4TH FALLSCHIRMJAGER! Steel Division 2 Battlegroup Preview (Tribute to Italy DLC)

[@giubgiubbi3409]

Nice video as always! Para. always stands for "Paracadutisti" (Paratroopers), while Cmnd means "Comando" (command or HQ). If can be interesting, I'll write a little note about the italian SPGs (Semoventes). L, M and P stands for the italian classification of tanks, so Light (Leggero), Medium (Medio) and Heavy (Pesante). Then the names decided for italian tanks during ww2, had their weight together with the year of creation of the tank. So, for example, the iconic "M13/40" was a medium tank with 13 tonnes of weight, created or built from 1940. When Italy started to create its own versions of tank hunters, SPGs or armored artillery tanks, was added a new rule for tank names. These tanks had the letter (L, M or P) and the year that their base hull was created, plus the name of the gun. So, for example, the "Semovente M42 da 75/18" was based on M15/42 hull (M42) and was armed with the 75/18 artillery piece (75mm of diameter, 18 cal.). The reason why there is the M43, but never has been created a model of medium tank in 1943 that entered in service, is that the M43 hull was a modified M42 hull, mainly enlarged to mount bigger guns. The words Stug, Psw, and (i) letter we all know was simply added by Germany to their captured Italian combact vehicles. It should be added then also to the recon vehicle AS.42, that misses a dot in the name, that should be A.S.42 (If someone of Eugene reads this :P ). Sorry for the poem, or thanks to anyone who could find this useful or interesting.

[@Galvars]

Autoblindo Lince (here as PSW Lince 202(i)) was not captured Lynx but copy of Dingo that was manufactured in Italy.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Oh, interesting. Good to know, thanks!

[@janord3123]

23:13 that moment when you have more cards than slots to put em into

[@VulcanHDGaming]

They do this quite often to represent the realistic amount of units that would have been available.

[@Kubbbbek]

AS.42 would also serve as an AA asset for early-mid game

[@joelm5509]

Interesting division in a way. It's like 1st Fallschirmjäger with different infantry options and with Panther A. Also that Elefant is a nice touch too. Too bad GOG doesnt sell the DLC yet, no idea why not since I'd buy it right away :/

[@steffent.6477]

What 88mm Flak is the 41? It looks like the famouse 18/36/37. The Flak 41 was a new development, looked different and was produced in very few numbers.

[@StacheMan26]

The "Flak 41" simply being a Flak 36 with the gunshield fitted has been a thing since SD:N44, unfortunately. Don't ask me why they chose to call the slightly more resilient towed 88mm variant specifically the 41 instead of something like "Flak 36 (shielded)", nor why it has yet to be corrected. Especially so since they normalized the strength of the unshielded Flak 36 and shielded "Flak 41" for SD2.

[@erloriel]

Also at 21:15 the NAG can't support infantry, because - for the same reason as the Möbelwagen - it can't target ground targets (which makes no sense).

[@steffent.6477]

It can't get the gun down enough.

[@TomCouger]

@@steffent.6477 The Breda AA guns have ap ammo...

[@steffent.6477]

@@TomCouger Vehicles are higher than infantry. If the gun would be on the ground it could shoot infantry but the truck raises it too high. Probably. AA guns usually have no gun depression. Shooting most vehicles should be possible though.

[@erloriel]

@@steffent.6477 Almost every AA is also designed to engage ground targets. The Möbelwagen is designed to be able to do so and there is documentation of it using that capability. If you look at the NAG, the gun is sufficiently high to allow it to shoot over the sides and the 37mm could be lowered enough to engage ground targets (at -8°). As such, both guns lacking this ability is very odd. If you want to argue that it can't shoot over the frontal arc, then that is correct, but the G15 GCMC has a similar layout and can engage ground targets. So it is either another oversight by Eugen or just a balancing decision.

[@matthieubrevet4717]

That's been fixed. As of tomorrow, Flak 43 will fire on the ground too. ;)

[@theodorechill]

24:26 - AA always force radio planes off. Can you do corrected shot once the radio is in range and the barrage will remain tight grouped after the radio left the area since it's already called or does the barrage require radio the entire volley?

[@JohnnyCash101]

I think a lot of decks have stopped using the ptrs and ptrd cards for beefier AT assets and the new mechanized assets are going to make players reconsider taking them back to break down some of those new unique units

[@VulcanHDGaming]

I think in 1v1s for sure, maybe not so much in team games.

[@psychzach1588]

Why would they give only 300 bullets to the Commander MG Tank? At least give them 2500-5k rounds. Sheesh.

[@simonisenberg4516]

Oooh, I want to see this one in action.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Will be fun to try them out this Thursday on stream with everyone!

[@scotishwolfe1]

Should check out the updated Regiments playtest. They added 2 new factions and skirmish mode.

[@TheKerberos84]

Question: Have you used the 45mm Mortar in an Urban Environment yet? I could imagine they could be useful in this specific place. Because of the indirect fire capability.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Yeah they can be useful in those situations. In forests too. They are just very micro intensive and often there are other better options.

[@redletter45]

Excited for the Mario Bros

[@steffent.6477]

K18 17cm is a cannon not a howitzer ^^

[@Cherb123456]

Thank you!

[@VulcanHDGaming]

You're welcome!

[@JoeWanni]

Is this division really gonna be playable in 1v1 considering the really slow infantry transportation?

[@nopenope8089]

There was a patch or something shortly after the release of the 1st FJ that nerfed their transport speed (they have the same SPA 38 trucks). However, the speed was improved in a hotfix a short while later. I'm hoping that something similar happens here because you are right, they are tough to play at the moment.

[@erloriel]

Slightly amused that I seem to catch your vids, the moment they launch (no bell or anything activated). Great reviews, but the more I see about the content, the less I care about this DLC.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

You are subconsciously in tune with my schedule now. >:)

[@erloriel]

@@VulcanHDGaming It was so weird! Was just bored and refreshed KZbin and blammo! Also I really adore your calm, concise analysis of the units. And your pronunciations are always amusing (especially because I would fail even harder).

[@helpinghelper4151]

Any idea how much it will cost?

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Not yet, but probably similar to the other Tribute DLC.

[@sophictv777]

Will Eugen keep updating and creating content for SD2 or Are they going to work on Warno for now on? @VulcanHDGaming

[@FrostRare]

Will THIS game prepare me to play Warno? Just bought it yesterday By the way, this comment is merely a preliminary comment and if we discover any problems with it please remember that all language herein is, of course, “subject to change”

[@VulcanHDGaming]

It will help for sure but the pace is very different with Steel Division being much slower.

[@FrostRare]

@@VulcanHDGaming thanks man. Know that im busting your balls with the whole “subject to change” thing. I watch all ur videos the minute they get dropped and you convinced me to buy both this game and warno. I supp you on ptrn as well so im a huge fan. If my tone comes off as trolly, know it’s not lmao 🤣

[@MikeyRumi180]

4th was mostly german with just a few Italian para Battalions at most. For the developer to imply like it was half is overstating things. just saying...

[@joeyanderson2612]

Vulcan let's play some WARNO?!?!

[@VulcanHDGaming]

I'll be playing WARNO on my Twitch stream this evening at 8pm.

[@joeyanderson2612]

@@VulcanHDGaming word. PST??

[@fenriders7008]

@@joeyanderson2612 British CC, so probably GMT.

[@jamieanglosaxon3197]

Why would a tiger struggle against other heavy tanks. ???