jivemi,
First Thank you for your time as well!!
Well that was interesting! And I have to add, unexpected. So I draw the following conclusions from this test...
1) It still would seem to support the refs submitted that the
ERA for the
OPLOT-M must be revised which, I believe Don does as well to at least parody to the Russian
T-90A as noted in my last evaluation.
2) The overall results though, 2 Draws & 1 Marginal Victory tank on tank does really surprise me.
3) The above "2)" needed to stand alone. The AI as be set to "
Tank Heavy" will generally have more tanks overall and sometimes even at the start. Not to give away too much in case I ever play a
PEMB, I always start from a "
combined arms" minus air support in the beginning.
To get to
1:1 or 2:1 kill ratios using these tanks I don't think I ever achieved that with these tanks fighting against each other, certainly not early in my long campaigns. I have had early battle draws rarely, won many marginal victories and an occasional decisive victory's.
I think how I'm getting these is though my tanks are getting beaten up or worse, they must be doing just enough damage to where my APC's and Infantry have just enough in them to start taking them out later in the battles,
not all of them mind you, but for long enough and with loss of other units, that the "
Battle Clock" runs out of time on the Russians.
This says a lot for the "
Combined Arms" way of thinking and planning. But it also speaks to the fact, that as I posted, I need to "
husband" these tanks a little more and change my tactics as I already noted. They need to "
live to see another day" in my way of playing.
As a note I have found playing these two countries in the present day very challenging based on what the UKRAINE has to work with. You might also find the same, if not, then I'm really "
hosed up"!?!
So this was useful.
Regards,
Pat
