Soviet Reward Unit Review

This is the fourth and last part of my review about the Soviet Union and this review will be about the reward units available from the three Soviet strategy's which is:

1. Propaganda Strategy
2. Urban Combat Strategy
3. Breakthrough Strategy
   

These three doctrines provides the Soviet player with different reward units which i will be reviewing in a short moment and as to not confuse everyone the reward units will be listed down from the first doctrine to the last, so without further ado, let the review begin.

Propaganda Strategy

• BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher AKA "Stalin Organ"

Role:Indirect Fire Support
Squad Size:0
Weapons:132mm M-13 rockets

This weapon is basically a siege weapon and perfect bombing enemy position before sending any Troops or tanks, due to low accuracy of its rockets so it is best used in large groups and the launcher is quiet weak so better make sure that you have a few tanks or infantry squads to protect them.

Urban Combat Strategy

• KV-2 Heavy tank AKA Steamroller

Role:Direct Artillery Support
Squad Size:0
Weapons:152-mm howitzer

The KV-2 is a artillery weapon with a shorter range when compared with conventional artillery but has both the speed to keep up with friendly troops and the armor to withstand attacks from enemy fire where conventional artillery does not have, the tank is best used as a breakthrough tank same as the IS-2 because of its ability to destroy enemy defensive emplacement and it can absorb quiet a lot of punishment but the KV-2 is not design for tank on tank battle so better retreat when enemy tanks arrive on the scene where the KV-2 is present.

• Partisans

Role:Raid and Anti-Infantry
Squad Size:5
Weapons:Three Submachine Guns and Two Bolt action rifles

Freedom Fighters for the soviet union, this squad has both the combination of short range and long range firepower in mind but their best asset is that they can put demolition charges anywhere on the map and can also set booby traps on resource points to prevent the enemy of capturing the point. They are also excellent anti-infantry unit so don't be afraid to send them into groups of enemy infantry.

• Sniper Ace

Role:Sniper Support and Forward Artillery Observer
Squad Size:1
Weapons:One Scoped Semi-Automatic Rifle
Ability:Artillery Strike (Individual squad upgrade)

Hero of the Soviet Union, this unit is one of the most effective anti-infantry units in the game and when placed well, it will tear enemy infantry with deadly accuracy and with the Forward Artillery Observer upgraded, the Sniper Ace can radio in artillery strikes on the enemy just like the sharpshooter team but with the cloak ability available only to him.

Breakthrough Strategy

• T-34 Tank Riders

Role:Anti-tank and Anti-infantry
Squad Size:4
Weapons:76.2mm Gun (not upgraded), 85mm gun (when upgraded) and four Submachine Guns
Ability: Capture points

Basically, a squad of four Guards armed with Submachine Guns mounted on a T-34 medium tank and nothing very special about them just the exception that they can capture resource points.

• Mechanics

Role:Repair and Salvage
Squad Size:4
Weapons: four Pistols
Ability:Salvage

Experts on repairing damaged vehicles and buildings, these men are basically engineers but who are more experience in repairing damaged vehicles so don't expect to use them much because armed with only pistols is not a good idea for combat missions and they can also salvage destroyed vehicles for extra resources.

• ISU-152 AKA the Juggernaut

Role:Anti-tank and anti-building
Squad Size:0
Weapons:152mm Gun-Howitzer

This is one of the few soviet tanks that can go toe to toe with a tiger or even king tiger tank on normal conditions, this tank is also very effective at destroying enemy buildings , the only weakness of this tank is that it reloads quite slow but due to its ability to destroy heavy tanks like the tiger, it was nicknamed the Zveroboy or "Animal Killer" in English.

So this will be the end of my four part review of the Soviet Union for company of heroes Eastern Front and i hope this will serve those people who think this is enjoyable well. Until next time, this is the UnknownRebel signing off.