| DAR - Ratzki vs DasTiger 
					Time to do another DAR. It will be on my 960m x 1440m / ME / CMBB map found in the Maps section. I have not played a game on this map, so no real advantage here. Here are some ground rules that we both agreed to:
 1- No Battalion purchases for either side, we can have as many Companies or Platoons as we want.
 2- We used the Redwolf Armour Rules for the time the battle takes place.
 3- No air support
 4- Combined arms setting with troop quality set to medium.
 
 DasTiger chose the Axis side, leaving me with the Allies. With the sides now set I ran the setup to see what the AI would choose for troops for me. I jotted down what the AI picked for my forces and then modified them a bit to fit our game. The AI does not follow any Armour Rules so I had to substitute a little but kept it as close as possible to what the AI picked for me. I have grown quite fond of this method of troop selection, makes me think a little more when it comes to making plans for the battle with what unit can I use for what task, instead of the cherry picked forces.
 
 Here is what my force looks like:
 3x   Rifle '41 Companies
 1x   Pioneer Platoon
 1x   SMG Company
 3x   DP MGs
 3x   Maxim MGs
 1x   12.7mm DShK MG
 1x   Flamethrower
 1x   Sharpshooter
 1x   ATR
 2x   82mm Mortar
 2x   76.2mm m27/39 Guns
 2x   76.2mm m39 Guns
 1x   82mm FO
 1x   120mm FO
 1x   Truck
 2x   Jeep
 1x   T-34 m41 Platoon
 1x   T-34 m42 Platoon
 1x   BA-10 Platoon
 
 Now just some of my own quirks:
 -I do not select enemy units for information.
 -I only will target manually for units in Command, otherwise I let the AI do it.
 -Detailed armour hits is set to off
 I am just mentioning these quirks as sometimes I will do things that others would not, as I will have less information about the enemy, and will have less flexability with my own troops as keeping a HQ in command of my troops is needed to control fire, I have to get rather creative with covered arcs to make units fire kinda where I want them if they are out of command. I just find that the games plays a little more realistic when I does these things, my enemy can play how he chooses.
 
 I have not played against DasTiger before so I have no idea what his style of play is.
 
				
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