Artillery Halftrack Regiment aka Arty Mech

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:03 pm

The Artillery Halftrack Regiment is a good counter for all types of infantry, and is good at indirect engagements, by bombarding the enemy for a distance. The Artillery Halftrack Regiment is NOT good at directly engaging AT Mech and Armor, or surviving "getting bombed".

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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:42 am

this thread is very misleading Imho. the reason for this is simple: the need for the arty mech in the first place is very marginal, and only useful for certain countries/situations in the first place.

for example, while the US has the best arty mechs it also has the best AT mechs and no reason whatsoever to get arty mechs whatsoever. sometimes very good players decide to go for arty mechs against a very good Brit player, as the very good Brit players know how to fight mechs with their SAS, so arty mechs in this scenario might be more effective, but only if you really know what you're doing.

otherwise you usually see Jap players use arty mechs, despite them being the worst unit. the thing is that neither mortars nor commandos can really stop snipers/SAS once they reach the critical mass of troops(usually around 8-10, depends on situation though.

while Germany cant really support enough arty mechs quickly enough to be of any real significance against mass snips/SAS, but would otherwise use them too at this stage, Russia and Britain have snips/SAS of their own, which are much good enough against the enemy's snips/SAS, as it is basically a micro war.

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:13 am

Arty mech ftw! All you need is 2 AT mechs and 4-6 Arty mechs to roll anything. Any infantry, including SAS, has no chance vs arty mechs if they are used correctly. Usually the best way is to engage at a distance and have the outside mechs move up as the morale dwindles, then move the rest of your units right into the mob of tired infantry. Pick them off one by one.

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:30 pm

yes i think arty mech are under-used and get a bad reputation due to their vulnerability to bombs.

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:23 pm

They might be vulnerable to a bomb, but a bomb is limited to only one spot. There best way around that is spreading your units. Besides, I believe arty mech are supposed to be spread, spreading the firepower everywhere, decreasing morale on all fronts.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:57 pm

Effective against SAS.