German tank tech rush

[Eisscrat]

Hello Guys

With all the new patches and changes i wonder what is the time frame now to rush to advanced medium tank (Panther) now?

all before the tank designer it was possible to get them in 1940 and produce enough of it till Barbarossa to give the soviets a really bad time.

What are now the earliest time to research them?
And wich decisions you have to made?

 

[Findell_HOI]

You can use the 1934 medium chassi to destory the russians and upgrade to the 1940 when ever it doesnt really matter. As long as you complete the "Treaty with the USSR" focus it makes it easy.

 

[pro.gamer.69]

its not worth rushing at all, costs more and in exchange you get reliability and basically nothing else. instead just stick to 1934 chassis and enjoy being able to start building production efficiency in '38. you could totally still half-rush them and get them by mid '38 with treaty with USSR but since you HAVE to rush AT and should really rush fighters as well its not really worthwhile research wise.

 

[Eisscrat]

Why would i need to rush AT?
AI only have very limited armor.

 

[The Colonel]

You want to get better tank guns. Even if you don't wanna use AT guns (high velocity cannon), the AT line is the fastest way to get improved medium cannon (best all-around gun for medium tanks).

 

[blahmaster6k]

Why would i need to rush AT?
AI only have very limited armor.

In an MP context, AT is necessary since everyone will have tanks.

You want to get better tank guns. Even if you don't wanna use AT guns (high velocity cannon), the AT line is the fastest way to get improved medium cannon (best all-around gun for medium tanks).

I would actually argue that in SP it's not needed to research AT unless you want stuff like the autoloader by the end of the game. An improved medium howitzer is more effective in SP than an improved medium cannon since the AI barely has anything you need hard attack for. When I'm building tanks in SP I basically just go with CSG into medium howitzers the whole game and never touch regular cannons anymore.

 

[Eisscrat]

Since research is always my bottleneck i only research AT for the aircraftcannons. All other cannons i research over the artillery path cause i need also better art for softattack. Hardattack or piercing are not realy importent in singleplayer.

 

[blahmaster6k]

Since research is always my bottleneck i only research AT for the aircraftcannons. All other cannons i research over the artillery path cause i need also better art for softattack. Hardattack or piercing are not realy importent in singleplayer.

Yeah, I forgot about that when making my last post. Getting the anti-tank cannon 2 for CAS is definitely something I do every game.