Yet another beautifull CMSF-moment

tagge · #1 12-22-2009, 06:45 AM

From a ongoing PBEM-game. Turn 10. The Syrian engineers have blasted a hole in the prisonwall and the "prisoners", a recon squad, are starting to escape. However my lone 2IC hiding in the trench leaps into action and a cool firefight begins...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuD-64p8FNs

Thomm · #2 12-22-2009, 06:57 AM

Excellent!

I did not expect the Syrians to fight back after so many of them just slipped through.

The same scene from the Syrians' view would be interesting to understand when the Blue soldier was spotted.

Best regards,
Thomm

Wiggum · #3 12-22-2009, 07:08 AM

Wow, good firefight !

I had such a "beautifull CMSF-moment" a few days ago:

I had two syrian squads in two buildings at the second floor.
A enemy T-72 came across and stoped infront of the buildings (distance = 50m)

I gave the order to attack to both squads and the first shot hit the tank...
Then the tank turned his turret into the direction of my men.
Second RPG hit...now the T-72 elevate his gun that is now pointing right to my guys at the second floor.

But before he shot another RPG hits the tank and the crew bails out....WOW.

souldierz · #4 12-22-2009, 11:15 PM

Cool,
That 1 soldier might of had a chance to get outta there but those Syrian's kept coming and coming.He was against all odds and was a Brave man for standing his ground, very brave.

Just recently i had the same situation happen to me that Wiggum described, but opposite teams.I had 1 Syrian RPG team in a trench and another in a house.The Abrams was about 10-20 meters from both RPG teams,the house was at the tanks 11oclock position and the trench team at his 3oclock position.There was only 1 man in the RPG team in the trench, the other was WIA.

The RPG team in the house shot a rocket at the Abrams hitting its front corner, the Abrams turns the turret and the body around now facing the house and was about to blow it away.The 1 guy with the RPG in the trench then shot his RPG nailing the tank in the side and getting the tanks attention right away.The tank turns the turret quickly, pointing it at the man in the trench.The Abrams was so close it almost looked like he was gonna shoot the RPG soldier at point blank.I cringed as the Syrian was looking down the barrel of the Abrams and thought to myself oh no this is gonna be nasty and there goes my RPG guy.A couple of tense seconds went by in this stare down, then all of a sudden the Abrams crew started bailing out.I couldn't believe it and was relieved when i thought my RPG guy was sparred.My RPG teams start to unload AK rounds at the tank crew as they bailed and it looked like the 1 RPG guy in the trench was going to throw a grenade,but the second one of the crew members boots hit the ground,he turned and shot my 1 RPG guy in the head with the 1 and only burst from his rifle and then got his crew to safety evading AK rounds without firing another shot.All this at extremely close range.

Lampshade111 · #5 12-26-2009, 03:09 AM

Just earlier I observed a Challenger 2 survive well over a dozen hits to the front from multiple upgraded T-72s at a range of some 400 meters. For awhile there was nothing but a cloud of smoke and dust where the Challenger was. Everything but the 120mm gun, coax, and .50 was broke. For awhile the battle raged around that tank as the T-72s became focused on engaging my other Challengers. Yet the crew, no doubt in a stunned state and thanking God for being alive, got focused enough to spot and engage another target. They put an APDS round right through one of the final T-72s my forces were dealing with. Without the help of any of those fancy IR optics, and fire control systems.

Homo ferricus · #6 12-26-2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lampshade111

Just earlier I observed a Challenger 2 survive well over a dozen hits to the front from multiple upgraded T-72s at a range of some 400 meters. For awhile there was nothing but a cloud of smoke and dust where the Challenger was. Everything but the 120mm gun, coax, and .50 was broke. For awhile the battle raged around that tank as the T-72s became focused on engaging my other Challengers. Yet the crew, no doubt in a stunned state and thanking God for being alive, got focused enough to spot and engage another target. They put an APDS round right through one of the final T-72s my forces were dealing with. Without the help of any of those fancy IR optics, and fire control systems.

That reminds me of a strange incident I had with an Abrams. I believe it was on Allah's Fist, and I had a recent build of the game (maybe 1.08 or something).

In any case, long story short--I had an Abrams on top of a hill, that when cresting said hill, instantly spotted almost a dozen t-62s and t-72s, 200-300 meters away. This Abrams took (if i remember right) about 30 hits of main cannon rounds to its front, not including the 15 or so ricochets. This thing was so f**ked up that when I had the camera near it, I couldn't even hear the engine running. Crew had a casualty (red marker) and an injury (yellow marker). I can't even remember all the devices that were busted, but the sights, FCS, thermals, optics, targeting etc. were all FUBAR.

BUT, somehow, with its tracks and engine shot out, as well as virtually all means it has of spotting and engaging the enemy, with one dead crew member and another wounded--while being the center of attention to the 10 or so enemy tanks and receiving consistent pounding, this Abrams was able to systematically knock out each Syrian tank, almost as if they weren't kicking the Abrams' ass.

I thought that was strange.

Lethaface · #7 12-26-2009, 07:45 PM

That was Arnold T2 in that Abrams. Didn't you know about the conspiracies?

Sivodsi · #8 12-27-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Lampshade111

... They put an APDS round right through one of the final T-72s my forces were dealing with. Without the help of any of those fancy IR optics, and fire control systems.

Yeah, I've had a scimitar damaged in the same way, and yet still able to put several rounds accurately onto a taxi 4-500m away.

Out of curiousity, has anybody noticed any degradation of accuracy after targeting equipment got damaged?

Wengart · #9 12-27-2009, 02:45 AM

I've not noticed an accuracy degradation with damaged optics, but most definitely a spotting degradation. (Although I usually play Syrians so their aim isn't so great to begin with, and they rarely have *just* their spotting equipment damaged

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Bolteg · #10 12-27-2009, 06:09 AM

It's a pity I can't use Fraps with normal framerate to film an epic minute from my multiplayer battle on "Around the block" scenario, when my little brave insurgents destroyed two Bradleys (both with ERA blocks) with three RPG shots in just one minute!
I was celebrating like.. I don't know, like it was something special (and it was

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