HOW TO COUNTER GERMAN TANKS?

[ELCAMARADA]

I play as soviet and british I always play very well at the beginning but later when they send me the tanks I always lose i tried to use a lot of infantry with antitanks and at and spaming tanks but i always lose .
Help me.

[Akis]

Anti-tank guns. 1 as main the other a little back, to cover the 1st one if bypassed. Untill you start cteate your own tanks.

[ShodaN]

Without a real example people will not be able to help you. Upload a replay that showcases your issues. It's futile to just go over every basic of fighting tanks.

[Lord Dark Helmet]

u can also record if u disabled replays..

[Marceline "Duckson"]

Get behind them.

[Evil Bluescreen]

if u play as british wtf are u complaining about u just need to build flak guns and we are ♥♥♥♥♥♥

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Originally posted by Evil Bluescreen:

if u play as british wtf are u complaining about u just need to build flak guns and we are ♥♥♥♥♥♥

UKF are the weakest faction at the moment.

And why are you telling him to build Bofors to counter armour? Thats awful advice. Build 6pdrs AT guns if you must play as the british but honestly I'd stick with the Soviets until you have more experience.

Always use the reverse funtion and have engineers ready to repair units when they fallback.

[Jag]

How are you losing vs German tanks? A couple of SU-85 can make quick work on most German tanks.

[COMP DBD 1V1]

soviets:
cons with AT nade
cons with ptrs
penals with ptrs
cons with ptrs and at nade and at barrage nade
2-3 guards with dp28
zis 3
t34 85
m4c
3-4 t34 76s to kill one panther
su 85
su 76 if your desperate
anti tank partisans if your really desperate
mine

guards are the most potent unit in soviet arsenal right now, they can beat every infantry except obers in a 1v1 and if a tank has dove hard enough then buttoning will be deadly, 2 guards swapping between buttons is a guarenteed kill to any tank

i dont recommend m42, kv1, kv2, kv8, isu152, or is2 for actual anti tank usage


brits:
sappers with piat
6 pounder
aec
cromwell
firefly
comet (dont expect it to win a 1v1 against a panther)
churchill (dont expect it to win a 1v1 against a panther)
croc to deal with both tanks and at guns
17 pounder in team games
mine

[Grimpavidus]

Originally posted by missharvey <intel>:

soviets:

guards are the most potent unit in soviet arsenal right now, they can beat every infantry except obers in a 1v1 and if a tank has dove hard enough then buttoning will be deadly, 2 guards swapping between buttons is a guarenteed kill to any tank

you forgot they also loose against Falls

[Felinewolfie]

Originally posted by ELCAMARADA:

I play as soviet and british I always play very well at the beginning but later when they send me the tanks I always lose i tried to use a lot of infantry with antitanks and at and spaming tanks but i always lose .
Help me.

- 1) Be a better player. Be faster, have better micro.
- 2) Know each unit, and it's weaknesses.
- 3) Deny fuel tot he Germans. No fuel, no tanks.
- 4) Allied tanks are cheaper. Make more, make sooner.
- 5) Basic rule: If you are winning, make tanks. If you are losing, make anti tank
- 6) Making early AT gun is because you were too slow. It can slow your life.
Make sure you don't think of them as a tank, support them. Protect them. They're snipers.
- 7) Go crazy with AT mines. Soviets got a very effect, CHEAP AT mines. Go crazy.
- 8) Some people go with guards (AT infantry)
- 9) Some people like AT rifles and AT grenades (and AT mines) on conscripts
- 10) AT Penals. - 11) AT Satchels
- 11) Tank Destroyers. 3-4x SU76 earlier on can rape German tanks when well used.

I think you're real problem is that you like infantry too much :)

[☣ βioClone λx-45 ☣]

I find also trouble here, but I must say that I only see this on Vs. Expert IA. the aditional "luck" for this IA on tanks vs tanks is a pain in the ass...

Typical example its see how a Panzer IV single shot randomly "vaporizes" 2 engineer squads by a single hit... (I never was able to do this same thing... NEVER) or how the soviet AT canon sometimes on any heavy tank could do 1 hit per every 10 shoots (being 9 deflected) its like sometimes the IA gets a "ubercritical" chance

What I dont really like on the balance of the game its like, soviet heavy vehicles are good but just way to expensive, while the other tanks are a bit cheaper, but not actually "that" cheaper to compensate the huge difference with standard german tanks... the Panther is already good enough for the germans to not need to deploy heavier tanks at all, while with soviet you are almost forced to deploy heavy tanks...

[Jag]

Originally posted by ☣ βioClone λx-45 ☣:

I find also trouble here, but I must say that I only see this on Vs. Expert IA. the aditional "luck" for this IA on tanks vs tanks is a pain in the ass...

Typical example its see how a Panzer IV single shot randomly "vaporizes" 2 engineer squads by a single hit... (I never was able to do this same thing... NEVER) or how the soviet AT canon sometimes on any heavy tank could do 1 hit per every 10 shoots (being 9 deflected) its like sometimes the IA gets a "ubercritical" chance

What I dont really like on the balance of the game its like, soviet heavy vehicles are good but just way to expensive, while the other tanks are a bit cheaper, but not actually "that" cheaper to compensate the huge difference with standard german tanks... the Panther is already good enough for the germans to not need to deploy heavier tanks at all, while with soviet you are almost forced to deploy heavy tanks...

That's RNG for you. Panther's have long reload, (p)iss poor view and expensive. To counter it the SU-85 is pretty good, sure it has meh armor but makes up with the gun and view range and not that expensive.

[EmotionallyBroken]

Originally posted by ELCAMARADA:

I play as soviet and british I always play very well at the beginning but later when they send me the tanks I always lose i tried to use a lot of infantry with antitanks and at and spaming tanks but i always lose .
Help me.

Are you using AT grenades to disable engines? Are you keeping your AT guns safe from being flanked? Are you exposing your tank destroyers to enemy fire?
I have the feeling its simply you're not paying quite enough attention to everything going on and youre being out performaned on the reflex level.
At least you know how to make AT. I find the vast majority of players dont seem to be abel of the "build AT unit" button.

[Levalto]

Well that's reminds me first times i play this game. I thought german tanks are immortal because its just german lol. And i started tonplay Wehrmacht because i have "immortal" tanks. While im playing it was so saddening to see conscript squads blowing up my P4's. Then CoH2 DLC's had a discount and i bought other factions and i started to play OKW and i was still losing my armoured P4s, Panthers even my Kingtiger. And i thought im doüng something wrong about tanks. After watching streamers i realised i know nothing about AT guns also know nothing about tanks weak points and how to use tanks and facing it. Because i was so damn noob (I don't claim im a pro or skilled now but at least I know how to use tanks now xD)

[Zapp Brannigan]

For Brits, consider the Special Weapons commander. It gives you access to the Tank Hunter section, which gives you access to AT grenades. Crucial for fighting enemy armor. Although the update sounds like it will give AT grenades to Engis, so things should get easier for Brits on this front.

Otherwise for Brits, the 6 pounder is an excellent AT gun, the Cromwell is a good all around tank, and the Firefly is a devastating tank destroyer. Late game the Comet is an excellent heavy/medium tank. Get to your armor ASAP, don't delay by building a bunch of emplacements.