Wilhammer Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Enemy force bypasses a hidden platoon. Hidden platoon gets discovered by enemy units, all hvy weapons and one FO. Well, my platoon commander, down to 2 men, finds the FO and spends 2 turns shooting at it from 1 meter range, killing one dude. But... The FO defends itself by plotting fire on my unit, just one meter way, and it kills my HQ and it gets away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiborhead Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 WOW! This must be what is known as "smart shrapnel" Arty. :eek: Seriously though, that's funny but it had to suck at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wilhammer: [QBThe FO defends itself by plotting fire on my unit, just one meter way, and it kills my HQ and it gets away![/QB]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The increadible thing about this is that this sort of thing really happened. I've read several accounts of men calling down artillery on their own position. I think Audie Murphey was one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen-x87H Posted June 28, 2001 Share Posted June 28, 2001 I lost a tiger at 800 meters with a comet in a head on dual last night. Blew the tiger sky high. Looking at the penetration values for the comet I am baffled. Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafard Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wilhammer: The FO defends itself by plotting fire on my unit, just one meter way, and it kills my HQ and it gets away!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wow ! :eek: What's the FO name and rank ? I need this guy for my next game... Hmmm, would it be possible to buy him multiple times like Wittman in some scenarios ? Hehe, now i'm invincible !!! -- Cafard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gen-x87H: I lost a tiger at 800 meters with a comet in a head on dual last night. Blew the tiger sky high. Looking at the penetration values for the comet I am baffled. Gen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The British Comet is quite capable of getting a Tiger kill at most ranges. Why? The Tiger I is now old by CMBO timeframe but it's old design has the armor sloped at horrible angles of 0-10 degrees. Now here are the penetration values for the Comet WITHOUT tungsten at 0 degree angle: 100m:154mm/500m:143mm/1000m:130mm/2000m:103mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brujay Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pak40: The increadible thing about this is that this sort of thing really happened. I've read several accounts of men calling down artillery on their own position. I think Audie Murphey was one of them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Japanese spotters routinely called in mortar fire on themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedlam Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 There was a gentleman in the Massachusetts area that recently received the Medal of Honor for calling arty on his position. He managed to save his platoon but was killed in the process. Nedlam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screamineagle Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 Were you playing AI or Human. If human, post his name so I don't run into him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olandt Posted July 14, 2001 Share Posted July 14, 2001 If you read the book "The Green Beret" theres a chapter where a special forces unit in vietnam calls a gunship attack inside his perimeter. Of course, I don't know if you can believe the book or not. I heard of a similar account during the Gulf war as well. (recon unit behind lines). If you know it's coming and they don't, you at ;east have a btter chance than your enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 At that range, and those odds, you have a good chance of dying. Calling in arty on your position, you know its comming, you get down, the other poor sod doesn't and is running around in the open, maybe, just maybe, you get to see the next sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pak40: The incredible thing about this is that this sort of thing really happened. I've read several accounts of men calling down artillery on their own position. I think Audie Murphey was one of them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> One vivid account of this happening is in Charles MacDonald's outstanding book "Company Commander". One of his platoons--he was, indeed, a WWII American company CO-- got overrun, trapped and isolated during a night city attack. The platoon leader and most of his men were in the basement of a house with many Germans tromping around in the house upstairs. They called down arty on their own heads and the Germans bugged out. The platoon later got out with no further casualties. What the AI often seems to do when an FO is threatened is call down smoke for protection. I'd sure rather deal with that than HE. I wonder if the FO who started this thread was actually a "fanatic"--since his performance is out of line with standard AI behavior. (BTW, FOs count for 30 victory pts and are well worth killing in CM terms, whenever possible.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCHRD Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 I had a 76mm round ricochet off the mantle of a panther and penetrate the side of the panther next to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty's Double Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 6 of my ELITE Fallschirmjagers go into a building with six GREEN Brit gun crewmen (whose gun was knocked out last turn, and must be at least a little shaken). One minute later 5 crewmen walk out. Is MP44 the German designation for strong language or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiggDogg Posted August 4, 2001 Share Posted August 4, 2001 Monty, can I draft those green Brit crewmen into my army? Your Elite Fallschirmjagers must have opened their parachutes when they entered the building, thus encumbering their fighting skills. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwxspoon Posted August 8, 2001 Share Posted August 8, 2001 I just had to tell someone about this one. I am about five turns from the end of a PBEM game. My infantry force is strong and virtually untouched but must cross 100-150 meters of open ground to assault the flags, which my opponent is in tentative possession of (he has just endured some 8" Howitzer shelling). My bazookas are empty; I have one M3 HT for fire support for the infantry assault. But, my opponent has a Mk IV tank overwatching the open area, vigorouskly shelling any infantry that shows its face. Since my FO has LOS, I figure what the hell and target my last 2 rounds of 8 inch artillery on the tank. By my honor the two 8 inch rounds fall simultaneously, one of them is a direct hit on the top of the Mk IV!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedlam Posted August 9, 2001 Share Posted August 9, 2001 I hope you plan on writing HQ and recommending that FO for the Silver Star! I am currently in a PBEM and the Germans had an AT gun that was giving me fits. Anyway, one of my HQ units happened to have LOS on it and that HQ unit had a 60mm mortar team attached to it. I had 17 shells left as it was my last option I figured what the heck. The second shell that fell knocked out the gun! (That team is getting the distinguished Service Cross) hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted August 9, 2001 Share Posted August 9, 2001 In First Clash at Cambes, I had a Sherman reverse right over the 3 survivors of a Company HQ...they got "squished." I saw no other units target the HQ, and I can't imagine the Sherman shooting straight behind it...since its flexible .50cal ammo was zero at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Carrot Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jwxspoon: But, my opponent has a Mk IV tank overwatching the open area, vigorouskly shelling any infantry that shows its face. Since my FO has LOS, I figure what the hell and target my last 2 rounds of 8 inch artillery on the tank. By my honor the two 8 inch rounds fall simultaneously, one of them is a direct hit on the top of the Mk IV!!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Everyone knows the one in a million chances happen nine times out of ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nedlam: ...I am currently in a PBEM and the Germans had an AT gun that was giving me fits. Anyway, one of my HQ units happened to have LOS on it and that HQ unit had a 60mm mortar team attached to it. I had 17 shells left as it was my last option I figured what the heck. The second shell that fell knocked out the gun! (That team is getting the distinguished Service Cross) hehehe<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The on-board mortars are superb for taking out AT guns. Really, you just used the correct weapon system - nothing strange that I can tell... or did you HQ pop the gun with it's pistol? Now that is noteworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedlam Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 I've just never had much success with on board mortars before. Then again, maybe that's the 1st time I use them correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmtn Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 This happend on just the second game against the AI that I ever played. I had the artillery spotter target enemy infantry 200 meters away. A "spotting round" landed right on top of of the spotter eliminating both members of that team. This round also killed a member of the MG squad right next to it. :mad: I must of watched that replay 15 times. I am pretty sure it was friendly fire and not an enemy mortar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 I had a 105mm spotting round hit a German Flak truck between two 2-story heavy buildings in a city. Talk about threading the needle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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