Seedorf81 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 GAJ, I think you did a very, very fine job on positioning your forces. Especially when looking at that measly amount of points you had to spend, certainly in regard to the size of the map. Now you just need a little good fortune.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 GaJ, Your terrain analysis is really good. It gets us into the thinking process you used. Pictures are really nice. Thanks for presenting us with this AAR. It is really appreciated. Getting to see "The Quad" in action will be great! Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Ditto everyone's comments with regard to your analysis. Great planning phase ... And now LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Also stationed there is M51 Quad AA, which is the fast response to chase away infantry wherever they may be found. I don't have any experience with this unit (who does!?) to know if it might be useful against HTs that Bil might have... I guess I will find out: if it punches holes in planes, you'd think it would punch holes in HTs .50 cals can deal nicely with German HTs. Four .50 cals will be four times better at it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepercell Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Anyone else having problems seeing GAJ's screenshots in this thread? They showed up fine the last couple days: today, nada?... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 This afternoon when I looked at this thread, the pics were all red X 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 They are all red X's to me right now as well. I am trying to view them, however, from the Dominican Republic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Whoa, serving the pictures maxed out the bandwidth at my hosting provider, I'll have to sort that out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 All fixed. I have the next turn, but have to run for work, rats! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I was just kinda checking if anyone was reading It all went quiet there for a while! GaJ Bil shelling both tits with a large one..if someone googled this game..and saw these comments on google search..can you imagine:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Bil shelling both tits with a large one..if someone googled this game..and saw these comments on google search..can you imagine:) Tits? Well, BF might have gone with 'man boobs'- to spare offense. But not nearly as ear-burning as this Patton speech. That man had a potty mouth: http://www.jacksjoint.com/patton.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 This battleground is real terrain: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yep. Tits are real. I know because I saw them on a website once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 This battleground is real terrain: Tits? Those are more like mosquito bites! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshoot Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 At least GaJ was thoughtful enough to give them an underwire bra for support. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 you guys keep this up and we wargamers will be rivaling anime geeks for sheer nerdiness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Bil started it (It's his map - a loving recreation of the real battle map, though the forces are all upside down (axis/allies) and skew wiff (the real battle was not north-south)) GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yep. Tits are real. I know because I saw them on a website once. You really think the ones on that website are real? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Tits? Those are more like mosquito bites! That was in the pre-implant days. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Ok, so on with the battle This turn Bil's PzGrenadiers disembarked (dehalftracked?) at the houses enroute to the Tits. Clearly Bil is taking a careful measured approach to conquering these first VLs. At the same time, heavy artillery continued to fall, but at a very slow rate. I was expeting carpet bombing, but it feels as if the mission is on "harrass". Bil must be saving those big ones for later, darn. Meanwhile, I've now spotted the whole platoon of Pioneers being trucked in what appears to be the same direction. This is the HQ, I also have 3 trucks in sight. I guess it's also possible they are heading over to the left flank. I have very little in the way of eyes on the back left, yet: both scouts are taking forever to sneak into the positions where they can see back there. Meanwhile, the Right Tit snipers spotted a Brummbar in the closing seconds of the turn: It was so tempting to yell "open fire" at them, especially given their current life expectancy, however the LOS is just not quite good enough yet - they are on grey, and the tank is at extreme range for the rifle: ... so I'm going to wait out the next minute without giving them orders: see if 1) The tank gets closer 2) They choose to open fire themselves and 3) Whether they even survive another turn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 In terms of getting ready for the incoming force, I'm moving a couple of bazookas up into a small valley below the road line in their approach route, and preparing the AAHT. I had thought that he would come up through the trees on the right of the ridgeline in a scenario like this, but thankfully I notice that this whole slope is riddled with LOS spots to Bil's back left setup zone. So the AAHT is popping over to the left and moving up. GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedorf81 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Tits? Well, BF might have gone with 'man boobs'- to spare offense. But not nearly as ear-burning as this Patton speech. That man had a potty mouth: http://www.jacksjoint.com/patton.htm Interesting speech. I bet Hitler would totally agree on what Patton said here: We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men. Looks a bit like Georgie-boy wanted to create some Ubermenschen himself! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Meanwhile, I've now spotted the whole platoon of Pioneers being trucked in what appears to be the same direction. This is the HQ, I also have 3 trucks in sight. So, do we get to see the quad .50 cal in action :-) As someone once said - Attack!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 (A darkened bedroom with a sleeping figure slowly lifting his head off a pillow.) "Huh? I thought I just heard someone call my name." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 GreenAsJade, I had no idea what an M51 was, but it apparently was a field mod to create the equivalent on an M16 GMC. These vehicles are infantry eaters of the first order, as the Chinese attackers in the Korean War can attest. Those who survived, that is. The link discusses what such GMCs could do to infantry even in bocage cover. Since the Germans hated the .50 cal, there're really not going to like four firing at once! Barring unfavorable geometry, they'll also happily chew up 250/251 halftracks and ACs. After all, the .50 was at one time an antitank weapon. I've seen the War Department film. http://www.antiaircraft.org/M16.htm Of course, a 2cm Flakvierling would be awfully annoying going the other way! I read an account in which a single barrel 2 cm Flak gun caught a U.S. infantry platoon emerging from a woodline. Not only were direct casualties horrendous (men blown apart), but practically everyone took injuries from secondary missiles (tree chunks, branches raining down). The platoon was shredded, both figuratively and literally. I shall be most interested to see how this all shakes out, given the (censored) force compositions on both sides. Any idea how the position size does or doesn't fit tactical doctrine of the period? In other words, is the frontage for your force reasonable? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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