Tank upgrade idea.

[Darkrenown]

I think tanks should stay the same size class when upgraded. Basic light tanks should only upgrade to advanced light tanks, even is you have heavy tanks etc.

 

[Darkrenown]

Re: Re: Tank upgrade idea.

Originally posted by Steel
I don't see this as upgrading the tanks (slap on new armor plates, bigger gun etc), it's retraining the crews on new vehicles straight from the factories.

Yeah but sometimes I want my crews trained on the latest modest of light tank rather than my new heavys.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by pcasey

By 1942 though, the formations were generally based around PZ IIIs and IVs, while by 1944, you saw a core of PZ IVs supported by Independant Tiger battalions (Most of the Panthers ended up in Waffen SS divisions).

So the historical refit pattern saw a switch from light to medium tanks, and, in the case of the Waffen SS divisions, on to heavy tanks.

Yes, but PZIII's were never upgraded to Tigers, the crews were retrained on the new model and given it while the old tanks were put to sue elsewhere. I understand that the current upgrade model reflects this but a upgrade to newest same class/newest would be nice. Light tanks in a recon unit would never be upgraded tp Panthers for instance, they would get the latest model of light tank.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by pcasey
That's certainly true, but when you look at it, the game's whole "a division is made up of a single type of tank" is wildly a-historical as well.

Oh I can live with that, I just view the type of tank shown to me as the main/best tank in that division.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by dsteve3
If I was a micro managing machine, I might like to go through a process where I could design the whole army structure and build it that way.

So many Pnz Is with Pnz IIs, upgrade these bttns or rgmts, introduce various reccon units, anti-tank, flak, - the whole enchalada built from the ground up.

I love looking through those structure trees you find on the net, OOBs and TOEs. Of course, I always play grognard.

Then, for real fun, you would have to tie in the organization with the tech tree, but you would only be allowed to advance AFTER you acquire the right amount of the right kind of battlefield experience. Can't just 'study' a tech to get it - can't just study 'Early war experience' - you have to live it first!

...I think I'm wacked on 1.02, time for bed!

Perhaps thats going a little too far