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[Imp]

Low Bidder

A few things, ammo loadouts on modern tanks several OOBs let you buy the same tank with armour or CS loadout or have a tank with a high HE loadout for infantry support. Even setup as infantry support though ammo loads tend to be less than WW2 due to larger gun size, having said that most tanks in MBT are still more dangerous to infantry than WW2 counterparts due to advanced FC autocannons replacing MGs etc, I have no problem engaing infantry with tanks & often conserve HE for important targets.

On Opfire I disagree with you only played for a few years so no idea what it was like but I have no trouble with it. Regulary set up stuff for opfire shots & it nearly always does what I expect as in ignores low threat stuff but fires at the dangerous or close stuff. Admit its far more selective than WAW but once understand thats a good thing it chooses sensible targets. If anything sometimes it surprises me they still fire tank hit by arty with that resounding thunk then several RPGs & it still fires at the tank that moves into view.
The only time it gets tricky is low exp armies 60 or 65 for several reasons but the main one is these guys really do not have good battlefield awareness it is absolutly vital vehicles have infantry on the ground to see stuff because the tanks wont.
High risk example is I have walked infantry 3 hexes directly behind a low exp good order moving tank & assaulted it without being seen.
Its hard to describe but you get a sort of ripple effect in opfire.
Say a undetected unit fires from cover the unit that was targeted will probably see first & fire back, others near the target may see or be told.
If it fires moves again the others will join in either because they have now seen it or because they have been told its location, those that dont do what you would expect have not seen it & are out of contact.