Historical Accuracy (some spoilers)

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......the nazi storm elites take far less punishment then a tiger tank, try killing a tiger tank with one clip of an stg44

did u ever think the super human nazi could be wearing bullet proof clothing

The 'HMG wielding superhumans' go down in 1 shot, if you run at them and hit them with melee. When you first meet them, you're crouching behind a box. When he goes to reload, dash out and smack him in the jaw. He falls down.

If you ALSO notice, there's an unlimited supply of grenades nearby. You discovered the very powerful grenades already, so the unlimited supply nearby (next to health, should you make mistakes) makes short work of the train depot.

If you want to have some fun though, get nearby, behind cover, step out and back so they fire, when they go to reload, dash and smack 'em in the jaw.

Trust me, I've done it hundreds of times in the game.

Heck, the 'smash 'em in the jaw' works that way for everything but the tanks.

Its still possible to beat the game without ever getting a 'shots fired' counted, even with hardest settings. Trust me, been there done that. The trick is, shots fired only counts bullets and pellets. Bullet firing weapons add 1 to shots fired per bullet, shotgun adds 1 shot fired per pellet (if I remember right it was either 6 or 8 per fired round). Grenades and rockets are not 'common projectiles', so do not count towards shots fired.

I love the game but there are a lot of inaccuracies.

* First and most obvious are the Storm Elite. You can't fire a MG/FG-42 from the hip, let alone try and carry one effectively. Not to mention a G.I having to unload an entire clip of .45, .30-06, 9mm, 8mm Kar-98, 7.92 mm Kurz, Gammon bombs, MKII frags, potato mashers, Panzershrecks, etc. etc. before you drop the enemy. I know Nazi Storm troopers were tweaked up on meth but that doesn't prevent you from dying when being shot.

* The Airborne drops were highly inaccurate. D-Day and Der Flakturm especially. The 82nd AB was dropped in the pre-dawn darkness on D-Day during Mission Boston, and their objectives were to secure the crossroads town of Sainte Mère Église, block advancing German forces from the west, and capture causeways and bridges over the Merderet river and Chef Du Pont. They also had to form a defensive line between Neuville and Baudienville and link up with the 101st. So unless there was a massive misdrop directly over the channel coast, securing the area up to the beachhead along the Atlantic wall was not the 82nd or the 505th's mission. It makes for fun gameplay but I would have rather fought to secure St. Mère Église. Not to mention the drop zones were anywhere from three to twenty miles inland.


* There were a limited number of weapons. As a paratrooper I would liked to have seen .30 cal M1 Paratrooper carbines, mortars, and destroyable structures.

* Grenade kill radiuses were much more widespread.

There's a dozen other but too many to list. Again, Airborne is a fun game but being a student of history I'd rather it been slightly more accurate.

On Ignore '08: rimeshot/pathfinder

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