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Flyboy -> Surprising FIBUA result (7/8/2004 6:03:29 PM)
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I just finished a PBEM USSR assault on Germany (I was the defender), April 1945 game. The random map produced a huge city area, with 2 interconnected 35-hex dense city grids, dead centre on a large map. I was the defender.
I instantly ran into a problem trying to resupply my unit mortars, and in bringing armor to bear on the attacker, who could move house to house. There weren't many streets I could advance on, having unwisely mined them all myself. I decided to bulldoze a couple of lanes through the houses.
I figured the best bulldozer would be a Panther, since it was the heaviest tank I had. Big mistake. It became immobilized after 2-3 houses. Then I tried a Stug. It worked slightly better, but only cleared a couple of houses a turn. Then I tried a Beob FO vehicle. Little sucker worked like a charm. It took down 4-5 houses a turn, and never, ever, got stuck.
Who would've thought that a light APC would make a better bulldozer than a heavy tank?
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