R/C Tank Combat

British Invasion

WiFi King

For many years, Doug's Tiger was the only tank on the battlefield operating with WiFi radio gear. That all ended when Loic's Field-of-Armor Tiger showed up using a laptop and WiFi controller as part of its operational suite. In honor of the momentous occasion, Doug and Loic were chosen as the leaders of opposite teams that would battle for the title of "WiFi King".

The teams were assigned randomly as follows:

Team WEP - Loic (T087), Paul (T077), Neil (T001), Steve (T040), Rick (FA004)

Team WAP - Doug (T058), John (T079), Frank (T100), Will (T026), Claire (FA003)

Notably absent from the line-up were Marty's Comet and Joe's Hetzer, both of which suffered motor problems during the first battle.

The battle scenario would be "Casino". Both teams would attempt to break into the casino located in the village, secure a large gold brick and transport it safely back to the Main Base. Field artillery assigned to each team would be placed strategically in the village and would be allowed 3 troops each. Since no supply vehicles were available for both teams, the artillery operators would re-supply themselves by "walking" back to the Main Base to get more ammo.

A total of three sorties were run, with Team WEP successfully getting the gold twice and Team WAP getting the gold once. With both teams focused on securing the gold and transporting it to home base, there were relatively few tanks destroyed and no artillery taken out of action (or at least recorded on the score sheets). It must be noted, of course, that Claire still had some fun terrorizing Neil with the Navarone Gun, scoring 3 of the 4 hits needs to destroy the Neil's borrowed Tiger. After bonuses were awarded, Team WEP squeaked out a victory, thereby annointing Loic as "WiFi King".

Offical Scores for British Invasion Battle #2

Team Asset Operator Hits
Taken Hits
Made Runs
Made Moves
Made Steals
Made Mission
Pts Points
Given Points
Earned Points
Pct
WAP T026 Will Montgomery 4 0 0 0 0 400 1,000 400 0.286
T058 Doug Conn 0 0 0 0 0 400 0 400 1.000
T079 John Pittelli 0 3 0 0 0 400 0 1,150 1.000
T100 Frank Pittelli 0 2 0 0 0 400 0 900 1.000
FA003 Claire Andrew 0 3 0 0 0 400 0 1,150 1.000
TOTAL 4 8 0 0 0 2,000 1,000 4,000 0.800
WEP T001 Neil Rochford 4 0 0 0 0 800 1,000 800 0.444
T040 Steve Tyng 0 2 0 0 0 800 0 1,300 1.000
T077 Paul Pittelli 0 0 0 0 0 800 0 800 1.000
T087 Loic Anthian 4 0 0 0 0 800 1,000 800 0.444
FA004 Rick Schultz 0 2 0 0 0 800 0 1,300 1.000
TOTAL 8 4 0 0 0 4,000 2,000 5,000 0.714

Asset Type Net Points

T040 A27M Cromwell MkVI 1,300

FA004 Flak 88 1,300

T079 Panzer II 1,150

FA003 16-inch Shore Battery 1,150

T100 Semovente 105/25 M43 900

T077 Panzer II 800

T058 PzKpfw VI-I Tiger 400

T087 PzKpfw VI-I Tiger -200

T001 PzKpfw VI-I Tiger -200

T026 SU-100 -600

Operator Net Points

Steve Tyng 1,300

Rick Schultz 1,300

John Pittelli 1,150

Claire Andrew 1,150

Frank Pittelli 900

Paul Pittelli 800

Doug Conn 400

Loic Anthian -200

Neil Rochford -200

Will Montgomery -600