Gary Owen
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If so, I'd sure appreciate a game.
anyone interested in a pure armor PBEM?
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[nzn]
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Contact Sheik Yerbouti (Keke), he is the fan of it!
Sheik Yerbouti
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Yeah, I especially like to destroy 14 Soviet tanks in two minutes.Originally posted by ['nzn]
Contact Sheik Yerbouti (Keke), he is the fan of it!
[nzn]
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Good choice of battle time that was, but with tigers against m76s you could perform better i think... and faster too :thumup:
Sheik Yerbouti
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Hohoo, I only got 4 Tigers, and most of the killing was made with Pz-IVHs and Stugs...I advice you not to park all your tanks near the flags without any flank cover...
arkai88
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I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but it probably will. I really think that taking Tigers and to an lesser extent Panthers in an ME is just simply wrong. I have 2 or 3 people that I no longer play simply because I'm not picky(and I'm also too trusting) and I let them set up the battle and send me the first file, only to find myself facing a force centered around the big cats.
I know there will be someone in here boasting soon; "I have no problems killing Tigers, I've even done it with T-60's". We all know that TIgers CAN be killed, but 2 fairly even matched opponents, even on terrain that favors t-34's, the Tiger player still has to make mistakes for the Russian player to win and even then, the Russian player has to hope that after setting up a beautiful flank attack on the TIgers, that his T-34's don't simply slam their tanks into reverse at the sight of the Tigers.
Just my 2c.
I know there will be someone in here boasting soon; "I have no problems killing Tigers, I've even done it with T-60's". We all know that TIgers CAN be killed, but 2 fairly even matched opponents, even on terrain that favors t-34's, the Tiger player still has to make mistakes for the Russian player to win and even then, the Russian player has to hope that after setting up a beautiful flank attack on the TIgers, that his T-34's don't simply slam their tanks into reverse at the sight of the Tigers.
Just my 2c.
Sheik Yerbouti
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Arkai88, I know what you mean, and the same goes with KV-1s in early war battles...
arkai88
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I agree for the most part, however a KV with a green or average crew in 41 is nowhere as lethal as a Tiger with a vet or crack crew in 43.
The KV isn't going to hit nearly as often, but it is almost as hard to destroy. Then again I wouldn't be surprised to see someone put an elite crew in a 1941 KV.
The KV isn't going to hit nearly as often, but it is almost as hard to destroy. Then again I wouldn't be surprised to see someone put an elite crew in a 1941 KV.
Sheik Yerbouti
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Exactly. You'll see surprisingly many KV-1s with veteran crews in QBs...
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Scipio
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I have more problems with Panthers then Tigers, and I have a real big problem with 'Rounded' armor on Russian tanks. I always thought it would be an advantage - but it seems to me that it is a big disadvantage. I loose most of my Soviet tanks to front turret penetrations I wonder why rounded armor was the Soviet doctrin til the modern times.
However, I'm not a tank battle expert - you should ask Major Taktik. He loves tanks.
But if someone want to have a nasty city combat, I'm your man
I wonder why rounded armor was the Soviet doctrin til the modern times. However, I'm not a tank battle expert - you should ask Major Taktik. He loves tanks.
But if someone want to have a nasty city combat, I'm your man