@Mark: I fly to Manila rather a lot as my fiancee lives there. I will let you know if and when I'm in the Philippines again.
@James: I do have to fly to Belfast occasionally for work, will let you know as well. I haven't been there in over a year now though.
@SuperStuG story...
It was in 2005. I flew to Stockholm to attend the ASL tournament there, after having been invited by Commissar Piotr who I played (and lost against) quite a bit on VASL PBEM. After getting thrashed in my first match, I got bracketed against someone who lost his first game as well and the scenario we got was Boeinked (a Schwerpunkt scenario).
My opponent played the British attackers, and had no less than 7 Churchill Tanks and 2 of those tiny Carrier thingies.
I was the German defenders and my AT capability was: A PsK, two AT guns, Panzerfausts and two StuG IIIGs.
The AT guns got one Churchill. PsK took one out as well. One tank bogged far away from the action and stayed immob for the game. A PanzerFaust got one carrier.
But SuperStuG.... It started when the two carriers rushed down the flanks and one got blown up in very small pieces by the StuG. Next turn a Churchill wandered into the sights of the StuG and promptly died as well. So far so good.
As the flank on the right was clearing up and nothing was in sight of the StuG, I decided to go and flank the rest of the enemy assault with it. I started it up, drove to a place where I could hit the rear of a Churchill and the first shot in Bounding Fire took care of its second Churchill. Next enemy turn a Churchill took a shot at the StuGs side armor and hit, but to no effect. StuG turned around and missed, got hit again to no effect and finally killed its 3rd Churchill. And in the end it got a bead on the last remaining Churchill and immobilized it, allowing the PsK squad to get close by and finish it off.
That StuG rolled low on every single shot, and my opponent rolled high whenever he tried to kill that StuG. SuperStuG has been the name of that counter ever since I already liked the IIIG before that game, having had some serious fun with it in other scenarios, but that play of Boeinked raised Stug IIIG to my favourite AFV in ASL and it still is. I can't wait for my SASL campaign to hit the period where StuGs IIIG are available
@James: I do have to fly to Belfast occasionally for work, will let you know as well. I haven't been there in over a year now though.
@SuperStuG story...
It was in 2005. I flew to Stockholm to attend the ASL tournament there, after having been invited by Commissar Piotr who I played (and lost against) quite a bit on VASL PBEM. After getting thrashed in my first match, I got bracketed against someone who lost his first game as well and the scenario we got was Boeinked (a Schwerpunkt scenario).
My opponent played the British attackers, and had no less than 7 Churchill Tanks and 2 of those tiny Carrier thingies.
I was the German defenders and my AT capability was: A PsK, two AT guns, Panzerfausts and two StuG IIIGs.
The AT guns got one Churchill. PsK took one out as well. One tank bogged far away from the action and stayed immob for the game. A PanzerFaust got one carrier.
But SuperStuG.... It started when the two carriers rushed down the flanks and one got blown up in very small pieces by the StuG. Next turn a Churchill wandered into the sights of the StuG and promptly died as well. So far so good.
As the flank on the right was clearing up and nothing was in sight of the StuG, I decided to go and flank the rest of the enemy assault with it. I started it up, drove to a place where I could hit the rear of a Churchill and the first shot in Bounding Fire took care of its second Churchill. Next enemy turn a Churchill took a shot at the StuGs side armor and hit, but to no effect. StuG turned around and missed, got hit again to no effect and finally killed its 3rd Churchill. And in the end it got a bead on the last remaining Churchill and immobilized it, allowing the PsK squad to get close by and finish it off.
That StuG rolled low on every single shot, and my opponent rolled high whenever he tried to kill that StuG. SuperStuG has been the name of that counter ever since I already liked the IIIG before that game, having had some serious fun with it in other scenarios, but that play of Boeinked raised Stug IIIG to my favourite AFV in ASL and it still is. I can't wait for my SASL campaign to hit the period where StuGs IIIG are available