Profile of van Voort

So, Rangers at Marche

The enemy start at level 2, but there is a scripted event that knocks them down to 1 on approach


Mission:

Standard ticker, but bonus for decapping enemy VP


I will usually for these get a second REL to cap, then go for zooks and LT, get some MGs to lock down points

Let's see what happens

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I forget that I start with plenty of fuel here, might be worth going Cpt for the Zooks but I think not. I might not have munitions to buy them otherwise depending how Munitions to MP goes when I hit 2CP

Which I thought was a useless ability, but it fits well, especially on the missions with limited MP


My starting RELs have gone to cover in the middle but are being mortar and shot at, so I soft retreat them to top fuel but do manage to cap it

Rangers will clear the mortar



Vgrens capping top fuel get dealt with by Rangers, I will leave RELs to cap

Second REL squad capping bottom and heading for right VP

Rangers wipe a sturm and hit the mortor

I leave one to cap the munitions and hit the middle with the 2nd

However Sturms turn up and it gets wiped when I retreat it

3rd Rangers arrive in mid and I deal with the Volks, RELs will cap


I know there are Sturms up top as I just had to retreat the first REL from there

Now I have all the fuel and about to hit 2CP, when I do I will go Zooks + Cpt, see if I can get a Stuart and end this fast



Ambulance will not be bad either:

LT
Zooks
4th Ranger
Ambulance

Apparently the AI thinks recrewing mortars with Sturms is a good idea



Why did I go LT, cancel and get CPT

Maybe both later I shall see, I have all the fuel


2nd MP blitz:

4th Ranger and pick up zooks

Hold for Stuart

Both RELS now capping the top


CPT arrives can immediately order two Stuarts

Split Rangers into those with Zooks and those without


Got the alert that they are heading towards the left VP

Now keep Rangers in the middle to kill stuff, with the zooks a bit back, RELs can cap, but I will drop back one to heal




1st Puma, move zooks up


3rd Stuart ordered



Puma down

Drop 1st Ranger squads back to heal and zook, repair Stuarts


Win 250 VP to 0


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Steamcloud is not available, so will put the rest of the screenshots later


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Vet +7
Strength -4

30 RP

Gold Medal

Previous Efforts:

30 / -26 Tank Grab Bronze Able

30 / -44 Armoured Assault Defeat Able

10 / +10 Armoured Assault Gold Able

9 /-26 Watchtower Gold Fox

20 / -10 Railsplitters Silver Able

I don't think that Honor Guards would be a good idea because there were no guard troops like in the Red Army. There were Elite troops but no guards because the word's origin (at least in German) refers to the monarchies. Guard troops were mostly troops that protected the Zar in the Russian tsardom and were introduced again by Stalin to rise the army's moral. For this the guards aren't called 'Wächter', which would be the direct translation, but 'Garde'which rather means 'royal protector'.
The only German company in WW2 which would somehow 'deserve' the name 'guards' was the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. But they did some of the most cruel war crimes in the whole war..

Technically the SS itself is a "Guards Unit", as it started out, and is named after, a Security Force for meetings /trivia

However the Leibstandarte would count as such after the SS grew, because those are literally "Lifeguards"

Putting them in as such would be somewhat problematic however as you've noted

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The Großdeutschland would count as a ceremonial/guard unit, but they would already be in (That's where Panzerfuisiliers come from)

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The Führerbegleitbrigade is also, in origin, a guard unit

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However none of those match, so frankly I don't think either option is appropriate

Fair enough

I was quite surprised to even see a replay of the campaign in my replay folder

Thank you

Mission 2:

Baker at Bastogne

Enemy at Strength 2

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This should not present too many difficulties, however speed is important

I send everything to the first point and take it for no loss

Decrew the M8 to take it and push on with the Shermans and Cav


Move M8 up to cap second point and let Cav take point against the AT at point 3, pak down, drop cav back clear it with the Shermans

Call in halftrack with Cav

Try to rush the final point, unfortunately they do get to crew one pak and take out a Sherman - which is bad

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Linked up with about a minute to spare, need more AT so send RELs up to take a PAK


Friendly squad needs support to left, I clear out the Pgren squads on the retreat route with the Cav and head there

1st attack is a 222 and some Sturms that gets whacked


Squads relived without loss, strength back up to 94 which counters the Sherman loss.

I will not go looking for more trouble as I know there is nothing else much on this map and call in the 2 Stuarts ASAP

On way back Luchs attacking, use time on target then finish it with Sherman

Final attack is Luchs + Puma, which gets the M8 and the Pak before I can shut them down

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Lost way too much there

Vet +14
Strength -10
RQ +30

Gold Medal


Previous Efforts:

18/-14 Baker
13/-7 Fox
40/-7 Baker
24/-4 Fox

Wow, this one is an incredibly hard decision. I wish I could pick two or three.

Well some of them will show up again because there will be lots of overlap (the Puma for example will probably be available as a Light Tank and a Tank Destroyer)

This will be the only chance for things like the Kubel though

I'm pretty sure the m20 also has AA capabilities so that makes it the best option imo, but all factions have more than 1 light vehilces so can't we get two from this one

LOL at the elite infantry of the least popular faction

Still the cheapest way to get Shreks. I'm pretty certain someone could make that work. If nothing else you do have plenty of choices so you'd have a cheap, crappy soft counter for whatever you ended up against.

I want Obers inside M3

Someone needs to do the stats on Shocks in an M3 v Obers in an M3

didnt choose m20 because i believe this fantasy faction would have normal mines?

They have whatever abilities their units have

So the Sturms can lay wire and mines but not build caches

If you want bunkers you have to have Grens build them