Bil Hardenberger Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Here are some of the notable kill stats from the game: German: - Elvis's flamethrower team: 14 KIA - Elvis's Panther: 12 infantry, 1 OT34, 1 T34-85 (#1) Russian: - OT34: 12 KIA; 2 captured - T34-85 #2: 12 infantry, 1 Hetzer - T34-85 HQ: 4 infantry, 1 Panther - T34-85 #1: 4 infantry, 1 Hetzer - ISU-122 (the one that was NOT hit): 15 KIA, most in the last two turns - 1st Plat with support mortar&HMG/5th Company (on my right flank): 18 enemy KIA and captured while suffering 5 casualties (seemed worse at the time), BTW a total of 12 enemy soldiers escaped from that killing ground on the right out of a platoon of around 44 individuals (Straggler Plat= 4 squads of 10 and an HQ of 4). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 BletchleyGeek; i hope that wasend sarcasm ;D but any way its tjust what i analysed map and thinked then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vark Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 15 KIA for a couple of turns, jeez, what will an ISU-152 be like in game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 *******achtung!******* ***sarcasm Free Zone*** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 yep waiting all sou see thous big sp guns in action . at last ISU-152 is good bunker buster 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Bil, Your usual tremendous job in visually and verbally presenting the whys, wherefores and the thinking behind your decisions, coupled with great vids and treadhead's delight AFV imagery! If there's ever a tournament, I wouldn't want to be the opposition. Please leave your shotline analysis laser at home! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hello, I would like to thank Bil and Elvis for their the great and fantastic AAR and their effort and time. I visited and read nearly every day what Bil and Elvis reported and I learned a lot and get more excited about CMRT. I am looking forward to the release date. If another AAR could be started I would be very pleased. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 If there's ever a tournament, I wouldn't want to be the opposition. Please leave your shotline analysis laser at home! Regards, John Kettler You are safe John, I don't play tournaments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwerpunktgrenadier Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 ...2 captured We can take prisoners in RT? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 We can take prisoners in RT? Yep, also in CMBN, CMFI, CMSF. They show up as missing in the other side's AAR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwerpunktgrenadier Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Yep, also in CMBN, CMFI, CMSF. They show up as missing in the other side's AAR. Ah, yes. I did know that. Thought "captured" might indicate a subtle change. Thanks for the clarification Bil. And thanks for the AAR. RT looks excellent. Can't wait for its release. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Ah, no nothing new.. in the case of the OT-34 the kill stats called out two captured along with the number of killed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMac Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 This is a High Casualty Percentage Battle for sure in one hour engagement, and the forces didn't really engage each other that much...More like a Running Battle ( short engagements at squad-Platoon level ), then a Company/Battalion stand-up fight. Goes to show, CM continue to focus to much on High Casualites even if only small units are engaging each other at short intervals...Let alone anything bigger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 This is a High Casualty Percentage Battle for sure in one hour engagement, and the forces didn't really engage each other that much...More like a Running Battle ( short engagements at squad-Platoon level ), then a Company/Battalion stand-up fight. Goes to show, CM continue to focus to much on High Casualites even if only small units are engaging each other at short intervals...Let alone anything bigger. Way to generalise and overstate the case on an insignificant sample. 20% of Bil's casualties were inflicted by one vehicle. 20% casualties on the Soviet attacker's part doesn't seem particularly heavy for a lead element, and the very nature of all wargames means the defender takes serious losses if they're beat, and that isn't even that unrealistic. Yes, the pace is probably quicker than RL, but for the ground gained/lost, it's not really a surprise (assuming both sides really wanted it, which has to be a given in a QB, or the VLs wouldn't be worth any points). The reasons and arguments about this have been endlessly hashed out. Given the commentary about Soviet tactics, and singular lack of casualty-aversion, that's been on here to read, why are you even commenting on the numbers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciej Zwolinski Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Very odd. The hit text says penetration through the glacis place. I'm reasonably sure that neither 85mm APBC or APCR should be able to penetrate the Panther glacis plate unless the T-34 is at a significantly higher elevation. This indeed seems wrong. Panther upper glacis has 80 mm at 55 degrees and should be proof against Soviet 85 mm. Unless this penetration occurred through a flaw in armour or somesuch there might be a mistake here. Which is slightly worrying because T 34-85 vs Panther is such a common match-up for the period of this game that if it is not represented right, the impression of realism could suffer considerably. Has any of the beta team or developers confirmed this? Maciej 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 this AAR tjust want me to play this game more , hoply game is out in this mont. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 This indeed seems wrong. Panther upper glacis has 80 mm at 55 degrees and should be proof against Soviet 85 mm. Unless this penetration occurred through a flaw in armour or somesuch there might be a mistake here. Which is slightly worrying because T 34-85 vs Panther is such a common match-up for the period of this game that if it is not represented right, the impression of realism could suffer considerably. Has any of the beta team or developers confirmed this? Maciej I suspect the hit text was incorrect as the hit decal was on the lower front hull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I suspect the hit text was incorrect as the hit decal was on the lower front hull. There were two penetrations on the Panther. The first.....which was the kill shot......was lower front hull. The second penetration is as described. I only watched it 50 times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jishmael Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Well its about 1.5:1 casualties in my favor which isn't bad considering I was the attacker. Sorry I meant to look at the flamethrower team.. and now I won't have time for that until tonight. As Elvis said he really would have surrendered, so the Tactical victory doesn't really reflect the end game where his units, at least those on my left were in a closing vice. The German units on my right I had no contact with and did not know what he had there (about 2 platoons worth of infantry it turns out) but they were out of the fight, and in reality would probably have broken out in another direction. I dont think those 2 Plattoons could've turned the battle that much anyway, as they were lacking any anti-tank capability whatsoever. Had they had additional shreks and maybe some Panzerfausts they could've theoretically had some impact on Gelb. But yeah,. I agree, considering that you attacked its am really good result.. Well played indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I suspect the hit text was incorrect as the hit decal was on the lower front hull. My somewhat limited experience is that when the hit text and the decal don't match it's the decal that is wrong. But that may not be always true. I'll to some quick testing next week to make sure the penetration/armor values are on the up and up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 BFC, May I seize upon the presentation of the combat results for the now ended RT AAR game to request the addition of the category "Guns" to the loss list? It was common to roster such losses IRL, and it's something we routinely had in CMx1, so could we please have it in CMx2 and CMx3? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 BFC, May I seize upon the presentation of the combat results for the now ended RT AAR game to request the addition of the category "Guns" to the loss list? It was common to roster such losses IRL, and it's something we routinely had in CMx1, so could we please have it in CMx2 and CMx3? Yeah, I requested this in another thread a couple or three months back. Seems like an obvious addition, so I have to wonder why it isn't already in. At the least AA, AT, and Inf guns as well as mortars should be included. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 There were two penetrations on the Panther. The first.....which was the kill shot......was lower front hull. The second penetration is as described. I only watched it 50 times. Here are some screenshots of the two Panther penetrations showing the hit decals... it does appear, even though the first penetration is the one that killed the Panther that the second did indeed penetrate the upper front hull. I'm a battlefield effects and tactics guy, not a technical expert by any means... so I leave the debate up to those with the slide-rules and the large sized hats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The funny thing is I've been playing a test map that I've been rolling different armor types forward against each other starting out beyond 1000m. 85mm is most definitely NOT a reliable Panther killer from the front at combat range. We all knew the lower bow was vulnerable. That upper bow penetration is a big surprise, and I've plinked more Panther bows with 85mm than most (any) people here. Maybe its Elvis. The poor guy seems to have the worst luck. Remember the plane strafing him an precisely the wrong moment, or the supposedly KO'd ISU-122 recrewed and come back to life? I suspect if Elvis bet Heads every coin toss would come up Tails. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMS Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 In 1944 quality of German armor became poor. Penetration from such range is possible, I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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