With how the new levels are panning out, (the new levels introduced nearly 2 weeks ago haven’t been included, surprise surprise) questionable choices in the order things are unlocked aside, what will the western allies get in the future?
The M9 is perfectly serviceable in Normandy, though the recently added Panther G with its 110mm turret profile effectively leaves only the 100mm gun mantlet as the only thing you can penetrate with the 102mm-pen warhead the M9 uses- Something also very likely to be soaked up by the optics and/or the gun breech. It’s… Not going to take out anything bigger.
The soviets are going to be just fine with their captured AT equipment (which is another rabbit hole of being selective with historical applications), as well their fancy new tank unlocks, though to be completely frank, and speaking with hindsight-
So shoot the tracks and immobilize it, and then flank the tank and shoot it from the side or the rear…
The whole point of heavy frontal armor, is to mitigate the exact thing you are complaining about (which is not being able to one-shot a tiger/panther from the front)
Shoot it in the tracks, and try to score some critical hits that cause damage to the gun barrel or whatever you’re capable, and then wait for the tank crew to try and repair. Even if you cant kill the tank, you can significantly reduce it’s effectiveness by killing 2+ crewmembers. Once the loader position is empty, the reload speed is doubled.
Or use a plane to kill the grey zoner.
Or mark the tank, and try and get a teammate aircraft to do it.
sounds like skill issue to me, and allies normandy still have p47s, p 38 (I mean, at least they need skill now to kill panters but is duable, just as allies justify axis requiring skill with 50kg bombs to kill jumbos) and they also have p 51 d 5, and A20 douglas, so they are good to go
Finally a good wehr-cope, also 50 kilo bombs didn’t require skill you just to land close to it, but hey if you want to play like this the germans get the 188 with fantasy tier flight model to gunship with while having the BEST ground payload in the game but if that is too braindead for you then the bf110g-2 has slightly less effective ground payload but more staying power thanks to the 30mm mk108s, which also can put any allied aircraft into the ground.
If that isn’t enough for you then we can go on the ground where germans are better equipped for all purposes a solider can find themselves in, while having the handholding of the STG44 and FG42II sniper rifle that is good with both the scope on and off. Tanks are heavily favorable towards the germans as the tiger 1 has great armor the player can actively use, great AT rounds and the best HE shell in that campaign. Now i know for a fucking fact you are to try and say “but the 1919” which shows me that you don’t really understand how effective the PT is
also do note that i don’t include event squads and premium squads since not everyone has access to them nor wants them
edit: I JUST REALIZE THAT YOU FUCKING PUT YOUR JUMBO AT AN ANGLE LIKE AN ANIMAL
The Americans should probably get Pershing and Super Pershing upon the merge as those were the tanks the Americans sent over as the equals to the larger German cats. They should probably also get the M20 Bazooka upon merge because it was built and began production in 1944, but wasn’t shipped over because the larger cats were not big enough problem to warrant disrupting the supply chain, so the M9 and M9A1 were able to suffice. Giving the option of the M20 for fighting against the King Tigers is basically giving the Americans the choice between the 76mm Shermans and the 75mm Sherman that we have in game right now. In reality, the American troops and officers both rejected the 76 Sherman and the M20 initially because they didn’t feel the need for it, however it was offered to them well within the timeframe of Normandy and before the end of the war respectively. The devs basically give us the same choice for the 76 Sherman with the added benefit of hindsight, so I see no reason why they shouldn’t do the same for the M20, especially if the King Tigers are going to be more common than they were IRL. However, these things should probably come with the merge and not appear in Normandy before then, because I don’t cherish the though of D-day with a Super Pershing against a King Tiger.
Also they should fix the M1 Bazooka and the Rifle Grenade Garand’s pen. the Bazooka should have around 76 to 80mm of pen depending on the shell. If they do give the 76mm one, they should give an M1A1 that has the 80mm shell. The M9 grenade on the Garand should have 60mm of pen, allowing it to easily pen Panthers on the side even from an odd angle.
This game is asymmetrically balanced. Not everyone is going to be SuperN00bDestroyer420xD and be awesome at countering every single thing.
Just because you’re not one shotting enemy tanks doesn’t mean you’re incapable of fighting them. And there are plenty of vehicles that are able to fight them
This is a war game, sometimes you’re blowing up the enemy and other times they’re blowing up you
It’s not really necessary in Normandy, and if it does get added now Germany doesn’t have anything to match it other than the Tiger II P which is completely overkill. It also doesn’t work after the merge because the Pershing and Super Pershings are better suited to match the German cats. 76 Jumbo falls in a very strange place for balancing because it’s not good enough to match things like Tiger IIs, but also a bit too strong to match things like Tiger 1s.
Isn’t this the same strategy against a non-greyzone tank?
Typical grey zone camper people are referring to is those who are too deep in grey zone that they can’t be reached by explosive pack.
I know you wrote this.
But this strategy is just like no strategy.
Imagine people asking you how to kill grey zone tank with explosive pack and your strategy is just the same as the strategy that people already using to kill non greyzone tank.
Yeah, germans can do the same with the Jumbo in the MG port but are still complaining a lot about it being OP. So whhy wouldn’t the US main complain too for a bit?
