dungeontiger Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Op op op op OK, I have no idea why I said any of that but watch these awesome videos of me smoking tanks. Here's the set up. I'm playing against my arch-nemesis (ok, one of them) from CMx1. Its a small urban map and he's being unusually aggressive with his armor, sending them into my rear area to take out a number of MG-42s I set up in buildings. I decided to make him pay for moving tanks down a street with no infantry cover. Here's the first one. I sent two squads into the street. The first, closer to the tank were only armed with grenades. The second squad had a little bit more....Notice at the end how there are a 'few' bullets fired at the terrified bailing crew. http://youtu.be/IdIsXYX3wdc For this tank, I had a squad behind a wall. They could not see the tank but I know it was there pounding on a squad in a building at close range. Watch this one from two perspectives...I've never seen a squad surround a tank like that. It was awesome. http://youtu.be/18yj5WP3Xws http://youtu.be/ibenc_Jkw4o All I can say is for once it was not me in a world of hurt... - Gibson Out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Those fausts make a HUGE difference when it comes to infantry VS tanks...you really feel their absence in CMFI. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeontiger Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Those fausts make a HUGE difference when it comes to infantry VS tanks...you really feel their absence in CMFI. Yes I agree. They rock. Plus I love the springy sound the make when fired! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yes I agree. They rock. Plus I love the springy sound the make when fired! Yeah, sorta like when the French fire the giant wooden rabbit from the castle at King Arthur and his knights in Holy Grail... ok, maybe not. Boinnnggg! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I love the 'splodey sound and the flames that usually follow. It's a great feeling murdering your opponent's tanks after they've been harassing the crap out of you. It's even more satisfying when you are able to do it with hand held weapons...it's like a violent, death version of the middle finger. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeontiger Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 I love the 'splodey sound and the flames that usually follow. It's a great feeling murdering your opponent's tanks after they've been harassing the crap out of you. It's even more satisfying when you are able to do it with hand held weapons...it's like a violent, death version of the middle finger. Mord. Fetche La Vache! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 If that has anything to do with hookers and beer, count me in. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeontiger Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 If that has anything to do with hookers and beer, count me in. Mord. Ha! I quoted wrong post. Was for the Holy Grain quote. :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yeah, I just looked it up. Damn, and I was thirsty. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yeah, I just looked it up. Damn, and I was thirsty. Mord. New Glarus Brewing Company; New Glarus, Wisconsin http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/ Really, really good bottled beers. Caps do NOT twist off so you will have to buy that $20 bottle opener . . . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What the hell kind of name is New Glarus? What was wrong with Old Glarus? Come to that, what the hell is a Glarus in the first place? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What the hell kind of name is New Glarus? What was wrong with Old Glarus? Come to that, what the hell is a Glarus in the first place? Michael Bestowed by Swiss emigre's settling in America. It's in Europe. Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland I'm not Swiss and can't speak to the details. They brew a damn fine beer, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yeah you can't afford to send a lone tank into an urban area without infantry protection. Out of interest I wonder why the crewmen used to bail out into inevitable doom. Surely if the tank internals were not on fire/melted to oblivion they would stand a greater chance of survival where they were. To jump out like that into the street was suicidal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yeah you can't afford to send a lone tank into an urban area without infantry protection. Out of interest I wonder why the crewmen used to bail out into inevitable doom. Surely if the tank internals were not on fire/melted to oblivion they would stand a greater chance of survival where they were. To jump out like that into the street was suicidal. You'd think so, yes, but from what I've read about real WWII tank combat is that it often was truly terrifying to get hit by shells, that greener crews would sometimes bail out thinking "We're hit, lets get outta this coffin!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuser Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 German infantry was sure dangerous for tanks in urban environments,...Thanks for sharing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killkess Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 In the first video i find it hard to believe that a tank crew who was busy shooting an enemy target to its front would be able to immediatly spot some grunts on its flank and begin to shoot all within seconds. That is a nice example of questionable spotting capabilities of tanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 They brew a damn fine beer, though. Well that's all right then. Sound like fine upstanding people. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 dungeontiger, To me, the first attack makes military sense, though it must be a Swiss street, given its anal retentive levels of tidiness. The second doesn't strike me a good use of a Panzerfaust, however spectacular. The M8 HMC has no top or grenade screens, either. It's therefore highly vulnerable to an expensive grenade salvo, as opposed to the pricier and scarcer Panzerfaust. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boche Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hmmm, still if I hade 3 grenades and a Faust, id rather use the Faust 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 boche, I understand, but with all the armor the Americans have, the operating assumption has to be there's more coming and is likely larger and better protected than an M8 HMC. For the Germans, it comes down to getting, you'll pardon the expression, the most bang per Reichsmark. Think of it in terms of the Tiger Fibel instruction regarding use of HE. "Don't use HE when you can use MG fire. Here's the cost breakdown, together with the man hours involved." If you look at a lot of the German footage, Panzerfaust scale of issue seems lower than was actually the case. I seem plenty of footage in which practically every Landser has his personal weapon (rifle, SMG,etc.) AND a Panzerfaust. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Bestowed by Swiss emigre's settling in America. It's in Europe. Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland I'm not Swiss and can't speak to the details. They brew a damn fine beer, though. Badger73, I grew up in Brodhead (15 miles west of Monroe, about 30 from NG), many relatives in NG and Monticello. I'm in Madison. Where u at? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 What the hell kind of name is New Glarus? What was wrong with Old Glarus? Come to that, what the hell is a Glarus in the first place? Michael A New Glarus restuarant has the world's largest urinal...they claim anyway. Pretty damn big, a kid could essentially walk inside of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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