1. American faction
currently the american faction doesn't have a good tank destroyer....
M10- has good armor penetration but too fragile,if left unattended it will loose even too a stug
m18- has better armor but poorer penetration,the roof mg is a useless upgrade unless you have munitions to spare!!!
"My proposal"
m36 tank destroyer
the m36 was used in the later stages of the war by the americans because they found the 76 mm cannon used by the m10 and m18 to be inadequate against heavy german armor(panthers and tigers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M36_tank_destroyerM36 is m10 chassis+m26 pershing 90 mm cannon
advantages over previous two versions(m10 and m18) are obvious
there are two ways of implementing this in the game
1. Tank depot has m36 readily available at a cost of 350 mp and 60 fuel
2. 90 mm cannon can be researched at the tank depot for the standard wolverine or hellcat at the cost of 100 fuel and 300 mp
however the m36 will now costs 320 mp and 55 fuel
pop remains the same-6
american are poorly lacking on a proper tank destroyer and people will fell the imba after the introduction of the ostheer faction...
2. British faction
the british are a largely defensive faction, so generally a british player has to play a defensive role than an offensive....
That said the british lack on a main battle tank(cromwell is pretty useless unless one takes fancy for it)
however for a proper offense the british require an "effective tank destroyer"
sherman firefly is an excellent tank destroyer but has several loopholes as pointed out by a few people on the forums....
Firefly pros
1. Range
2. Penetration
3 armor(better than the "standard" tank destroyers of the other factions except the panther)
firefly cons
1. Cost
2.Poor fire rate
3. Pop(its too much for a tank of its size)
4.Ineffectiveness vs infantry
historically the british had difficulties in mounting the 17 pounder gun on the sherman which explains the poor fire-rate
"my proposal"
m10 achilles self propelled antitank gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17pdr_SP_Achillesits a 17 pounder mounted on an m10 chassis
was historically used as a mobile 17 pounder as the 17 pounder gun took 12 hours to be properly setup
implementation in the game
produced from armor hq instead of the firefly with a cost of 320 mp and 60 fuel with a pop of 7
advantages over firefly
1. Less cost
2. Normal fire rate
3. Less pop hence larger numbers
4. Range and penetration remains the same
the imba without these units will be difficult to resolve
"developers please reply asap............""
