Panzer Corps 2

Panzer Corps 2

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Tony_UK May 16, 2020 @ 2:10pm
Is Kharkov a waste of time?
Used up all my prestige completing Moscow, most of my units on half strength. Should I go back to beginning and start all over again? Colonel difficulty. I read somewhere you need around 12000 prestige at this stage
Last edited by Tony_UK; May 16, 2020 @ 2:13pm
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Hochmeister May 16, 2020 @ 2:53pm 
Well, Kharkov is one of easier missions and next two are mid missions, but Stalingrad is hard without big boys Karl Gerät and Gustav and even with them it¨s not easy mission. But to your question eventhough Kharkov is one of easier missions, you should go back to beginning, at these conditions you would get slaughtered in Kharkov or in missions after Kharkov. Also you can buy new panzer III aufs L and panzer IV aus F2 in Kharkov, which you need to be succesful in the missions after Moscow. Your Panzer III aus J and Panzer IV aus F1 are too weak to eliminate T-34 and KV1,KV2.


I don't think you need 12000 prestige at that stage, if you are good at minimising casualties by for example:

keeping your tanks in clear terrain hexes
keeping your infantry in close terrain hexes
keeping your tanks covered by anti - tanks
keeping your infantry covered by artilery especially if they are in close terrains
not attacking entrenched units before supressing them
keeping your land units near anti air canons
protecting your bombers with fighters
etc.

also you should try encircle units (if they don't have supply hex near by), it gives supressions to those units. Or atleast force them to surrender, that gives prestige.

You should also try act quickly to get bonus prestige for finishing mission

Anyway I highly recommend to learn the mechanics of the units' traits and generally of the game.
Tony_UK May 16, 2020 @ 3:34pm 
Thanks for useful reply. I think I will only use elite replacements at end of turn instead of mid game.
Hochmeister May 16, 2020 @ 3:55pm 
Well, in case of replacements..., again it depends on your amount of prestige in reserve and if you are good at minimising casualties. When I didn't play well in my first campaign, I did basic replenishment and had to hope, that higher quality troops with little experience can get the job done, which they did. Like I said before, your priority should be Getting better at minimising casualties and generally using effectively every type of unit. If you manage that, then you can do elite replenishment everytime with clear mind.
[103] Kao70 May 17, 2020 @ 8:04am 
I would just restart Moscow and try to have enough prestige left by the end to at least be able to reinforce your units to full strenght for Kharkov.

Thats what I did and with some upgrades and by disbanding some units to free up prestige so I could buy new better suited ones inbetween scenarios I am at Stalingrad now. It's a challenge and can be frustrating at times but I prefer it this way over having tons of prestige available at all times.

Mostly only use elite replacements for some air units and green for most others by the way.
Tony_UK May 17, 2020 @ 1:23pm 
I did restart Moscow a few times. The game should allow you to lose at Moscow, and still continue to Kharkov as historical. I think I need to cut my losses earlier in the campaigns, as
opposed to winning at any cost, The time limits force you to do this, so I unticked this now.
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