Ski troops

[Colonel von Blitz]

I wrote about ski troops and their lacking ability to assault enemy vehicles. I was never answered by Matrix. So let's try again, especially now when I encountered interesting detail: I found out that (at least German) motorcycle MMG units, with three men and armed with only MG34 LMG, these units are capable of assaulting and taking out enemy armour

Now I'm trying to picture a T-34 advancing when suddenly a motorcycle appears alongside with it...a guy climbs on the tank with LMG, opens the hatch and fires long bursts into the tank

To be serious, I'm just wondering why ski troops are unable to assault enemy vehicles but motorcycles have this ability?

Colonel von Blitz

[ June 09, 2001: Message edited by: Colonel von Blitz ]

[Colonel von Blitz]

Back to the top...

[Arto]

You´re right!

And remember what the Finns did when they didn´t have any AT-weapons: They took a log and few seconds later the tank was immobile.

[ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: Arto ]

[RockinHarry]

Hi Colonel,

yes you´re right, there seems to be a problem or bug with this unit class. Also they don´t show up with their "headcount" which I consider pretty annoying. Should probably mentioned in this "bug consolidation" - thread.

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Harry

[Spike]

Is it just me or can't you 'overrun' ski troops either? There wasn't even any snow and I ran a T-34 up to a ski-troop unit and it said they weren't infantry (?)

Oh yeah, and what did the Finns do with a log to stop a tank? (never heard that)


Spike

[ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: Spike ]

[Alby]

Originally posted by RockinHarry:
Hi Colonel,

yes you´re right, there seems to be a problem or bug with this unit class. Also they don´t show up with their "headcount" which I consider pretty annoying. Should probably mentioned in this "bug consolidation" - thread.

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Harry

I posted the "headcount" thing in the bug thread, I thought it was just the soviets tho
all ski troops huh?
the soviets says "ski inf x 1" in the buy screen,

[Colonel von Blitz]

Oh yeah, and what did the Finns do with a log to stop a tank? (never heard that)

Check out a finnish movie Winter War, there finnish soldiers stucked a small log between sprocket wheel and track...this immobilizes the tank and another guy throws a molotov cocktail to engine intake

Colonel von Blitz

[Arto]

Originally posted by Colonel von Blitz:


Check out a finnish movie Winter War, there finnish soldiers stucked a small log between sprocket wheel and track...this immobilizes the tank and another guy throws a molotov cocktail to engine intake

Colonel von Blitz

Perkhele, ehdit ensin....

It was a very common way to stop a tank, not just in the movie. And when the tank was stopped it was easy to destroy it even without molotovs. Couple of handgranades under the tank and soon the crew was surrendering...

[IKerensky]

just look at them with OOB , they are defined as Inf-SAM , I do think that can be just the point.

[Paul Vebber]

They are nimble litel buggers I guess - you could never overrn James Bond either on those skis

If they come up "inf-SAM" you are using an out of dat editor and could cause serious problems...