Steel Beasts Pro Discussion Thread

[PanzersEast]

Anyone playing tonight?

PE

[Asid]

Anyone playing tonight?

PE

TGIF is about to start.... Oh and i am here 

[Asid]

Hey Jomni. PanzersEast is online with me. Pop in  O0

[PanzersEast]

Asid and I were tasked with moving 3 Challengers and a  FOV90 unit past some Russian baddies in a tight confined corridor, and with open spaces...... What could go wrong? 

AAR Coming

Asid is sniping some infantry who stubbornly would not die on a nearby hill.


PE

[JudgeDredd]

HELP!

How do you operate the obstacle clearing? I can't find anything in the wiki about clearing steel beams

*EDIT*
NM - found it...SPACE

[JudgeDredd]

Asid - were you deliberately not using the UAV to it's full extent - to keep things spicey? - or were you just too busy with all the units you had to control? Because I'm playing that mission again last night and I've been able to bring in arty strikes on top of clear enemy...it's a HUGE asset!  ;D

[Asid]

HELP!

How do you operate the obstacle clearing? I can't find anything in the wiki about clearing steel beams

*EDIT*
NM - found it...SPACE

Clearing?  ^-^

In the menu it is the "breach" order :) (space bar)

Regards

[Asid]

Asid - were you deliberately not using the UAV to it's full extent - to keep things spicey? - or were you just too busy with all the units you had to control? Because I'm playing that mission again last night and I've been able to bring in arty strikes on top of clear enemy...it's a HUGE asset!  ;D

Hey JD the mission has random variables but it was my first time using the UAV and admittedly i had my hands full  :o . Damn that enemy arty!!!!

Looks like you could be the GrogHeads UAV specialist  O0

Regards

[Asid]

Asid and I were tasked with moving 3 Challengers and a  FOV90 unit past some Russian baddies in a tight confined corridor, and with open spaces...... What could go wrong? 

AAR Coming

PE

It was so immersive great session. Like you said PE "that one mission was worth the price of the years license".  O0

[PanzersEast]

OPERATION TIGHT SQUEEZE





As you can see on the map above we are to maneuver 3 Challenger tanks and a FOV90 (which serves as CO/Scout/Forward Observer) to the objective area of Terrier.  Standing in front of us are a possible platoon of recon units that could be somewhere in the middle of the map (random), supported by tanks.  We are confined to the corridor of two black lines and as you can see there is quit a bit of open space.  We want to use the FOV90 as a forward scout and use the tree lines or forest itself as cover.





Our plan is simple.... along the southern line of the map provides the most cover and once we reach open ground, we plan to move to the center wooded area of the map.  Once there we will assess the best route as there is a lot of open ground and the position of the enemy are unknown.   This map is very dangerous as it has rolling hills and many potential ambush positions.



Assembly area, we are scanning forward as one of the tanks spots enemy inf. right off the bat.




After scanning the FOV moves out to begin scouting ahead along the southern line.




Not idea for tanks to be traversing a forrest area, however we align in column formation and begin the long task of reaching our objective.




Infantry spotted and a BMP, the Challengers fan out to engage and cover. Unfornantly after this I lost our FOV, I am not going to tell you why  :D .. let's just say situational awareness is always critical and more so with mech units. (As Asid says, F5 is your best of best friends)




In the distance a small formation of recon infantry are engaged




The BMP from the scout unit is no match for a Challenger and is quickly taken out.  It should be noted, there was quit a bit of fog so visibility was very limited so the Thermals were crucial.




You can see as we continue after scanning the area through the trees




Unknown to us, some BMP and infantry take up positions.  This bmp raced forward.




It is hard to see, but in the upper righthand corner you can make out two challengers in the treeline as this BMP is a setting duck.




Asid and I begin to engage the BMPs and Infantry




Exposed, we made short work of this flanking infantry




We are on the move across open terrain into another wooded area, we spot infantry on a nearby hill and decided to not engage.




Mistake, the infantry spots us and artillary begins to rain down.  1 Challenger suffers radio damage as well as other issues, and another takes damage as we high speed out of the line of fire.




We take care of the enemy and move forward and as you can see in this picture and unaware to me, a enemy BMP was moving forward.  We did not see each other as the tree was obstructing my forward view.




This view is from the BMP as he popped smoke, however it was too late for him, I pumped two rounds into him.




Shot from my tank as his smoke passes over me.





Hard to make out, but there are 3 BMPs to our front (we are in the bottom of the photo in the trees) and unknown to use at the time, a T-90 has taking up a flanking position out of our line of site.  to the East




Picture of the three disabled BMPs and the T-90 to the left... we are in the tree line scanning.




Popping the BMPs top




We set and scan for more targets.  At this point we have 1 fully operational tank with the other 2 damaged.  We are close to our objective as the clearing ahead leads to the north and to Terrier.




T-90 waiting in a ambush location.




We continue to scan and finally believe it is clear to begin out high speed race across open space and to our objective.




As we pull out you can see the T-90 just over the crest of the hill... he begins to engage us to our right flank.




Perfect ambush position




He is able to hit and disable 2 of our tanks as we return fire.




I jump into the last tank with Asid driving.... we cut out like a bat out of hell..... our tank is leaking fuel, TC is dead, Thermals are out and the engine is running rough but Asid opens it up and we take off to the objective with the T-90 back over the hill to our 4'Oclock position.




WE MADE IT!!!! Barely... in a tank that was reduced to a scout car.  It was a blast to play and it is hard to clude everthing in this AAR, especially the sheer amount of tension experienced.  If you haven't yet or are on the fence, I recommended picking it up.... and further more playing with us on-line.  Asid and I had a blast just going back over the AAR last night.... Good Times!

[Nefaro]

Is the Challenger now the official Grogheads tank?

Asid has been making some missions with a mix.  The last one I joined, they were in Challengers while I had a wide mix of stuff such as a couple M1A1s, Bradleys, and LAVs.

[JudgeDredd]

Asid - were you deliberately not using the UAV to it's full extent - to keep things spicey? - or were you just too busy with all the units you had to control? Because I'm playing that mission again last night and I've been able to bring in arty strikes on top of clear enemy...it's a HUGE asset!  ;D

Hey JD the mission has random variables but it was my first time using the UAV and admittedly i had my hands full  :o . Damn that enemy arty!!!!

Looks like you could be the GrogHeads UAV specialist  O0

Regards

Aaahh...ok. No problem. I was just wondering, as it's such a huge asset, why you didn't employ it as much. As you say though, you did have your hands full.

I didn't know you weren't up to speed with it...I presumed you may have not used it as much to keep things keen for me (like the minefield  ;))...
JD - "There's metal posts in front of the bridge"
ASID - "Can you be more specific about what's round there?"
JD - "The posts are on the road blocking the bridge and for 50 meters east and west of the bridge"
Asid - "Ok - is there a way around?"
JD - "Wait one - checking"
JD - "Bugger - I think I'm in a minefield - I've lost a track and my Commander"

lol...naughty Asid!

That's almost as bad as me marking the enemy to the east of the city, realising they weren't there but much further east and not updating you because we were going west...then you having a Chinook with a load of troops taken out!

I wrote the letters!  ;D

The UAV is superb. It's got a superb zoom and I got eye's on just about everything we couldn't see from the ground. That's definitely worth putting up early and marking enemy positions and bringing in arty.

[Asid]

Mission this Sunday 17-08-14

What time is best then?

we had 12:00 - 16:00  or 20:00 all GMT+1

?

[PanzersEast]

Mission this Sunday 17-08-14

What time is best then?

we had 12:00 - 16:00  or 20:00 all GMT+1

?

20:00 GMT works for me.

PE

[PanzersEast]

I will be on in a few if any Grogs wants to meet up.


PE