Western Fronts U.S Forces Overview/Tactics

This guide will teach newcomers all they need 2 know about the United States mainline forces, commanders, armored weaponry and tactics that can be used to defeat the German Army!

United states Versatile mainline Riflemen and medic weaponry and Tactics

Leading the charge on D-DAY, breaking through the lines of Bavaria, and keepin the 42's under pressure for Freedom! American Riflemen are the standard U.S troops. Able to bring the pain with some support, and throw grenades at the enemy, and lay down heavy fire with their m1's early game. They are very good at harrasing and bleeding advancing German Infantry. The riflemen troops skill is pretty damned good from their training. But remember. German Veterans..6 years of war..& U.S veterans..6 days of war. The Riflemen squad is highly effective early game and is able to be equipped with foreign enemy weaponry or go to their bases supply buildings and get B.A.R's, LMG's, or Bazookas.

weapons they can use and be upgraded with are

M1 garand (standard for them)
30cal MG (you need the infantry commander) It can damage infantry at medium and long ranges effeciently!
Bazooka Rocket launcher. Firing a special chemical tipped shell that gives it special penetration against the heaviest tanks the germans can field!
B.A.R Automatic rifles
are capable of blastin through enemy troops at medium to short range. They are damn good close range automatic battle rifles. Use these weapons in a variety of suprise attacks and advanced wartime maneuvars and tactics! Bars are useful for charges or emplyoing a pincer movement. The Bazooka can blast enemy armor from the sides and rear with enough pen to likely cause a critical to the enemy armored vehicle. And the 30cals can harass and keep the germans guessing on what you are planning next.
When engaging german troops in combat. It is best to stay at mid range to bring the power of your B.A.R. Rifles upon them. Grenades and anti tank grenades are also effective at taking down german units that are armored and or garrisoned in cover/buildings. The Riflemen is extremely versatile and has no real weaknesses aside form the obersoldaten or the sturmpioneers. Ostheer division, grenadiers are very deadly to riflemen, due to their amazing long range dps and the LMG which mows down your closing troops. Keep riflemen escorted with armor support and work with it in unison to create a mobile fortress based upon Ostheer tactics.

U.S heavy weaponry

Due to unlocking platoon command post via LT squad, it's a problem getting 50 cal guns. Due to this reason have your rear echelon squads set up a fighting emplacement and upgarding it with 50 cal similiar to Wehr bunkers is more effective mostly on places with open areas because bunker 50 cal cover more arc than 50 cal squad itself but its not durable as german bunkers keep that in mind

United States AirForce P-47 Thunderbolt death run

the P-47 thunderbolt is an effective attack plane ingame. Able to decimate german heavy tanks with its high velocity 127mm rocket runs, the 47 is something you do not want to pass up when engaged in an armored assault. The 47 can deal heavy damage to soft targets with its high speed energy attack run, or initiate a rocket run on german targets/positions. The Plane is very expensive tho, and should only be used when the enemy Anti Aircraft capabilities have been disabled.

U.S Airborne overview and Supply drop tactics

The U.S airforce allows you to paradrop infantry troops such as pathfinders who excel at all ranges of combat. And can decimate volksgrenadiers in combat. The Thomspon airborne upgrade is extremely effective when engaging german sturmpioneers in suppression combat. Try to stick to your riflemen when assaulting a german position. The time and angle of the attack can determine the whole course of the battle! You can also drop a 57mm AT gun or a HMG in the field to man!

U.S Medium tank destroyer tactics and overview

US tanks mainly called from the battlaion command post to do that you need to unlock major

once major on the field you have gained acess some of the best US tanks

lets start with the m5 stuart (this one is called from the company command post)

stuart costs around 300-350 MP and 70 fuel expensive but you get its worth

stuart is infantry blaster with its rapid firing 37 mm gun and 2x 30 machine guns and its one of the fastest tanks on the field and it can disable enemy tanks with is 2 unique abalites

shell shock allows for more rapid output towards enemy tanks and causes enemy tank crew to be shocked. It's a vaulable bonus!

point blank engine shot as its name suggests makes the stuart go behind the targeted tank and
fires a round into the engine of the tank. Effectively knocking out its maneuvarability. Making this tank a good snaring unit.

up next is M8A1 HMC

this tanks pretty unique. It's pretty much a stuart chassis with 75 mm howitzer mounted on it. It's a good tank for players finding themselves picked off by OKW light artillery guns.
This tank can counter shell enemy artillery guns effectively and pull the back before armor support arrives.

it has a great ability which its being able to fire barrages on the move thanks to its gyrostabilser

now on the heavier veichles M4A3 sherman
this tank is basicly one of the MOST i repeat MOST versitale out of bunch altough it lacks perfomance against heavy tanks it sitll can inflict damage
it can be upgarded 50 cal also has tha abality to fire HE rounds which is pretty deadly to infantry and field defenses its real problem is it takes damage quickly but its one of the fastest tanks on the battle

last tank :M36 jackson GMC

this one costs 350 MP and 135 fuel

but believe me its worth it
M36 Jackson is one of the best tank killer you can get your hands on its 90mm cannon outranges and outguns most OKW and Wehr tanks they can field

its weakness is its very fragile all it takes 2 shots or 1 shot to the rear and M36 is toast

1 Jackson already dangerous to most tanks germans has to offfer but 2 or more Jacksons firing on the same tank that tank has no chance of surivial even OKW player fields KT jacksons enough to bring its health down to %50 but when a veteran jackson activates its HVAP-T abality king tiger is pretty much toast
but smart OKW players always has good deal of ober soldaten and volkgrenadiers with panzerschrek abality to guard it
so ALWAYS protect your jackosons with machine guns and infantry

57mm AT Support tactics

There is 2 ways you can deploy 57 MM guns! One: save 80 fuel and call up the captain. or two: Pick airborne company and fight uniil you have 4 command points which at that point alllows you to airdrop it from a cargo plane.

57 mm guns are good early game static tank killers that can penetrate the frontal armor of a panzer 2(OKW) all the way to the Ostheers panzer 4(Wehr)

When it comes to late game tanks like tigers and panthers, you will need to activate its british supplied tungsten armor piercing round which gives it more penetration and shell shock value. But its not enough! ALWAYS flank and hit the rear or side armor even with that ability active!

United States Airborne Units Overview

Training for months on end in rapid target aquisition and elimination. American Pathfinders of the Airborne doctrine can snipe enemies at all ranges with their elite rifle training. They are expensive units and will excel at taking down all enemies they face. But will require backup when they are suppressed by a hail of enemy fire. They can even place a beacon that scans enemy units in its vicinity. Which is very useful for scouting and recon when you have no Troops available for the job.

Paratroopers are the elite of the elite. Dropping from american Skytrains directly into the heart of battle with 1 mission. To kill all enemies they see. They are a 6 man squad and can be upgraded with Tommy guns, to close in on the enemy, or the m16 LMG for long range combat.

1 last thing..

trust jesus

Reccomendations to other guides

Also, please check out my friend Viper's guide of the US Forces!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=275478472

[pollo con pinga]

that last tip is very important

[Suicide Pact]

haha

[WeAintFoundShit]

Nice guide not a lot about gameplay but useful non the less

[Titanpilot321]

thats some real american propaganda there

[Julius]

what can i do to beat obers?when i use vehicles there is a schreck neaby,when i use infantry i can aswell retreat immediatly.i tried mgs,but they charged straight onto it and killed the whole crew before it could pin them.

[Suicide Pact]

kubels easy to deal with. teh crew is more exposed then that of the pak. and if u have a tank issue, jacksons are great, since they fire HVAP-T but the 57mm works wonders

[Devious_Craven]

i play america alot, but i struggle holding victory points. Jackson helps but if theres a jagpanzer and a little luchs being run at the flag my infantry get insta suppressed (for obvious reasons) and the jackson will bounce rounds on the jagpanzer giving the jagpanzer the upper hand.

Shermans are my favourite tank of all time and im happy with how they perform (for once in a game they are good) you can flank all their stuff and sort it out which is nice but i dont like how long it takes to acually get a sherman seeing as OKW get a AT right off the bat.

On the note of AT guns i relaise you can play airborne (which is my favouite followed by rifle company) are pretty hard to get for america for something that struggles with most tanks it seems like something you should get right off the bat like the OKW.

[Suicide Pact]

m10 is faster, from what ive seen and is a lot asier to manage than a jackson. and jackson has long range and more pen

[Don't_Drop_The_Cheese]

I find Jackson tanks to be quite useful, get them in good cover and they'll dominate as long as you have infintry to help protect it. Though, what are the differences between the Jackson and the Wolverine (that comes with the Tank Commander)?

[Suicide Pact]

then u obviously werent angling it properly in your sights. You know the kubel got a nerf today. The riflemen still dominate all units and Sturmpioneers can't close in anymore to deal damage. Stop with that zionist brainwash.