Essex Homecoming Battle Report [TANKS]

[Will Montgomery <wsmontg5-at-netscape.net>]

First Battle: Hetzer, KV1, and Su100  vs.  Tiger, T34, and Panzer IV.  
The Battle started out with myself going to the left and Joe and Paul 
going to the right to give Tyng two separate targets to shoot at.  Tyng 
had some shots at me but he decided to save his ammo. I parked with my 
right flank being guarded by a plywood barrier . Chris's T34  approached 
at about a  2 o' clock then Frank's Tiger pulled up at about 10 o'clock 
. I didn't know it at the time but Frank didn't have rotate or elevate,  
but he was not shooting so I focused all of my attention on the T34.  
After about a minute of exchanging shoots the T34 had for hit's but I 
had one.  Now I could focus  on the Tiger. I chased Frank, he backed up 
next too a wooded area . Then I was joined by Joe with the Hetzer. 
That's when I noticed that the Tiger's elevate was not working. Frank 
backed up into the wooded area. Joe chased Frank head on and was 
approaching through the tree's at Frank's three o'clock when I heard 
Frank say that he was dead. I thought that Joe shot him but the main 
power switch hit a tree and turned itself off.

Later in the battle Tyng hit me twice long range with the Navarone gun.  
At the end of the battle was chasing a slow Panzer IV that was out  of 
ammo across rough ground . With the way my gun bounces it was hard to 
get any hits . But I did finally get the forth hit on him as Frank 
counted down the last ten seconds. By the way Marty did get a kill on 
the Tiger as Frank was watching the stop watch.

Will Montgomery SU100
I write the second battle when the Thunderstorm passes. Maybe