They are "space marines" - well not marines since you can't just build marines any more, but yes, they're the same idea. Banned in many MP games since players can't be bothered to build anti-tanks, even though anti-tanks makes them totally useless (well no better than 14/4 and more expensive). Against AI, it only works against Germany and to a lesser extent Russia. And I suppose Japan, but then no economy in Asia is strong enough to build them.
Though to be fair AT is waaaay too expensive in the game - you could build the same division with 2 AT and AT support rather than tank destroyers and end up paying the same price, have less piercing and zero armour.
Alternative is to build more planes and CAS and forts to level 4-5 - same effect really, just a little more expensive. There are other guides that show this - but I like this strat better.
Yes - it could have more details on the guide, I think the key is that as France, you need to go to:
- Get rid of disjointed govt asap
- Release your puppets for manpower (colonial divisions - not shown in video, but used as third large army)
- Go to war economy asap - and that's done by intervening in Spain
- Send an attache to China for desperately needed army XP and war support, particularly if intervening in Spain isn't your thing
If you do that, your economy can actually close to keep up with Germany's and you have a fighting chance. It actually gets stronger after 1940 as everyone starts importing from you and your civ count skyrockets.
PS: Japan has insane super-veterans after its wars with China. The only way to defeat them is ... not to fight them. Get air superiority and CAS to slow them down, break through the line in one place (ideally plains) through massive superiority, then encircle them / go for the ports and starve them of supply (the planes will stop them intercepting you as you'll be much faster, even with infantry).
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