The FTs, although lighter in armor, could be produced in mass, and thus relied on “swarm” tactics to overwhelm its entrenched enemies. The first light tank of its time, the FT Renault, was easier to manufacture, cheaper, and more agile than the heavy and largely immobile tanks of the time. But you have to decide whether they are worth the support company slot.FT Renault is known for revolutionizing tank warfare. 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?