Joachim

You'll get the reinforcements once that marker is close to or in front of your lines. Which is usually in battle 1 for any attacker. Read: You get those markers, but they don't make sense. Gruß Joachim

"Knüppeldamm = Knueppeldamm". If you don't have the "Umlaut" "ü", use "ue", just like the military did (at least until 1988 when we still had the WW2-vet telex machines). Picking words form Latin or French was cool, but increasing an army of 100.000 to several millions would soon see fancy words replaced by common words. Just to make sure everybody knew what to expect when driving on a curduroy road. It is different if the fancy word is already in common use. Gruß Joachim

I guess it is the appropriate military word. IIRC I read it in a few books. We don't invent separate names for the military - keep it simple! @Brent: It would be "Horn vom König" or in correct grammar "Horn des Königs" (Horn of the king). King and Kaiser are slightly different. (King of Prussia but Emperor of Germany (more exact is "Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" - starting with Karl dem Grossen (aka Charlemagne) in 800AD). Gruß Joachim [ April 07, 2004, 06:47 AM: Message edited by: Joachim ]

So especially if you have two rows of houses the houses are traps. Once you know this, you will set up accordingly. But once the neighboring houses are rubble, you can move thru walls. If your AT team is at least veteran or regular but in command, it is able to move thru the sewers (if the scen parameters allow for it). The sewer move command only works when you are already in the lower level. You can not use it as a 2nd command (e.g. for a unit in the upper level it is move to lower level. Next turn issue the command "enter sewers". A sequence "move to lower level. Use sewers" in one turn is not possible.) There is a risk that the unit gets lost in the sewers. Try short moves only - like entering an adjacent building. Gruß Joachim

Bringing a Pak to a ME is something many players don't expect. Just ask Sergei Just checked some guns... 500m, side shot T34-40 T34-41 T34-41 KV1-39 KV1-40 KV1-41 KV2 (cast turret) Italian 47mm seldom very rare very rare none none none none Hungarian 47mm very rare very rare very rare none none none none Hungarian 40mm seldom seldom seldom none none none none 28mmPzB very rare very rare very rare none none none none GE 37mm ATG none none none none none none none PzJgI OK OK OK none none none none 50L42 OK OK OK none none none none My favourite in this test is the Hungarian 47mm. Worse than the PzJgI gun, but at 250m it starts to penetrate KV side armor ("seldom"). At 30 points (+30% rarity = 30pts) it is pretty cheap. Transport class 4 fits onto a Kübel. PzIIIg at 84 pts (+5 Rarity) is better than the PzJgI which is penalized (base cost 56 pts) by 40% or more rarity So I'd center my force around a vet or reg PzIIIg plt (no PzIIIh - their turret is weaker which is a severe disadvantage. Search for "Pz IV hull down". Same applies here). Add an inf Co (Recce sounds fine). I'd rather invest in an IG than in a radio for the spotter. Several ATGs (the 28mm PzB is good, the 50L60 is better, the captured 76mm is all you want, no need for 88), AT teams and 1-2 FlaK. Transport: 2-3 Kübel or 1 Kübel and a 251/1. Gruß Joachim

Hmm... there are three kinds of people. Those who can count and those who can't. I listed only 6 men. But it's a quote... And the crem number on that page says 6 men. Plus what you found: "Commander, driver, loaders(2), gunners(2) M3: 6" Probably the radio operator doubled as loader for the 75mm. Given his place in the front, this would make sense. OTOH On War says 6 or 7 men. Guess the 7th would be a dedicated loader or MG gunner as there is no other job left. :confused: Gruß Joachim

I'd make pretty sure (at least some) AA is in place before the air support arrives. Same goes for ATGs (or TDs) before the armor arrives. This way you might force players to keep their armor in reserve waiting for more... or use it to gain an advantage before the enemy gets his. This might balance it a bit more. Add a few higher HQs or wpns plts to your reinforcements. Eg Reinf 1 is HQ+1+4 plt, Reinf 2 is plt 2, reinf 3 is plt 3. Reinf 2 should arrive first (in most cases), plt 3 is rear guard of the Co. Gruß Joachim [ April 06, 2004, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: Joachim ]

There are plenty of crewmen to stay in place. 7 men in a tank means little room to move for everyone. Tanks are not built that the crew has a convenient compartment where everybody roams around freely. "The driver and radio operator occupied the front of the hull. The 75 mm gunner sat on the left of the gun. The 37 mm gunner, gun loader and commander were in the turret. " Grant at wwiivehicles.com. Seems to me the 75mm gunner had no separate loader and with the loader located in the turret it is much slower to reload the 75mm than the 37mm gun.

The PzIV has just 50mm frontal turret armor. A 37mm gun will penetrate at reasonable ranges. Same goes for PzIII without 70mm frontal turret armor. 50L60 will usually bounce from Lee frontal armor (exception is Tungsten rounds, but there aren't many). So the German PzIII has the same problem. The 75mm gun of the Lee can hurt the PzIII frontally. So the PzIII is inferior to the Lee in a H2H slug-it-out match. PzIII and PzIV side or rear armor is pretty weak. A 37mm has a good chance to penetrate. So flanking is a good tactic. Tanks are not meant to sit there and blast away. This is not the M1-Abrams in Iraq! There were only a few Übertanks in WW2, and their Über-Status was limited to a few month. Use all of your tanks like you would use the weakly armored marders or 75mm armed M3 HTs. If you wanna see the weakness of the PzIII, play Frühlingwind as the Axis. Plus your only decent Lee-Killer is the Marder... a hammer with an eggshell. Gruß Joachim

Is it Axis vs Allies or GE vs SO? If Axis unlimited, has anybody ever checked it a Romanian or Italian 4.7cm ATG is available and whether its performance is comparable to th PzJgI's gun? Gruß Joachim

Try to get something with 5cm guns or bigger. Remember that full plts are cheaper than 4 individual tanks. IIRC you pay 20% less for all tanks but the command tank. This means you pay 3.4 tanks but get 4 plus maybe a bonus for the commander. ISTR that recoilless rifles are pretty expensive with rarity on. Maybe drop it for something else. A PzJg1 is able to kill T34s. It is fragile, but it might work if it gets first shots. The trick is to divert the T34. The diversion tries to catch the attention of the T34 in second 30, then comes the PzJg a few seconds later. He gets of a few shots and retreats immediately next turn if the T34 ain't finished. And then there is hail fire. Concentrate lots of fire on one Soviet tank - it just might panic.

It is also a good idea to replace QBs vs the AI. Using statistical formulas or good guessing, you can balance the whole thing but use some less common equipment (or equipment seldomly picked by the AI). It would be interesting if AI forces coming in in driblets would improve AI tactics. No more buching up of infantry, tanks spread out in plts that... Gruß Joachim

Given the restricted space in the crew compartment, I don't think the turret loader/gunner can assist in loading the hull gun. 3.7cm use pretty small cartridges and thus can fire more often. Probably the 7.5cm crew is just busy re-loading. If the target is that big and need some 7.5cm ammo, a few additional 3.7cm rounds won't hurt . They might even help in getting the range correct.

If maps already have flags and setup areas, the QB will use them. So if you change the roads, add those, too, and no gentleman's agreement is needed (even better, you don't need to check that 300m rule manually while setting up).

Well, I'd like million dollars every time an Axis opponent agreed to lower ammo levels! It ain't gonna happen. </font>

Several thougths on this: He who runs away lives to fight the other day. He who does not fight achieves the greatest victory. Negotiating the terms of surrender or retreating is part of the game. It may minimize your loss. Ending a game (and admitting defeat), then starting a new interesting battle is often better than playing a few more boring turns. In real life wars, fights to the last man are rare. If you stand no chance and are still able to retreat - do it. If you are outgunned and in an unfavorable position you will inflict a few casualties and die. If you retreat and fight again, you will probably inflict more causalties in the future than you could now. "1 hell of a fight" is for movies. Starting a lost battle still demands that you concentrate on minimizing your loss. Gruß Joachim

0,084985835694050991501416430594901 km? :confused: </font>

Maybe dead units are hiding. Gruß Joachim

As I like those huge scens, I did one myself. "A Big One" (fictitional, 12/42, 3.6*3 km^2, about 10000 points, 70+ turns) available at the proving grounds. 60+ AFVs and a btn+ of infantry for each side. Axis Attack is followed by an Allied counter attack. Gruß Joachim Edited to add a "," and a "^2" after Sergeis following post. [ April 05, 2004, 07:05 AM: Message edited by: Joachim ]

Sven, which Panzer IIIs are in the scenario? Gruß Joachim

Interesting info - the employment does not suggest that on board use makes much sense. Add the small amount of tanks available and you know why they are not in CMAK. Gruß Joachim

We could do the "Review challenge thread". Challenging anybody would request at least 3 reviews per challenge . Don't know if its NW. It is the one in the town. Can't hold the town until turn 17 against a human player putting his main effort there. Guess that reinforcement marker is no good for replayability. Gruß Joachim [ April 03, 2004, 11:10 AM: Message edited by: Joachim ]

It's a from German translated doctrine so this is no proof they realy used tracked vehicles. But it increases the chance. Nils </font>

If I am allowed to adjust the ammo of the Panthers to "lots of AP", move reinforcement marker 3 to where I want and 4 times increase the experience of an AFV (ie I can make 4 vets or 2 vets plus 1 crack etc) - I'll accept. BTW - this is not another challenge threat, is it? Gruß Joachim [ April 02, 2004, 07:11 PM: Message edited by: Joachim ]