They were not called 'Russians', they were called Soviets.
Many Soviets reserve divisions/militia thrown in the fire in the summer-fall of 1941 were inadequately armed and indeed had shortages of helmets, automatic weapons, communications equipment, artillery, tanks, supplies, organization, etc. But after this crisis past (summer to winter 1941), it was no longer the case for most things.
All Soviet, German and Japanese front line troops were issued helmets. While on the long march or safely in the rear, they removed the weight on their head.
They were issued field caps of various types instead.
The nation in WW2 that did not have helmets for many of their front line troops were the Chinese armies.
I see them as a strong infantry faction but with weaker armored assets (in the aggregate) like the USA. The ost and the soviets have better armor, inferior infantry.
He advocates giving the volks a LMG or STG44 upgrade in addition to their panzershreck.
5 man LMG34 with panzershreck squad...That's a strong core infantry unit right there (would need an increase in manpower price to compensate). Why would obersolaten be made anymore then..?
tl:dw, but in skimming around I agree with most things except his opinions on OKW. He thinks the faction is basically broken. I disagree with many of the things he said about OKW (volksgren terrible, jagdpanzer IV terrible,etc.)
To the OP: The way I play Coh2 is to uninstall frequently and play periodically but overall infrequently. The game has addictive qualities, and I make sure that I don't 'overplay' by giving into the easy temptation to click on steam. So my frustration rate is close to zero. Coh2 is not a daily nighttime habit for me.
Since mid 2013 I have uninstalled coh2 about 15 times or more. I usually re-install after a major patch, new updates/content, or when I have new strats I want to use.
Also, I completely ignored war spoils a bit after the first week. I asked on the forum and watched the new commanders in streams, casts and got my curiosity filled as to what they are and what they do.
I don't have much experience playing ost vs US (yet, but eventually I will), but the 2 times I did with AG spam worked really well. The whole doctrine in fact puts a lot of pressure on USA. I had 4 of them.
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