The FFRB Fallschirmjäger were advancing along the road towards the southern hill, which was mostly obscured by thick smoke the heavy mortars had put down to shield them from the enemy´s machineguns. Suddenly, there was movement further down the road. A lone Panzer appeared on the hilltop. It was too large for a Panther, maybe a Tiger... but it was lacking the long-barreled 88 anti-tank gun. This was something far worse!
The thing had no turret at all, in its place was an armoured superstructure from which the huge, gaping maw of a terrible weapon protruded - a 38cm rocket mortar firing a high-explosive shell more than 1,5m long that required a crane for breech loading!
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With a tremendous flash, the Sturmtiger fired the rocket. Where it struck the road, it left a crater 10 meters in diameter, 3meters deep at its lowest point. Nearby trees where torn to cinders.
There had been soldiers near the point of impact. Nothing remained of the unlucky souls closest to the blast, others were flung through the air like dolls.
While the helpless Fallschirmjäger were trying to gather their wits, the Sturmtiger had reloaded, and fired another huge projectile, annihilating those fleeing down the road. The sudden attack had taken a terrible toll...
I knew that the 38cm RW61 is a terrible weapon, but those two shots surpassed my wildest expectations. This monster can easily be fired into an adjacent hex and still cause massive casualities in neighbouring hexes. I killed two squads and a MG34. Wow!
Capt. Pixel shouldn´t complain about being unable to hit with 88AP. One of the (now dead:D ) FJ´s hit a SdKfz222 with a Panzerfaust from 3 hexes away with a 6% to hit chance and blew the turret off. That´s enough luck in a single turn:rolleyes:
I have also discovered infiltrators in my backyard, and have taken appropiate measures. A 12cm mortar is something to behold if used in direct fire :p
