REVS Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I'm about two-thirds the way through a mechanised game. January 44, Italy. I'm the US lads, as always, and my PBEM mate is German. It's an 800pt ME, and I'm impressed by how well my Greyhounds are performing when there ain't no tanks around. My opponent's little 20mm flaks (or at least that's what they sound like) have been hitting the Greyhounds for about a dozen turns, and not a scratch on them. An Axis Assault HT with one of those short 75s surprised me and got a side hit on one Greyhound. It did shock him, but as the Greyhound reverse back (and for added detail I should add that the on-screen commander was a Lt Grammont) he merrily filled the Axis HT with hits, and it soon died. Now, I know that luck's a fortune, of course, but the old Greyhound seems a mighty handy bit of gear. I haven't played many mechanised games (ie, without Tanks, etc) and until recently they have seemed a bit hard to use, a bit fragile at times. But now I've discovered they're actually quite handy little nasties. Hopefully they'll spit out some canister at some stage, too. Obviously I've been lucky not to encounter any killer AT guns so far, but I'd be interested to hear either any other player comments, or Grog comments, on the Greyhound, and particularly whether it was the best of the non-fully-tracked AFVs? I did a search in CMAK for Greyhound in the subject listing, but that only popped up one thread, which is why I thought I'd start this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Well, the 234 with 50mm and 75mm PAKs are better and also not tracked. But they have been moved to the armor section in CMAK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 No they aren't - they have crap ammo loads, low rates of fire, and hte 75 doesn't havea turret! The Allied 2pdr & 37 rule the light armour war as long as they have enough armour to withstand 20mm's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertFox Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Originally posted by Redwolf: Well, the 234 with 50mm and 75mm PAKs are better and also not tracked. But they have been moved to the armor section in CMAK. You certainly mean CM:BB ? Or am I missing something in my version of CM:AK ? cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerxes Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 The Greyhound is a nice AC with a hard hitting gun. Warning though, it's sides can be penetrated by the mg42 fairly easily. A rather bad liability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 How does it compare to Staghounds? Some of those are tasty... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 The Staghound 75mm has a lousey ammo load - 9-11 HE, and 17-21 smoke IIRC! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 BAck in my CMBO days I thought the Greyhound ruled. I haven't used them much in CMAK, I'll have to give the old boys a second look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beta1 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 I seem to remember theres an AEC armor car in CMAK with a pretty good gun (56mm?) But i think they come under armor now too. Theres also the daimler AC with the lethal 40mm (well lethal against light armor) but no HE... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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