Zaffod007

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Hey everyone, I just got cmbb about a week ago and have been in combat mission dormancy for about 2 years. I played cmbo into the ground back in the day and just now decided to do the right thing and continue the saga. I conidered myself pretty good. multiplayer id win 50 50 in the few games i played but i at least seemed to be able to whomp the computer most of the time. Man, in this battle it was waaaaaay different. The only reason It even came to a draw was after reloading it several times in crucial spots where I lost a lot of things. And no that doesnt prove to be much fun when the battle is over. I was really just trying to practice my tank tactics which seem to be very lacking. I know the t34 advantage during this era (summer 1942). But when all was said and done i had 28 vehilces lost - about 16 of them tanks. They had 21 vehicles lost, i think 14 or 12 of them tanks. ( im playing as axis here) I didnt just throw all my tanks in at once either. I tried to keep the pnz IIIs in the back and wait for the stugs and the pnz IVF2 reinforcemnts to take the lead. I sent a group of about 4 pnz 3s round the right flank to try and take the rear flag following them w/ 2 platoons of the motorizes inf. At this point i started doing the shoot and scoot with the gulley behind the tanks. Id pop them up, try n squeeze off some rounds and go back. Sure was fun watching them get picked off one by one by the t34s in the rear. After a few of the pnzIV reinforced them at this position by turn 23 they were all dead (about 7 in this rear flag spot). Any kill I got in this scenerio seemed to be tank for tank. It was pretty sad. :mad: I held the center flag for about the whole game and really whomped on their troops coming down the hill forward of this pos. My troop losses were 116 and theres were 240. Is this expected for this battle? Im hoping this is considered one of the more 'challenging' battles but im thinking that i have a lot to learn. I am very interested in how anyone else approached it and what the outcome was. Thanks everyone, and its good to be back in the tank saddle again. Zaf

Dang, vossie... those look great! You have a wesite I could get those at? Same w/ you DEY, you have a website or are they all on the CM Mod database?? Keep up the good work! Zaf'