I'd love to see more Flames of War games here. Very excited for some Epic scale stuff too!
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
More FoW this week.
@aaronsomerville2124 Жыл бұрын
Great battle, and a great table as always! Both forces are quite brittle but that especially matters for the attacker, and especially since the AT disparity was so significant. The fortunes of war!
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
I think the US army will have a complete re-design before they fight this late game again.
@jeromekammerer4733 Жыл бұрын
This kind of situation is called in french " du tir au canard" (shooting at ducks) which mean shooting mercilessly at something without any retaliation possible. I never thought of a Sherman as a duck until here.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
It was a very tough game for the US, I think the sight of all those heavies messed with his head a bit.
@GreenMantis276 ай бұрын
"I also have a JAGDTIGER (uhuhuh~) so he is on the table but ~wHo KnOwS wHer~" - Kaiser
@Airwolf515 Жыл бұрын
1st Panzer IV tank that got hit from a "long range" sherman rolled a 5 for armor save. This would tie the 76mm Sherman's AT 12. You forgot to add +1 to Panzer IV's front armor (FA) for being at long range. Therefore, at best, the Sherman can only bail the German tank with a successful firepower test.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Ah well, its not like the game was not going the Germans way... we definitely make mistakes from time to time.
@91zaap Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have the patience to play this, but really enjoyed seeing you guys play. Remind me of the good old days of close combat IV and V.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Most kind. Those were great games by the way.
@Mortikar10 ай бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage Yes. I still own mine.
@nicholaswimborne Жыл бұрын
Great game thanks. A laser to check line of sight. Brilliant! My next purchase.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
You wont regret it.
@Gamerswithcoffee Жыл бұрын
Watching afterwards. I always enjoy your table set up
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Too kind sir, thank you.
@ericcraig7800 Жыл бұрын
I must say this is 2 very interesting army’s and quite a mission… great game guys
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Those big cats are a real challenge.
@Apocalypse31 Жыл бұрын
"The armor's too thick!"
@stephenhunt2806 Жыл бұрын
Good playthrough. It would good to see this played again using Battlegroup's Fall of the Reich rules.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
It is a system I am curious about - it is on a very long list of games we want to play.
@stephenhunt2806 Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage I have read that they are more "granular" than FoW, which I would agree with. I would still like to watch a game in progress.
@smoothbrush472211 ай бұрын
Omg 2 kings of kings tigers. Love fow battle reports. More pls. 🙏
@axanax2534 Жыл бұрын
Catch you in the re-run!
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
See you then!
@klasclaywood2667 Жыл бұрын
I love the Kaiser's style
@rodento3220 Жыл бұрын
Awesome glad to see the fight continues! Unless I am mistaken the "Cross here" means you move the leader then roll and see if they come with him, so the leader Sherman would have been out front alone. Not that it mattered in this game. Great report as always!
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
SO I think that might be how it worked in V3, but I am willing to be corrected.
@rodento3220 Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage You good sir, are correct. I had "Cross here" confused with "Follow me".
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
@@rodento3220 thanks for the info.
@ODST6262 Жыл бұрын
105 Sherman are artillery but were used as tanks. In addition they should have smoke which is used on German heavies to force them to move or to block the Germans fields of Fire. A very tough defense. The US infantry did nothing whereas they could have infiltrated towards an objective or blocked the Panthers so the Sherman platoon on the right flank could have come in on the left. A very strangely fought game.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
We don't play the game enough to have a solid grasp - so our games might look quite amateurish to experienced players.
@ODST6262 Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage Ah. OK. I have been playing since 1962 so your game did look a bit amateurish. However, the video is well done and you move along quickly. Another 50 years and you, too, will be experienced. I will definitely follow along for several of your videos.
@jeffbosworth81167 ай бұрын
I was blessed to visit Normandy last spring - ain't no way anybody is seeing through three hedgerows. I understand this is Germany not France - so perhaps those aren't true hedgerows - but still
@ModellingforAdvantage7 ай бұрын
The French ones in Normandy are uncommonly huge.
@RoyalTiger134 ай бұрын
When the Jagdtiger fired in Germany turn 1 the hit has to go on a “live” tank before one that’s bailed out.
@Edward-Plantagenet Жыл бұрын
At 16:13, unless I am mistaken, the two Pz IVs that were hit but not destroyed should have been bailed out. Pz IV front armour 11 vs AT 12 and you rolled 3 x 5s. If your tank is penetrated by the round your opponent rolls his Firepower to destroy OR bail you out, not just destroy or no effect. If you had rolled 6s, equalling the Sherman AT of 12, only then would the Firepower test be to bail or nothing.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Yep, overlooked that - we definitely make mistakes sometimes.
@Edward-Plantagenet Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage Great video though and good to see you doing FOW Battle reports, your unboxings are the best. That US force needs a re-think though, they never stood a chance against the Germans without TDs, Jumbos and / or Easy 8s and LOTS of smoke LOL. We’ve had great success using the L4 Grasshopper spotter too of late. With no air being taken the Germans didn’t need to invest in AA either, two Thunderbolts turning up could have easily ruined their day. Always a risk of the points being wasted if they don’t turn up but we normally roll average and get the air 50% of the time.
@ericcraig7800 Жыл бұрын
Love that building trio with the walled courtyard… who makes it??? Looks like the roofs are removable
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Some guy on eBay in the UK makes them. I search for 15mm mdf buildings a few years back and boom - there it was.
@Subcomandante73 Жыл бұрын
Great looking table and minis. Not sure how the US would ever win with that list. I think that omitting air power from allied when playing this era of the war makes it all a bit academic.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
I think it was all a bit of a shock, I normally play with infantry, PzIV and some guns. These magnificent cats are new to my opponents!
@paulparker5456 Жыл бұрын
Loved this game guys
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Glad to be of service. You can see the Panzerwaffe in action again ion Friday; had a game with James's Soviets with the same German force.
@PanzerManBran Жыл бұрын
Cracking battle report as always Kaiser! It’s so weird seeing so many German units in an army! 😂
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Yeah it is a great list to build a force from. You did not get to see it much in that report, but it is really brittle - that last tank in a unit will never stand on a 5+, and you would be mad to try and blitz or anything like that.
@PanzerManBran Жыл бұрын
I would have thought mikes 105s would have been part of the formation too? With my Berlin german I’m risking it with the very brittle Berlin battle group running 1 unit of SS, 1 unit of volksturm and a unit of Hitler youth. With a sprinkle of armour of course
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
@@PanzerManBran Will be interesting to hear how you get on with that. I worry So much infantry really slows a game down, but if it is all aggressive they will be a lot less rugged I guess.
@PanzerManBran Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage Yeah it’s a risky formation, I’ll probably just dig the infantry in on objectives and buildings with the fausts. I predominantly play SS or fallschirmjagers with Germans and I don’t believe there’s any SS formations in the book
@robertstrong6798 Жыл бұрын
I’m wondering what the kill ratio was per Tiger to Sherman or T34 must have been scary 😟
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Oh, for certain.
@spamuraigranatabru1149 Жыл бұрын
Statistically from people whom do archive dives like 'Military History Visualized' and 'The_Chieftain', at least for Shermans it was not very high, with towed guns, mines and infantry weapons being the much larger ratio for the surprisingly small casualties the US armoured forces suffered. Shermans just didn't perform anyway near bad, dispite popular depictions, as war turned out to be far more complicated then just "it looks like a tiger II should easily do lots of damage" For T-34s, I dunno.
@militarywargaming7840 Жыл бұрын
A good set
@Billa2720 Жыл бұрын
Nice game!
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@roberts.lamborn7461 Жыл бұрын
I liked your video, Can you please post the army lists please as I would like to replay this mission with your armies. Cheers ad Thank You.
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
We talk through the list in the first few minutes of the video.
@roberts.lamborn7461 Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingforAdvantage What is the Book that Wooly Mike is using? The US infantry explaination was skipped over, What is the Infantry platoon that Wooly Mike is using please?
@Mindauxx Жыл бұрын
Great game! Is that 4x4' board?
@ModellingforAdvantage Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it helps keep most games a bit shorter and more suitable for KZbin viewing in terms of game length.