SMG Company
Mid War
Late War
The SMG Company is unique among Soviet infantry in that it doesn't have its own company, but is available as a support unit in almost every formation in the game. Like most Soviet units it comes in 2 flavors: Spam and survivors guilt.
The Hero SMG company is an absolutely tiny unit (by soviet standards) at only 7 regular stands and a commissar.
In Real Life
One man trained with a rifle will reliably hit another man a hundred metres away but while one man with an SMG will struggle to hit a barn door he'll keep his enemy pinned with the volume of fire he spews out as well as requiring little instruction beyond 'point this bit at whoever you want to die'. After noticing how the Finns used this very simple tactic in the close quarter combat of forests and cities of the Winter War the Soviet war machine poured huge effort into creating easy to use SMGs. Keeping with the standard Soviet adage of 'quantity being a quality of its own' entire infantry battalions were often equipped with cheap and easy to manufacture PPSh-41's, pointed at the enemy and let loose to devastating effect in the urban battlefields of Eastern Europe.
| Soviet Forces in Flames of War | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | T-70 - Valentine - M5/M3 Stuart - M3 Lee - T-34 - KV - Churchill - IS-2 - Captured Tank Platoon - T-28 - BT-7 - KV-2 - T-26 |
| Transports: | M3 Scout Car - Universal Carrier - SdKfz 251 |
| Infantry: | Rifles - Motor Rifles - Penal Company - Storm Group - SMG Company - Engineer Sapper Company |
| Artillery: | Katyusha - 152mm Artillery - 122mm Artillery - 76mm Artillery - 120mm Mortars - 82mm mortars |
| Tank Destroyers and Assault Guns: | 45mm Anti Tank - 57mm Anti Tank - 76mm Anti Tank - 100mm Anti Tank - SU-76 - SU-85 - SU-100 - SU-122 - SU-152 - ISU-122/ISU-152 |
| Recon: | Scout Platoon - BA-64 Platoon - Armored Reconnaissance Platoon - Reconnaissance Platoon |
| Aircraft: | Il-2 Sturmovik |
| Anti-Aircraft: | ZSU M17 - DShK AA MG Platoon |
| Midwar Monsters: | KV-3 - KV-5 - T-43 |