COH3 DAK Sicily Opening

Select DAK army, select Italian Infantry Battle group (don't worry we won't use much infantry), build three engineering squads and prioritize manpower and fuel and fortify these. Be careful with first engagements with the enemy and use cover, the engineers won't do much good but you need just 2 experience points for the Battle group Defensive Warfare Tree. Unlock the Guastatori Squad but do not use it. Instead select also the L6/40 Light Tank Combat Group as well which costs ZERO experience points. Then put any excess experience into the other tree to unlock the artillery strike at its end. Get the towed artillery last - actually i never even use it but i guess you should spend the points if you have them. By now you should have the manpower and the fuel to call in two tanks right away to support your hard pressed engineers. Clear any opposition and take the victory points whilst you keep in calling light tank combat groups. This should devastate the opponent till he can come up with heavier tanks. Should you face any greyhounds just swarm them and try to get into the rear armor. If the game should drag on get the Light Support Kompanie and the the Fire Support Elements upgrade to skip Tier 2 all together and build the Panzerarmee Kommand (Tier3). Usually 2 Panzer III L Medium Tank should sweep all the heavier elements of your opponents whilst keeping up pressure. If you are low on resources a Flak 36 Anti-tank Gun Team is perfectly permissible. It also comes with a truck to reinforce your engineers at the front and heal them as well as providing awesome anti air capability and can create quite an obstacle when supported with light tanks against infantry. And if you really got the resources get the call in replacement and call in a tiger 1 that simply bulldozers any opposition.