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I'm glad the JU-87 AT strafe finally does what it is supposed to do.

It does however once again highlight the poor state of soviet AA firepower. The only AA they have is the M5 quad .50cal which does not even get any AA-bonuses with veterancy. Only 5 doctrines provide any form of AA and that is in the form of pintle mounted DHSK guns.

Compared to axis AA capabilities the soviet AA is in a very poor state.

Yes i'm serious, pak40 retreating from fear propaganda? never encountered it before, then again, not many people use it, so it is possible that i just missed it, just wanted to clear up for future reference

I asked it because you thought it was BS that it worked when PAK40s had similar properties to vehicles. Despite them being *unlike vehicles* vulnerable to snipers, vulnerable to fire, vulnerable fragmentation bombs and most important of all, they are support weapons crewed by infantry.

The German Mechanized commander is nice. Sure, it is not as powerful as Mechanized Assault, but that is probably thé strongest Wehrmacht doctrine in the game because it allows you to not build tech past T2 and somehow still have a strong early mid and late game. Comparing it is not fair, you have to compare it with other sub-optimal commanders.

When you do that the doctrine suddenly is not bad at all.
German Mechanized offers a howitzer and spotting scopes. It is a very nice combination is you build a 222, get it some vet and stick spotting scopes on it. It can spot potential targets for your howitzer without the need for recon aircraft.
Smoke screen drop is a lot nicer now that you can finally change the direction of the plane.
Early game you can skip 1 gren squad before teching to a 222 and because you get another gren squad with the call-in a bit later. You can always swap them for flamer pioneers or panzergrenadiers.

It's not a doctrine that you go for if you absolutely must win at all cost, but it is a fun doctrine that offers a fresh playstyle.

Schreks are not useless against early armor, but you have to make a choice.

Either spend all your ammo on schreks, at which point you should have enough ammo for 2-3 of them by the time the first enemy medium armor hits. With an added Rackettewerfer43 you can hold out long enough to call in a panther.

If you are gonna spend ammo on other things like grenades, mines, G43s etc, you are going to need something like a Puma to counter early enemy armor because you won't have the shreks to stop them.

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