Sherman tank

[John Helldiver]

They should do something about the Sherman tank. I played give or take 15 games after this patch, and my Sherman shots keeps bouncing off the enemy armour. The Panzer IV is only 10 fuel more, but every Panzer IV shot damage the Sherman tank, it never bounces off. I dont know if it just me, but it seems only 1 in 3 shots will do damage.

[Egro]

that why you use tank hunters...instead of a general purpose tank. Also, remember to load AP shells for your Shermans if you want them to deal any real damage on enemy's tanks.

[dsmokey]

Try using the jackson, it kills pz4 with 3 shots, well microed it can take no damage as it has a much longer range than vison. Still Americans are op so dunno why you complaning.

[studmuffin-1]

Try to hit the rear armor, and make sure you're using ap rounds with your sherman when engaging enemy tanks. Using smoke to sneak around and hit the rear is fun to do.
The sherman is far superior to its p4 counterpart. The high explosive rounds decimate infantry, and it can repair itself. It's also not too shabby vs. armor.

[BeingThere]

The Sherman is a better tank than the PzIV imho. HE rounds decimate infantry, and the stabilizers, crew, and smoke allow it to punch far over its weight in enemy armor if you micro.

[Olden Sloe]

"Also, remember to load AP shells for your Shermans" via ((ACR8)Egro) above.
This tip is exactly what is undesireable about playing the USF's. Too many extra steps while the other factions chew up an old fard like me. Have played Wehr, Ru, and OKWs for months and enjoyed learning and playing all. Not the same for the USF' as the faction design seems too complicated in relation to the others. Sure hope my money is not wasted on the next release. Love the COH series so much it is a no brainer for me to try the new one. Just hope the micro management of the individual US forces has been reduced a bit. Bah, loading AP shells in a tank will not ruin the day but it seems a bit strange to this gamer. Seems the default load should be AP and not heat even if it is not historically accurate. Don't really know.

[CursedPanther]

This is why I tend to go M15A1 > M36 or M5A1 > M36. The USF has so many tools covering the AI area it makes producing a regular M4A3 rather pointless.

[?????]

Flank with your cheap powerful tanks. ???. Win.

[R2zi3l]

引用自 dsmokey：

Still Americans are op so dunno why you complaning.

that was a funny one.... I dont bother checking people's stats but you probably only play the i winn factions oklw and whermacht...

oh and on topic, american general purpose tanks are worse than axis ones so shermans < p4 try using jacksons but dont get close coz a p4 will easily kill that too.... american armor in this game just sucks period

[Ás Fífldjarfi]

I feel the Sherman is better than the Panzer IV... it costs less, has smoke without doctrine and with HE rounds and .50 cal machine gun that thing, if properly microed, can bleed the enemy of a lot of Manpower by decimating his infantry.

Just don't send it against enemy tanks unless you have a Jackson to help it. The Sherman goes forward, spots for the Jackson and throws in a few shots of his own, which may or may not help the Jackson gain the kill.

Infact... the Sherman brings his own smoke to assault enemies. Very few people know this(for some reason) but smoke is an effective assault weapon. Throw it in front of a MG and bam... infantry can charge in. Throw it in front of an AT gun, and BAM... you can now charge the AT gun with your tanks.

Do note however... that if you have pack howitzer it's better to throw white phosphorus instead of smoke on the enemy AT,,, since it slows them and hurts them and blocks their line of sight, which should allow your sherman to de-crew the at gun with machine guns alone. Using chemical weapons doesn't matter if you win the war, and besides... white phosphorous is technically an incendiary weapon if someone asks.

[John Helldiver]

引用自 As_Fifldjarfi：

I feel the Sherman is better than the Panzer IV... it costs less, has smoke without doctrine and with HE rounds and .50 cal machine gun that thing, if properly microed, can bleed the enemy of a lot of Manpower by decimating his infantry.

Just don't send it against enemy tanks unless you have a Jackson to help it. The Sherman goes forward, spots for the Jackson and throws in a few shots of his own, which may or may not help the Jackson gain the kill.

Infact... the Sherman brings his own smoke to assault enemies. Very few people know this(for some reason) but smoke is an effective assault weapon. Throw it in front of a MG and bam... infantry can charge in. Throw it in front of an AT gun, and BAM... you can now charge the AT gun with your tanks.

Do note however... that if you have pack howitzer it's better to throw white phosphorus instead of smoke on the enemy AT,,, since it slows them and hurts them and blocks their line of sight, which should allow your sherman to de-crew the at gun with machine guns alone. Using chemical weapons doesn't matter if you win the war, and besides... white phosphorous is technically an incendiary weapon if someone asks.

Good advice! What is really helpfull what i only see few people do, when you are close to another tank, and you use smoke, or the enemy tank uses smoke, click on the attack here button so your tank keeps on shooting.

[Howlett]

only thing about sherman smoke compaired to the doc one is that its like a 5 second delay or something other one is instant so little easier to stay alive with then the shermans :P

[CptMario]

Hahahahahahahahaaaahahahaa, buffing Sherman???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uninstall the game kiddo.

[John Helldiver]

引用自 OberkommandoEnemy：

Hahahahahahahahaaaahahahaa, buffing Sherman???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uninstall the game kiddo.

What the hell is your problem? Were do i say that the sherman needs a buff? Keep playing axis easy mode.

[YCWD]

Shermans AP round is about the same Pen as a T34/76 but its HE round is better at killing Infantry. I couldnt even get a Sherman with HE to Pen the rear of a JagdPanzer IV. This is most likely what your experiencing.

Its not really an AT tank. Its job it seems is to get Vet 1 so it can spot for a Jackson with Radio Net and Punish Obers. Its an optional Tank really. If you can spot with Say a Vetted AT gun its not really needed (or some other spotting mechanism) but it can bleed infantry well.

In the grand scheme of things is it worth it? Thats a tough call but since you dont get durable infantry I suppose so. And by durable I dont mean 1 extra man that you need to Pay MP to reinfoce I mean immune to bullets like a Vet Ober or Shock squad.

[DeerSon]

I dunno why all the fuzz about the Sherman's smoke, by the time I decide I use smoke, and I click really quickly to understand I "too close" the Sherman's turret slowly spins to fire or something and then I get whacked. Infantry's smoke is great and cheap, but Sherman's... would rather have the Panther's insta-smoke ability. I can't remember if it's even non-doctrinal though, but with the smoke and the blitz.. wow.