Scenario: Ambush at Tenczyn

[DRG]

This one went to the bitter end

Poland - 2708
Germany - 281

Polish decisive victory

My new favorite thing..... TKS.m or as I like to call it the "polsko żniwiarz" The AP rounds for it's 20mm cannon rip through German armoured cars quite nicely. The TKS's of all variants accounted for 21 kills. They should never be discounted as useless becasue they aren't if used correctly.

Good Scenario, as I've said. I like them this size . It won't be easy for most players. I repositioned a number of units at the start of the game



Don

[Brian61]

Originally Posted by DRG

My new favorite thing..... TKS.m or as I like to call it the "polsko żniwiarz" The AP rounds for it's 20mm cannon rip through German armoured cars quite nicely. The TKS's of all variants accounted for 21 kills. They should never be discounted as useless becasue they aren't if used correctly.

You know I had to look up żniwiarz

When you read of the Black Brigade's battles and its two weeks of fighting some of the top units in the wehrmacht and coming out on top consistently, looking at the TOE is quite a shock. No doubt the TKS's played a major role. In many ways I prefer the TKS to the Vickers, mostly because I'm not as tempted to think of the TKS as a tank, more a light tank destroyer/mobile machinegun nest.

Thanks for the report from the front
Brian

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Brian61

You know I had to look up żniwiarz

Yeah, me too

The TKS's are only useful if you can keep them from getting into slugfests with their opponents, otherwise they don't last long. The secret is flank ambushes then pull back into the trees before the survivors figure out where the fire came from. In the one case a TKS.m nailed three AC's in one turn, all from the flank, all without return fire.

And, as always, it helps to be lucky......

Don