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Title: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on December 23, 2009, 08:50:51 AM
I was playing a game and noticed my friend liked tanks so I got the map was red ball express (not my favorite) I got a crap load of these Firefly tanks I never really used them before until then. My friend made a move to take a point with ONE sherman and then I saw 2 panthers, 3 hummels, 1 panzer 4 and a king tiger! I just went for it, then I saw I was winning my 7 fireflys and 1 churchill tank! When the the fight was over I lost 2 fireflys and the churchill. While they lost the hummels the King tiger and 1 panther. Never new that the Commonwealth had such a mighty (and cheap) tank
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Loupblanc on December 23, 2009, 12:23:38 PM

 - Well, the Firefly (This one has canadian flag markings!!!) is
 the british Marder3. Xcept it's 2 pop more and has NORMAL
 sherman armor (Less than american +MG sherman)(It's a M2
 not an M4). But it's 140% range and has godly anti tank
 abilities ;) ... ... ... but it's a *LOT* better with the HQ
 cromwell along (around +40% efficiency) ;) Rawr.
 
 ... It's not that cheap. 100 fuel? And it's got less armor
 than regular sherman (Not much though). And it's SPECIALIZED. It sucks against infantry. And up close.
 Think of it as an up-armored Marder3 with a turret ;)

 DO NOT use it as a tank. Let churchill or cromwell (Not
 Leader Crom) take the hits ;)
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: bastex on December 23, 2009, 07:28:49 PM
1 the sherman firefly was never used by the canadians
2 the sherman firefly has a 17 pounder the ting just ripped the armour of german tanks as long u keep em in the back the germans are screwed (sorry i just had a arty match bhind me i owned the hummel bastards whit my priest =])
3 the remains of the last sherman fireflies are stil to be seen at the rhine river in the netherlands
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on December 23, 2009, 08:44:00 PM
I put one or two churchill infront of them so they could see farther
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Loupblanc on December 23, 2009, 10:59:16 PM

 - Sherman Firefly WAS used by Canadians :)
 - Sherman Firefly had a 17 pounder ;) Meep, sowwy! :)
 Yea, keep 'em in back, and use 'em like Marders and Germans
 are screwed. Xcept got average armor and no lockdown and
 1MG, and turret ;) (And +2 pop) THEY NEED THE CROMWELL
 LEADER TO BE GODLY! :)
 They also reload slower if target is too close.
 - Well, not 'the last'... I'd say the last ones are in museums ;)

 
 ** Yea, Churchills are just big shields. That'S what they're
 for. To take the hits while the Firefly do the killing.
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: bastex on December 23, 2009, 11:13:26 PM
no fireflies where scraped they were poored in to concrete and became heavy at defenses or they came in a musea (i meant in active server u moron)
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Newcomer on December 24, 2009, 01:41:45 AM
kinda off topic, but fireflies DO reload faster at range, just cracked open corsix and saw the reload time modifiers:
Distant: 0.65
Long:    0.65
Medium  1
Short     1.2
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on December 24, 2009, 01:47:57 AM
kinda off topic, but fireflies DO reload faster at range, just cracked open corsix and saw the reload time modifiers:
Distant: 0.65
Long:    0.65
Medium  1
Short     1.2
their faster to. LOUP ON THE PARIS CHAT AND YOUR THEIR TO YOUR NOT TALKING TO ME THOUGH MY NAME IS MR.CHENEY!
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Loupblanc on December 24, 2009, 03:51:22 PM

 - Bastex : Ah, but you didn't say in ACTIVE service, did you.
 And they were POURED INTO not Poored in to ;) Wouldn't
 know about that. Apparently a lot of panthers had that done
 to them as well. But I figure using regular 17 pounders might
 achieve better results than pouring concrete into tanks...
 besides being expensive, it would have negative happennings
 on the driver and crew :p
 - Newcomer : See, I told you :) Surprise! :) Didn't know?
 Check COH-stats.com the website :)
 - Ford_Prefect : Sorry, I was gone to a party with friends,
 been busy of late, tend to leave my comp online unnatended.
 
 You are there. Or You're there. Not Your their ;)
 Mr.Cheney!? What kind of name is that :)
 ... Wrong place to talk of this, though. Keep threads on
 topic, fool!
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on December 24, 2009, 07:55:38 PM
"Ford_Prefect : Sorry, I was gone to a party with friends,
 been busy of late, tend to leave my comp online unnatended."
did you atleast add me?
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Loupblanc on December 24, 2009, 10:33:12 PM

 Why, yes. I did.
 
 Man, you sure talk a lot don't you ;)
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on December 25, 2009, 03:59:12 AM

 Why, yes. I did.
 
 Man, you sure talk a lot don't you ;)
lol yes
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Loupblanc on December 25, 2009, 06:46:55 AM
 http://www.coh-stats.com/ (http://www.coh-stats.com/)
 
 Look at Firefly stats and compare ;)
 Also, er... yes! The Firefly is better than regular Sherman
 against tanks... but that's all it can do. It's like saying
 The 57mm AT gun is better than the sniper... ... better at
 what? ;)

 I find regular US sherman is WAY more polyvalent :)
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: Paciat on February 26, 2010, 05:53:14 PM
http://www.coh-stats.com/ (http://www.coh-stats.com/)
 
 Look at Firefly stats and compare ;)
 Also, er... yes! The Firefly is better than regular Sherman
 against tanks... but that's all it can do. It's like saying
 The 57mm AT gun is better than the sniper... ... better at
 what? ;)
 I find regular US sherman is WAY more polyvalent :)
Nobody said this so Ill just add that Firefly has only 550HP while Shermans/Cromwells have 636HP.
Firefly is also slower than a regular Sherman and much slower in rough terain.
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: ford_prefect on February 27, 2010, 01:32:56 AM
bigger gun.......most german heavy tanks are slow...
Title: Re: Commonwealth fireflys VS. two King Tigers
Post by: SauerKRAUT on March 16, 2010, 06:39:32 PM
It takes SOOO long to build though and the brits cannot have 2 armor trucks to speed mass production. It is so slow me and my group have a joke where the British have to delve into the orient to capture the essence of a firefly and then complete the sacred voodoo melding ritual of man and machine US of A before it can be christened and sent across the ocean to Britain through the teeth of see monsters and wolf packs (U-boats). You would be amazed what happens at 3 in the morning..