The Competition & Teaser Thread

[ComradeP]

All the ratings are for single vehicles/whatever ground element makes up the majority of an infantry or gun unit.

The soft attack value is a bit underwhelming, but in terms of the database used I'm guessing the flamethrower isn't counted. A flamethrower is a very potent soft attack weapon, but in this case it's abstracted into a high assault value (just like ski units in Moscow '42 have high assault values due to being composed of platoons with large numbers of SMG's).

The abstraction in terms of scale also means some decisions need to be made: a squad 250 meters away from a Flammpanzer only needs to worry about 2 MG's, one of which might not even be able to hit them if the squad hits the deck. A squad at 50 meters from a Flammpanzer should be very worried.

Generally speaking, the database used in PzC seems to favour high calibre weapons, as the leaps in soft attack and hard attack values are significant with each "step" to a higher calibre over 50mm. That's not a problem per se, but it does mean that the early war tanks are not really capable anti-infantry weapons unless they get a positive quality fire modifier. Even if a tank has a 37mm gun, it's still a tank, and if you can't do anything about it, given enough time it's still likely to kill or wound you or render you combat ineffective through pinning you down. In PzC, a vehicle with a 75mm/76mm gun is about 5 times as effective as a vehicle with a 37mm gun (before modifiers).

Currently, T-60's (not to mention T-40's with their 1-1 ratings) are primarily useful for ZOC locking units in place or cutting supply, as they just don't leave much of an impression on infantry units.