The Russian halftrack debate

[Mike Abberton]

I know what you're saying Earl, but unfortunately they are pretty useless at the anti-armor roll except maybe in defensive situation in heavily wooded terrain. And even then only reliably on armored cars or halftracks (the real kind). :) In a lot of situations, I'd probably rather just move them off the map so I wouldn't lose even the measly points they are worth.

For every story of someone taking out a Panther with rear shot from an ATR, there are probably hundreds instances where they are blown away long before they do anything else.

And if ATRs can't call in artillery because they have no communication devices, than that should apply to a lot of units, particularly Russian ones.

Really they probably should have been just incorporated into the Soviet rifle platoons. I know the ATR formations were separate entities to some degree, but I would think they were distributed among the infantry in real life. Who knows.

Unfortunately, it's a non-ideal situation either way. :(

P.S. In Combat Mission they are just about as useless and just as abused if it makes any difference here. :whis: