

An early division in the definition of roles was between infantry tanks intended to focus on supporting infantry in the assault, and cruiser tanks intended for classic cavalry missions of exploitation, screening and reconnaissance. Many classification systems have been used over a hundred years of tank history. The weight classification is used in the same way truck classification is used, and is intended to accommodate logistic requirements of the tanks. The classification by role was used primarily during the developmental stage of the national armoured forces, and referred to the doctrinal and force structure utility of the tanks based on design emphasis. But you have to decide whether they are worth the support company slot.Tank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks. But cheap ones are an inexpensive way to get bonuses for fighting in certain kinds of bad terrain.

I'm not the biggest fan of expensive flame tanks due to the stat nerf the support company has. Whether by intention or accident, the AI is now better at stopping airborne attacks against certain vital targets than it used to be. But I don't really think they are that overpowered, either. I got far more data on those types of drops than I ever intended.įor what it's worth, I don't think heavy flame tanks should be valid for airborne attacks. And interestingly enough, because the AI loves moving divisions around via strategic redeployment, and because strategic redeployment prefers moving by rails when possible, I ended up accidentally dropping on enemy divisions directly during several offensives when trying to use paratroopers to seize railways. Even when using gliders and every trick you have available to boost supply grace, they lost their armor bonus fairly quickly, as the supply grace provided by various things has no impact on fuel.Ģ) Dropping directly on an enemy division, even with armor bonus, didn't ever end well even with force attack activated.

It was the first thing I tried out when NSB released, and I noticed a few things that severely limit their use.ġ) They run out of fuel really quickly and become useless. Have you tried using paratroopers with tanks in actual operations?
