5. Panzer Div rocks!

Last night was pretty cool. First time I played FOW tank company. First time I played Germans. I chose 5.Pz Div because it really reflects the confident veteran rating - the formation had been fighting since 1939 - Poland, France, Balkans, Eastern Front. And the division was getting prepped for North Africa - complete with desert brown paint scheme - before being transferred to Moscow. That explains why my Pz II Luchs recce team is still in desert colors.

Syamael's Russian horde was scary, to say the least, but the sheer manouvarability of the panzertruppen managed to carry the day with a classic pincer movement - with the apparently "weaker" left flank actually my assaulting flank, and the right flank that looks stronger (with Firestorm Tiger and Panther support) being a very powerful feint to pin the enemy anti-tank assets. His IL-2 airstrikes were quite effective, and now I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of rocket airstrikes (my British 11th Armd infantry company usually fights with rocket Typhoons on Priority Air Support). Lucky for me he only had limited air support.

The final assault against dug-in sappers was really scary. I was lucky that they broke after the initial charge, or it would have been a different story altogether.

Fui...nice write up.

that was an awesome fight.. it was my second game... superb is the word to describe it. Once i have more model to configure my army then we shall play again. Looking forward for next friday.

Indeed it was awesome. I think the early loss of your Su-76 company because of the deployment error helped me a lot. And I was quite lucky w some of my dice rolls too. 12 hits out of 16 MG shots on your oncoming SMG company charge was just too much!

yup... 12 oout of 16.. that was crazy... you needed 10 hit.. yet you got them all. It was stupid to forget that you need a roll off to see who start. There i go thinking that i was going to start first... just to find out from you.. ok let roll to see who start... ... that really screw me up. my plan was to clear you panzer with the SU 76 and take out those 2 tiger on the first turn.. if i had the first turn and manage to know out 3 of your panzer and your tiger.. it would have been lot different for me. Well it was only my second game i ever played.. but playing with lan is always alot of fun.. even when he taunts you.. .

The more i loose the more i learn to improve.