AT Infantry Weak Against M26 Pershing

[samuelch]

I have just discovered that AT infantries don't have any bonus to M26 Pershing. Is it intended?

[Stratego (dev)]

yes, i read that AT infantry had absolutely no effect on heavy tanks - so it is intentional.

[Alpha]

its true, only effective against light and medium tanks.

[Dagravian]

Only good against light vehicles*
They are not viable imo, they get killed when attacking the medium tanks and they don't do a significant dmg on them...
I was making some tests with AT infantry to check how many would be need to kill a single vehicle alone (around 10 range betwen them) and reached this result:

Artys and AT-Guns:
Got wiped b4 even get close... But useful if you manage to reach them (that don't happen on real matches... So not viable...)

Tank destroyers:
Questionable eficience. They have a good chance on open areas (tiles without obstacles), but get blasted on forest/swamp tiles due speed and the TD's range...

Light tanks/vehicles and AA-Guns:
Works well as expected against all.

Medium tanks:

1 Sherman vs 6 AT teams, 2 deaths - 3 shoots to kill the tank
1 Pz. III vs 6 AT teams, 3 deaths - 4 shoots to kill the tank
1 T-34 vs 6 AT teams, 3 deaths - 4 shoots to kill the tank
1 Panther vs 8 AT teams, 5 deaths - 6 shoots to kill the tank

Heavy tanks:
Got slaughtered... So no good results...

I guess it will be better to re-name them as Suicide infantry...

[Stratego (dev)]

ok, we can enhance them against them, suggest exact bonus value changes - thanks

[Dagravian]

The counter attack from the tanks is massively strong against them.. So i tought in 3 ways to fix that problem...

Reduce the tank counter attack damage against them when attacking (enough to don't be a suicidal attack, maybe -75% counter attack damage) or remove it completely.

Or

Increase their range by 1 or 2 (in overall 1 range higher than the combat tanks (light, medium and heavys) so they could not suffer with the counter attack dmg).

Or

Boost their damage 2x or 3x. (if they are intended to suicide when attacking the tanks, at least they can be more eficient on that).