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The PIV J's feel more like 'elite armor' if you:
- buy the skirts
- buy 1 tank commander
and then spend 50 muni first to maphack, and then use those 20 seconds to quickly maneuver around and strike the rear of enemy tanks, preferably with HEAT. Yea, lots of munitions. |
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edit: wrong thread |
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They are a strong, spammable unit with consistent DPS and high hp/durability (2 extra models) against indirect fire. With the 3 x G43s, they do a lot more damage at close and medium range. Without them, they generally do damage like a 4 1/2 man grenadier squad.
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The E8 is good but not that good. It is a little underpriced.
Probably 150 fuel is a fair price.
I think it's mostly the whole doctrine and espec. how rifle company demolishes Ostheer.
The rifles put a lot of pressure, then the affordable death cloud punishes bunched up weapons teams (MGs, mortars, paks) very effectively. Then the E8 comes out and demolishes Ostheer T3 when Ostheer T4 is currently pretty expensive. The Tiger comes too late. |
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I was under the impression that the devs already knew about the strong fusiliers and even commented on them. I was then surprised to see a buff.
IT should be noted that their AT rifle grenade homes now. |
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T-34/85 + marked target is still the go-to heavy tank killer from what I've seen so far. The E8 doesn't win the gold belt in this area.
Allied medium tanks:
AT: T-34/85 > Sherman E8 > Lend lease Sherman > Sherman 75 > T-34/76 |
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Definitely haven't seen that. This tank does not reliably/practically penetrate the Axis heavy tanks from the front so it can't stand off against them with back & forth. Too many deflections. The armor is improved but it is penetrated regularly by the Panther, Jagdpanzer and Tiger/KT.
It needs go on flanking runs with side shots to be efficient. Rifle company really demolishes ostheer T3 and ostheer in general and I like how it makes Axis RPG weapons obsolete. |
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The E8's pen is 175.0/165.0/155.0.
It does not penetrate German heavy armor from the front. |
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Play US....the rifle company is free this week.
135 fuel, 14 pop. 9 CPs.
For practical reasons I find it pretty similar to the regular sherman except vs. Ostheer T3 and puppchen/panzershrecks.
The stug/P4s/PzS/Puppchen are ineffective against it in a way that is pretty noticeable. |
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vet riflemen are also 10 pop cap instead of 7 |
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