Winning strategy for defeating the two tanks in Aachen

[kaplan71]

Hello -- I am at the point in the game where I have to confront the Tiger and Panzer IV tanks. So far, I have had my butt kicked trying to defeat them. Does anyone have a winning strategy to get past this point?

[Fudz]

The idea is to run circles around each tank to get behind them and shoot them in the rear of the tank which has no armour. Each tank requires two shots to its rear. When you circle you must have a wall between you and your opponent tank, otherwise the opponent tank will keep targeting you.

When the first tank barges in go left immediately and run a circle on the other tank which will barge in, try to compartmentalise and focus only on one tank at a time, forget the other tank is there.

The tricky part is moving your cannon in the same general direction as your tank chassy at the same time when doing your circle, so you can line up the cannon with the opponent tanks rear relatively fast when you emerge behind the opponent tank before the opponent tank turns around, you will find you will be swiping your mouse either left or right repeatedly to keep up with the chassy.

MAKE SURE you are NOT zoomed in with the cannon (right click), that was my silly mistake, otherwise your cannon will move slowly.

Its tricky at first but you will get it eventually.

If you want to get the achievment to preserve at least 80% of your health be sure to do the mission on recruit and try not to get shot before that sequence.

[kaplan71]

Hello -- I tried several times to get around the tanks, and I am constantly getting hung up on debris blocking the road. Also, it seems that no matter what I do, the two tanks corner me, and then they have their fun. I am at a loss here.

[Fudz]

I admit its tricky at first but with practice you will get it eventually, look around youtube for tutorials.

[rmr]

if you are using a mouse and keyboard go to settings and change the first two settings to 6.5, it makes the turret spin faster, then just keep going in a circle, when you get behind the enemy shoot, keep moving, fast as possible, keep turning, get behind them

[kaplan71]

Don't ask me how...but I did it. Suffice it to say, it took MULTIPLE tries to get it done. Even when I completed it, I had barely a tank, in terms of damage, left to finish the scenario.

A similar thing occurred at the Remagen bridge. Several tries later, and one hit away from being destroyed, I knocked out all the enemy planes.

[Wizard]

I haven’t completed it yet, but next time I plan to dash left and around the square until I am behind the first Panzer and quickly kill it. I get this guy every time.

Then I plan to move between each standing wall between me and the centre of the Square only when the remaining Panzer is behind another wall on the other side of the Square. I will use the Map mode to show up the Panzer if and when it is moving to judge when it has gone behind any walls to time my own moves between walls. If I can do this without fluffing up the direction of the Sherman’s base unit too much, I might just stiff the Panzer.

[UK Old Git]

Originally posted by M_T_Mabowels:

I haven’t completed it yet, but next time I plan to dash left and around the square until I am behind the first Panzer and quickly kill it. I get this guy every time.

Then I plan to move between each standing wall between me and the centre of the Square only when the remaining Panzer is behind another wall on the other side of the Square. I will use the Map mode to show up the Panzer if and when it is moving to judge when it has gone behind any walls to time my own moves between walls. If I can do this without fluffing up the direction of the Sherman’s base unit too much, I might just stiff the Panzer.

And the spell of post resurrection has been cast.

[Wizard]

Originally posted by UK Old Git:

Originally posted by M_T_Mabowels:

I haven’t completed it yet, but next time I plan to dash left and around the square until I am behind the first Panzer and quickly kill it. I get this guy every time.

Then I plan to move between each standing wall between me and the centre of the Square only when the remaining Panzer is behind another wall on the other side of the Square. I will use the Map mode to show up the Panzer if and when it is moving to judge when it has gone behind any walls to time my own moves between walls. If I can do this without fluffing up the direction of the Sherman’s base unit too much, I might just stiff the Panzer.

And the spell of post resurrection has been cast.

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-troll-white-hairs-small-norwegian-image69684341

[UK Old Git]

Originally posted by M_T_Mabowels:

Originally posted by UK Old Git:

And the spell of post resurrection has been cast.

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-troll-white-hairs-small-norwegian-image69684341

I wondered what you looked like.