Panzer IV

You know, one squadron in the Sherwood Rangers, which is one regiment of three in an armored brigade, so not even a division, is 19 tanks.

So basically what's left in Panzer IV is effectively one and a half squadrons of Mark IIIs and Mark IVs.

That sounds like they're buggered.

Now, now we come to Velikie Luki, which, um, our producer JR suggested sounded like a, a Greek, um, appetizer.

Yeah.

It's a Panzer IV, but it's really the, whatever the equivalent is of this army.

Yes.

That's it.

If you get infantry in the open, you're gonna chew them up.

But when you're facing big boys, if you're facing a Panzer IV, facing a Sherman, facing a Tiger, um, ignore them.

[chuckles]

Yeah.

And that may be the case a lot of times.

There's one piece I remember seeing it, it was at SMC three years ago or two years ago, and I think it's, like, a, like, a Panzer IV or something, and it's, like, driving across a field, and there's a bunch of sheep or something.

And the way the whole composition was really cool.

I liked it, but the, the s- the idler in the back in the track is just straight hanging off the side of the base.

No, sir.

Not accidentally gonna take out a Panzer IV.

Not at all.

[laughs] But the thing is, you say it's the first time it's being used in Italy.

And there is a mystery.

The Germans had Panzer IVs, I believe, 99 or 100 of them, some big number.

And they're not moving at 8 o'clock.

At this point, are they screaming for Rama? What are they doing back there, sitting south of Caen?

Honestly, I don't really pick my tanks based on assaulting.

I really like to use my infantry for assault, so even at the Italy event, yeah, the Panzer IVs and the Stugs did a lot of the killing, but every single game it was the infantry that landed the killing blow.

It was always the infantry that was the killing blow.

The trick was just that I set it up right.

The triple flight guns.

It's also where you're finding your WISPs and your pack front 8.8s. As far as the bulge Germans, you're seeing a ton of Hetzer's, more Volkssturm infantry, Panzer IVs and Panzer II training elements, and tons of artillery as Germans typically do.

The Russian Soviets were pretty common with those T-34 85 millimeter companies out there, the IS-85 slash IS-2 guard heavy tank companies, a bunch of engineer sapper infantry all over the place.

And you see a lot of SU 76 is like you typically would in most late war tournaments, along with the BA 64 armored cars.