Sardaukar Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 I just had sIG IB killing 2 of his buddies when firing at Soviet squad in woods. Those 2 were bit too close to impact of that 150 mm. Funny to see 2 kill credits from those for that sIG Cheers, M.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Forgetting to cancel the area fire of my ISU 152 as my squad assaulted the enemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzig Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Forgetting about a delayed artillery bombardment I scheduled prior to the battle starting and then walking a whole company into the treeline it was set to fall on. Not pretty. Drugs are BAD, mmkay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eden Smallwood Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Sending about five encircling pioneer squads to ambush a tank ... at night. Eden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrapin Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Had a KV-1 fire a load of canister shot right into the back of the light-armored car right in front of it (which was backing up). Two casualties, and it looked absolutely hilarious. Car: "Reverse! Reverse! that Mark III is starting to look this way!!" KV-1 Commander: "Infantry contact 200 meters, load canister shot. Fire at will." KV-1 Gunner: "...but sir!" Commander: "You heard me, now FIRE!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Bellator Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Has to be when a platoon of engineers blundered into a minefield and all three squads started throwing Demo Charges around to clear it. It was cleared alright, along with 2/3rds of the platoon who were cleared right into the stratosphere. Idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 I had a T34 sitting in scattered trees at the base of a hill providing overwatch as another T34 moved up the hill on a road in front of the overwatching tank when an enemy tank appeared on the crest of the hill. The overwatching tank fired and blew the head off of the commander of the traveling tank. Friendly fire sucks! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake the Peg Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Blind targetted 105mm artillery landing far from the enemy and decimating my second line. It also killed the observer who called it in so I guess it wasn't all bad. That was the only time I've lost as the Germans so far. It was also the last time I used arty without LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVS Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 It wasn't so much friendly fire as the best lucky shot ever. 150mm infantry gun fires at vehicle on one hill, misses badly. Shot continues all the way to the next hill behind and takes out the carefully placed spotter in the woods on the next hill back. Knocked the stuffing out of his cunning plan, that did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mPisi Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 In CMBO, I once lost 5 Elite Brit paras, while subduing a German green sharpshooter. Did I mention it was at night and such low viz that the sharpshooter couldn't shoot anyways? Platoon HQ and Para squad running into a small building, overwatched by another Para squad (all Elite). Squad is delayed and Platoon HQ reaches the building first. Discovers the green sharpshooter, sounds of hand-to-hand, one guy down from the Platoon HQ (no big deal, guy was waiting in ambush with a brick I figure). Running squad arrives in the next second, shoots and kills the sharpshooter, and another guy from the Platoon HQ. Overwatching squad wakes up and fires at the sharpshooter as his body is falling, hitting 3 guys from the squad now in the building, leaving both assaulting units pinned... That's a hefty price to pay for knocking out one enemy with no offensive capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoss Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Here's one that was not only bad for the victim, but counterproductive for the firer as well. T-34 firing at AT Gun (its idea, not mine). First shell falls short - right in the middle of a Russian squad charging the gun. Ow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauCoupDinkyDau Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Originally posted by Danzig: Drugs are BAD, mmkay? Mara-ju-wana is bad, mmkay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Keth Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 CMBO - Had a Hummel parked next to a building and a second Hummel next to him. The Hummel next to the building caught sight of some Ami infantry scurrying across open ground. The gunner promptly traversed the gun and began tracking the squad as the loaders rammed in a new round. The gunner, with complete line-of-sight to the squad, happily blazed away. The shot immediately deflected into the corner of the building (less than 3 meters away), destroying the building and both Hummels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massimorocca Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Worst absolute in CMBO when in turn one a fighter bomber dropped 2 bombs directly on my starting area, I was playing stick to scenario default. Bombs blasted one Sherman Firefly and killed 38 men of two alligned platoons. This happened after 43 seconds from the very beginning of the game. I restared the game but I never forgot the schock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigrii Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Enemy friendly fire (haha): I have an 88mm Pak 43. It is dueling a T-34/85 and being charged by a clumped-up platoon. The 88 fires, a sure shot and misses. I think, "oh no, the T-34 is gonna get my ATG now (it was my last AT asset). The T-34 fires... ...and the HE shell lands smack dab in the middle of the charging platoon, causing 50% casualties and routing them. The 88 fires agin and kills the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 When playing a double-blind PBEM as the Russians against an opponent, one of my AA units opened up on a Stuka which proceeded to drop a huge payload on some woods near one of my front-line recon squads. The next turn my opponent says, "Man, your plane just beat the hell out of some of my troops." My answer: "Umm, that was your plane dude." Needless to say he wasn't too impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Rain Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 See Sig Funniest thing I ever saw. My brother was not amused Kevin; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Everytime I've played the Germans and there's German air support, the dummies kept strafing my own tanks and infantry! I've even watched them blow the heck out of previous dispatched T-34s! I guess they didn't have Wheaties on the east front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coe Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Hey in CMBO, your guns would stop firing if they detected friendlies within proximity of the target...not so in CMBB? Worst friendly fire, In one of the scenarios, my troops start in a convoy....turn one, my stukas bomb my convoy (even though the deployment area is miles away from the designated enemy).....burning trucks, dead tank, dead squads, dead half track, shouts of sanitator, etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KwK43 L/71 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Friendly bomb laden FW-190 drops it's load right in the middle of my advancing force. Destroyed a Kingtiger, a Jagdpanther, and a 37mm Flak Truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 2 ISU 152mm's are hull down on a hill and are ordered to fire at the 2nd story of a building in the distance. The first one fires alright, the second fires, but I guess it was a little too hull down because the round struck the plateau of the hill 10m away, killing the TC of the first ISU :mad: Idiots, idiots! Must I always be surrounded by idiots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frunze Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Coe, I think that only happens with area fire. In a recent game, I lost three tank commanders to my own artillery....in another CMBB game, my opponent lost a tank to his own rocket arty. Once in CMBO, one of my opponent's tanks - a M8 HMC I think - knocked itself out. It was half-hidden behind a building and one of its shells hit the building by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 A wildly off-target soviet rocket battery landing its' entire load directly in the middle of an otherwise promising looking Company sized infantry Human Wave attack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Had a platoon of British infantry once, placed in a tight semicircle behind a wooden German bunker, waiting fot the crew to bail out. They bailed out, the men started firing and eliminnated the bunkercrew instantly, along with two thirds of their own platoon. Heh, did I mention it was night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Originally posted by Captain Wacky: The first one fires alright, the second fires, but I guess it was a little too hull down because the round struck the plateau of the hill 10m away, killing the TC of the first ISU :mad: Haha, had a similar thing happen to me. two T34's in hull down positions were area firing a building hundreds of meters out. After a turn I was wondering why the building was still standing, and what the hell had happened to half a platoon just in front of the two tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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