Sunday, February 25, 2024

A bit of PC Pbem action with Combat Mission: Barbarossa To Berlin



















Few turns into another Pbem scenario with 'New Jersey John' playing a scenario entitled 'The Mouse Commander' set in November 1942 during Soviet encirclement of Stalingrad. 

Scenario pits elements of 22nd Panzer (John) against units of 26th Tank Corps (yours truly) in and around a fog bound village.

My initial force of foot sloggers supported by numerous T26 Tanks (truly abysmal piece of kit) and have just about gained a foothold on edge of village with several T34s now arriving.

Germans encountered thus far have comprised of infantry with Pz38t/PzII (?) support and a couple of Pak 36 which are easily a match for the T26 horrors which are manned by mostly green crews, so many Soviet AP hits have resulted in 'shell broken up' even at close range !!

The fog has both assisted and hampered in equal measure as able to advance unmolested but stumbling into unseen enemy and I expect heaver Hun kit will appear (PzIII or IV ?).





T34s wade through a sea of destroyed T26 minnows






Vision limited by foggy conditions and plenty of hiding spots for ambushing Fascists 


















Hard to credit that I have been playing the various CM titles since 2000 !!!!!

This is original ad that sucked me in and recall it taking ages to download the file 



7 comments:

  1. Gosh, it is a loooong time since I played a PC wargame, the visuals are stunning!

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    1. Graphically this is a dinosaur (22 years old) compared to newer games but I prefer the gameplay of these 'vintage' games

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  2. Quite a bit more life like than "Pong" for sure!

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    1. Even Space Invaders was a quantum leap from good old pong

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  3. Yikes.. YEARS since I played Combat Mission!

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  4. Great game! Use to play with my brother till he switched to an apple computer.

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  5. Great game! Use to play it with my brother till he switched to an apple computer.

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