Gothkrieger Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 How effective is infantry close assault against tanks. Had a tank hunting team go up against a small Russian armoured car last nite, was scoring hits but not much result as in casualties or destruction of vehicle, just wondered how effective they really are against tanks in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuirassier Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 It depends what weapons the squad has. Demo charges, panzerwurfmines, panzerfausts and Soviet RPG's (thrown, these aren't the rockets) are all really effective. They hit most of the time and often kill when they do. Grenade bundles are not as effective, but still get M-kills often. Regular hand grenades are only marginally effective and molotov cocktails are practically useless. Tactics also increase odds. For example, a pioneer squad in good cover and in command 30 m from a buttoned tank will be much more effective than a tank hunter team charging across open ground against a tank that sees him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Oh bloody hell. Infantry going against tanks, is messy and dirty. If you can get infantry close enough without becoming dead, you can sometimes get a kill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Stationary vets do a good job while moving cracks will often fail. Tank hunters need support to max their effectiveness. A successful pic is at the bottom of the link, all 2-men-icons are vet sappers. IIRC a total of 4 demo charges was available, 2 for each of those 2 halfsquads closest to the road. IIRC those are in command of a bonus HQ. German tanks on hunt or MTC, all soviets opening up at the same time, some as decoys. The main actors are unsuppressed. Note that the MGs enforced the tanks buttoning up and there was no German inf around. Also note that the tanks target the MG and plt HQ to their front, not the sappers. Read: Everything well planned and executed. All necessary ingredients at hand. http://the-battle-of-lauben-campaign.foren-city.de/topic,463,60,-phase-2-spotreps-all-fighting-commanders-to-report.html Somewhere in the page is also a lone TH vs massive odds that unsurprisingly dies quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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