Re: Why I hate artillery [TANKS]

[Grant Mahalek <gmahalek-at-shaw.ca>]

John,

John "Tme for my nap" Pitelli???  Must have been a fun, tiring day with all 
the paint flying around.

Thanks for the great report of the days events.

Grant "Crawling ever closer to completion..." Mahalek


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN PITTELLI" <jplily-at-yahoo.com>
To: "tank club" <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:38 PM
Subject: Why I hate artillery [TANKS]


>  To sum it up, it's very deadly. Especially when it
> is declared indestructible , and your buddys seemed to
> be plagued by all manner of gremlins.
>
> Battle 1. I made the big mistake of choosing the
> Tiger for my side. Frank made the mistake of laughing
> at the Panzer, which died on the way to the staring
> area. Turned out the battery must have a severe
> problem. After replacing the battery, the Panzer IV,
> stalwart workhorse that she is performed fine. It was
> then that the gremlins attacked. Frank's newfangled
> transmitter kept would not allow his servos to return
> to center. So basically, no rotate , elevate tough day
> at the battlefield. Later the T-34, also on my team,
> decided to strip out a set screw on the main drive, so
> , not much power to move about. Our only savioing
> grace was Tyng the Merciless on the Navarone gun.
> Pounded the opposition and kept the enemy supply
> vehicle from performing it's assigned task.
>    Of course the enemy vehicles seemed tpo be fine.
> Paul trundled and clacked his way everywhere, Will's
> SU was a pain and the Hetzer, well drove me crazy. It
> seems Joe finally figured out that, flat rear idlers,
> rather than rounded rear idlers, will keep him from
> throwing track. No mercy kills today.
>
> Battle 2 The dreaded coin flip pitted Paul,myself,
> Frank and Will versus ,Joe, Marty on the Panther, and
> Chris. They also had both pieces of artillery to even
> it up. That will never happen again, please Mr.
> Gamekeeper, no mas, no mas. Things started well for us
> and then went to oblivion. Will's SU, which of course
> worked well in battle 1 had gun problems. The Tiger
> gremlins reappeared in Frank's main drive wheel,
> sheared a retaining pin. So it was just the KV and the
> Mark IV against Joe, Chris,Marty, the Panther finally
> died eventually, and the two artys. Needless to say,
> DOOM.
>
> Bright spots, long range gunnery, we had normal
> terrain today, was working very well. Nailed the Goer
> at least 3 times from  over 50 feet away, much to the
> amazement of Mike, a friend of Joe's who was driving
> at the time. It also scored on the T-34 and I think 2
> solo kills on the Panther from the same ranges. I
> think that Tyng the Merciless scored all but 2 or 3 of
> the hits on my vehicle in this battle. Yeah we need to
> figure out how to build in some down time for those
> boys.
>
> All in all it was a great day. Rick brought out his
> Leopard for us to view, LOOKS MARVELOUS. Not sure how
> he will shoehorn in the gun, I think his Leopard is
> lower to the ground than the Hetzer. But it should be
> ready for the fall event.So, everyone keep building
> and maybe we'll see you on the field someday.
>
>
> John" Time for my nap" Pittelli
>
>
>
>
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