The once peaceful seaside town of San Lazzaro is now the scene of wartime chaos
The Battle of Capracotta - CMFI QB campaign
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FAUGLIA PASS ... as grenadiers of Kampfgruppe Fritz work their way cautiously to the hilltop objective, they get to see what havoc their supporting mortars and tank fire had wrought on the enemy who had got to the crest first...
SAN LAZZARO .... anti-tank guns and their crews don't last very long in CM... at least they did some damage first (I hope)
SANTA SOFIA ... "Panther marsch!" ... (not sure about this mod though) ...
SANTA SOFIA ... "Panther marsch!" ... (not sure about this mod though) ...
I find they are quite resilient actually. But maybe they have been made more vulnerable since I started playing many years ago. I can remember posting a screenshot of an 88 that had taken a direct hit from a 105mm howitzer. The gun was literally sitting in the crater but still fully operational.
What took out your gun?
Sherman, I think.
I think they are too easy to spot in many instances... and if you put them in a trench or foxholes, even worse.
I find them really difficult to spot, but then I only play Normandy and Ardennes, where there's always some forest and / or hedgerow to conceal them. I guess in Italy, good concealment is more rare.
Does depend on the map... and the availability of spotting infantry with the tanks ... and quality of tank crew.
A bit of quick modding ... Panther of the PzAbt 100 (fictional unit)
FAUGLIA PASS -- grenadiers fight off an enemy probe across the ridge line...
SANTA SOFIA ... trying to shift an enemy M-10 Tank Destroyer with some hi-ex, hoping to land some shrapnel into that open topped turret
... at the ranges on these small maps, they are annoyingly deadly...
SANTA SOFIA ... urban redecorating, Panther style... just in case we have some Allied squatters in that buildings... (and we packed extra HE, just in case) ... bracing ourselves for the inevitable shower of PIATS.
SANTA SOFIA ... trying to shift an enemy M-10 Tank Destroyer with some hi-ex, hoping to land some shrapnel into that open topped turret
... at the ranges on these small maps, they are annoyingly deadly...SANTA SOFIA ... urban redecorating, Panther style... just in case we have some Allied squatters in that buildings... (and we packed extra HE, just in case)
... bracing ourselves for the inevitable shower of PIATS.
FAUGLIA PASS is a nail biter for my Pixeltruppen. May this light mortar round find a target!
SAN LAZZARO, taking care of some pesky Axis troops hiding in the tree line
SAN LAZZARO, taking care of some pesky Axis troops hiding in the tree line
SAN LAZARRO ... The Amerikaner AA haltrack gets hit by some accurate MG 42 fire ... crew decide to "abandon ship".
On the other side of the hill... a SS Kampfgruppe Becker StuG IV turned into a smoking wreck...
On the other side of the hill... a SS Kampfgruppe Becker StuG IV turned into a smoking wreck...
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Allies continue their push on SAN LAZARRO.
Allied Pixeltruppen advance through the woods at SANTA SOFIA.
Allied Pixeltruppen advance through the woods at SANTA SOFIA.
Brutal fighting at SANTA SOFIA continues...
A grenadier platoon HQ lends a hand in fighting off the waves of Tommies advancing through the woods...
An enemy M-10 tank destroyer tries to sneak around the flank past some alert tank hunters team stalking in the woods...
Volltreffer!
A grenadier platoon HQ lends a hand in fighting off the waves of Tommies advancing through the woods...
An enemy M-10 tank destroyer tries to sneak around the flank past some alert tank hunters team stalking in the woods...
Volltreffer!
I'll hand it to the panzerschreck team in SANTA SOFIA, doesn't get more center mass than this!
How does a HQ team armed with a Tommy Gun and pistols take out this Panther? Asking for a friend.
How does a HQ team armed with a Tommy Gun and pistols take out this Panther? Asking for a friend.
FAUGLIA PASS ...
Shermans in the mist ... this Panzer III's wartime career is over...
Pimp My Ride! A daring commando-style jeep-borne South African infantry raid behind Axis lines gets a mortar bomb dropped slap bang on the jeep's passenger seat.
It's moments like these when you really love this game.
For all the cat lovers out there ... a pair of Panthers on the prowl ... shooting up enemy infantry with their co-axial MG-34's...
Shermans in the mist ... this Panzer III's wartime career is over...
Pimp My Ride! A daring commando-style jeep-borne South African infantry raid behind Axis lines gets a mortar bomb dropped slap bang on the jeep's passenger seat.
It's moments like these when you really love this game.
For all the cat lovers out there ... a pair of Panthers on the prowl ... shooting up enemy infantry with their co-axial MG-34's...
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Yep, these Panthers working in tandem are scattering my Pixeltruppen like crazy. Just seeing them causes panic and the desire to flee.
High risk strategy getting those... leaves one somewhat short of points for other stuff like an extra platoon or two of infantry... and on lucky gun hit, getting bogged or disabled ... and you have a useless pillbox stuck in a probably useless position -- never mind one good shot with a dirt cheap PIAT...
Panthers are causing havoc, but at least I got rid of that pesky MG-34 gunner at San Lazarro.
Glad he could at least make a nuisance of himself ... he was sole survivor of the ATG ammo team, and unusually was issued with a light MG.
Couldn’t tell if he actually hit anything
Battles are all reaching dramatic climaxes...
FAUGLIA PASS
Enemy Sherman prowling on the right flank of Kampfgruppe Fritz shooting up the hapless grenadiers on the lower slopes ... a section with a Panzerschreck hurries over...
He shoots...
He scores!
Meanwhile the supporting Panther plays "King of the Hill" on the objective...
...and an enemy scout car is getting the "fu** outta Fauglia!"
FAUGLIA PASS
Enemy Sherman prowling on the right flank of Kampfgruppe Fritz shooting up the hapless grenadiers on the lower slopes ... a section with a Panzerschreck hurries over...
He shoots...
He scores!
Meanwhile the supporting Panther plays "King of the Hill" on the objective...
...and an enemy scout car is getting the "fu** outta Fauglia!"