kohlenklau Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) Chris and I will get into a tussle here this weekend. He is the experienced and cunning hun and I am the green newcomers of the US Army. Meeting engagement near Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia. @Meach Edited October 14, 2023 by kohlenklau 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Sounds good Phil - is this a new (perhaps ASL-based) scenario? Is is H2H only? Is it available? Should I stop asking questions? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 Nope, not an ASL translation. Just an old map I had that I spruced up a bit. Dusted off some old mods as well. It is a QB map but doesn't have any AI plans for playing against the computer enemy. My buddy Chris is Scottish. I think he prefers a QB so he can exercise his national attribute of being a bit...shall we say frugal(?) with his unit purchases. I am just joking. He likes QB versus a scenario with particular units mandated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexUK Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 It seems like forever since there has been a DAR - great that you are doing one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, AlexUK said: It seems like forever since there has been a DAR - great that you are doing one I have done a couple lately. Here are links... https://community.battlefront.com/topic/141673-cmfi-cmak2-afrika-mods-explosion/?do=findComment&comment=2009797 https://community.battlefront.com/topic/142292-how-to-make-a-big-mod-test-dummy-log/?do=findComment&comment=2006188 Edited October 15, 2023 by kohlenklau 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) The PBEM commences. A big desert map. 4km x 4km. I forget who made it. Did I make it? I forget. It doesn't say who made it. I don't think I made it. I have it on meeting engagement medium battle size so I think that is around 3000 points we both get. He will buy some Tigers I bet. Ouch. 2800 points or so it gave me. I got a platoon of Detroit's finest Shermans and some armored infantry in half-tracks with 57mm ATG's plus some more 81mm mortars and an M7 Priest. I have a few jeeps with a flamethrower and a breach team. GAMEY aint I? Everybody is regular and normal just like me and my friends. From my US setup zone (a strip along the northwest edge) I race a jeep to Poste de Lessouda. Private Ronson has his flamethrower. The jeep took thr paved road most of the way but then popped it into 4WD and will make the final approach off road. I imagined a German AP round coming straight down the road and nailing the jeep. Edited October 16, 2023 by kohlenklau 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) Dang. I already have a vehicle immobilized. Maybe it bogged first. No idea. The squad will hoof it onward or maybe I send an available half-track to pick them up. Pappagoat's usfieldjacket mod and his half-track with 48 star flag and dust. I just had 2 other boggings but the drivers worked it out on their own and were able to press onward. Now a tank bogs but makes it out ok. Pappagoat Tunisian Sherman with yellow band around turret. I am sending the mortar platoon HQ with binoculars up to the top of a big hill. LT "Jerry" Springer is tiring but still headed up. I haven't spotted any of his forces yet...BELAY THAT! We have spotted several tanks. Panzer IV's. No Tigers yet. Edited October 16, 2023 by kohlenklau 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 The Tiger sadly didn't make it to the front line and had to stay in the depot for bockwurst resupply! Tanks spotted some armour! Contact Front! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Chris draws first blood with a long range shot to the map's edge to nail a half-track. Yowzer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I hope you two aren't reading each others' posts . Bogging - always a massive PITA! And always a massive relief if they don't immobilise a few seconds later... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I got my first Imobb from bogging. 1 Panzer stuck in a really dodgy position. That was a really lucky, or unlucky shot depending on your point of view, on the halftrack My infantry are wondering how they are going to get anywhere seeing as the Commander forgot to put in a requisition order for trucks, bicycles or even skateboards! I am quite bad at the old Combat Mission so I need all the help I can get and reading Phil's posts might give me a minor defeat instead of a major defeat! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Quote and reading Phil's posts might give me a minor defeat instead of a major defeat! oh ok, I will try not to show the Firefly, Pershing and other parts of my OOB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Enemy tanks spotted... No Tigers. I modded some Sherman hulls a long time ago. Added names from Bison Decals. The below tank oddly was given 2 superimposed images by the game code. That is weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Chris nailed another half-track. I though the owners manual said the halftrack armor was "resistant" to enemy shells. That salesman ripped me off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) OK, I finally nailed one of his tanks with my 57mm ATG. 3 rounds in the front hull. It shrugged off the first low hit and backed away, then the 2nd shot brewed her up and the 3rd was my guys just wasting precious ammo. He has 1 other tank immobilized due to sand in the bogey wheels or whatever. It is in a bad spot and maybe I can get a rear shot and brew her up later in the battle. I am coming around his left flank... He hit my M7 Priest with an HE round that killed a few of the crew but "The Texas Special" still lives. My old 2 cent mod and the vehicle name covered by gear. Oops. My tanks in the main town Sidi Bou Zid fired and hit his Panzer III &5mm. It just caused spalling. 2+km range. Then one of his Mark IV's nailed one of my flanking Shermans. It HAD been cruising along very fast but then went offroad and slowed significantly. Oops. Edited October 18, 2023 by kohlenklau 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 His panzer IV platoon reverses back behind the slope closer to the immobilized tank. 1 remains forward near the burning wreck. Maybe immobilized also? Hmmm I keep the M7 Priest busy with a smoke screen for the "Poste Lessouda" position. He sends a small half-track forward... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 4 hours ago, kohlenklau said: He sends a small half-track forward... Small but it has a 37mm... Those elevations look wieeeeeeerrrdd. Can you/he drive anything up there? A fun battle so far, filing a request for a copy... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 40 minutes ago, Vacillator said: Those elevations look wieeeeeeerrrdd. Can you/he drive anything up there? I didn't make this map but it is condensed geographically to try and show the mountain passes. It looks like most of those decorative areas have rocky terrain "fence" to prevent entry by vehicles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, kohlenklau said: most of those decorative areas have rocky terrain "fence" Sensible. Anyway keep up the good work my friend . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Good game and well played! Always a pleasure to cross pixels with you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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