During a defense of Berlin map last night a couple of fellow gamers and I managed to hold a bridge with the last Panther tank in Berlin. We took at least a half a dozen shells from M10s and Sherman Fireflies, but the range and the angles were in our favor. As American infantry poured out into the open to try to seize the bridge my gunner and commander met them with streams of machinegun fire from the coaxial and hull gun of the tank. We basically stalled the American advance for five to ten minutes. Unfortunately an enemy tank was eventually able to blow through our armor. The Panther was in a position that left it very exposed to small arms fire but mostly immune to bazookas. We had a good field of fire, but limited visibility, since no one could turn out to spot distant targets. That's eventually what killed us. An Allied tank at least 500m out, concealed by the huge amount of smoke the Americans were popping to cover their advance, was able to zero us in and eventually beat the Panther's armor down.

Without the Panther stalling the advance the Allies gradually pushed across the bridge. The Germans put up a dedicated defense from a three story hotel facing, making excellent use of MG42s and Panzerfausts to dislodge any attempt by the American's to hold the bridge. In the end the Americans beat us through sheer attrition, hammering on our defenses until we ran out of reinforcements then piling into the capture zone. Ultimately the game ended with two Axis machine gunners still alive as ten or fifteen allied infantryman lay shoulder to should on a berm south of the bridge to ensure the cap.

TG server yes please?