FullAuto Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Turn 24 Winding in amongst the houses and rubble on the left, Sheaffer's Stug provides a bit of support to my beleagured infantry, splashing 75mm about liberally.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs139stugsf3.jpgEven with the support, I could really use some more infantry. The ones I have are badly wounded, or low on ammo, or both. "Just take up the whole road, arschloch!"https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs140pz3offroad.jpgThe immobile Stug's crew weep with shame. Poppe's Stug spies a T-34, which hurriedly manoeuvres out of sight.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs137poppespy34.jpgNext time, Sov boy. Mind you, there are at least two more tanks in that area too. Quite glad that Panzer III is headed this way. The panzergrens push on, wiping out more remnants of enemy units, still to take a casualty themselves.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/138pgrfpushup.jpgSoon have this place secure. Turn 25 One of the approaching tanks turns out to be a self-propelled gun of some kind, probably an SU-85.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs141poppekill.jpgPoppe smacks an AP into it anyway. Then swaps to an approaching T-34.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs142poppekill2.jpgAfter poking two holes in that, Poppe decides that the SU-85 crew isn't bailing out fast enough.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs143poppekill1.jpgThe crew exits the tank. At several hundred metres per second. In bits. Dead. And on fire. My panzergren reinforcements find another enemy.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs144infkill.jpgAfter a few rounds and a grenade, the unit is eliminated. Looks like all that HE caused some casualties after all. Turn 26 Coming under fire from multiple directions, and with my troops closing in, an MG crew throw in the towel.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs145capturedmg.jpg'Crew' is exaggerating, as there's only one man left, but still, one less enemy MG. I thought these shenanigans were over.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs146stugbogsyetagain.jpgAs long as you get out of it... Two Stugs and two rifle squads bang away at enemy units in the hope of disrupting their attack.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs148stugsriflesflank.jpgThere's still a lot of enemy there. The Panzer III closes in.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs149pz3closesin.jpgThat 50mm will come in handy, suppressing infantry if nothing else. Poppe's Stug spots another SU-85, and puts a round into it with ease.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs147poppesu852.jpgAnd promptly shits himself when the reply whizzes past. That 85mm is quite capable of killing most tanks, and will certainly do the Stug over good and proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Turn 27 Poppe, sweating a bit, puts three shots home, and the SU-85 refuses to quit.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs150fourhits.jpgThe fourth does the trick, though. Flipping 'eck. Lippert's batt. HQ gets into trouble and takes casualties.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs151batthqintrouble.jpgOh dear. This could be the beginning of the breakthrough. Despite fire from the Stugs, their units are still advancing. And you will know us by the trail of dead!https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs152trailofdead.jpgAlthough not all were finished off by my panzergrens, a lot were. Fresh troops sweeping through a thoroughly hammered area can often cause disproportionate damage. Turn 28 My platoon of reinforcements clears the wood, and spots enemies streaming in and out across the fields.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs153infspotted.jpgShame I no longer have much firepower, I could punish them severely crossing terrain like that. Poppe, occupied providing HE, misses another SU-85 targeting him.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs154poppeignores.jpgWake up boy, school is in session! Thankfully, the shots missed. No mud can hold my Stugs (except one)!https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs156stugfree.jpgIt's been something of a rite of passage, getting stuck in the mud. A particularly close shell alerts Poppe.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs155poppewakesup.jpgHe manages what the SU-85 didn't. Turn 29 Schumacher advances, covered by Feibelkorn.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs159schuadv.jpgMove along, nothing to see here. Certainly no tanks. Hmm. Tanks.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs157moretanks.jpgThere's a few more still to kill, I see. Luckily, I can still call on 5 Stugs, a Panzer IV and a Panzer III. Things are getting desperate in the centre, with some HQs down to their last man.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs158degrelle1.jpgA nice, fresh platoon or three teleporting in right now would be lovely. Hint hint. Penzel's Panzer III gets a nasty start when an SPG has a pop.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs161penzelpz3miss.jpgAnd if a round hits, it'll give him a nasty stop. This is the work of the single worst artillery spotter I have ever seen.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs160artyagain.jpgSimply missing is one thing, and not at all unusual, but this chap keeps stopping and starting, indicating target adjustments. Worst eyesight ever, that man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Turn 30 Penzel has a shot, misses, and is justly rewarded.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs162penzelout.jpgThe 85mm is not to be underestimated. Frontal penetration, versus the tank's thickest armour, and still killed four out of five crew. The 85mm will happily do the same to my Stugs and Panzer IVs. Larmann's tank hunter team, eager to add an SU-85 to their tally, run out from the rubble and throw themselves among the trees, now close enough to cover the road.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs165thmove.jpgWith the Panzer III dead, I now only have Poppe's Stug covering that approach. Merely firing isn't doing the job, so the rifles get stuck in.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs163riflesgetstuckin.jpgI have about five sections, out of the whole of my force, that are above half strength, and have some ammo left. Things are getting a little urgent, and the fact that this is a variable-turn battle merely makes it worse. The reserve platoon pushes forward, moving into nearby clumps of trees, and spotting several T-34s across the fields, to the benefit of Schumacher, who is following.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs164schutankspot.jpgWith only one mobile Panzer IV, I will have to be careful. Heubaum, cursing the weight of his MG34 and yet happy it isn't the heavy version, heads to catch up with the platoon.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs166heubaumshifts.jpgHe's the closest thing I've got to a HMG, and I want to catch the enemy infantry in those fields with some firepower. Turn 31 With a little more supporting fire from Poppe's Stug, and the last few rounds from my infantry sections, the HQs make their escape.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/169hqsretreat.jpgRegretting that extra bratwurst? Probably. My panzergrens draw attention to themselves, lighting up the enemy infantry fleeing across the fields.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs168infundert34fire.jpgNo casualties, this time. Luckier and luckier. Apparently, the SPG that killed Penzel's Panzer III wasn't an 85mm.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs167152mmomg.jpg152mm, according to the awed gazes of my infantry. Oh deary me. And, in fine tradition, Poppe is too busy banging HE into the attacking enemy infantry to notice this monster being aimed at him.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs170poppetrgtd.jpgI wonder how fast Larmann's tank hunters can move... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 152mm... :: Poppe: 'I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 152mm... :: Poppe: 'I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise.' "I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO NEED MUCH BIGGER MEN." ./TF2 reference, carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks lads, those comments gave me a bit of heart. Turn 32 My infantry, again hammering the enemy as they flee, attract more tank attention.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs172moretankfire.jpgNo casualties, but it pinned two sections briefly. The 152mm shoots, and misses, giving Larmann's team time to rush forward and hoy a grenade bundle at the SPG.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs171thspgkill.jpgPoppe encourages the crew out of the SPG with an AP round, and as they exit, they're SMG'd to death by Larmann. There really is a lot of infantry here, but most of them are prone, so I'm guessing they're pinned, panicked, or broken.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs173loadsoinf.jpgWhich is good news, because all my units there are out of ammo, my Stugs have no more HE, and I'm generally a spent force. I'll have to move a few sections over from the right. Turn 33 Shifting selected sections left, towards the centre. Those with some ammo left, basically.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs176shiftleftinf.jpgI might lose the central flag, but I'm confident I can hold onto the other three, and that, coupled with the amount of damage I've dealt out, means a win. As they shift left, they pick up three what-might-be-T34s.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs1743t34s.jpgNot worried, I've got plenty of armour left to combat them. Sheaffer's Stug shifts to help cover the road in the centre, I've only just noticed Poppe's got 4 AP rounds left.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs177sheafstugtotherescue.jpgLooks like there's no more tanks coming on the left anyway. Good thing Sheaffer's coming to the rescue.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs175385s.jpgLarmann's still in place, but he's down to grenades, which aren't that good versus tanks. Turn 34 Larmann tries a grenade.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs178larmannbravetry.jpgHits, does absolutely nothing else. When using grenades, it's more luck than anything. The SU-85 takes offence at being grenaded, and rolls right at Larmann.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs179larmannsavedbypoppe.jpgPoppe saves his skin, punching one of his last AP rounds into the SU-85's flank. An SU-85 decides to try racing in close, only to get a 75mm AP round in the face.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs180poppekill5.jpgPoppe's making the last AP rounds he has count. Things are getting a tad difficult in the centre, even as the first of the shifted sections are coming into play.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs181gettinghard.jpgI dearly hope this ends on turn 35. Turn 35 Sheaffer takes up a position covering the central road.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs183sheafferposition.jpgAs he's off to one side, he'll get a flank shot at any vehicles coming down it too. A new enemy tank presents itself.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs182newenemytank.jpgSadly, a Lend-Lease Sherman won't survive a 75mm. Too bad. 'Fresh' infantry get into position in the centre.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hs184freshinf.jpgBit of a joke, but they only have to hold out a few more turns. Hopefully. Come in, over, der fat fraulein is singing.https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/FullAuto_2006/CM/HS/hsresult-1.jpgDidn't do too badly there. MVU goes to Poppe, for his score of 1 T-34 and 7 SU-85s. Cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonHawk Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Why you worrying, G? 92% and moaning all AAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Well, the Stug getting bogged down wasn't my fault, but losing that Panzer III certainly was. Criminal, really. My defence was too linear, although I was mobile enough to cope with enemy attacks. Really should have bulked up in the centre, and the left was probably too constricted to mount a serious tank attack through (the 76.2mm gun never fired a shot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 A stalwart defender and well deserving of the flagged "Total Victory" you are, FA. "Schnapps fur alles!!" :: p.s.: RIP, Bunning, cratered veteran sniper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Why you worrying, G? 92% and moaning all AAR. FAIR, very fair assessment. FA, you had us all worried, than 92%?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted June 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 p.s.: RIP, Bunning, cratered veteran sniper. Indeed. A minute of silence, please. FAIR, very fair assessment. FA, you had us all worried, than 92%?! Well, I was worried myself, some of those tank attacks were a leetle bit scary. My thanks to the scenario designer, and you lot who read the mad scribblings of one loon lost in the tactical wilderness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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