Thanks for the game and well played man! Bad luck with the LG40s- its a bit puzzling why a lightweight paratrooper weapon that breaks down into several manpackable parts is stopped dead by some rocks...
@@MrSirDouble I think its because the German MGs had swappable barrels to prevent overheating so there was more for the assistant gunner to do and carry. ruclips.net/user/CombatStudiesofWorldWarII has some interesting videos about it.
Great stuff. I enjoyed watching this battle from both perspectives. Would love to see you and Hapless go at it again on a larger map that offers more cover and mobility. Thanks for putting this AAR together.
Hard luck there Double. The terrain does favour the French to an almost hilarious degree, but it being a mirror match, I guess that cuts both ways. That combined with the (rather conterintuitive) immobility of your LG's and you were toast. Well played anyway, I enjoyed the vids from both perspectives.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I allow myself a couple of radical plans a year that usually turn into a useless brain fart, I think this was one of those ;)
Thanks for putting out two videos on this mirror match. It's clear the terrain and force selection favor the French, but in that mirror you're able to examine how to play around the limitations of your quick battle setup. I sincerely hope you and Hapless play each other again. You're both brilliant and it's always good to be able to break down a multiplayer battle from both sides.
It's a shame the armour balance in the force selection was so one sided, as this was just an excercise in futility. If your guns were mobile you were still at a massive disadvantage, and even with the Marders, it's still one sided. Please makes sure your next battles are more balanced across all the force types. A blip in an otherwise fascinating series of battles you upload.
To be fair, the map also favors the French. They're in a much more defensible position. Hapless himself says this ironically is a good map for every faction except Fallschirmjager.
Thanks for the game and well played man! Bad luck with the LG40s- its a bit puzzling why a lightweight paratrooper weapon that breaks down into several manpackable parts is stopped dead by some rocks...
Same here, thanks for the two matches and I look forward to the next meeting :)
Pistol guys are the number 2 for the MGs, no?
Great to see both sides of this one, thanks both.
yes they are the assistant machine gunners
I don't think I've seen any other faction with an assistant who doesn't have at least a rifle. They gave their all anyway, so won't complain
@@MrSirDouble I think its because the German MGs had swappable barrels to prevent overheating so there was more for the assistant gunner to do and carry. ruclips.net/user/CombatStudiesofWorldWarII has some interesting videos about it.
Wonderful series. Thank you Double and Hapless for all you've done.
Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the positive comment
Great stuff. I enjoyed watching this battle from both perspectives. Would love to see you and Hapless go at it again on a larger map that offers more cover and mobility. Thanks for putting this AAR together.
Hard luck there Double. The terrain does favour the French to an almost hilarious degree, but it being a mirror match, I guess that cuts both ways. That combined with the (rather conterintuitive) immobility of your LG's and you were toast. Well played anyway, I enjoyed the vids from both perspectives.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I allow myself a couple of radical plans a year that usually turn into a useless brain fart, I think this was one of those ;)
thanks for all the hard work you guys put in to entertaining me 8-)
Glad you enjoyed the videos, it was fun for myself as well
Thanks for putting out two videos on this mirror match. It's clear the terrain and force selection favor the French, but in that mirror you're able to examine how to play around the limitations of your quick battle setup. I sincerely hope you and Hapless play each other again. You're both brilliant and it's always good to be able to break down a multiplayer battle from both sides.
you guys seem pretty well matched, hope to see more head to head clashes :)
Finally it’s here! Let’s see how this disaster went from your side Double.
Badly ;)
Top-notch video once again Double.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Tough one Double. Without the RCL its pretty much a no win battle. I wish you at least had gotten the guy with the FT! Thanks again.
Yeah, got wiped. It happens sometimes, bad preparation on my part being so reliant on one aspect of my force. Live and learn
Unfortunately "Hope" is never a good task verb.
Once you knew that the guns were virtually immobile you were stuffed. But fair play to you for sticking at it.
It's a shame the armour balance in the force selection was so one sided, as this was just an excercise in futility.
If your guns were mobile you were still at a massive disadvantage, and even with the Marders, it's still one sided.
Please makes sure your next battles are more balanced across all the force types.
A blip in an otherwise fascinating series of battles you upload.
To be fair, the map also favors the French. They're in a much more defensible position. Hapless himself says this ironically is a good map for every faction except Fallschirmjager.