Tequila -> (5/10/2003 3:07:29 PM)
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Ok just finished the 3rd battle, omg what massive tank battle that was! Those auxillary Marder IIs saved the day, I'll explain after a bit :) Before it started I upgraded the following: - The 3 recon SdKfz 221 to SdKfz 250/1. The 250/1 recon HTs are nice because they fit a 4-man recon team. - The 2 snipers to GE Recon Patrol(4-men). Not as good spotting as snipers but much more survibility when spotted. I really like these guys, they can give a 10-man Soviet crew a run for their money before retreating. - In each of my FJ platoons I upgraded one FJ to a GE FT. Worked out nicely in the big battle in the middle village. For support I bought 8 cargo planes to airlift some FJs hehe. They landed without incident at the far west of the middle village. I wish I had airlifted my whole company, I had enough aux infantry to help out in Sector A. I bought some artillery but skipped on anything else which almost cost me in the end because I didn't realize I'd be in the battle for my life with all those T-34s and KV-1s flanking my arse. :mad: After roasting all the T-60s, Stuarts, and miscellaneous low-end russian and allied tanks in the initial battle in sector A I was starting my trek toward the two wooded areas to the south, ready to deposit my infantry. Sector B was a massacre also -- I had high ground in both sectors. In Sector A I head south toward the two wooded areas with my infantry behind the tanks. Suddenly I'm flanked to the east and west by T34s and KV-1s! I counted around 14 T34s to the west and about 10-12 KV-1s and T34s to the east. My tanks up there were caught in a wedge and were being shot at from every direction and lighting the sky with their firely death. Two things saved me from total defeat: Marder IIs which I did remember to keep parked up high and the support aircraft. But that wasn't all, in Sector B I noticed a slew of T34 model 42 tanks coming up the road also. Ouch, these guys are even better armored, 60mm of frontal glacis armor at 60 degrees equals .... uh I'm thinking around 130ish mm of effective armor to penetrate nooooo!! But I have the height advantage in this sector for all my tanks and two MarderIIs to help. There was a point where I was really worried if I'd come out of this alive and even considered just restarting the whole scenario. I didn't panic however and made sure to set the range on the Marder IIs to 1 so they wouldn't go spastic with op-fire switching targets thereby losing accuracy. I let my PzIVs take the brunt of the fire and when it was my turn I was burying those T-34s in one shot with the Marder IIs. After finally turning those evil Russian tanks aside I did a count on the kills from the Marder IIs --- holy sheet, 30 kills between them all!! After that it was cake, I linked up my core tanks in Sector B with the FJs that were drunk from some apple schnapps they sneaked aboard the cargo planes and they combined to take the village in the middle quite easily. Two flametanks and three FT engineers went a little crazy and barbequed the whole village. Note: No schnapps for the pyros next time. Twas a great scenario. I was mentally exhausted after that one lol. Next time I'm not rushing so many tanks to support my infantry... must remember to keep some back to guard the flanks better. Results: German: 19948 pts Soviets: 6510 pts Marginal Victory. I'm quite happy with it, especially considering at one point I was wondering if I'd be lucky to get a draw :) Campaign: 2 MV 1DV for 7pts. Next up is linking with the Six Army.
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