Luka

As Bozowans said, in RT infantry has often has much different role than in BN. Its just the nature of the different tactical environment you find yourself in. Armour has a lot more influence here and can decimate infantry if given the opportunity. Thats not to say that infantry is almost useless and only good for their eyes and ability to soak lead. Often they are invaluable screens for your Armour and suppress enemy AT. Many scenarios have forests which must be scouted and secured by infantry. You need to be careful with your infantry to limit their exposure to enemy armour, especially since many maps are quite open and allow for some long range shots on infantry spotted running around in the open. As for the squad leaders, Murphy's law mate just accept it

You mean you'd prefer only including equipment currently in service and at least somewhat widely available not just officially in service as I misunderstood. Personally I trust the team to make sound inductions from their research and that they are open to any new info that is picked up or bought to their attention. I understand where you're coming from, however, as indeed it is inherently doubtful as to what would be common-sight in 2017 and therefore inevitably leads to some disagreement.

As BTR said, taking into account everything "in service" would result in a large amount of equipment to include. I dont mean to say it is laughable but definitly debateable as to weahter the AK 12 will be general issue by 2017 or not. Definitly more debateable than the RPG 30 which, as I was saying. AS far as I know AK-12 has not been selected to replace the AK-74M yet and is currently still in field tests along with the A-545 (its competitor to be the next general issue Russian rifle). Even if it were to be selected over the A-545 and chosen to replace the 74M the speed at which such a transition would happen is not certain given the lage stockpiles of Ak-74Ms Russia has. Of course if you can provide any new info sources to the contrary that would be much appreciated.

If the RPG-30 were to replace a weapon for the Russian forces it would be the RPG-26, both being single shot disposable launchers. The main thing about the 30 is that it was made with the aim of overcoming APS, i think it was brought up earlier by those frustrated by the Abrams APS. However its not quite the "abrams killer" and “asymmetrical threats to the US armed forces" it was talked up to be. More importantly, there is not enough information ,that I am aware of at least, to safely induce how likely it is for the RPG-30 to become widely available and a common sight in the Russian army. Perhaps if more info were to be found a case could be made to expect the guys to put it in the game but as is I would think the devs are already being quite giving to the Russians in game (such as always giving them the RPO-M not RPO-A), though I guess they also do much greater research and perhaps i am behind on how far the modernising has got in Russia (army wise). Edit: The cool thing is we don't have to wait long to see these questions answered. 2017 isn't too far away.

Its not even safe to say at the moment that the AK-12 is very likely to be the next Russian general issue (currently it is being field tested along with the A-545), let alone whether it or another service rifle should be depicted in a not too distant 2017 scenario (especially given Russia's very large stockpiles of 74Ms). The RPG-30 however already is in service, has been for a year or two now. Though I doubt it is as "game changing" for want of a better word as the person who raised it may be thinking, probably doesn't warrant the devs precious time (at least until they focus more improving BS once they got other priorities out of the way). Additionally it is probably more questionable as to how commonplace the RPG-30 would be by 2017 than the M25 that was raised earlier (in fact I see little reason to doubt the M25 being standard in 2017 other than an gut scepticism).

Haha, that is the long-term goal

Hey everybody, I've recently had a few things I was working on succeed and have decided to treat myself to buying another ww2 CM game (i've stuck to the "modern ones" with my only ww2 one being the old childhood era Barbossa to Berlin). From the three candidates I've narrowed it down to FI or RT. However, I am at a loss as to which one I should go for. Presently I am leaning towards RT as I've enjoyed using tank riders and the higher emphasis on tanks. So if anyone would like to help out and has an opinion to share as to which title would be a better choice or simply why they personally preferred one over the other that would be appreciated. Note I am not asking which is "better" per se, just which people felt appealed more to them or they enjoyed more. Also if someone can make a good point as too why Normandy reigns supreme you are most welcome to. Thanks Luka