DAR Clash of the Titans

[Mad Russian]

Due to all the discussion about what the Soviet heavies can and can't do in various game systems and their capabilities here I've put together a test scenario. There are limited numbers of tanks on each side. Two varieties for each side. Some start on map others enter later.

This is a 2km map. There is plenty of room to maneuver.

We start by setting up the PBM. First I enter our passwords and select New Game and hit enter. Takes about 15 seconds.

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Then I select the scenario.

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Time to pick sides.

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Now I buy the forces listed in the Unit Cost Table. First the JS-2m's.

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Then my JSU-152 monsters. I have enough points to buy them all so I don't have to pick and choose in this scenario.

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[Mad Russian]

You can see in the TAC map in the lower right that all 4 flags are yellow. They are all neutral at this point.

Time to start the game. My opponent is an old adversary of more than 25 years. von Staudt will more than give me a run for my money. If anyone will make my JS-2's and JSU's dance for them it will be VS.

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[Mad Russian]

Is this the Valley of Death? There are reports of heavy German tanks operating in this area. We are to secure this area and destroy any German tanks we encounter.

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[Mad Russian]

Up on the ridge we get some height but the trees are in the way.

As you can see in my HUD my battle group is small. With this large map we should get some interesting results for this battle. Since the map was already made it took less than an hour to produce the scenario. About the same time as it would have taken me in any other game editor.

One thing to note, units that will arrive as reinforcements do not show up on the HUD until they are actually on the map. Off map artillery never shows up in the HUD. You are told when it arrives in the Message Board and you can start to target it. This is a pure armor test. Nothing but brute strength here in this one.

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[Mad Russian]

Tanks start to engage on turn 1. That yellow band shows we have the attention of a King Tiger.

The red and green band shows this tank is not taking orders from his platoon leader but is trying to back out of the LOS of the KT.

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[Mad Russian]

The dust clouds around my JS's means we are taking incoming fire that is missing....that's a good thing!

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At 945 meters this JS doesn't like it's chances and is backing up.

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[junk2drive]

Oh my, your map is so big.

[Mad Russian]

This is a close shot. ONLY 786 meters. He is holding his ground to slug it out with the KT though.

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[Mad Russian]

This platoon leader is fully functional.

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[Mad Russian]

One of his platoon is engaging KT's while he's in the back getting unbogged. At the moment the bog rules are a bit heavy. They need to be less frequent than what I'm seeing here in this test.

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[Mad Russian]

Some of my JS's are taking some serious hits!

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[Mad Russian]

You can't keep getting hit from a King Tiger without bad things happening to you!

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[Mad Russian]

The results show in the HUD and in the Message Box. One JS knocked out.

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[Mad Russian]

Here a tank platoon fights for it's life! The blue lines are where they were told to go. The red lines are firing missions and the yellow lines are incoming fire missions.

This is a serious threat to these Soviet tankers.

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MR

[Kineas]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
At the moment the bog rules are a bit heavy. They need to be less frequent than what I'm seeing here in this test.

If the bogging was just an option that would be the best. I'm afraid of the high bog rates, like in CM.