Strategy for Tanks?

[Hamzee]

I've been playing a skirmish for a while now against a normal German AI. I have been stuck in my own compound for ages because they keep on using tanks which have high veterancy because they just run away when i've almost killed them. Any strategies to deal with these tanks?

[Stinkoman]

The Wehrmacht faction gets stronger as the game progresses because its units will gradually gain permanent veterancy while yours will have to do so via combat. What faction and doctrine are you playing?

[Hamzee]

Originally posted by Stinkoman:

The Wehrmacht faction gets stronger as the game progresses because its units will gradually gain permanent veterancy while yours will have to do so via combat. What faction and doctrine are you playing?

American, Infantry

[brother matthias]

What tanks are they using? Try to build AT guns and get Rangers they have good AT capabilities and if u get the chance find the path their tanks take and place mines ina them eg.if they come into ur base put mines in the entrance they most commonly use.And do ur best to get flanking shots or damage/immoblise their engines has they will be much easier to finish off that way firing into the back will cause damage to the engine.

[Stinkoman]

Infantry is tough to play versus Wehrmacht because Rangers have pretty poor penetration with the Bazooka. Your best bet is to try to grab as many strategic points as possible with Riflemen so you can control the map and then establish Howitzers to rain down on their base or clumps of tanks. Airborne or Armor are better late game because you can airdrop AT guns or build a Pershing/Calliope.

[Miiiiiiiiiiiiike]

Riflemen with sticky bombs, to cause critical damage to armoured vehicles.

Riflemen are generally good all-rounders. 1.5X cap speed, good vs infantry and when they vet they get real good bonuses.

Push out from your compound, and try and have just over half the map during the game, more than possible against normal ai. But given the chance, normal ai can actually be quite a challenege.