tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post6648005882983950975..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: Tank Attack! Little Cold Wars game reportTim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-24440100342943518042014-09-03T08:08:06.147+01:002014-09-03T08:08:06.147+01:00Archduke Piccolo
Subtle it ain't - but it ofte...Archduke Piccolo<br />Subtle it ain't - but it often works.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-65396770976876908702014-09-02T22:59:18.619+01:002014-09-02T22:59:18.619+01:00Quite a large quantity of Red armoury trundling ov...Quite a large quantity of Red armoury trundling over the Hessian countryside. Of course, the thing about quantity - large numbers - is that there are too many targets for the enemy to hit in the time available to him. Long before I heard of Stalin's tag, I discovered this as a favourite war games tactic ...<br /><br /> Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-45477110957489397452014-09-02T18:46:54.942+01:002014-09-02T18:46:54.942+01:00Stu Rat
What can I say? The game was in Southern ...Stu Rat<br />What can I say? The game was in Southern England - they're all softies down there!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-11836734217460152572014-09-02T17:22:18.984+01:002014-09-02T17:22:18.984+01:00Pete
It was either that or no game at all! In oth...Pete<br />It was either that or no game at all! In other news, we did manage an outdoor game later in the day....Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-9654851625150389902014-09-02T16:47:42.558+01:002014-09-02T16:47:42.558+01:00Looks great Tim, I like the look of the game - we ...Looks great Tim, I like the look of the game - we advance across the open plain undercover of daylight.... still chucking everything on the table like that does speed up playtesting.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-18639351513031476752014-09-02T15:06:13.734+01:002014-09-02T15:06:13.734+01:00Stephen Beat
The Chieftain's combination of a ...Stephen Beat<br />The Chieftain's combination of a very big gun and very thick armour did make life rather tricky for our Commie tankers. But as Stalin said - 'Quantity has a quality of it's own...'Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-83219016340937182032014-09-02T14:51:10.660+01:002014-09-02T14:51:10.660+01:00The Soviets tended to have a high opinion about th...The Soviets tended to have a high opinion about the Chieftain (RAC mechanics less so) and therefore put their best tanks up against it (T62s at the time) which allocating the older T55s to take on the American M60 and the German Leopard 1s. I remember visiting my Uncle in Germany in the 60s and at that time they were calling the Chieftain 'the best tank in the world' - it was only later that it was publicly admitted that it had all the reliability of a East German Trabant thanks to it's Leyland L60 engine! Still, a 120mm rifled gun can make up for a lot of failings - I'm surprised your T55s got anywhere near them! :)Milgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791475027247097256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-1272825346540003622014-09-02T14:40:39.803+01:002014-09-02T14:40:39.803+01:00Paul Foster
One of the Sov tanks turned out to a b...Paul Foster<br />One of the Sov tanks turned out to a be a T-62 - which stirred things up if only briefly!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-58216637434669302302014-09-02T13:02:43.381+01:002014-09-02T13:02:43.381+01:00A nice wee encounter.
Just imagine if the plucky ...A nice wee encounter.<br /><br />Just imagine if the plucky Brits had been facing real MBT's!Paul Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624335534094164830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-62944063947013825082014-09-02T09:38:33.743+01:002014-09-02T09:38:33.743+01:00Don M
Quite so. Not the most visually stimulating...Don M<br />Quite so. Not the most visually stimulating of games but it served a purpose. And kept us dry!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-9969105582368742572014-09-02T09:06:37.870+01:002014-09-02T09:06:37.870+01:00Onward Red Hordes! That's about the right rati...Onward Red Hordes! That's about the right ratio if the Chieftains<br />are having a bad day....)Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.com