Best commander picks for theatre of war 1941?

[CPU - Easy]

Hi I wonder whats the best picks for theatre of war at 1941 setting for both soviet and germans?

[Fornax The Lazy]

Germen I will say encirclement,because stormtroopers somehow can still use Pshrek and stg44s.
Not really sure about soviets but I think the commanders with more call in abilities win.

[tom23456]

For the germans I would say any commander with hull down, as it means your pnzr IV's can finally do damage to enemy tanks. Even better if coupled with the command tank

[i guess it's different for me (b]

mobile defense doctrine is really good. you will want those pumas.

[Aluminum Elite Master]

Originally posted by burak:

mobile defense doctrine is really good. you will want those pumas.

This.

Mobile Defense is how I did Kharkov Pursuit (I think that's the name), which is the one with the relentless enemy infantry spam. You get two ost squads for 450 or something, the Puma, which is surprisingly good against enemy armor, and you can capture neutral territory faster with the 0 CP ability, which really helps control the map after the partisan spam stops for a few precious seconds.

[Aristotle Full Throttle]

Originally posted by burak:

mobile defense doctrine is really good. you will want those pumas.

I love how they still haven't fixed that yet because that Puma version is from 1944.

[Aluminum Elite Master]

Originally posted by Power of Eisenhower Ranger_501st:

Originally posted by burak:

mobile defense doctrine is really good. you will want those pumas.

I love how they still haven't fixed that yet because that Puma version is from 1944.

It's worse than that... it seems like any commander can be used right now, and because of this I've had load-outs that were meant for multi that I forgot were still on, and I've gone into battles for Case Blue where I can field a Tiger Ace (and yes, I know the Tiger technically did appear early enough that it existed in part of 1942, but to have an ace commander by then seems absurd).

[i guess it's different for me (b]

Originally posted by Power of Eisenhower Ranger_501st:

Originally posted by burak:

mobile defense doctrine is really good. you will want those pumas.

I love how they still haven't fixed that yet because that Puma version is from 1944.

yea technically you can also get stormtroopers like someone already mentioned and you can get schreck instead of the garbage at rifle and stg44, both were introduced in 1943

[Cipher Esteria]

Osttruppen is also pretty good for the first ToW.Pair them with Pak40,MG's,Mortars and a halftrack and you can camp down maps like Rostov pretty easy.
Mobile defense is also great,same for encirlement.