Red Dog Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 In a quick battle I was commanding a small British force making a probe of a village. In the house to house fighting an entire rifle platoon was pinned down by a pair of MG42's in a heavy building at the end of the street, so I decided to move my Wasp up to clear the building. As soon as my Wasp came within range of the MG42's a Volksgrendier SMG squad popped out of hiding in a nearby building and fired a panzerfaust... it was a near miss, but the crew of the Wasp bailed out anyway. The three man crew then proceeded to charge the SMG squad and wiped them out! The next thing I knew the two MG42's in the building next door had surrendered to the Wasp crew... sadly one of the valiant crewmembers was taken out in the fighting. I'll definately be recommending the Victoria Cross for the whole crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 Red Dog: Did the AI make the call to charge the Germans, or did you call the shots? Either way, I second your VC recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted June 28, 2000 Author Share Posted June 28, 2000 It was the AI; it all happened in one turn, the Wasp was fired on in the first few seconds of the turn. Took them about 30 seconds to take out the SMG squad, and then at the end of the turn I noticed that the MG42's had surrendered. I wish there was some way to record the turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 Hey Red Dog you should read this Thread: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/006510.html you might find it interesting that in that thread this use of bailed out crews might be considered "gamey" and some how somewhat objectionable to some players. ( well not really since the AI was calling the shots) I thought it was a great post and a testement to the fact that bailed out crews are not useless and should not be simply ordered to the rear areas or the nearst safe place to hide, the minute they've bailed out of their vehicles. Thanks for the AAR it was a great story of heroism ! -tom w ------------------ <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> "Have you thanked BTS by buying your SECOND copy of CM yet?" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 You should have taken a screenshot and written it up for the Hero's corner on CMHQ. Would have been interesting to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Offwhite Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fionn: Would have been interesting to read.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It would have... unlike it was here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Sosaboski Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 I support your VC reccomendation-incredible story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leclerc Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 I've seen the same thing: one of my crew charging an enemy team. And the team withdrawed when my crew came to a few meters before opening the fire [This message has been edited by Leclerc (edited 06-28-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted June 29, 2000 Author Share Posted June 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fionn: You should have taken a screenshot and written it up for the Hero's corner on CMHQ. Would have been interesting to read.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> How do you take screenshots? Too bad there's no way to record the whole turn (or even the whole game) as a movie like in Starfleet Command (maybe a future patch?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorak Posted June 29, 2000 Share Posted June 29, 2000 Reddog, on a PC just hit [print screen] and then paste it into your paint program. If you get a shot I'd be happy to post it on my site also. I'm also toying with the idea of posting turn Movies where strange or great stuff happend. I'd just need the movie file and password if it is pbem. Lorak ------------------ http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/combatmissionclub Lorak's FTX for CM <--Proud member of the Combat Mission Webring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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