V104 time and cupture

[CHAPPY]

22:41:10 Departed from Field #46 in a SdKfz 251
23:38:21 Captured field #104.
23:38:21 Destroyed a maproom at base #104 
23:39:45 Arrived Safely at Field #104
23:47:24 Departed from Field #12 in a Bf 109G-2
00:17:25 Arrived Safely at Field #47
 if my time is correct after the second upping in FSO 22:36:00 or so, t+70 would be 23:46:00 time correct?      Axis controlled vbase at least 10 min early.

Am i wrong?

Anyone have screen shots of the gv battle?
bet it looked great with all the tigers and m4 rollin in.

[ImADot]

I was in the axis troop carrier that took base 104 right near the end of the battle, and recorded the whole thing from second start to landing my plane after the GV battle was over.  I'll go through the film and see about taking a couple of screenies (and eventually making a movie).

I have all of Frame 1 all on film too, but haven't done a thing with it yet.


Oh yeah, frame 2 was a frickin' blast!   

[CHAPPY]

yes sir it was

[nikomon]

Does anyone have the video of the ju88 that dropped bombs and killed 2 people during the first frame at v104 ?

I thought that was a point deduction? 

[TUK]

I would like some films of the gv event. Bet it was fun..  If a ju88 dropped on gv's in first part of frame, i would definately like that film..  Tuk151

[CHAPPY]

i checked the logs to find ju88 killin gv's at 104, couldnt find 1 with credit for the kills.
Was it before the the reset?

[TUK]

CC Chappy , my guys reported it b4 the reset.  Prolly, nothing will come of it, since frame was "lost in space". If there is film of it , i will send you a copy.   TUK151

[ImADot]

I recorded the whole 2nd try from start to finish.  I'll cut my film into a GV section and an airplane (after the GV portion was over) section.  I'll post the ah film in the next day or so.  I hope to make an actual movie of this frame, as it was fun as hell.

The raw footage for the whole frame is a little over 21Mb.  I'll post that if anyone wants to download that much.

[CHAPPY]

i would like to see it

[Viper61]

325th comments:

Chappy I'm not sure if we got the base in time or not???  I know that I saw a "blue" message in the buffer stating H+70 GV battle over and then about 30 seconds later we got the base......  What I don't know is whether the "Blue" time message was correct or not.

At any rate that fricken GV battle was by far the best dang tank battle I have ever been in!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Long range killing was the name of the game.  I didn't get a hit on anything at less than 3200 meters.  Most of the kills were at 4000 meters!!!  The tanks were pretty evenly matched and it came down to tactics and gunnery.  <S> to DANTOO for the plan to sweep around from the flank and hit the base from the oppsite side.  Once we had control of the dominate terrain feature then we worked the base.  I had several tanks lay down a base of fire while the assault up the hill started.  We then shifted fire to the base and flanks.  The enemy tried to flank our rear but a few well placed rounds kept the Sherman's moving and shotting.  All told the 325th lost 3 Tigers while killing 6 Sherman's plus bringing the troops for the capture.  It was almost text book fire and maneuver for 70 minutes!!!!!

Best dang GV battle ever!!!!!!!!!!!  I know there were some problems but BEST DANG GV BATTLE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<S> all that participated and I hope we see more GV battles in the FSO like this one.

Viper 61
Ops Officer
325th VFG

[RSLQK186]

The second the "GO GO GO" order came after the reset planes were upping at the field I was at. The logs show that time and when the capture was. Dispite what was stated as the T+???, I would think the logs would be the deciding factor.

[CHAPPY]

that would mean we got it 

[nikomon]

i checked the logs to find ju88 killin gv's at 104, couldnt find 1 with credit for the kills.
Was it before the the reset?

Yes 

[RSLQK186]

Was the 88 vs tank after "The War Has Been Won" came up? My guys began to furball with themselves at that point. If that was the case, the guy in the 88 should have shot up his CO and not bombed the enemy

[TUK]

Was the 88 vs tank after "The War Has Been Won" came up? My guys began to furball with themselves at that point. If that was the case, the guy in the 88 should have shot up his CO and not bombed the enemy

Reports of the 88 were approximately 3 minutes b4 the "war has been won" LOL. I think we all began to furball each other after the war was won.lol tuk151