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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