Porajkl

Hmm, and what do you say on this stupidity of "hunt" command... I ordered my Tiger to hunt and he found one Churchill... Instead of stoping and engaging him (while he had some cover from nearby trees) the Tiger continued to roll a few meters more and found two more Churhills (#$*? damn!). Yes, that is the right time to stop! I don't know what the crew has been thinking to do such stupidity (by the way, the crew was crack unit, not some greens!) Needless to say what the outcome was... My Tiger was quickly dispatched in three to one guns duel. Why did't Tiger stop and engage the first Churchill and only after finishing him off it should proceed with "hunting"! Or am I wrong? Facts: all three Churchills were also spotted and identified by my infantry, placed somewhere else. Visibility was great (day, clear) and Tiger couldn't misidentify the first Churchill for some halftrack (as I said, infantry identified all three). When Tiger saw Churchill it was instantly yellow line between those two tanks, but Tiger continued to roll on. Tiger was unbuttoned. When he saw another two Churchills, he had all three "yellow-lined" and the first one became after that a red one. Tiger fired but missed, three guns of Churchill's didn't. Two were Churchill 8, with 125mm penetration hollow charge projectile. I could also issue an order "move" or "move fast" and get the same result. Why even exists this order???

How about ZiS-57? With very potent 57mm gun the only vehicle to counter Tigers at longer ranges, when they start showing up in 42?