MAIN EVENT VII! Ratzki vs Joonny....

[Der Kuenstler]

Here Ratzki's luck continues to go badly. He does everything right, hunting up on a Panther to the North of town that has its side exposed. The Panther is busy firing at some Russian infantry.



But for some odd reason the vet Panther picked up the approaching T34, even though it was buttoned and facing the other way, and was able to get his turret around. Consequently the crack T34/85 only gets a ricochet off of the front turret.



Then the Panther's first shot does Ratzki's last T34/85 in...



Now Ratzki only has one lone IS-2 to face the German AFV hordes. But dies he? As the minute ends one of Joonny's Panthers gets a bead on the unsuspecting IS-2 as it sits buttoned and idle near the edge of some woods...



Ratzki laments his current situation:

"There goes my last t34. The battle is pretty much over now. A brief comment here, then more on why I did what I did when the event ends.

All in all I am quite pleased with what happened. Yes I am losing badly, but not due to poor decisions, not that I have not made acouple but they were not deal breakers. All in all, llike here, I managed to get first shots off agains his tanks most of the time and score hits first just as often, just the Russian equipment lets a guy down. If I would have had a little more wiggle room I think that I could have opened this game up and not be in the position that I find myself. You have to have some room as the Russian player because there is now way that a head on fight will turn out good for the Russians. Jonny played well, but I would have like to have had the opportunity to challenge him more. Ok, on to see what I can do about improving the results from this game."