Essex Homecoming Battle Report - Crouching Tiger, Floppy Gun [TANKS]

[Paul <ppittelli-at-comcast.net>]

 From the Turret of the KV-1,

Battle #1:  Towards the middle of the first battle, KV-1 had been 
operating as the literal duck in the shooting gallery for the artillery 
pieces.  Hanging close to the woods to stay out of range, I saw my 
nightmare coming towards me.  The black tank of death, Crouching Tiger!  
She came up on me fast, so my typical instinct of REVERSE wouldn't work, 
and all I could do was go toe-to-toe (or turret-to-turret) with the 
Tiger.  Even though we were within 3 feet of each other, the rules 
commissioner wasn't calling any foul so I stood my ground.  Then I 
noticed something.  The tiger had the disease once thought to have been 
eliminated in the Eastern part of MD, floppy gun.  Seems the tiger 
decided she was still battle worthy without rotate and elevate.  With 
renewed confidence I tried approaching the tiger to gain an angle.  
Seeing that the KV-1 had spotted the weakness, the tiger broke all the 
rules, charged the KV-1, ran up on my right front fender and over my 
tank!  Fortunately the KV-1 is solid construction so I used my short gun 
with its functioning rotate and blasted three quick shots into the side 
of the tiger while she was on my fender!  As the tiger tried to speed 
away I landed the final blow into the back, mercifully putting her out 
of her misery.

Summary: So although the majority of the day was spent cleaning off my 
tank after being shot by numerous artillery pieces, one good kill on the 
venerable Tiger is well worth it.