Prisoners of War

[Henry666]

Type: Axis assault map
Players: 1 - 3
Difficulty: Very hard

In this mission your goal is to rescue some POW`s from allied camps. As support you will have the ability to call in a FA-223 "Drache" helicopter that can bring in support troops and pick up rescued prisoners.

[LloydyBoy]

wow what is that helicopter in the on the pic

[Henry666]

you can watch the intro for this mission here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNW39pOmw34

[bomber.ch]

this mission is of course very, very difficult. we managed it in 3,5 hours with 2 human players and our very efficient AI hiding in a house^^

at the end we used camo troops sneaking enemy units and ambushing them while a counter-sniper was positioned some steps away. when a prisoner-squad was "converted" we retreated him immediately, coz they´re dying very fast. how to save the officer within 30min seems nearly impossible to me with 50cal-quads driving around ripping 2 knight-cross squads and 2 stormtroopers with one blast.

but so far a very challenging map...it was a lot of fun!! thx a lot for this excellent mod!!!!

[Mannerheim]

Yeah it seems this is still way too difficult in 1 or 2 player games. We will update easier version later today.

[LloydyBoy]

yea and the veterancy on some units is a pain it took me 3 squads to destroy 2 Vet 2 riflemen with BARS

[Mannerheim]

Yeah well I uploaded easier version today. Its hard at start but once you get vet for your units it gets easier. Most important things in this map is to:

- try to capture all 3 objective buildings first to increase veterancy
- always move the troops to cover
- always support units with mg so vet inf will get pinned
- salvage all wrecks to get ammo to use arty

[LloydyBoy]

yea and thats the point i faced a Vet 2 sherman croc after i sent my men to the south east on a recon and the croc stormed into my base and i had no weapons to deal with it completly in the end i had lost all the men (1 Volk squad, 1 grein squad with MG42, 2 storms with Mp44s and panzershrecks and 2 Mg42s)

[stee]

Hi
I have a problem with persching tank in POW, it's impossible to kill ,many attack in the south with lot of panzerchrek !!! but no result
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Help me guys ??

[kitekaze]

Go vet3 with 2 pak. If you can hit it from the back, then 1 pak is enough.

For Pershing from the convoys, it won't advance along with convoys so you shouldn't ambush where they start.