Charlie Marlow

A couple of solutions from a QB point-of-view. 1) House rules as you suggest. 2) Play red/red or blue/blue. CMBN permits it. 3) Play with congested maps/fog. Shermans and M10s do OK against Panthers without 1000m fields of fire.

They were flank shots according to the account. I vote for rotton shots.

This also seems to be a common theme in actions where Panthers are lost in high numbers.

If there actually is any effect, it certainly isn't from radiation from Japan. That it is even suggested boggles the mind.

Fits with the American experiences at Mairy, Arracourt and Krinkelt. Knife fight range and flank shots = lots of dead kitties.

745th BN AAR is online. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll8/id/3477/rec/2 Losses on the 28th are 2 lt tanks adn 4 mediums (at least 2 to AT guns). Enemy tank forces listed as 3 Panthers and one STuGIV.

Just noticed that on the 28th, Breakout and Pursuit says that the weather was too poor for close air support. The Barkmann account clearly states that he was attacked by Jabos.

The 745th unit history is on-line. The link to the relevant section is http://www.745tank.com/pages/p46.html According to the account, at least two tanks were lost to anti-tank guns, and another to an undisclosed source. The remainder of the 15 mentioned in Breakout and Pursuit are not discussed.

Not saying it was made up. Could have been, but who knows unless someone really digs into detailed unit AARs. I only posted that if he was correct on the 27th, then it likely wasn't Shermans. If it was the 28th, then it probably wasn't 3rd AD. More likely 745th Tank Battalion.

Magpie OZ's link says that Barkmann was back with his unit by the 28th. If that is the case, then it looks likely that Barkman shot up a Cav unit mis-IDed as a medium tank company. In any event, the quote from Breakout and Pursuit suggests that it wasn't CCB's tanks that were lost on the 28th. The quote is It looks like CCB 3AD was coming to help out the 1ID. Where the 15 tanks came from isn't clear from this passage, but it doesn't sound like CCB. Were there any attached to 1ID? Edit - that would be the 745th Tank Battalion.

Does anyone have information on what American armor unit may have been involved in the battle? As far as I can tell, there isn't much information from the US side of things.

A loss for House Ruin? For shame. To an Ozzy no less. On the positive side of the House of Ruin ledger, I have crushed the Cesspool lurker Elvis in a night battle where the M4 Sherman, built with love and apple pie reduced Krupp tin-foil to so much flaming wreckage.

You met the special TSA agent for incoming Aussies.

Maybe we will see PzIIIs in the Market Garden module. I believe there were some of them in an armor training unit sent against the paras in Arnhem.

Boston vs. Canuckistan. Too bad both couldn't have lost.

Should we only shoot at Stuka if he is unbuttoned?

The historic part of Philladelphia is worth a stop (Constitution Hall, etc...). Valley Forge is also close by.

There may well be something wrong with the modeling, but not for the reasons you state. You say "But something here is obviously wrong modelled, since the own casualties exceed the enemy casualties by far. In realty this woud lead very soon to the order to never ever shoot on a tank with small arms." But according to the interview account, 2 tank commanders were killed, and the tanks opened fire on the infantry company. While we don't know the German casualties, I would expect them to be more than 2 from close range fire from a tank platoon.

Thanks for the response. Actually, I figured it was probably it was general administrative incompetence and inertia, with a dash of pig-headedness thrown in. Sort of like the US being slow in getting bigger guns into action. My remark was really directed at a poster who prefers to see evil capitalism and war profiteers at work, where bureaucratic slowness is the more likely answer.

He was with the 4th ID. Medal of Honor for his actions that day. Died of a heart attack shortly after.

Careful. Don't be dissing HALO there. I spent way too many hours playing that one. Rivals only Combat Mission in time wasted.

And the Brits fielded the Cromwell with a 75 mm gun in October of 43. Was the industrial lobby in the UK responsible for an undergunned tank that late in the war?

You give it up like that? Not even dinner and drinks? So, are you cheap and easy, or just easy?

you mean the "somebody play with me please? I'm really good now" challenge? I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you that nobody responded to that with a game. I'm am also shocked that the added "none of you smell like Peng's butt, and I know the smell of Peng's butt" part didn't help.