

However, at medium and close ranges, a single rifleman is superior to a single basic Axis soldier such as a Volksgrenadier Squad. Riflemen soldiers are inferior to Axis soldiers at longer distances due to the modifiers on the weapons used. This is the core infantry unit around which all American strategy is based, at least until American tanks begin appearing in the battlefield. This surplus of able bodies is represented in Company of Heroes through the cheap, expendable Riflemen Squad.


They brought with them a very large number of fresh soldiers who, in 1944, constituted the majority of Allied troops landing in Nazi-occupied France. The Americans joined World War II over two years after it has started.
