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Old 04-19-2009, 11:18 AM
Tomalak Tomalak is offline
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Yep, this one was tough. I'm not entirely sure what triggers the tank column, but it seems to arrive after a certain amount of time has passed. So you have to be quick and deadly.

As soon as the mission starts, run through the fields to the building with a cemetery (a church probably). You can ambush an enemy patrol here, but be aware some of the soldiers from the town will come to investigate.

So, get everyone inside the wall (you can put a couple of guys in bushes near the entrance to cover it), and then use a AT grenade to demolish a section of the wall in the upper left corner. One of your guys (the bravest one) should crawl through the wall, all the way to that self propelled AA gun, and destroy it with a grenade, while the others stay near the wall.

After this I really can't give you step by step advice, since the fight that followed was pretty chaotic for me, lost half of my squad but managed to get the Jagdpanther.

I put two guys behind sand boxes where the AA was. They have good cover here, and are able to fire at any enemies who try to outflank you from that side. I established a similar covering position on the right side as well. While you're approaching the target, try to move your soldiers in groups, so that one group can provide covering fire, while the other rushes forward.

After you approach the wall of the building where the Jagdpanther is, you can throw grenades on the enemies inside, but be aware they can do the same. As with other missions, the key here is to take manual control over your soldiers at critical moments. A lot of enemies will attack you, but most of them will come using identical routes, so one guy in a good position can take them out.

The main problem are two enemy soldiers behind sand boxes on the opposite side of the Jagdpanther, since they will make any repair attempt (it has busted tracks) impossible. I managed to silence them taking manual control over one of my MG guys then firing like crazy from a position just behind the Jagdpanther. When the other guy managed to repair the tank, MG guy jumped in as well, and I drove it back towards the rest of the group. It might also be possible to take them out with a grenade, if you can reach a good position, or you can try to fire at them with a panzerfaust or a rocket launcher you get from a dead enemy.

Then immediately take a position near the river, as far as possible from the bridge, with a good line of fire, and wait for enemy tanks. They should be no match for you, but save before this, just in case a lucky shot knocks your gun out.

What comes after this you have to find out yourself, the only advice I'm gonna give you is: don't waste Jagdpanther's fuel, you're gonna need it. Keep in mind it doesn't have a turret, and therefore you have to turn (wasting fuel) in combat.

Another thing, I noticed that when you attack anywhere, after some time almost everyone in the town runs to that position. It might be possible to send a few of your soldiers to attack the enemy on one side, and then start the attack on Jagdpanther building after most of enemy soldiers ran off to another direction. But its just a thought, haven't tried it.

Last edited by Tomalak; 04-19-2009 at 11:58 AM.
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