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earlier he says "If the enemy hits this it will probably explode... which would be sweet so we'll let it happen." My guy had all of it planned out.

Why and how is that emoji

who's army?

@@fvo911 finnish

@@evill01 cross the border eastwards and come over here, ill let you play but don't bring Molotov's with you

@@fvo911 ight

The italians had a mobile doctrine (forgot the name rn) They had light tanks, tankettes and armoured cars for two reasons mainly First, the italian borders are the Alps (if you don't count the coastline), and all heavy vehicles will have problems crossing those Second, the italian planned to fight against "inferior enemies", like Ethiopia, that had no tanks If the enemy has no tanks, and you have some (even if they are not good), your tanks will still win (hopefully) Also, the italians planned to use them in Africa, and that means very hard logistics, both sea logistics (small tanks are better because they occupy less space on ships) and "sand logistics" (heavy tanks tend to consume more fuel than lighter counterparts) I also guess that the italians relied a lot on infantry based AT guns (like the 47/32 Mod 1935) rather than vehicle based firepower (just like most other nations did in the years before the war) The gun was good (not great), but in low numbers Also, italian industry was very behind, and adding better vehicles would crash the logistics if you can't already supply your, for example, 100 tankettes, do you think you can supply your 100 tankettes AND 20 medium tanks? Also, can you even produce those tanks? Do you have the resources to do that? Do you have the industrial capabilities to do so? Do you even have the need to have better tanks? Yes, the L3 performed awfully against T-26s in Spain, but was the L3 designed to hunt tanks? no, it was designed to help the infantry the italians learnt that they needed something to hunt tanks, that had the 47/32 (that in spain performed wonderfully, good accuracy and good penetration) with the mobility of the L3 tankette What do you get? the M13/40 (that, in fact, had the design started in 1937, the years of the spanish civil war) Keep in mind that in 1940 Germany was still using Pz1s and Pz2s, so light tanks are still a good option, especially for "colonial warfare" Also, tanks take time to develop, and from the first encounter with "too big to handle tanks" (like the british Matilda) and the invasion of Sicily, not enough time passed for italy in order to develop, test and produce a tank that could compete with the aforementioned tank Besides, you can always use SPGs, that are cheaper and mount heavier guns That's what the Semovente 75/18 (started dev. 1938, entered service 1941) was for, and later the Semovente 90/53, that did not see mass production Hope you found it interesting to read, I will cover this argument in a future video Cheers

Their heart wasn’t in the war as they were not fighting ill equipped tribes like they did in what is modern day Somali. They were mostly shit fighters in general, their 240,000 army in North Africa was beaten by an army not even 40’000 strong. Saying that their navy was huge and more modern than the British and French navies, but just badly led.

It istrue that 5hey did go after Ethiopia and had major problems even then. I never looked into why exactly butkind of suspect that it was logistical.

@@apothecarymaybe3402 The army in north africa was defeated because of logistics. Italian doctrine enfasized quick movements of small mobile forces... but the commanders moved the whole army ahead, and were able to advance just some kilometers before outpacing their logistics and settled down And please, avoid using "They were mostly shit fighters in general", not only this is untrue, but it's also very disrespectful to all those who died

Not sure but sounded like he said hold shift to elongate the trenches

I wanna know that too

They send him the newest build, which has it enabled.

The Devs gave him special access to it, since he has a decent platform on RU-vid to showcase it

@@doncleveland1245 Already thought this, but thx don! I think we all want this and the gameplay looks awesome!

@@kuoskae Sure, it does that!

they could totally do a WW1 game. just imagine Total War: GREAT WAR

Because it would be awkward to have a single unit god general in a ww1 game

Hoi4 is literally that.

@@ondranovy5242 BuT nO mAnUaL bAtTleS

Just put gen in passive benefits jeep. Boom

My thoughts too lol

Yes I think I’ll make one! There are more videos on how to build defenses.

@@Raptoria thanks

As far as I'm aware by playing the game, it depends on the type of ammo loaded. HE rounds makes them act as they should, when you load AP the crew aims lower and tries to act as a AT gun. I guess it's a gameplay change to make them useful in case of a light vehicle rush, their aim is shit though haha

related but unrelated but wasnt there an indian regiment who used their 25pdrs on direct fire

@@louierenault7344 It's very possible. The smaller cannons are much easier to depress (change to a lower elevation). My primary experience is working with the M777A2 firing 155mm's (and a bit of M119 105mm's), which takes a lot of effort to bring down from high firing angles, less so for the M119er. The M777A2 can fire in a 10m radius of accuracy up to 65 miles rocket assisted so every movement with the hand wheels are ultra sensitive compared to smaller systems meant to fire in smaller distances. An AT gun will never be at those higher angles and can reach the elevation and azimuth much much faster. For the M777A2, direct firing also employs a direct fire optic on the assistant gunner side (right side) which isn't used in indirect fire. It fires off of aiming circles in degraded mode (non GPS). An AT gun is purely direct fire. We did direct fire drills with our howitzers but it takes a hell of a lot of reconfiguration to bring the gun down for direct fire.

@@biohita interesting. I could totally see that being the case. I wonder what the artillery officer's purpose is in the game.

@@Lockbane haven't seen artillery officers. At least in my version which is the limited beta. Haven't seen it in the gameplay either, it's a single unit or you mean the "officer" in the crew of the gun.

Go to Raptors channel, under search, and search for COH. He has done lots of videos on it

It's a DLC for the game Call to Arms I belive

Don't think so, I guess he plays against AI

I'm sure he has a newer build than what is available for common folk...

I guess he just plays against AI

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront.