Tank Fight II! Squirmer vs Sandman

[sandman20]

3-2 to Russkies this time.
Few tanks from both sides took some several hits, couple of main turrets destroyed and some crews stunned etc.

Soviets lost OT-34 & T-34, Brits lost Crocodile, Comet and Firefly.

Score board:

Commies: 107
Tea boys: 95

[Squirmer]

5 - 5

Would have been 5 - 2 to the Brits but for the Churchills' stupidity in continuing their suicide mission.

Got an IS-2

Running Total: BR 100 SO 112

[sandman20]

5-4 to Brits.
I realized that Squirmer have a wall of Churchills, Comets and Challengers in the edge of forest in the south.
I can't get it through without major losses, so I need to figure out something else.

Soviets losses:

BA-64
T-44
T-34/85 x 3

British losses:

Challenger
Crocodile
VC Firefly x 2

Total score:

Russkies:116
Brits:105

[Squirmer]

2 - 0 to Brits. Another IS-2 dies

The boys are doing well holding up a much larger force in the south.

Running Total: Brits 107 Sovs 116

[sandman20]

Poor turn for me this time, I lost 2 T-44's, 2 T-34's and 2 IS-2's in exchange of Comet and Firefly
I'm running out of tanks in the middle section!!!:eek:

Total:

Soviets:118

Brits:113

[Squirmer]

Well it looks like there are no Soviet tanks left in the middle now. Hopefully we can take their rear VHs now (400 pts worth). Not sure if it's worth losing about 2,000 points of tanks for but there you go

Score:

This turn: BR 4 SO 2
Running Total: Brits 117 Sovs 120

P.S. Churchill VIIIs make superb blockers Unless you're up against the Germans of course ...

[sandman20]

Yup, the middle section is completely lost, I've couple of tanks alive in the north and quite a lot in the south.
So, maybe it's time to reorganize some troops.:rolleyes:

Both sides lost one tank this turn,Firefly killed from Brits and T-34 from Soviets.

Running total:

SU:121

GB:118

[Squirmer]

Brits are doing some re-org too. Moving Churchills to northern sector where Ruskies are making a big push.

1 - 1 this turn.

Running Total: BR 119 SO 122

Noticed some Soviet tanks are now on HE ammo ...

[sandman20]

No kills at all this turn.
British Churchill in the north took few serious hits, but it survived.:rolleyes:

Regrouping continues.

[Squirmer]

Good turn for the Brits. 5 - 0, we're in the lead for the first time!

Running Total: BR 124 SO 122

[sandman20]

1-1 this time. Russkies lose T-34/85 in exchange of Brits Churchill VIII.

Looks like Brits are preparing to receive Soviet tanks from the south, they are creating wall of tanks to the edge of woods.

Running total:

SO: 123

BR: 125

[Squirmer]

1 - 1 again. T-34/85 for a Staghound.

Wonder if we can take the southern VHs ...

Running Total: BR 126 SO 124

[sandman20]

Only one British Comet killed at my turn, so it went 1-0 to Soviets.

I wait some Russian casualties at Squirmer's next turn, since I left some T-34's to bad situations.

Running total:

Soviets:124

Brits:125

[Squirmer]

3 - 0 to Brits. One of these kills was stupidly lucky. A bottom hit from a 105mm (M4) HE shell fired using the Z key. Never seen that before ...

Running Total: BR 128 SO 124

I'm sure this will be a draw according to the game but who will get more points?

[sandman20]

3-2 to Soviets this turn. We killed two Fireflies (couple of lucky shots also, from a long distance) and one Churchill VIII.
We lost T-44 and IS-2.

This will be a draw indeed, and more points to you I think.
But if you agree, I would like to challenge you to a rematch with swapped sides, same rules etc, you're just Russkies and I'm Teaboys.

Total:

Soviets: 127

Brits:130

[Squirmer]

6 - 2 to the Brits.

I have been surprised with the number of kills from HEAT rounds carried by the close support tanks i.e. Churchill VIII and Sherman IB-CS (M4 105mm). These tanks can also be used as mobile arty for suppressive fire, which is nice

Running Total: Brits 136 Commies 129

Yes a rematch would be cool. I don't think I'll get any T-44s though, very expensive and not much better than a T-34/85. This game has been very educational

[sandman20]

I've noticed that same thing, T-44's are too expensive and not much better than T-34/85;) , educational battle, as you said Squirmer.

2-0 to Brits again, I have major problems at long range fights:(

Total kills:

Soviets: 129

Brits: 138

[Squirmer]

Best turn of the game for the Brits, 11 - 3. A nice way to end

sandman has one turn left to see what he can do with his few remaining tanks ...

Running Total: BR 149 SO 132

[sandman20]

The last turn went 2-0 to Brits.
Battle ended as a draw,more points to Brits.
Here are the total points:

Soviet Union : 30392

Britain: 38768

AFV Losses:

Soviets: 146

Britain: 114

At the end of the battle Brits held all other VH's but southern ones was in the Soviets hands.
British Challengers and Comets was better in long range combats and Squirmer's tactics was better than mine IMO.

I had too many tanks in the south, so the Brits run me over in the middle and norhern fronts.
Good and interesting game Squirmer, let's play a rematch some other time, when you've some extra freetime

My password to map is "tankwar".

[Squirmer]

I really enjoyed this. Bit of a mammoth undertaking though, early turns took a looong time.

Like I said very educational. If I was playing the Soviets I would have definitely got a lot of SU-100s. Relatively cheap and the best gun they've got. Other than that I would have had at least a few IS-3s. They do have an ammo problem but being virtually indestructible they can cause real problems for the opposition. I would probably have got some ISU-122s as well.

It's all about penetrating power and hitting the target