What are Space marines? short

This video quickly answers the question "What are space marines in Hearts of Iron 4?"
Game: Hearts of Iron 4
Hearts of Iron 4 is a 4X grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Interactive.
#short #shorts #hoi4

[@noahcook297]

the fucking rule's list is killing me "allies need to be incompetent and always yelling at each other" LMAO

[@Pydgin]

Yeah, I had a lot of fun writing it ;)

[@noahcook297]

@@Pydgin it does feel like that in most MP games nowadays. these kids cant handle a bit of trolling now. cant have shit in detroit

[@ultimategotea]

@@noahcook297 when you lose north africa because italy wasn't garrisoning algiers, you learn why people yell

[@mrgopnik5964]

Too easy otherwise XD

[@eli-mi3mh]

Bo in a nutshell lol

[@BlockMaster10101]

"If d-day is successful and the allies get past the siegfried line host needs to alt+f4 and call the allies cheaters in discord after the game" Wow does that really happen?

[@Pydgin]

Those "rules" were just a bit of a joke. It depends on who you play with though. It's like any game there will always be the occasional rage quitter.

[@BlockMaster10101]

@@Pydgin Ah ok

[@jcrosenkreuz5213]

Them's the rules, happenned in OTL as well although said player alt-f4'd a little later

[@someloser6041]

I was once accused of cheating while playing in a non-hist game. For reference I was hosting and it was just after La Resistance released, naturally I was Germany (as I couldn't trust that not to happen) and because it was a new dlc I decided I would use a very minimal ruleset. Austria-Hungary formed, but you see there was a nice little issue. In the dawn of 1940 it was revealed that France, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Soviets were friends and they allied eachother. Now, back in the day I would do the certifiable hood classic no planes, infantry spam (then full tank focus Germany). This meant my strat was essentially starting in 36 I would build nothing but Infantry Equipment, Light Tanks (Veterancy gained in China and Spain really does the work and it was determined by Width, so you could convert the light tanks to Mediums or heavies without losing it). I would usually be on Service By Requirement with the sheer amount of meatballs I would have by war start. Now, with that background in mind naturally, like a good German, I decided the most natura course of action. Completely abandon all hope of holding anywhere in the Eastern borders and instead retreat to the rivers near Berlin (to quote Wilhelm it would shame me more to lose Qingdao to the Japanese than Berlin to the Russians) and settle down for trench warfare until my tanks were ready to go. Blasted Austria and Italy's assws with SPGs (Britain allied me and convoy escorted so I could trade) but the Frenchies just refused to break because air scary so naturally I gave up and proceeded to Blitz the Russians instead. It took until 1944 for the glorious victory. They were malding, streamed going into the save and everything. Truly my finest HOI4 gamer moment.

[@xano2921]

@@someloser6041 lol

[@name-yn6vu]

The virgin "Noo you can't use superior division templates this is literally unplayable" vs the chad "another 300k casualty push against a minmaxxer? Splendid."

[@jeremiahevans4175]

*1b casualty push

[@jackko90MI]

@Omar Khurshid AND...???

[@meganixi5282]

@Omar Khurshid What happened after'?? We must know

[@meganixi5282]

@Omar Khurshid Glorious.

[@mikkel066h]

300k casualties? That was just the scouting party. Send in another million to take that town. “Some commissar probably”

[@captainkeyes1523]

You all think it’s a joke, but that list of rules is what Bokoen1 actually uses

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Real.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

“Swimmy, the Eastern Front is collapsing” “No.”

[@louisnall3102]

If you do this as a Japan Player, you get to also say “For the Emperor!”

[@baronbrummbar8691]

considering the Warhammer Empire is the HRE i would go with german players

[@XpVersusVista]

@@baronbrummbar8691 you aren't the brightest bulp in the room it seems xD Japan because Japan had a legit *emperor* at that time. Hitler was Reichskanzler, not Emperor.

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@XpVersusVista ............................

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@XpVersusVista i sayd HRE ------ Holy Roman Empire ---- witch was always an empire

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@XpVersusVista also hitlers offical title was "Führer von Deutschland" the latin translation of führen is Imperi --- making him the Imperator / Emperor - Kaiser is just the old german prenouncation for Ceasar

[@tagus100]

So If I have a Light Armoured Recon support company, with armour greater than 20, then hardly any of the enemy AI can pierce it and therefore, the entirey of my division loses 50% less org and takes 50% less damage, whereas the enemy takes 50% more damage? 730 hours in the game and I never knew of this.

[@dragonfire7354]

Its my experience the enemy actually usually does invest in Anti-Tank or Anti-Air, at least while playing as Germany.

[@Pydgin]

yeah, if they can't be pierced you take 50% less org/hp damage. The enemy infantry won't be able to push you off a tile as easily. In '36 the AI's inf piercing is around 4. '39 it's around 9. By '43 it's usually 20. The AI does sometimes build AT and AA but it's usually support AA. Germany builds tanks and those be able to pierce you. Also you only do 50% more org damage when attacking and piercing an armored division.

[@name-yn6vu]

Tbf, I recommend heavy tanks instead, they give you a bit more leeway with the enemy's piercing (at least that's the way I invented them, before I learned about the meta)

[@ebrimajallow9631]

Am a new player, am so glad I learned this

[@DeafLord18]

I almost always include antitank so no idea if people I played online used this. Not a bad way to use light tanks in the late game. Assuming you can afford it oil wise.

[@KaidenOZ]

god forbid people actually have to invest in recon or spys and get an idea of what your enemy is building before going to war! what underhanded and cheaterish behavior! BAN THEM

[@Pydgin]

Gotta research spies to know who to ban. **taps head**

[@sonk944]

Spies take civs not worth

[@TouhouFan]

@MikeProductions1000 Not so more after the NSB dlc If you have more recon in your units, the general can pick a counter in the battle I dont know the full details, but, a lot of times i won under-equipped as Poland vs Soviets just because the tactics of the generals

[@Mikey12396]

@@TouhouFan this has always been the case lmao

[@TouhouFan]

@@Mikey12396 But before was more about stats and less about tactics Now its 50/50 For me i feel that way

[@gorgeousbam8681]

never could figure these things out myself as to what they were, just sounded like they were op, now i finally understand what space marines actually are!

[@Oxley016]

The term refers to the space marines/astartes from Warhammer 40k which are huge super human warriors basically wearing a heavy tank for an armoured suit and have super op guns. The term is used in a lot of games, particularly HoI 4 and EU4 when referring to super op units/armies.

[@rory8182]

Space Marines are just standard combined warfare

[@fbihorse]

Isn’t an armor unit escorting several infantry units like the most realistic division you can make?

[@chrispepper121]

Yeap, i even added combat support like anti tank, AA, rocket arty and arty after adding infantry and armored, basically modern infantry division kind of organization

[@clusterfuck7375]

Yes, but the game doesnt understand it that way it treats the armour value added by a tank as simply "inf has armour value now" and since tanks are so heavily favored in hoi4 inf with armour just breaks the game, i should also add that anti tank is useless for some reason.

[@SquooshyCatboy]

the counter: anti-tank support company

[@Flupenius]

Fantastic rules list, you forgot to mention how the soviet player needs to go afk for 1 and a half years after barbarossa is started in order to appease the host germany fanboy player

[@Pydgin]

That or hold the marshes for too long and get 100 divisions circled. Either works ;)

[@kortans_]

ahah this rule-set you made is awesome cant wait to learn about the vtuber hoi4 meta now

[@Pydgin]

I didn't make these ;) they're totally a real and legit mp ruleset.

[@starleigh6680]

Dshakey is the vtuber hoi4 meta

[@MyFunnyVids888]

Damn guys its almost like using infantry to support tanks is a real life effective tactic that most countries learned in ww2 Edit: stumbled across this vid again and didnt expect to see so many likes and comments. Thats cool

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

WWI, in WWII they were found to be redundant, costly for what they provided, and far better to just design one tank that could do both roles.

[@XpVersusVista]

@@Gustav_Kuriga what are you talking about? nothing you just said makes any sense. In ww2 tanks were always supported by infantry, namely mechanized/motorized infantry/Panzergrenadiere. They are still used today (i was a Panzergrenadier in the austrian army)

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

@@XpVersusVista I confused using infantry to support tanks for an infantry support tank. The former is a must, the latter is outdated British doctrine.

[@pat8437]

Okay so prolly a dumb question and very late, but in this case, wouldn’t the tanks be supporting the infantry?

[@sb6675]

@@pat8437 Yes, that's how I view it. adding armor that makes defending from low pierce regular infantry easier for the rest of the infantry infantry supporting the tanks sounds more like motorized units used to keep up and hold lines as tanks break through them

[@AtomicueYT]

The fact those are banned is hilarious, guess the neckbeard 8,000 hours in game kids cant handle superior division making

[@Freaky_Lemonade]

No if you’ve played multiplayer it’s just generally tedious to deal with Soave marine Divisions, recon tanks are easy since basic anti air can put up a fight but if you start spamming medium tanks in the division it just becomes a race to who can keep producing faster while literally every other template in the game becomes useless

[@AtomicueYT]

@@Freaky_Lemonade boo hoo. Superior division making. Get good.

[@deezboyeed6764]

Sure buddy sure, its not like people banned it because its a boring meta. But we get it your one of those people who wants see every match go the ssame way.​@AtomicueYT

[@AtomicueYT]

@@deezboyeed6764 no, it’s just neckbeards like you wail and cry too much. Get good.

[@IslamicGoku]

It's so against the house KZbin style to get to the point and immediately end a video. I don't think I've seen any other channels-- including outside of gaming-- do that. It's very refreshing.

[@Pydgin]

I totally agree! We all know to like, comment and subscribe, no need to say it every video. I don't care about your plans for future videos, no need to sign off. It's all just padding to get that watch time up.

[@linkly9272]

kliksphilip has done that with shorts before. other than that though i cannot think of a single other person aside from Pydgin lol

[@XpVersusVista]

@@Pydgin hey Pydgin i truly enjoy your videos and subscribed. However, should you at any point start padding your videos, or god forbid start fucking telling me about raid shadow legends, nordVPN or skillshare i will unsubscribe faster than a french man can wave a white flag.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

I’ve seen a few do it, but not many. Props to Pydgin for bucking the tired old status-quo!

[@moa9188]

The emperor knows no bounds!!

[@Sigma-xb6kn]

You would guess countering strong units instead of complaining about and banning them would be more interesting for the meta and create fun counter-play, but

[@Pydgin]

Woah now! That's too logical. It's easier just to make a rule against them.

[@delge1554]

Literally a support anti-tank is all you need

[@johanrosenberg6342]

I've heard that the issue then is that the game just devolves into boring trench warfare. But I can't confirm because I only play SP.

[@lafox2833]

@@delge1554 but that's way to difficult you have to produce a couple then add them to your support template.... way to difficult for the average hoi4 multiplayer player

[@samphillips8188]

In the past they were not fun to play against because the counter was more Space Marines. They nerfed them but a lot of these rules are just legacy from that. Space Marines are just some cookie cutter division. They aren’t fun to play against and no one becomes creative with their units if you allow them.

[@ursosexmachina]

You know you have no skill when you gotta resort to banning a strat instead of figuring out a way to combat it in multiplayer

[@thunderedsun203]

who remembers to build anti tank 💀

[@terranova_ca]

​@@thunderedsun203 Players who've been on the receiving end of space marines.

[@jimmyprince6172]

Rule 7 is a legitimate multiplayer rule we must all abide by

[@Pydgin]

breaking rule 7 will get you uninvited to the next LAN.

[@TheDane16]

"get off my ship space marine!"-ork warboss grimskull

[@redragon1990]

Gonna need two cups for this amount of heresy

[@rafaelcrespo9465]

Brother get the flamer…. THE HEAVY FLAMER…

[@username-jw7kp]

And it's even better in single player since the AI ussualy only uses infantry

[@versiak099]

i realy like your videos, it helps a lot.

[@Pydgin]

Glad to help!

[@Blythe985]

"Nations with default tree's cannot use kamikaze attacks unless they are a Vtuber" What the hell happened here?

[@riccardocarretta3308]

I swear I knew it was a reference to Warhammer 40k but I never understood why they were called like that. This video freed me from a burden I didn't know I was carrying and you don't know how thankful I am

[@Oxley016]

Just because the divisions are super op just like the space marines from 40k xD

[@ragefacememeaholic5366]

I thought interwar light flamethrower tank companies were the best for space marines. Because of the cost.

[@JustAPintOfMilk]

jesus mate i didnt expect you to make a video about this so quickly after i asked you. Thanks, love your content.

[@Pydgin]

No worries! I already had it written/recorded figured it was a good time to edit it since you asked :)

[@0sm1um76]

Something I've noticed is old reddit threads, people seemed to think Space Marines templates involve actual marine special forces batallions. I can only assume that misconception happened because HOI4 players don't know what Warhammer 40k is and perhaps concepts like armor and piercing weren't as well understood by the community.

[@ticklezcat5191]

It's actually from when there was no special forces cap, marines/mountaineers have better stats than infantry, so they were commonly used in super-divisions at the time.

[@0sm1um76]

@@ticklezcat5191 LOL that makes sense. I started playing a bit before MTG

[@mainman879]

Way back in the day the only downside to spamming tons of marines was that they required a bit extra infantry equipment if I remember correctly. They had better stats, benefited from spec ops research and advisors, and had better terrain modifiers. Spec ops force cap was added pretty early on, but the old days of marines only were pretty funny. Armored divisions in infantry used to be even stronger as well because hardness was determined by the hardest division instead of an average like today.

[@grandengineernathan]

I play equestria at war in which there are actual space marines, so yes I expected space marines

[@TheArklyte]

1)they know what space marines aka Astartes aka discount Starship Troopers are; 2)in old versions of the game there was no special forces limit. So default ones indeed used marines because they had slightly higher org then normal and were better at crossing rivers and fighting in swamps.

[@vverbov22]

Yeah but tanks cost a shit ton. My mass assault brain cannot comprehend putting something else than infantry into my divs

[@King1Z7]

Well, a well designed tank in a space marine template will only cost around 8 production, possibly less if needed, which is not that expensive and therefore quite affordable

[@clinicallystupid1505]

By the emporer, I've just heard some HERESY!!!! 😂

[@d_all_in]

I spent so much time researching templates and reading about space marines and this video explained it better than all of that in 2 minutes. Great channel.

[@Pydgin]

Glad I could help. I personally struggled when I first bought this game, I make the tutorials I wish I had.

[@johntaylor7029]

As a guy who enjoys Italian singer player, finding a way to cheese light tanks is essential

[@nobodythenothingian]

"Which can be anywhere 1 to 20" Meanwhile my 100 armor supermarine divisions: Am I a joke to you?

[@timhand3380]

AA in any template basically negates space Marines.

[@Pydgin]

woah now! Get out of here with your facts and logic ;)

[@alexandrutheodorbileca4266]

Also shoots down planes. Also that, no one lands with no air.

[@TheBusbyBabes]

What? Why?

[@hifreindso696]

I made a variation of this in my most recent playthrough. Played as democratic germany. My armys are base calvalry, and my infintry are 9 soldiers one artillery and one heavy tank. They bulldoze troops and defend like a wall. (No dlc)

[@hugofavier1892]

Basically the french doctrine during the war

[@jaffy9939]

This seems like it wouldnt feel like cheesing to me in all honesty It makes sense to have infantry be supported by armored elements, in my head anyway

[@Tyrrituil]

Its cheating to force me to have to counter you with anti-tank :(

[@jozopako]

Cavalry doesn't apply for space marines and also support companies doesn't apply. You are free to make these divisions in most of competetive multiplayer games.

[@presenttomato1060]

weren't tanks originally used alongside infantry in world war 1 as some kind of infantry support? THEY USED SPACE MARINES IN REAL LIFE??????

[@Pydgin]

Yeah, in all conflicts they have needed need some kind of infantry, but at least in hoi4 motorize and mech are kinda the same thing as leg infantry they can just move quicker.

[@presenttomato1060]

@@Pydgin Yeah, I guess the way Paradox represents this is with division organisation.

[@baronbrummbar8691]

WW1 tanks where mostly propaganda ----- they where so slow that they just got vaporized by artillery

[@unclemestor]

Ah yes, the anime v-tuber exception. Fought long and hard for that rule.

[@haulperrel2547]

im old enough to remember when space marines actually used marines

[@ostrichhe4d]

I have 1000 hours on hoi4 and never heard of these, thanks.

[@handlesarecringe957]

Other thing to take into consideration is breakthrough, which is why heavy tanks are common in Space Marines templates. If you have a lot of SF cap like the Soviets or China, you can also straight up make your Space Marines actual marines for the extra org and breakthrough.

[@SmoofyTripp]

One of the rules is that you're not allowed to be better than Dankus

[@Zaxstronemi]

The Emperor Protects.

[@TheJemShuffle]

The people who made these rules have no idea what "All is fair in love and war" means

[@therealgaben5527]

People do host no rule games, but there is a reason why people don’t play them. It’s not very fun playing Germany and having a France player who declares war on you Rhineland to fuck you over. Also there are things in the game which you can do that just don’t make sense, like a historical usa being able to join the war against Germany even before France falls.

[@King1Z7]

​@@therealgaben5527wanting to keep it realistic and therefore having some rules is alright, however, banning space marines goes against this realism, since infantry units being accompanied by tanks was a common idea

[@liquidsnake6879]

Imagine banning a template because you're too incompetent to deal with it in MP lol there is no cheese, IRL if an infantry division has tanks and the other only has infantry, the one that's all infantry is gonna get rekt by the one that has even one tank brigade unless ofc they have bazookas but without bazookas the tanks are unopposed, it's not something cheesy at all it's just a good template and it's actually how many tank divisions work irl Just rush AT II and you've beaten Space Marines lol

[@aguy3664]

space marines where a big problem pre NSB when heavy tanks where unpierceable you would add heavy tank destroyer and look at that you can pierce heavy tanks

[@nahuelleandroarroyo]

Space marines were very broken, a major with heavy industry would delete amything that looked slighlty as infantry, piercing used to work as a all or nothing and armour was a value that came from the strongest batallion, it was less weighted that it currently is

[@felipescheuermann1736]

Ive used 20 width being 9 inf and a single heavy tank... never knew it was considered "space marines"😂

[@andrewhoppas7984]

“12 - Die hard is a Christmas movie” 😂😂

[@ertrick3693]

Armor stat is why I *love* putting light tank recon on my fighting infantry templates lately. Stick that recon on there as well as cheap flame tanks, support AA and arty, and either a single brigade of artillery or of AA, along with enough infantry to turn it into a 27-wide template, and it's going to smash basically any dumb thing the vanilla AI makes.

[@hatchmaster_5745]

It's just a good idea, that's genuinely just what militaries do

[@theapexdragon5010]

I didnt know this was a specific thing, i always put armored recom with them.

[@fireiron369]

My server doesn’t ban Space Marines either because they are so ludicrously easy to counter

[@Cattoman-]

I heard you say space marines and I immediately thought that super inhuman soldiers from the 40th millennium had not made it to hoi4

[@ArsunGalm1]

A like to make AA tanks cause their armor stat don’t change and it’s becomes a nice bonus against enemy airforce

[@rekire___]

There is one rules in single player, the rules is there is no rules

[@killawhale8726]

I find that heavy TDs on soviet infantry works very nicely.

[@Pydgin]

hey, if it works for you, it works. I ain't going to judge :D

[@monchamonchi7204]

For Hearts of Iron II: The Darkest Hour, most of major countries did sent an space astronauts to outside Earth from 1960s.

[@ESG1]

You had me at "Short"

[@Pydgin]

Sometimes I make long videos that are over 2 minutes. ;)

[@ESG1]

Make a second channel for playthroughs. I think there is a button under your youtube studio.

[@Anty2004]

Never played with space marines in single player. The division templates are already powerful enough

[@mrgopnik5964]

Don't forget that France isn't allowed to deny Rhineland

[@DrillTheThirdHole]

“Muh OP division” bro just build some tank destroyers

[@mrscsi6472]

funnily enough this is basically how the ifv came to be invented. an ifv is basically an apc that can act like a tank when needed. normally an apc just drops the troops off and leaves, but an ifv sticks around and provides fire support with its 20mm gun

[@regret7548]

It’s all fun and games until one of them start staying “For the Emperor!!!”

[@Probably_Talhah]

Never knew my infantry division was a space marine division, i always added a tank to my infantry divisions.

[@ArcticWolf26]

One year later and a single God damn light tank in a 9 infantry template will let me out dps Germany and only holds because of death stacking

[@grandengineernathan]

chads play with actual space marines in equestria at war

[@noobsworld4217]

Suffer not the heretic? Suffer not the xenos? FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@kovacs81gabor]

I personally love using armored recon for ANY division early game

[@danielgloyd4529]

That rule set was amazing. I feel bad for those that don't pause to actually read them all. 11.25/10 would use this rule set for my MP games.

[@ddarkon1223]

Space marines are literally the example of combined arms warfare A necessity

[@The_Iron_Storyteller]

FOR THE EMPEROR

[@genericviewer9673]

You can't stop me. WE MARCH FOR MACRAGGE!!!!

[@kevinisnotscargaming7296]

"Die Hard is a Christmas movie" I'm glad I took the time to read the list because it made me laugh for every rule 🤣

[@saigitsjevstignejevs8]

This has been my standart infantry template for the past year, plus arty sometimes if i feel like it, didnt know it was called a spacemarine division

[@shaggybottomtext8363]

Germany main here, little adjustment for the axis rules. Germany is only allowed to produce tigers, anything else will result in ban

[@weedwhacker287]

“Romania can only lend lease Germany if they say ‘pwetty pwease’” that one fuckin sent me for some reason

[@sora64444]

I don't really get why they get banned, just slap some at in your infantry and call it a day, at it's cheaper than tanks so it's not like you have to invest that much to counter it

[@samphillips8188]

Legacy from when it was very strong and not fun to play against. It would just be everyone using Space Marines. No creativity

[@eetuthescrub1206]

Back in my day, space marines WERE marines since before the special forces cap

[@Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz]

Why Space Marines tough. Its Simply Combined Arms Warfare. It was common Tactic in WW2 to add Tank Units to work together with Infantry Units so that they could take Fire for the Infantry and therefore massively Reduce losses of the Infantry. It was one of the Basic Strategies especially in the US where they tried to always have at least a Few Tank with each Infantry Division to give them the Fire and Armor Support.

[@cm01]

good ruleset. I'll have to add some of those to my next game.

[@Pydgin]

Please don't.

[@absolutechad9735]

I would do this on my paratrooper divisions before I knew what space marines were, I’d stick armored recon on them and just cheese away

[@Killabear-en2xq]

The multi-player rule list tho😂 Italy can't garrison ports in Europe? Tf

[@casusincorrabilis1584]

The explanation of why spacemarines are so "stronk" is a bit wrong. They don't take half damage, they actually take MINIMUM 50% less damage, but actually up to 80 % less damage, depending on the attack to defense ratio if they aren't pierced. And they also inflict extra org damage.

[@Pydgin]

I'd love to be proved wrong but piercing is binary and doesn't scale. Attack to defense ratio applies regardless if the division is pierced or not. Are you maybe referring to the piercing change that was mentioned in a devblog and supposed to come with NSB but was cancelled?

[@casusincorrabilis1584]

@@Pydgin No, it's about how damage is calculated. If for example with piercing the target you have 2 x the targets defence in attack, the 50 % reduction in your attack would result in the target taking only 20 % of the damage it would take if pierced. I speak of effective damage inflicted. It's a weird mechanic but yeah depending on the ratio between attack and defence it can change between 50% and 80%. 50 % for atk < defence. growing to 80 % until atk = 2 * defence and then declining again until 50 % in infinity... Yeah it's weird but that's how it effectively works.

[@mxcokoko]

light tank recon and light tank flamers with dozer blades are peak meme marines

[@PolishPsycho2704]

I have one question: why that template is called space marines?

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

warhammer 40000

[@2000_bms]

In Warhammer 40k, Space Marines are basically Hulk-sized genetically-enhanced super soldiers that wear huge suits of armor basically making them into a human tank. The connection to HOI4 is that Space Marine templates are majority infantry divisions with enough added bonuses from the inclusion of armor that they perform much better on average when fighting a normal infantry template that is equal in all other aspects.

[@PolishPsycho2704]

@@2000_bms thanks

[@mr.magnificent3237]

@@PolishPsycho2704 it's also because they used to contain actual marines instead of infantry before there was a special forces cap. The name just stuck...

[@symphony_in_152mm2]

[*spits coffee*] hold the fekking phone, so my "Infantry tank" variant of infantry divisions where I give them a single battalion of heavy tanks with a howitzers is actually a "Space marine" template?

[@Squantanamo]

I'm just imagining hitler calling the british cheaters for using infantry tanks in real life.

[@shugokopuffs3197]

Normandy broke before the Guard did!

[@pinkbaron3602]

My friends and I used to do this, but with flamethrower HEAVY tanks, and paratroopers. Needless to say that wasnt fun

[@buttwheat]

Fine, armored horse soldiers. Calv with one light tank.

[@Pydgin]

That's when they inform you that cav and tanks is against the rules so you make camel tanks. *taps head*

[@kilianfirebolt]

Space marines are less of a problem since partial piercing is a thing, the biggest 2 mp historical servers are thinking of allowing them

[@Cheezymuffin.]

The funny thing is, thst historically about 70% of a nations tankforce was spread out over the infantry, even Germany had this ratio, altough for the invasion of france they concentrated all of their armor in specialised armored divisions. But later in the war the tanks where spread out. The concentrated armor divisions could punch trough enemy defences, while the armor relegated for infantry gave the infantry an enormous advantage in dealing with enemy infantry and armor.

[@warden2794]

I heard space marine and i was like: FOR THE EMPEROR

[@Seriona1]

I didn't even know this was a thing. Before I learned how to play single player correctly, if I was a nation with okay industry, I would throw light tanks with infantry for break throughs.

[@samuellove9619]

Thanks for this guide, ended up using it in a kaissereich Australasian game with medium SPA and light recon. Ended up inflicting a mil in casualties to Japan while only taking >30k losses, (to be fair at least 200k were from convoy raiding)

[@secondlieutenan]

“Romania can only lend lease to Germany if they say “pwetty pwease”” 💀💀💀💀

[@slump2p]

been making my infantry divisions space marines every time i play ig

[@Jaykk02]

Love video’s without added bullshit. Probs to Pydgin!

[@rellikskuppin7417]

Im at almost 300 hours. All co op or single player. What the hell is even any of that? 😂