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But agree otherwise. Manchuris campaign was like 11-days long and Soviet tanks would crush Japanese tanks and Mongolia isnt even WW2-related and more like a border-crisis.
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Manchuria, Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in 1945 sure it would be much worse balance wise considering what will the Japanese do against PPSh spam but interesting battle.
Typically historians the Chinese front separate from the Pacific in a similar way the eastern and western fronts in Europe are separated for some reason. But yeah, the Chinese front would also be cool, if it were not a political landmine.
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Sorry for that. Its just that ve heard that some people summarize (continental) Asia and US-island campaign together in Pacifics.
I’d rather not it’s you have russia in three campaigns already give it to the us it’ll be more pleasing there and a big money maker
I threw around the idea that Japanese engineers should have double build speed and double resources for building. That way traps/emplacements/whatever defensive structures can be placed all over map for helping with defense.
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Guess wont help much against camping Jumbos though.
Forget the Jumbo, a normal Sherman already fucks over most of the Japanese stuff.
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Cool idea, but I don’t believe we need more urban cqc campaigns. We already have one and will be getting a second. I’d much rather see a jungle, as we don’t have any of those currently in game.
Sure, I also want to fight in the dismal jungle. The Battle of Manila is probably not feasible
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I’m not sure about western but at least Japanese historians called it “Asia-Pacific War” (アジア・太平洋戦争) because continental fronts are necessary part of the war: Japan declared war to America, Britain and Dutch (part of ABCD line) because they need resource from their colonies to continue war on China… (Although, in cold war era it was called “15-years war”, but it is outdated)
Well, about urban warfare in far east area, not only Manila but also Shanghai sounds interesting, too.
In the Shanghai there were one of the largest settlement and Japanese had the largest SNLF (naval garrison), Shanghai special naval landing forces which is specialized for urban battles with armored car, tanks and submachine guns. Also, Chinese had their best army including air force and armored forces.
In addition, different to Manila it will be easy to take balance, and both Chinese and Japanese have unique weapons. (We already see American forces in Normandy)
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Yeah. Peole keep forgetting that Japense tanks suck so hard (against other tanks) that they cant take out any Allied tanks deployed after 1942.
Some people either consider giving them strong(er) AT/ field guns or protos/ tanks which didnt saw usage against US but I dont think that woudl make it better/ easier.
Guess a early-stage campaign against Commonwealth forces (Burma or Singapore)/ US forces (Philippines) would work (and for once Allies would be the main defenders here and not Axis again) but late-war would be hard (unless we get no tanks).
No good, before 1942, Chi Ha Kai doesn’t exist which means stuart is king. Post 1942, Chi Ha Kai exists to balance Stuart, but the Sherman exists too. Also, the Garand was standard issue for the US army (not marines though) by 1936, meanwhile Japan has a total of 0 semi-autos in service. The army did see service in every island across the island hopping campaign, so that means the Garand did too.
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To western historians, the term Asia-Pacific theater does exist when talking about combat against the Japanese, but it is a common practice to segregate stuff that happened in Asia proper and in the Pacific islands for some reason.
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But remember that Gajins understanding of history is far superior to us plebs
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True, but even the excuse of “it existed during that time frame” can’t cut it, because the timeframes for the Sherman and Chi Ha Kai are almost identical.
Is the M4 Sherman sent to Pacific fronts in 1942?
As far as remember, in 1st stage operation and 2nd stage operation of Japanese, they did not encountered it. For example, in battle of Philippines in 1942, Japanese had Chi-Ha Kai but US force had only M3 GMC and M3 Stuart.
Also, surely US forces already had M1 Garand but it did not fully satisfied and most of troops in Philippines (idk other islands) had M1903 Springfield. Because of it, in battle of Philippines in 1944 most of Japanese garrison had Springfield.
No, the Sherman entered production in early 1942, and in mid-1942 they were literally ripped out of American units to be sent to the British in North Africa. Shermans only started showing up in the Pacific once the factories had gotten to full strength due to the “Germany First” doctrine of the Allies. However, the devs have shown themselves willing to just disregard such things. Furthermore, the Chi Ha Kai also enters production in early 1942 as well, making the design window of the two tanks roughly the same, although there may be a window where the Chi Ha Kai was in service, but the Sherman had not yet reached the Pacific. I need to look into that more.
Also yes, while most of the US forces at Guadalcanal and the Philippines did have older equipment, the Garand was definitely there and will still likely appear, just at a higher level like in Tunisia. Don’t know how the devs will tackle that if they choose anything pre-1945.