CMBOer's wet dreams

[Redwolf]

Hi, guys, how are you today?

I'm just reading Chamberlain/Elli's "British and American tanks of WW2, and they list all the prototypes the Allies built.

I am ROTFL imagining what these things would look like in a CMBO battle, and I though I share the joy with you. Lesse, what do we have here?

For the HE-loving laddergamers:

[*] 155mm howitzer on M3 medtank chassis, no crew protection (actual thing with WW2 combat)

[*] 8" howitzer on Sherman HVSS chassis

[*] 8" howizter on Pershing chassis

[*] 240mm howitzer on Pershing chassi

[*] 250mm mortar on Sherman HVSS chassis

These are lame (speed-wise), howeverwe have:

[*] A hellcat with 105mm howitzer

[*] 4.5" gun on Stuart (one prototype, unsatisfying)

[*] Chaffee with rear-facing 155mm howitzer (a real thing)

That's better, at least it is fast enough to be useful, in fact the hunt'n'reverse trick on the ridge will make them a nightmare.

Those are all without armored crew space and hence are useful only in CMBO 1.12 with unarmored vehicles that can avoid tank shots

But for the real lower of HE-intensive combat vehicles we have

[*] A Sherman with 105mm howitzer, a super-thick turret and two rocket launcher for direct fire (prototype only)

Various American overarmed thingies:

[*] M2 medium tank, 1x 37mm + 8x .30cal MG (common crap actually)

[*] M3 medium tank had 1x 37mm, 1x 75mm 3-4 .30cal (common tank in North Africa) - get the bunker'n'PZIV-busting 37mm together with 75mm Sherman power?

Halftrack's worst nightmare?

[*] Quad .50cal on Stuart chassis, rotatable but no crew armor

[*] Quad .50cal (remote controlled) on Chaffee

Panzer IV in problems?

[*] Chaffee with dual 40mm AA (a real thing)

And finnaly assorted useful and fast toys:

[*] Various flamethrowers on Stuart basis, including turret - Wasp with 2 MGs?

[*] Various 76mm AT guns on Stuart (but open crew space)

The British also had strange toys, but it was mostly unimpressive. However, there is the Tortoise, which is a 32pdr (derived from 3.7" AA gun?) on a Jagdpanzer-like Chassis with 7 men, 225mm front armor (angled) and 174lbs weight. Cross-country speed 4 mph... :eek:

[ 01-13-2002: Message edited by: redwolf ]</p>

[Shadow 1st Hussars]

OMG! BTS DO SOMEFINK!

[Gyrene]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Panzer IV in problems?[*] Chaffee with dual 40mm AA (a real thing) <hr></blockquote>

The M19. Saw a lot of action in Korea.

Gyrene

[Kanonier Reichmann]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gyrene:

The M19. Saw a lot of action in Korea.

Gyrene<hr></blockquote>

Lucky for the Germans it didn't see alot of action in the ETO.

Regards

Jim R.