azraelck -> RE: Light Tanks & ATRs (8/24/2006 10:09:14 PM)
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Now I have never had a PzIII kill anything with it's 37mm... or even the 50mm low velocity gun. The PzIVs have always preformed much better, even early when they were mostly meant for infantry support rather than tank-on-tank combat. That 37mm is worthless IMO, and two early war campaigns as the Germans showed them unable to match up to even the 20mm autocannon of the PzII. THe PzII was just as good at knocking out enemy light tanks and armored vehicles, and much better at dispersing infantry. I even used them to disable a lot of enemy tanks with flanknig shots; knocking out the suspension consistently for some reason. As a result, in early war campaigns I use primarily the light PanzerII, with medium PanzerIV and ATGs for enemy tanks and SP guns for close support of the infantry. The PzI-based 15cm SiG33 SP is excellent for that role. I kept a platoon of them until 1943 on my last long campaign as the Germans (ended when Enhanced messed with my core too much for taste), when their poor armor left them knocked out more than actually supporting the infantry. I also kept some PzIIs in the fold, exclusively acting as infantry support and armored recon at that point. They were in until the end of the campaign, early 1944. A company, IIRC. PanzerIVs made up most of my armored force.
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