I watched a great DAR video on youtube for this game and thought I would give it a go.
I played the Americans and was expecting to get ambushed somewhere by Barkmann.
I lost 3 halftracks whilst scouting and 1 m4 during the final assault. The m4 and 2 of the halftracks went down to pantershrecks. 1 halftrack was taken out magnificently by Barkmann.
I had a total victory, but did not come across Barkmann. I thought all the half tracks were taken out by panzershrecks. At the end of the game I had a hunt around for Barkmann and found him magnificently placed.
I think the AI forgot something basic about Panther's - notably their long distance accuracy. Putting a Panther in a corner of a field with a field of view of 50 metres and not even a view on the objective is a tad strange.
Maybe the AI saw my fantastic approach and bottled it?