American infantry units were equipped with the 60 mm bazookas - the first really effective hand held AT weapon which revolutionised warfare. Germans did capture some of these weapons in Tunisia and were so amazed by the design that they copied it and came up with their own version the 90 mm Panzerschreck, which was even more effective. The main advantage of these was that the soldiers did not have to get too close to the enemy tanks to destroy them, as was the case with the earlier AT grenades or more simplistic molotov coctails. Thus destroying a tank by a single soldier became less of a suicide mission. All these are well reflected in the mod, and to some extent in the vanilla game as well.JimmyC wrote:I question the stats of the American soldiers. Both their hard attack and soft attacks are high – but my main complaint is with their hard attack.
Additionally, hills are close terrain, which means tanks (and other vehicles) use their close defense value when fighting infantry instead of their much higher ground defense. This makes them very vulnerable to late war infantry in cities, forests, hills and mountains.
In the next version of the mod I will add a new icon for all late war infantry units which will make it more obvious.