Brastias

Alright, I got through it on the 6th or 7th try. Seems you couldn't knock the armour out too early.. Quite silly but there you go

Playing Lake Seliger as Russians and the mission won't end. I've replayed it a couple of times now and after the german armoured column is gone and all germans killed, nothing more happens. Heard someone say there should be german reinforcements, but I haven't seen any. Any way to finish so I can continue the campaign? As a minor note, the russian snowmobiles apparently can't be setup in the settlement. They become stuck and impossible to move. No big deal but a bug nonetheless [ April 24, 2008, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: Brastias ]

No. It's the one at bottom right that looks like a crossed over arrow

Have you tried to order them to "Hold Position"? The "Stop" command only aborts your current order whatever that may be, so unless you then order them to "Hold Position", your tanks will soon start to charge forward again (the AI isn't very clever as you've probably noticed).

From what I've read, unless aimed by the player, guns target the hull of enemy tanks as a default. I my experience this often leads to situations where the enemy can see and shoot at your tank's turret while it won't fire back since it can't see the enemy hull (middle part). I've noticed that by targeting turrets you'll almost never end up in that situation. Furthermore, since it is usually easy to disable tanks' guns in ToW, it has the additional benefit of taking care of those monster tanks your opponent sometimes shows up in. I find it's by far the most effective way of stopping Tiger's/JS2's etc. Just knock out their guns and then finish them off at your leisure. Also, although I haven't really tested it enough to say for sure, putting tanks in "Defend" mode seems to make them try to find the best possible position (including hull down) in the area they're currently occupying. I'm sure someone out there with more experience can better describe how that's working.