Minor weirdness in Tunisia 43

[Indragnir]

Hi guys,

I purchased T'43 game, I'm enjoying my initial review on it. I noticed a (likely) couple of glitchs.

Scenario: Kasserine Campaing (HTH).
Side: Allied
Unit: US II Corps, 443rd Coastal Artillery Bn.
Equipment: M15A1 AA Guns, have AA value 2/0, with SA 24/2.

Scenario: Flanking the Mareth line (HTH).
Side: Allied
Unit: 8th Army, NZ (prov) Corps, L Force, 3rd Field Regiment
Equipment: 25 pdr Field Gun. All 25 pdr have HA 3/11, this one has 5/11.

It's intentional?

[Glenn Saunders]

Hi guys,

I purchased T'43 game, I'm enjoying my initial review on it. I noticed a (likely) couple of glitchs.

Scenario: Kasserine Campaing (HTH).
Side: Allied
Unit: US II Corps, 443rd Coastal Artillery Bn.
Equipment: M15A1 AA Guns, have AA value 2/0, with SA 24/2.

Scenario: Flanking the Mareth line (HTH).
Side: Allied
Unit: 8th Army, NZ (prov) Corps, L Force, 3rd Field Regiment
Equipment: 25 pdr Field Gun. All 25 pdr have HA 3/11, this one has 5/11.

It's intentional?

The 25lbers are not - that is something I will have to fix

That "Coastal Arty" is fine - I should have made a note of this unit in the NOTES. This "Coastal Arty" unit shows up everywhere - seems like they had a Btty here and their all over the place and I have no idea why they were call COASTAL.

There were equipments with a new, experimental type QUAD MG type thing. I saw a couple pictures of it. Mean looking piece of work. But yes, it is as it should be.

[Indragnir]

Thanks Glenn,

Never heard about those Quad MG direct fire vehicles, I presume they were discarded, do you know why? were they of little use?
Theorically those babies could deliver a hell of fire.

I'm loving this game a lot.

[Tortue Agile]

It was COASTAL because:

The introduction of an Antiaircraft Artillery capability to the division began in 1939. In just three years the Coast Artillery Corps fielded hundreds of battalions with all new equipment, many of which saw combat in North Africa. Influenced by the Coast Artillery experience of defending static points, and precluded from maneuvering with the field army in the interwar years, the doctrine, equipment and training for the AAA units at Kasserine required significant adjustment. By Remagen, the fixes were in place.

If you want to know more about it: http://www.skylighters.org/hammer


For the Tunisian Campaign see: http://www.skylighters.org/hammer/chapter3.html

Battle of Kasserine http://www.skylighters.org/hammer/chapter4.html

etc.

[Mr Grumpy]

Thanks for the links, very interesting! :)

[Indragnir]

It was COASTAL because:

The introduction of an Antiaircraft Artillery capability to the division began in 1939. In just three years the Coast Artillery Corps fielded hundreds of battalions with all new equipment, many of which saw combat in North Africa. Influenced by the Coast Artillery experience of defending static points, and precluded from maneuvering with the field army in the interwar years, the doctrine, equipment and training for the AAA units at Kasserine required significant adjustment. By Remagen, the fixes were in place.

If you want to know more about it: http://www.skylighters.org/hammer


For the Tunisian Campaign see: http://www.skylighters.org/hammer/chapter3.html

Battle of Kasserine http://www.skylighters.org/hammer/chapter4.html

etc.

Very interesting.

My question is: were they employed in a AA role or a direct fire unit?
I mean they've the same AA value than a non-AAA unit.