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Sherman IDF + smoke

Hello.I've got another doubt and question: I've seen photos and descriptions of Sherman tanks used as mobile artillery, emplaced and shooting shells by the dozen (in Osprey's Vanguard "Sherman tank in...

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Russian Cavalry Formations

Does anyone know a good source for tactical doctrine with these?

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Re: Russian Cavalry Formations

The only source I have is the book on the Soviet cavalry from the Order of Battle series by Charles Sharp. Lots of TOE info with a brief history of each cavalry unit, and the cavalry in general.Matt

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

The New Zealanders definately used smoke to knock out Tigers in Italy. They fired the smoke at the Tigers, and when the crews bailed out, as they thought the Tiger was on fire, the canny New...

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Re: Close combat & tank destroyers

Was not the German concept of a Marder as a mobile Anti tank gun. Ie it could engage the enemy armour and then withdraw without the need for a tractor?This is subtley different from the American...

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Re: KING TIGERS

We have found that three King Tigers totaly dominate a game. If you are going to use that many, which I think is significantly more than the Germans ever managed to bring to the battlefield, you will...

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

If you want to use Shermans to create a smoke screen as part of a historical scenario, I would simply create a scenario rule that gives them the ability to fire smoke missions along their line of...

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

Robert Boscawen's 'Armoured Guardsman' describes how the Guards AD were trained in artillery techniques in the 'lull' after Op Market Garden. Essentially this boiled down to learning how to use the...

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Re: Close combat & tank destroyers

It certainly is the concept, but many players mis-use them and hang around to fire in the Offensive Fire phase and get easily KO'd by the following Allied Defensive Fire...The wise operator of Marders...

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

The technique is known as semi-indirect and is still used and taught today.John

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

I have read (and I cannot now remember where) of a squadron of Shermans using Indirect fire with AP shot, to shake a hidden German AFV out of a farm or small hamlet. They didn't hit it, but it...

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

Chris,Special techniques, such as the one you described are not explicitely represented at our scale. There are countless odd things that happen in combat, deliberate and accidental, that really can't...

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Re: Sherman IDF + smoke

Mark,I was not suggesting that you need to include these 'funnies' in the rules for a moment. If you catered for all the things that happened in WWII the rules would be far too complex. I was just...

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Where do you lay smoke?

I really am in the dark as to what you target when you use it. Is it:The enemy?Your troops?Somewhere in between?Also, when do you use it?

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Re: Where do you lay smoke?

Smoke is essentially deployable terrain that:1) It makes units harder to see (down on the spotting table)2) It makes units harder to target with direct fire (a minus to fire combat).However, it does...

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Re: Where do you lay smoke?

Also,If you want to isolate one area from another, so you have freedom of movement, you drop smoke in between terrain features.You want to move your firebase into a position safely, and then allow the...

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Re: US Artillery - King of Battle

The effectiveness of the TOT tactic was based on the shock effect of a surprise fire, which also would tend to catch the surprised target in exposed postures such as standing up, outside of armored...

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Re: First Day In Hell Scenario

Hi Gents,Good scenario, as a tank commander this battle rearly does inspire you to pull out all the stops and go at the ivans full speed, the main problem you face as the LAH is the fact that ivan is...

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Re: First Day In Hell Scenario

I agree wth everything said above, particularly bearin in mind the unhappy fate of 10th Panzer Brigade at Kursk.In the late war period the Germans often reccomended sending the inantry in first, ahead...

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Re: Building a Panzergrenadier company

Yes, Rob you are right, but with casulties, units were rarely up to strength.However, I would have thought the panzer grenadiers would be more likly to be understrength in infantry, rather than MG....

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