Profile of Aerohank

the struggle is real.

go t4 and ure Vehicle based AI is weak.

and go t3 and ure tank killing capabilities are useless more or less

Indeed. It's pretty much what happens every time when you try to use T3/4 units for your end-game.

I've been rolling a lot with commanders like Conscript Support Tactics, Soviet Combined Arms Army and the likes. Trying to use conscripts supported by T2 units and then teching to either mostly T3 or sometimes T4. Each game pretty much plays out in the same way.

I've had quite a few matches that went like this:
OKW makes lots of volks and some supporting units, gets Special Operations Doctrine for 10 ammo super grenades. Rushes out Obers to hardcounter all my infantry and using all the ammo he saved from having basically free grenades to get schreks on all his volks. He moves around in big pushes that trample everything in the way including tanks. Then at the end of the day he gets either panthers or KTs and it's game over. I can't make big investments in AT because the man-power bleed caused by obers and 10 ammo grenade barrages is enormous, and my medium tanks pose little of a threat to a group of schrekked up volks; you can get 1-2 shots in before you have to pull back for repairs or lose your tank.

It seems for me that the only way to beat OKW is to go for call-in commanders and skipping T3/4 all together. You will get better tanks that won't instantly lose all their health to panzerschreks and you can spend the manpower you save to get another squad or an AT gun to deal with panthers.

Swapping the T34/76 with the T34/85 can't happen. It would mean that the allies would have a stock unit that is better than an axis stock unit.

Classic example of what happens when you try to use combined arms with Soviets vs OKW.

Pretty good action packed game, despite the fact that I never could have won.

Lets get back on topic.

The Wehrmacht 10.5cm Howitzer is indeed quite poor. I have used it quite a bit over the standard tiger commanders but I have come to the conclusion that you are better of going for the PAK43 if you don't want to go tiger every game.

First, lets look at AT capabilities: Unlike the Soviet Howitzers, the Wehrmacht 10.5cm Howitzer does very little against enemy tanks. When shooting at tanks, it's all about the first few 2-3 shots because the enemy will move out of the barrage zone quickly. The relatively low damage and AoE of the 10.5cm Howitzer often won't do more than scratch the paint job on a close hit, and doesn't do a whole lot of damage on a direct hit. The ML-20 is not only better in this department in that it does more damage to tanks, it also has a precision strike that it can use on stationary tanks receiving repairs; ensuring both a squad wipe of enemy pioneers and more damage to the tank.

Then there are anti-infantry capabilities. Here the 10.5cm Howitzer is also the weakest of the bunch. The comparatively low alpha-damage, combined with bigger enemy squads make shooting at moving/mobile targets very inefficient. When you do have a stationary target to shoot at, like an enemy AT gun, I have found that the 10.5cm often fails to decrew the weapon or even do significant damage to the crew; unless firing from half-range.

Lastly, there is Areal Denial. While the 10.5cm is superior in this regard, it's only by a hair. It used to be extremely good at this role, with 12 shells and 0 seconds cooldown at vet 3. But now it spends most of it's time not shooting.

My suggestions:
- Reduce 10.5cm howitzer cost to reflect performance
OR
- Increase performance. Either decrease the scatter to make it better against enemy stationary positions or increase the number of shells to make it a better Areal Denial tool.

Then Cruzz, you've had some amazing luck that I have not had. Because those planes only really manage to suppress and maybe kill one or two models for me.

The numbers don't lie. The only way you are getting that few kills with that call-in is when you call it on on a sector with 1 squad in it, and the other player retreats instantly.