russellmz Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 when you have computer picked forces, and look at your guys, which elicit the biggest groans? the elite jeep? the german halftrack that can't carry a full squad? i was thinking of making a "worst vs. worst " type scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YECoyote Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Assault boats Good luck trying a QB and pick only Assault boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Finnish troops. Bastards just skied around and around telling everyone how good they were, never could get them to do any fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 A mortar carrier...at night...with 96 meter visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Archers, Standard Brit infantry with Vickers MG's and 2" mortars (no PIATs), vs those 250 h/t's with the 20mm's and about 25 rounds of ammo - 3 or 4 turns worth - plus MG42 LMG's and flame throwers...all on a flat plain with no trees!!! [ 08-30-2001: Message edited by: Stalin's Organ ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanns Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Defensive battle when you get a Regular 44 pattern Heer infantry platoon, four roadblocks, 3 daisychain anti-tank mines, some barbwire and a single SdKfz 251/1 as your support element! Needless to say the Germans packed their gear into the 251 and went home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 A german rocket FO on a small map. Half the rockets won't even hit the map. The other half will hit a.) nothing (if you're lucky) b.) your own troops (if you're unlucky) c.) enemy troops (ha, just kidding! They never hit enemy troops... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelU Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Veteran Kangaroos on the defence. Just got 11 of them in a 2000 point game. Ouch. Expensive MG carriers with not enough ammo to be of any use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Roadblocks, roadblocks and roadblocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Any of Speedbump's troops in our current PBEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoatnGator Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Flamethrowers.... Nothing but pop up targets. I still want them to explode. Cool...fire...fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedbump Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrSpkr: Any of Speedbump's troops in our current PBEM.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hey! Speedbump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 One unit I actually picked myself (for fun) that proved to be useless was a German conscript 75mm arty spotter. Seven minutes ETA of something comparable to a 81mm mortar... Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Olle Petersson: One unit I actually picked myself (for fun) that proved to be useless was a German conscript 75mm arty spotter. Seven minutes ETA of something comparable to a 81mm mortar... Cheers Olle<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I believe the lag time represents the spotter running back to the battery and chiseling out the firing coordinates on a piece of granite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 Cmon Slappy, everyone knows that even the owning player cant even see his OWN finnish ski troops. All he sees is the enemy russian units first appear as a red star, followed by screams, that turn into corpses before your eyes. The human player just stares at the screen and his units, having that mythical Sissu quality, plot their own moves, pick their own targets and get 100:0 scores every time! They end every battle with more ammo and weapons than they started and luckily, oh excuse me, skillfully capture trucks so they can move everything back to the campfire (that doesnt give off smoke). Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Sosaboski Posted August 30, 2001 Share Posted August 30, 2001 105mm howitzer, night, heavy fog. About 50 m visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyzn Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 Definitely on-board mortars in fog or night, or in all-forest map, where it is physically impossible for them to fire anything at anytime anywhere. Of course this limitation doesn't apply to the British 2" mortars, which are useless in all conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 Dead units! Ok, so you have to wait a little for them to pop-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg42 gunner Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 Any machine gun they cant hit crap unless they are veteran and up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 Well the American airborne are pretty much a big disappointment to me right now. I just played a game and the 3 times I tried to get them to knock out a armored car or tank they got knocked out themselves. The German's on the other hand knocked out 4 of my vehicles. Two Grey Hounds and two Stuarts. This was them by SMG squads not the individual Panzerfaust's. This ties in to another post earlier that stated the same thing. Rifle grenades suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefish Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 Rockets, Rockets, Rockets!! Their so damn expensive and anywhere your spotter targets them, they always land on or around friendlys! Also, I used to think that flamethrowers sucked until I used one on defence. Their the best ambush units in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 A large, extremely vertical, well forrested QB map, and the computer gives you a Heavy Weapons Coy. (mortars and HMGs) with plenty of half-tracks to move it --- about 3 feet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 ObNitpick: Username wrote: ... Sissu ... ITYM, sisu, HTH, HAND. - Tommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted August 31, 2001 Share Posted August 31, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by von Lucke: A large, extremely vertical, well forrested QB map, and the computer gives you a Heavy Weapons Coy. (mortars and HMGs) with plenty of half-tracks to move it --- about 3 feet!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Or plenty of open fields and you get exactly 1 AFV and a jeep with a MG to assault a row of hills with houses. Had that one once (the tank was a Pershing and lasted all of 1 turn killing 1/5 of my points with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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