Molotov price

[SaS TrooP]

I know that. But still, given the Soviet example, it is more cost effective to invest into traditional Rifle Company rather than Conscript Company with Molotovs. This formula simply leads to very strange results.

[Imp]

For good reason I would say especially at the start of the war, the Russian infantry had zero AT capability apart from perhaps engineers or ski troop.
Pretty safe to run armour adjacent to troops therefore especially with tank panic for the age. I would risk running through woods or an urban enviroment. Give them Molotovs though & its a diffrent story clearing those woods is going to hurt a lot more.
Even a modern MBT needs to take care round a Molotov, would not count on it killing it but coud easily allow the attack that does.
Its a good all round weapon its "fault" being its unpredictability due to its nature, thats also why you treat it with respect.
In urban or woods if I was buying a force to win would go mol over grenade any day its worth the cost.

[zastava128]

One point - the prevalence of strong but expensive Molotovs in the guerilla-type OOBs is a good thing from a game-play standpoint. On the one hand, it gives you the ability to blow up practically any tank if you get close to it (therefore rewarding you for successfully ambushing them), but on the other hand it makes your units more expensive and thus discourages human wave attacks.