanks and 1110 Т-34.
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I would prefer if coh2 had a 1941 and a 1942 mode. Sadly, it'll never come.
The core German tank will be Panzer III and Panzer 38T.
The core Soviet tank with be BT-7 and T-26. (yes, KV and T-34 tanks were rare minority until Moscow) |
In the past, I've found it a real pain to peel off an infantry unit to babysit the SU and the Jagdpanzer
I can't really see that as necessary, especially as that would probably cause Soviet T3 to be even more unused and in general those units would make the StuG G look even worse.
Also, I don't really want more squad-wipe potential in the game, let alone from two units that were almost incapable of it before (though definitely still so). 
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Bad units that might as well not be there:
SU-76, 45mm gun, Irregulars. |
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They should make the SU-85 and the JgIV attack infantry as well as the stug. |
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It's a bit odd that there is only one new faction- will there be a new third axis faction? |
The Soviets were not strategically/operationally less sophisticated- it was really at the tactical area where they had trouble, which led to the losses. So they weren't perfect. This is based on how they prioritized their scarce national resources and certain policies in their doctrine. Bagration- L'vov was a powerful offensive but with higher formation quality and combat flexibility they could have lowered their own losses & increased the ease in which the operations proceeded.
This is why reading unit histories are important, as it gives a sense of what units are capable of. This knowledge can then be applied to further understand operational history.
And yes I agree again with you, simply saying soviets where operationally and tactically less sophisticated is a huge oversimplification and in some instances would be simply false. I do hope I did not come off as trying to build that narrative.
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In the battle of Kursk it would seem that the powerful Soviet defensive rings would have bleed the Germans white very quickly. However, it was in fact the Germans that were inflicting grave losses on them although their own losses began to pile up as they cleared each ring.
The reason in hindsight is obvious: The Germans had trained to take out these defenses for three months and had aerial photographs. They also had local air, armor, and fire supremacy at point of contact.
The army on defense generally knows the terrain better. More than that, they can use AT guns effectively, something the attacker can't. And they get to choose when enough is enough and bug out of there with as much intact equipment as possible.
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