M1TP Throwback

[iamfritz]

I just finished wiping out a Ruski battalion with a reinforced Company of US Ar-MURICA.

 

Had a strange sense of deja vus... realized the Salisbury map is very similar to the old maps of Microprose M1 Tank Platoon. I can't put my finger on it- maybe it's the grass palette, the lack of tall grass, the town layout, I can't really put my finger on it. But it took me back and Salisbury Plains will be my reminiscing throwback map from now on.

[Hedgehog]

It's probably the lack of the "Newer" Buildings

A lot of those buildings date from SB 1 & 2 era

(so about 20 years old and maybe 5 years after M1TP2)

[Volcano]

Maybe its the hills, if the hills on the map are small in size and rolling. Remember the pyramid hills?

 

But an M1TP type mission itself would be fairly simple: put a M1A1 tank platoon on the map, and put a company of enemies.  Add an objective and maybe some very limited support. Begin!

 

A series of "M1TP" scenarios for fully manned tanks comes to mind.... 

[Hedgehog]

On 7/27/2021 at 6:32 PM, Volcano said:

Maybe its the hills, if the hills on the map are small in size and rolling. Remember the pyramid hills?

 

But an M1TP type mission itself would be fairly simple: put a M1A1 tank platoon on the map, and put a company of enemies.  Add an objective and maybe some very limited support. Begin!

 

A series of "M1TP" scenarios for fully manned tanks comes to mind.... 

 

It's a bit like a small plateau with a valley running NS(ish).

[iamfritz]

All true. Chkl