Infantry Against Tanks 1941

[Mad Russian]

Actually if you go back to the front Bear said the use of the Molotov Cocktail was two fold.

1) To kill vehicles.
2) To make them back up or to have them fail morale checks.

We have pretty much concentrated on #1. #2 is a very real result. If a vehicle is in danger of infantry attack and has any morale issues at all the MC may well make them abandon the vehicle or at the least back up.

While game results don't show much success of the MC to take out closed top vehicles the AI acts as though they are a super weapon and fear them. If you get a vehicle in an awkward situation a MC can be just the weapon to at least make them back up.

Bear also said that they are not a stand alone weapon. I also agree with this. They work much better in conjunction with other weapons. The problem is that often times they are the only AT weapon you have anywhere in the area. If so you will have to use it and hope for the best.

Now Mr. Yormsha, what was your specific question and I'll try to answer it. You rambled a lot in your original post. Therefore I answered each point you made as you went on. I'm sorry that somewhere in there I missed either the intent of your post or the actual question. Some of the ones you consider to not be answers might be where I allow that your opinions don't coincide with mine. What do you want me to say that you're wrong? I don't think you necessarily are. We all read books. We all take something away from what we read. We form opinions on what we read and our life experience. Your opinions just seem to not agree with mine is all. That is an answer from my point of view.

The blending of the real and game worlds started way back in post #8. Nobody seemed to minded having the weapon brought to the discussion in a historical context back then. You seem to now.

When I make comments about how I commanded Russian soldiers, that is course referring to a CMBB situation and not my personal experiences as a junior leader in the Red Army in the 1940's.

Again, when I say Soviet infantry was fickle I was talking about real world situations. Like you were when you gave your illustration of Soviet infantry units only having 1 rifle for 20 men. In CMBB they are all armed with something.

So, you've blended the two realities as well as the rest of us. That's fine, but you can't have it both ways. You can't get righteous about me doing it and then in your next paragraph you get to do it.

As to my making your blood boil, that's an interesting response to a discussion about a wargame on a computer. We were all walking down our own garden path without knowing we'd become lost until you showed up to tell us.

Thanks for that.

Good Hunting.

MR