Assault guns vs. tanks

[Griefbringer]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

the 152 one with all HE ammo is nice, as I really like great big bangs. Lobbing 6 inch bricks into infantry formations, trucks, tanks carrying riders - what's not to like!

Those big bangs are certainly very impressive, and can spell bad news for lightly armoured vehicles! AP version tends to be quite nasty against more heavily armoured targets, if you manage to hit something - they are not usually very accurate when I am in command.

That said, Soviet assault guns tend to lack machine-guns (until the late war versions with 12.7 mm AAMGs), which means that once they run out HE ammo they cannot do much against enemy infantry.

[Wiking]

I've had that problem when I played Soviets as well. Its similar to the German's problem with the Ausf A and B StuG's which don't even have machineguns!

My big debate with my current campaign is whether I should upgrade my StuG's to Jagdpanthers and all of my PzKw IV's to PzKw V's or not when I hit 1944. Although it is definitely more attractive than trying to fight "realistically", I always feel a bit guilty going top-heavy like that.