Trav87

I PM'd you, sorry for the delay in replying!

Thank you very much Jason for the much needed help. I shall report the results if I do any better lol.. I did manage to bag two Panthers at approximately 450 meters using the SU-152. I managed to kill a Tiger IE at 786 Meters (before I got your informative reply) with a 122mm Shell. But than the brave Crew of the IS-II suffered a catastrophic explosion from a 75mm KWK40 through the front hull and lost the entire crew. The game was a flop in the long run I lost 13 AFVs to the German's 2 panthers and one Tiger I. I managed a final score of 44% resulting in a Minor defeat .

Hey everyone and Merry Xmas, Just like to say I love CMBB! . Anyways I'm currently tackling the Advanced Tutorial Scen, my qualm isn't commanding the infantry (must be the fact I'm a ground pounder as well). My IS-IIs are getting dominated by one panther (but by the time they all get in position there is 4 panthers to my 3 or so IS-2s moving fast) when coordinating a combined assault, or bounding overwatch. Flanking doesn't work either. I have a few books that state in around 1944 the german armor quality was degrading. I also read a book on the Russian IS series in combat where several veteren Russian IS-II tankers reported that hitting the front glacial plate of a panther, with a HE 122mm A-19 shell alone would shatter the front Glacis plate (so why not the AP variant?). I find the shells even break apart sometimes when they hit. I thought they could kill a panther out to 750 meters easily. I also wondered if the ROF of the IS-2 is realistic, I believe a panther gets about 5 shots to my one. I know the round was seperate from the powder but would it take that long to load the powder? My average crews don't want to fight the panthers when they see one allied IS tank destroyed. I even tried putting them on the ridge to the south of the first objective they just want to reverse . I even attempt to use my IS-IIs that are ranked "Conscript" to draw the fire of the panthers with a fast move and bring up the Reg/Avg/Green/ to hit them from above but still can't succeed (Cruel to the poor conscripts I know). I tried smoke cover as well but it doesn't work well. Any help would appreciated guys!