how to destroy tanks (japan)

[sjeggy6]

playing on hard, i just cannot destroy them! my at guns get 1 shotted, my tanks get 1 shotted and my infantry gets mowed down!

[Braderz_12]

Ch Ri is the best japan tank i think.

[sjeggy6]

Originally posted by Braderz_12:

Ch Ri is the best japan tank i think.

never tried it :P i got the 500 mp tank, and its paper armor got one shotted by a greyhound :S

[Green Man]

For Japan (as well as most other countries but especially Japan) the early game in a match is key. You have to push extremely hard with your infantry, and make sure to buy the Ha-go (first Japanese light tank) ASAP. Push as far as you can with your infantry and light tank to corner them, then seal the front line with more infantry and AT infantry.

Japan has some of the best AT inf in the game. The AT rifleman has a semi auto anti material rifle with 7 shots per round, and their bazooka inf has the longest range I beleive. Just spam those and make sure you win the early round and you shouldn't have to worry about tanks.

[Simers]

hes talking about skirmish I believe.

[sjeggy6]

Originally posted by Simers:

hes talking about skirmish I believe.

yup :D

[Vashyo]

Japanese tanks are too pricy with paper armor, just buy infantry regular/SNLF and AT guns. Position AT guns on flanks so they shoot tanks on the side armor/engine instead of the strong frontal armor.

Get mortar at start and use it to clear flags

Get the 200mm artillery units as soon as you can since they are good for clearing enemy AT guns, japan also gets the 105mm artillery tank which is also nice to have for clearing infantry. Get more people to play with you to decrease the micro though.

[Simers]

Can't speak for skirmish but Japan has reliable tanks, hago early, chi he early-mid, chi nu mid, and chito if you just have extra mp - I wouldn't recommend any other tanks except maybe the banzai but only because it comes with 2+ squads of paratroopers. Ideally you force the opponent to try and keep up with your buys which are inevitably more expensive than Japan's.

[uffe.k]

Make your AT guns hide i the bushes (Strat29 got an video that shows that ATguns CAN hide) and use an umbrella of ♥♥♥ inf way ahead so its very hard to spot your ATguns.

They also got an 85 or 90mm AAgun, that shot long distance and fast.

The ♥♥♥♥ also got the games best mortar (the big one, 150mm or something) that can hide behind hard terrain (hills etc) and their top tier fantasy tanks are very good.

I´m talking of skirmish now.

[sjeggy6]

Originally posted by uffe.k:

Make your AT guns hide i the bushes (Strat29 got an video that shows that ATguns CAN hide) and use an umbrella of ♥♥♥ inf way ahead so its very hard to spot your ATguns.

They also got an 85 or 90mm AAgun, that shot long distance and fast.

The ♥♥♥♥ also got the games best mortar (the big one, 150mm or something) that can hide behind hard terrain (hills etc) and their top tier fantasy tanks are very good.

I´m talking of skirmish now.

well, i tried at guns and it didn't go well :P
there was a t70 rolling up, and i tried shooting it's tracks. it missed, and the t70 blew it up in a single shot :P
but i had a 5 star vet at rifleman though so i still killed it

[uffe.k]

Are you talking about singleplayer and skirmish/scenario now? Human players are harder to predict and this game use very few units in multiplayer (to few for me)

5star vet AT rifle make me think that this is singleplayer?
Look at the path´s the AI uses and place your guns out for a turkey shoot, loose some cheap inf to the tanks, and BOOM. Use the minimap to see what the AI is doing.

Dont advance too fast, buy what you need while your ATguns get better and better.

Think the ♥♥♥♥ is the hardest and nost confusing nation to learn, but quite possible the strongest faction, but I´m not sure about that and single/multiplayer differs.

[Simers]

multiplayer has a lot more units than single player vanilla does.....

[BadgerMilk]

Single Player Hard Mode is actually pretty hard, especially if it's your first time playing the game. You can have one guy crawl at the tank with some tnt and that ususally works for me. But for instant engagement I would use some AT riflemen or some AT artillery. something bigger than the 37m or 40m . I think the ♥♥♥♥ get something a bit bigger, but man that and you should get by. But also make sure you are setting up small bases as you go, hard mode and up can be a pain.

[uffe.k]

Originally posted by Simers:

multiplayer has a lot more units than single player vanilla does.....

What I was talking about was the number of units on the map.
That cap that multplayer got thats limits the number you can have on the map at the same time.
You dont have this in larger scale single scenarios.

For me, this is more WW2 and I enjoy the larger battles more.
Of course there are other variants that other people likes better, nothing wrong with that.

[baddoggs]

If you'r playing as japan, dive under it with a bomb on you'r back. that's how they actually tried to counter allied tanks.....

[Simers]

Originally posted by uffe.k:

Originally posted by Simers:

multiplayer has a lot more units than single player vanilla does.....

What I was talking about was the number of units on the map.
That cap that multplayer got thats limits the number you can have on the map at the same time.
You dont have this in larger scale single scenarios.

For me, this is more WW2 and I enjoy the larger battles more.
Of course there are other variants that other people likes better, nothing wrong with that.

The cp cap is per player - thus if you are playing a 4v4+ I assure you the # of units engaging in battle is much more than any vanilla singleplayer skirmish. Since there are more people moving units/taking cover/directing accurate fire as opposed to multiple AI units driving straight ahead as if they were suicide bombers not giving a fu-ck about death.. I'd say multiplayer is more realistic/like ww2 since some people try to avoid getting their tanks/troops shot up and attempt to utilize some sort of tactics. Your head should be on a swivel in large mplayer team games and with so many moving parts this creates more exciting gameplay imo.

The meat grinder boring stale gameplay of skirmish is not my thing - I do find it funny how you continuously comment about multiplayer yet don't even actively participate in it. I guess your into boring monotonous scripted dumb obvlivious suicidal AI gameplay.. that's cool.