Re: Why I hate artillery [TANKS]

["Showa" <showa1-at-cox.net>]

John,
You'll have to come to Vegas for the Desert Enviroment Warfare Training 
(DEFT).....

K (you know who, from you know where) G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN PITTELLI" <jplily-at-yahoo.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: Why I hate artillery [TANKS]


> Grant, That heat put a serious whupass on me.
>
> John"gotta start desert training"Pittelli
>
> --- Grant Mahalek <gmahalek-at-shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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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