I played Men of War ages ago and while I was never really good at RTS games and moved on from the genre the first game was interesting enough to even try out a few mods for the game. Vehicles having a proper damage model and not just hitpoints felt way better to use so actually rewarded positioning and using vehicles properly, not just as mobile damage sponges. Plus the ability to control individual soldiers either for combat or stealth focused missions was pretty fun to use (even if I was bad at steath).

I remember one of the early Soviet campaign missions you were given a battleship turret turned 180 degrees to use as part of a defense line, that was definitely one memorable mission.