Noob question on force picks

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I try to buy the least amount of transport I can get away with. I prefer to load infantry on tanks for their trip to the front.

The map and your plan is important. Where are you going to defend and where do you hope to advance or break through? Or how much mobility do you need?

In meeting engagements, it's important to get to the centre as fast as possible and hold the better positions. To do this I often have to buy transport (other than tanks) but like Matxer I avoid trucks/lorries and buy halftracks, which have MGs and can be used to support the infantry later.

Halftracks also have some armour and even some AA ability. I will often only get a platoon of halftracks for a company of infantry. The HTs will rush a platoon forward, who will be expected to hold the ground while the HTs go back for reinforcements.