Hulldown

[PoorOldSpike]

Okay I just got a Tac vic against the Russian AI in Katukov Strikes Back

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This was my German setup and didn't change much throughout the game, I just picked off the Russian tanks like flies as they came into view. I left 5x panzers right up front behind some small hillocks so they could fire into the Russians rear and sides as they streamed past, even though the Brief advises pulling the panzers back to safety. (I run my own shows, not any REMF Briefing officer)





Below-The endgame screen. The red wavy line is the final Russian line, his infantry advanced further than his tanks did. I've added pink lines to show the direction of most of the shooting.
Here's the number of Russian tanks killed by my boys-
My 3x 88's killed 17
My 7x panzers killed 4
My 6x 105 guns killed 1
(Tot Russ tanks killed=22 out of 25)

My losses were-
All my 7x panzers,
2 out of 3 88's
3 out of 6 105's

Summary- the 2x 88's in the foreground were the war-winners, hammering the Russians at about 1000 metres for turn after turn, getting an accuracy bonus from the TRP down at the end of the Mtensk road; plus of course I had them under the command of a +2 combat-rated officer to get a further accuracy bonus, they killed over one-third of the Red armour single-handed before return fire wrecked them, then my remaining 88 in the valley got in on the act as the Russkis began peeking into the valley, and polished off another 8.
The 105's only had HE shells and were near-useless against armour.