GREEN LIGHT TOURNEY

[Mad Baron]

Just a thought.

Since the GLT is heavily balanced against the Russ, it might be interesting to eventually post the best kill ratio for the Reds in each sector, as a final screen shot for each. Sort of the ''dream defense,'' as it were.

Has anyone killed more than 2 German tanks in any sector yet?

Between indirect fire, the Stuka, caught still trying to set up, spot-on German gunnery, etc., I have been pretty much ripped apart as the defender. I think I have only 1 enemy tank kill as we now wait with our backs to the Volga (but at least that town cannot fall)!

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Hill





Seeking a path of least resistance over Beatguy's heavily-wooded hill, I route my panzers towards the road which offers a clear run through the trees, but their hopes are dashed as they encounter a T-34 sitting squarely in the middle of the highway..




Road blocked..

[PoorOldSpike]

...Since the GLT is heavily balanced against the Russ, it might be interesting to eventually post the best kill ratio for the Reds in each sector...

It's a mirror, so any imbalance will er...balance itself out in the rematch, no sweat..:)

23 guys have chosen to play as Russians in the first-half games, and 10 have chosen to be German.
That means you 23 Russian guys are going to find out in the rematch that it's much harder being the Germans than you think, sure the sheer numerical superiority of Jerry will inevitably carry him a long way down the map, but if his movement plotting skills aren't spot on he's going to have huge traffic snarlups (I know) which will slow his advance and give the Russkis precious time to get their reinfs into position and their guns neatly faced to meet him..

It's only a 20-turn game and too many delays will seriously throw a spanner in the German advance timetable, so the German players traffic coordination skills will be tested to the absolute limit..:)

Kharkov

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Hill





As my panzers fight it out with Andre's 2 guns, (losing 2 tanks in the process), a Sturmovik strike comes in from the left--




The 4 rockets straddle the German group but miraculously no further tanks are hurt..




Wartime issue

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Woods





Owl's 8-wheeler comes probing ahead of the German main force and takes an ampulomet hit for his trouble..




Followed up by this direct hit from his own 150mm artillery as the German barrage arrives. Definitely not his day..

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Town




My panzers make their big push on the Volga, and a major tank battle erupts on the outskirts of Bootie's town as a total of 10 German and 8 Russian machines clash in what traumatised peasant witnesses will dub 'the battle of the great iron things' but the largely green Russian force is no match for the faster-firing crack panzers and all the Russians are wrecked for the loss of about half the panzers.
X's mark wrecked machines..




Pictures from the height of the battle-
The right-hand panzer group slugs it out against 4 T-34's..




The T-34's view..




My left-hand panzer group took on the KV2 group and suffered 50 per cent losses..




As the lumbering KV2's struggle to reload their huge shells, more T-34s back them up..

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Hill




Andre wipes out all 5 tanks of my panzer spearhead.
With only 4 turns left I calculated that if I hurled them forward on 'fast' they'd be on the banks of the Volga before the end of the game. Bad call.
Andre launches a surprise attack out of the town and beats them to a pulp; my boys fired back but missed most of the time because firing on 'fast' means you usually can't hit a barn door..
I lose all 5 panzers for the loss of possibly 1 T-34..




KV2's at their work..

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE-The Hill




Beatguy's Russian armour blocks the road, so rather than make the mistake of trying to blindly charge past it on 'fast' to the Volga (as I tried to do against Andre), this time I mount a precision surgical strike with a complimentary mix of 'fast' and 'hunt' orders.
Result- 4 wrecked Russians for the loss of one panzer..




The air was thick with gunsmoke as the panzers poured lethal concentrated fire into the Russian group..

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Wood





My tankhunter's grenade bundle describes a graceful arc as it soars towards Feydarkin's panzer with devastating consequences for the vehicle (inset)
However German infantry quickly closes in on him..

[PoorOldSpike]

COMBAT FOOTAGE- The Wood





Combat Wombat's panzer leader drives straight through the rail crossing chased by a 45mm ATG shot which does no harm..




The panzer is determined to reach the beckoning Hill in the background, the last major obstacle before the sweet waters of the Volga beyond..