Combat Mission: Red Thunder AAR - BERLIN Part 1

[@FreeWhisky]

Very enjoyable vid! I very much liked your analysis and tests at the start; your explanation of how you'll use that info in the battle to come made me want to watch to the end. I don't have RT but if I ever I get it I feel that I already learned a thing or two about urban combat with the russians from your vid (PPSH goes BRRT!). Looking forward to watching the rest of the content on your channel.

[@wartsnall7332]

One of the funniest "Downfall" skits I've seen.

[@onepingonly1097]

To meme or not to meme is always a big decision. In this case, I could not resist. It just....*fit*

[@StaffordMagnus]

I'll add a couple of thoughts to this great AAR, firstly demo charging the wall to break into my defence was something I hadn't thought of, so well played there. My infantry being set up to mutually support each other with interlocking fields of fire was very much intentional to prevent close infantry assault on the Jagdpanther, the rush en masse across the street worked well too, in hindsight a couple of HMGs set up in the buildings overlooking the central avenue could have assisted the JP in preventing the crossing, but bodies are in short supply for the germans and I needed as many MP44s as I could get! My biggest mistake was lose track of the turns and forget to rush the JP onto the big objective, if I had done that and denied the 500 points, it probably would have ended in a minor victory for my Germans. Oh well, was a cracking game anyway.

[@ironcat6047]

Russian to take more than one objective always leads to the Stalin of the attack tempo. Because Lenin your troops get too spread out makes it difficult to gain fire superiority. Which lead to bad evaluation Marx at the end. The Hitler Rants segment was a unexpected bonus to another great video.

[@JagdT34]

Great job! Yeah clip from Downfall is funny, only 1388 pts allotted for this battle. Hitler is of course, as always, pissed!

[@jepkratz]

Fun vid. Thank you. Urban combat is nasty business, and errors punished severely.

[@dadoogie]

"You had one job" - Combat mission TacAI in a nutshell.

[@jimdasselvasbrasil5488]

Welcome back One ping! I was already going into abstinence from your videos! Another great job!

[@onepingonly1097]

Thank you - it HAS been a while. I had to replace my computer and it took a long time to get everything back to the point where I could plan, capture, and edit.

[@jacobr.1818]

Jagdpanther is my favorite of the German tanks, so it was cool seeing it do so well even if I can imagine how painful it was to be on the receiving end

[@BlazeByte21]

That platoon leader is very brave 16:16

[@ironcat6047]

Everytime I see a large mass of Soviets open up with their SMG'S the phrase "bullet hose" comes to mind.

[@nathangun2261]

That was a funny Down Fall skit 😂 Enjoyed the video and subscribed.

[@paulherndon5237]

Great vid.your commentary was excellent

[@overwatch1828]

Waiting for part 2 is killing me.... LOL

[@onepingonly1097]

Part TWO is up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXe1d5mCrLujf8k

[@waffencamo]

Great AAR! thanks for sharing, if possible would like to know what mod did you use for tracers and explosions?

[@onepingonly1097]

Hey CAMO - I'm using Vein's v4 Tracers and Explosions. I like them, although I noticed the tracers sometimes being goofy and going in reverse! That may be more of an issue with my computer, as I haven't seen this from others' videos where they are using Vein's stuff.

[@waffencamo]

@@onepingonly1097 Thanks man, will check them out, weird to see they going in reverse lol

[@BlazeByte21]

The soviet doesn't have portable anti-tank like panzerfaust or panzershreck?

[@calumlittle9828]

Less wunderbar more blunderwar.

[@ww3032]

Your voice sounds familiar. Did you do a combat mission tutorial guide years ago for another channel?

[@onepingonly1097]

I did not! (I pity the person who has my voice - I actually hate listening to myself!)

[@williamlydon2554]

Your mistake was not bringing any *Volksturm* nothing can defeat them.

[@onepingonly1097]

Hey William - Since this is the internet, I’ll ask if that was tongue in cheek or a real thing :D I haven’t played with Volksturm, so I have no idea. Got the impression from one online video that they were “speed bumps” at best. Should I seriously look at those guys? Thanks.

[@williamlydon2554]

@@onepingonly1097 I'm joking, they are indeed at best, sponges to take fire for other units. Quite literally old men with armbands.

[@onepingonly1097]

@@williamlydon2554 Whew! I thought that was something else I was going to have to test for Part 2! You had me there for a minute!

[@markwillett6589]

nxt time, Push like a Spear Point, not hammer, pro 1, concentrate smoke, then wind has smaller effect, what ya think about that ol Ping Ping.

[@onepingonly1097]

I definitely agree on the smoke. A narrow attack frontage like I employed at the start of my attack is also good. Later int he game, however, I can't say I found myself wishing for a sharper spear vs. a bigger hammer. Attacking from two different directions onto one objective is good basic tactics (what I should have done), while attacking from two different directions onto TWO different objectives was obviously bad (what I did). I split my hammer.

[@robs5688]

Funny

[@hoo123scf]

THAT HITLER JOKE WAS NOT FUNNY. CM IS FOR SERIOUS GAMERS NOT FOR COMEDIANS

[@wodekw6862]

Waaa waaaa