So I was listening to Tiger Tracks (audiobook)recently. It was interesting to hear how a Tiger 1 could be so easily destroyed by a single molotov or ATG on the engine compartment when fighting on the eastern front. In fact Wolfgang said he feared infantry far more more than upgraded T34-85s.
Getting your Tiger 1 destroyed by a conscript squad - i'm sure than would result in a few rage-quits haha
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18 Jul 2016, 00:21 AM
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18 Jul 2016, 14:13 PM
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Pretty much all tanks back then could be "easily" immobilized by this kind of attack.
After all you got a rather exposed engine compartment, which isn't just solid metal, but also contains a bunch of cables and other soft targets around the engine.
After all you got a rather exposed engine compartment, which isn't just solid metal, but also contains a bunch of cables and other soft targets around the engine.
18 Jul 2016, 14:22 PM
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It was a common tactic, for example Finns lacking good anti-tank guns during the winter war used molotovs to destroy Soviet tanks by throwing it on the thing where the engine sucked air in, only to suck in flames instead.
18 Jul 2016, 14:47 PM
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Red Army copied this tactic from Finns
1 Aug 2016, 05:21 AM
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People complain the Soviets are useless.
Well, they are useless if you fight your units 1vs1. But they are all about Synergy.
What do I care if you have a Panther? Once you are crippled from running over a mine
I wait until you repair it with your 3x SturmPioneers and tell my 3x Mortars to fire at it.
did you know Vet 1 Mortars get FLARE?!
- 900 Manpower down the drain. - Panther still can't move worth a damn.
Well, they are useless if you fight your units 1vs1. But they are all about Synergy.
What do I care if you have a Panther? Once you are crippled from running over a mine
I wait until you repair it with your 3x SturmPioneers and tell my 3x Mortars to fire at it.
did you know Vet 1 Mortars get FLARE?!
- 900 Manpower down the drain. - Panther still can't move worth a damn.
1 Aug 2016, 17:37 PM
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If infantry managed to get so close as to attack your tank's treads or engine compartment, your own infantry either failed to do their job of combined arms, or the tank failed to stick close to friendly infantry.
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