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Guard Motor Coordination Tactics
Guard Armies were issued better weapons like the improved T-34/85 with its more potent gun and heavy 120mm mortar. Improved training and knowledge allows crews to repair their own vehicles.
Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics
Deploy Guard Rifle Infantry to the battlefield who are supported by IL-2 aircraft, KV-1 heavy tanks, and 152mm howitzers that pulverize enemy positions. Should the attack falter, pull back to defenses constructed by Engineers that can slow the enemy's advance.
NKVD Rifle Disruption Tactics
Use the intel gathering capabilities of the army within an army; NKVD code breakers can track enemy orders while a Commissar can oversee frontline operations and inspire nearby troops.
Shock Motor Heavy Tactics
Shock armies are equipped with heavy breakthrough weapons; durable Shock Troops and ISU-152 heavy assault guns can break enemy lines while special training helps identify enemy tanks. Request IL-2s to neutralize pockets of infantry.
Shock Rifle Frontline Tactics
Engage enemy heavy tanks and troops; IS-2 Heavy Tanks and KV-8 flamethrowers can engage heavily defended locations along with sub machine gun armed Shock Troops. Aggressive action is backstopped by camouflage anti-tank guns.
Conscripts Support Tactics
Build strategies around your core conscript soldiers; more effectively trained and heavily armed conscripts are resilient under MG fire, can repair supporting heavy armor, and will have their losses in combat replaced.
Armored Assault Tactics
Heavy and mobile armored warfare; mix the power of the IS-2 Heavy Tank with the mobility of the T-34/85 for armored versatility. Air power can destroy enemy forces identified arriving on the battlefield.
Mechanized Support Tactics
Support armored operations; Guards Troops and camouflaged anti-tank guns can screen the flanks of armored columns while IL-2 ground attack aircraft strafe ground troops. Deliver the final blow with heavy assault guns to neutralize fortifications and hard targets from afar.
Terror Tactics
Use fear to force the enemy back. Airborne troops can emerge from buildings to ambush enemies, propaganda strikes can sap the enemy's will to fight, while howitzers shell their positions from afar. Finish them off with KV-8s and IL-2 bomb strikes that can shatter enemy lines.
Anti-Infantry Tactics
Kill or drive off your enemy’s vital infantry forces; Assault Guards can provide support against an array of foes while artillery and the fearsome flamethrower equipped KV-8 are terribly effective against infantry.
Soviet Shock Army
Shock armies were equipped to punch holes in enemy lines to allow for a breakthrough. Use Shock Troops, 120mm Mortars and Artillery to break enemy lines to allow T34/85s to push through. Armored counterattacks can be detected by infantry to allow tanks to maneuver in response.
Soviet Combined Arms Army
Soviet Armies promoted a doctrine of supporting combat arms - elite infantry, air corps reconnaissance and bombing, divisional artillery,and armored divisions created versatile forces.
Soviet Reserve Army
Constituted to replace massive losses suffered during the first months of the war, the Reserve Army can quickly replace combat losses. Being supported by both artillery, sub-machine guns and officers infantry, push the enemy back with an infantry orientated strategy.
Counterattack Tactics
This doctrine allows you to strike back at the enemy with overwhelming firepower. Use a recon plane to pinpoint the enemy weak-points before attacking with the combined firepower of assault infantry, heavy tanks and the B-4 203mm super heavy artillery.
Urban Defense Tactics
Focused on defending dense urban centers with extreme resilience, this doctrine offers additional means to fight in tight spaces. Forward Headquarters will offer a frontline staging ground to support nearby troops, while traps and incendiary artillery slow the enemy advance.
Partisan Tactics
The Soviet armed forces coordinate with local partisan groups to improve operations behind enemy lines. Utilize unique Partisan squads to harass the enemy and take out key targets, while local spies and the soviet air force provide information on enemy movement.
Soviet Industry Tactics
Use the might of the Soviet Union’s vast industries to overwhelm the enemy with vehicles. Support your tanks with advanced repair stations and repair crews before crushing the enemy with the formidable Kliment Voroshilov KV-2 Heavy Assault Tank.
Not One Step Back Tactics
Defend the Motherland at all costs. This doctrine provides a number of abilities that give access to more units and improve the defense of existing units, while making it more difficult to withdraw.
Tank Hunter Tactics
Disable enemy tanks and armored vehicles more easily with a variety of upgrades and abilities to support existing AT options. B-4 203mm Howitzers can shell the enemy from afar and when that fails IL-2 planes can deliver a devastating anti-tank bombing run.
Defensive Tactics (Community)
This doctrine provides additional defensive gameplay options. Additional structures can be used to slow the advance of the enemy, while the advanced DShK machinegun and light M-42 AT gun provide valuable fire support.
Advanced Warfare Tactics
Gain vital intelligence and exploit enemy movements with PPSH equipped conscripts and the most powerful incarnation of the vaunted T-34 tank armed with a hard hitting 85mm cannon.
Lend Lease Tactics
Taking the weapons from the Western Powers and combine them with Soviet tenacity to form a formidable force. Boost resource production with supply trucks, and then overwhelm the enemy with imported Sherman tanks.
Guard Motor Coordination Tactics - VonIvan Edition
Guard Armies were issued better weapons like the improved T-34/85 with its more potent gun and heavy 120mm mortar. Improved training and knowledge allows crews to repair their own vehicles.
Airborne Troops Tactics
Employ VDV airbourne tactics to supply infantry, paradrop elite guards troops, establish forward postions, and call in devastating air support.
Commander data extracted from the game on 10th September 2021