Tips from the Frontline

[RNL Tiger]

More tips from the frontline

As before, POS is a mine of useful information, which has been captured in this thread. I am sure that there will be people who can read these two AARs and learn from it – as I have done. There are some things that I especially need to remember to do:
• Check for LOS when moving, especially armour, and if in doubt then assume the enemy does have LOS. I lost a T34 at the start when reversing off the road and again another one just behind the crest of hill. In both cases I had assumed that there was not LOS to either tank and was wrong on both occasions; two very expensive mistakes
• Check for LOS especially for keyholes through sparse cover, my Stalin heading to the road got a shot at the Hetzer through just such a gap. Checking this LOS also includes noting height as well as you may see over cover such as scattered trees. If the cover looks like it might block LOS but there is a chance it may not then throw in a hunt in between your “fast” or other movement command as that may exploit an unexpected [and pleasant] opportunity
• Check the terrain carefully for both fire positions and alternative fire positions, my T34s covered the centre but the wet ground made it dangerous to move forward without risking the tank bogging and becoming a sitting duck
• Check for opportunities for area-fire as it is a useful tactic if just out of LOS, my Stalin area fired against three Panzers and gun damaged one of them

One final tip from POS: “Another point worth mentioning - although I demolished a small house with area-fire on top of your occupant near the other big flag, there's no guarantee occupants will be injured or killed, they may well survive and stay in the rubble which incidentally is excellent cover. However, a large two-storey building or church WILL hurt occupants quite severely if its demolished, in fact it sometimes pays to deliberately let an opponent stuff the place with inf, then collapse it on top of them with area fire.(insert maniacal laughter emoticon here) As I always say - they pose no threat if they're mush.”

Well, that meeting engagement too has finished; learnt some more lessons; so now it is time to enter the cauldron of war yet again.