this is a sequel to the Gizmotron user-mod for Axis and Allies. featuring new types of weather & terrain. new, larger territory maps in skirmish mode. new experience ranks and bonuses (regiments improve up to 2000 exp points). 100+ special ops, new water-based units like cruisers and submarines (with torpedo attacks). nations included are Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Communist China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India (Allied), Indian National Army (Axis), Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Nationalist China, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic (Axis), South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, Yugsolavia, and the Yugoslav Partisans more nations and territories available for WW2 mode, see images for details.
these represent the Guards Anti-Tank Infantry Regiment that is equipped with the Zis-30 anti-tank gun. the other is the SU-100, which has the highest attack value of any tank-unit on the Soviet side.
Poor ISU-152. It is now so forgotten...
LOL. no, it's not forgotten.
the ISU-152 is easily the toughest arty-tank in the game.
it's just that the SU-100 has the highest AP attack values of any Russian self-propelled gun. the ISU-152 will still have the ability to bombard tanks at much longer ranges than the SU-100.
ISU-152, at least the most common version, was designed as tank destroyer, not artillery. There is a saying "When ISU-152 fired, Tiger's turret flied away".
oops, I stand corrected, the SturmTiger is actually the toughest artillery tank in the game. but it's still not as cheap or as practical as the ISU-152.
yeah, the Guards version is basically artillery with AP damage of 125. the regular version just fires HE shells. the ISU-152 can only fire three times in a minute-- so it's not ideal for anti-tank duties.
the new system for attack values is based on historical penetration at 500 meters and historical rate of fire. and in this regard the ISU-152 comes up short as a tank destroyer. the benefit is that it can project it's high AP damage at twice the range or more of a regular tank. if you combine it with the SU-85 and SU-100 the Russians have a very formidable combo of tank destroyers and arty-tanks.
Guards ISU-152: 125 AP every 20 seconds (375 in 60 sec)
Guards SU-100: 195 AP every 10 seconds (1,170 in 60 sec)