Infantry

[Bemused]

Been away from the game for a while.

Are infantry units (ideally moving) now appearing as targets in the game, either career or online?

[YoYo]

7 minutes ago, Bemused said:

Been away from the game for a while.

Are infantry units (ideally moving) now appearing as targets in the game, either career or online?

Not typical infantry (like the wave of soldiers) but the crew are present:

https://media.il2-korea.com/news/dd_25

also soldiers with rifles.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

57 minutes ago, Bemused said:

Been away from the game for a while.

Are infantry units (ideally moving) now appearing as targets in the game, either career or online?

Moving infantry has been there for a while (since BoN).

Whether or not they appear online completely depends on whomever made the mission. There are no reasons why there couldn't be infantry, but obviously if the mission writer hasn't placed them anywhere, there won't be any.

[Husar]

1 hour ago, Bemused said:

Been away from the game for a while.

Are infantry units (ideally moving) now appearing as targets in the game, either career or online?

No marching infantry, but I might be wrong 

[AndreiTomescu]

I have a particular interest now to find soldier detachments and try to strife/nalpam those, since their movements and behaviour, not to mention graphics, are way, way better compared to GB.

Also it's fun to land nearby and walk towards them. The outcome is not so funny. 🙂 

To be noted that they actively fire their guns at you (rifle detachment) and sometimes even might have a handy MG available.

[kev2go]

On 9/21/2026 at 12:03 PM, Bemused said:

Been away from the game for a while.

Are infantry units (ideally moving) now appearing as targets in the game, either career or online?

i have only seen  infantry squads in in home by Christmas campaign.  I have not yet seen them in career mode or in multiplayer scenarios yet. Only soldiers i see are those manning artillery or AAA. quite unfortunate  there aren't any infantry formations to attack in career mode via Close air support missions considering the Chinese army was mostly light infantry but maybe there are performance concerns.

Edited September 22 by kev2go

[BlitzPig_EL]

I have put them on a dogfight mission I made.  A Chinese MG platoon in a wooded area, and a US rifle platoon also hiding in some woods guarding a road junction.  I don't think they are like the infantry in Great Battles though, but I have not tried to make them move.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

11 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

I don't think they are like the infantry in Great Battles though, but I have not tried to make them move.

They are pretty similar. As in GB, they're implemented as "vehicles", meaning that a squad roughly moves as one. They can run, and fire from a kneeled position (IIRC the MG squad fires prone).

PS the other ground units have much improved soldiers as well; the other day I strafed a Chinese mortar and its crew scattered quickly and in quite a realistic way!

[Jaegermeister]

16 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

I have put them on a dogfight mission I made.  A Chinese MG platoon in a wooded area, and a US rifle platoon also hiding in some woods guarding a road junction.  I don't think they are like the infantry in Great Battles though, but I have not tried to make them move.

They are very similar to infantry in GB, but there are 3 types instead of just 1. When planes fly over them they stop moving, take a knee and shoot at the plane. I don't remember that from GB. They are phenomenally accurate BTW, and will usually hit you with single rounds. I would assume that can be adjusted with the AI setting like other vehicles though.

They move like any other vehicle, and do not take up any more memory than something like a truck column. I have put 6 or 8 formations of them in certain missions with mortars, AAA and friendly troops and had no problem.

I did run into an issue of getting stutters with too many in one place, but it was more than 12 infantry units all shooting at each other at the same time. I think trying to replicate human wave attacks with 200 of them coming over a hill might be an issue, but I have not tested it (yet).

[BoeingVertol]

47 minutes ago, Jaegermeister said:

They are very similar to infantry in GB, but there are 3 types instead of just 1. When planes fly over them they stop moving, take a knee and shoot at the plane. I don't remember that from GB. They are phenomenally accurate BTW, and will usually hit you with single rounds. I would assume that can be adjusted with the AI setting like other vehicles though.

They move like any other vehicle, and do not take up any more memory than something like a truck column. I have put 6 or 8 formations of them in certain missions with mortars, AAA and friendly troops and had no problem.

I did run into an issue of getting stutters with too many in one place, but it was more than 12 infantry units all shooting at each other at the same time. I think trying to replicate human wave attacks with 200 of them coming over a hill might be an issue, but I have not tested it (yet).

Can't wait to see some more of your mission work on the Korea map.  The possibility of providing CAS for big human wave attacks (this map area in particular) are one of the main reasons I bought this game.

Edited September 23 by BoeingVertol

[Jaegermeister]

You might see that soon in @AEthelraedUnraed's SAAF RAAF Mustang campaign. In my case, it might work out after Carrier ops is released.

Edited September 24 by Jaegermeister

[AEthelraedUnraed]

3 hours ago, Jaegermeister said:

You might see that soon in @AEthelraedUnraed's SAAF Mustang campaign. In my case, it might work out after Carrier ops is released.

*RAAF not SAAF 😉

But you're correct; infantry will feature in multiple missions. If you're willing to go beyond assigned targets (and are able to spot them), you might even encounter a "human wave" attack. It turns out No.77 Sqn. helped stop one of the major attacks around Chosin and effectively kept the 31st Infantry going for another day. Even if according to the ORBs, they only attacked buildings there, no troops.

@Jaegermeister if you're doing an F4U campaign in the area, it might be worth collaborating. Of the 4 planes available to stop this particular Chinese attack, 2 were RAAF Mustangs; the other 2 were Marine Corsairs.

[Jaegermeister]

5 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

*RAAF not SAAF 😉

But you're correct; infantry will feature in multiple missions. If you're willing to go beyond assigned targets (and are able to spot them), you might even encounter a "human wave" attack. It turns out No.77 Sqn. helped stop one of the major attacks around Chosin and effectively kept the 31st Infantry going for another day. Even if according to the ORBs, they only attacked buildings there, no troops.

@Jaegermeister if you're doing an F4U campaign in the area, it might be worth collaborating. Of the 4 planes available to stop this particular Chinese attack, 2 were RAAF Mustangs; the other 2 were Marine Corsairs.

Rightey 'O Mate... I knew that... 🤔

I was thinking I might like to do a carrier F2H Banshee campaign, because it's such a cool plane, but I guess most of those missions would actually be top cover for bombers and Fleet Air Cover. I don't know yet, but there will be lots of options.  

[BoeingVertol]

This Chosin talk has me drooling.  USMC retired, so this one is near and dear to me.  I have been messing around a bit with mission creation, but the carrier DLC/aircraft  are what is really going to bring that area to life for what I have envisioned (seems the same for you gents).  Thanks for all your work, you guys do amazing stuff!

Edited September 24 by BoeingVertol