TACTICOOL - Act I [4 spots left!]

[Juncoph]

We loose a few more shots at the targets downrange.
"Fire!"
"Clear the line!" calls Deadeye.
The breech clears itself with the recoil, which also causes the 54-ton tank to lurch back.
"Get it loaded!"
A few seconds later, "Loaded!" is audible through the headset.
The cycle repeats itself a few times. We then call it good, the gunner saying the sight is calibrated, and follow Tiger 001 to the vehicle depot. God, I wish this thing had air conditioning

also i don't remember did tigers have ac

i think not

[Ad Bot]

[Mr. Hurricane]

They might have ventilation. No AC though.


Dozens of vehicles pile into one of several grass plots. There are a lot of garages around. Platoon 5 section B has already set up shop in the closest one. The garage has four doors to the bay inside. It seems you could fit anywhere from six to eight vehicles inside. There is an officer's complex, which includes offices and living arrangements for officers and the administrative enlisted men. There are about a half dozen three-story white concrete buildings. They appear to be identical, and empty. Those were for the enlisted men. Each room fits five, each level, thirty.

Nearby there was a bathhouse and mess hall.

The Tiger rolled into position near the officers complex, and was shut off. The men climb out and head to their assigned bunks.

[NoZoner]

The Panzer IV slowly moves off the train, touching down on the gravel with an audible crunch.

"Advance to the firing range, and get a move on it!"

The mechanical roar of the engine fills the interior as the tank accelerates with due haste. Once the tank has eased into position, Boyle immediately jumps out the hatch and slides the boresight down the barrel. Roscoe carefully works the turret, sighting the gun with Boyle's guidance. Faster, dammit! An entire minute passes before the gun is ready to fire.

"Boyle, load the gun!"

... Clink. "Main gun loaded!"

"Fire!"

"Clear the line!"

Boom! The KwK 37 slams into the recoil shield and rocks the tank violently. A single 7.5cm round is sent downrange and hits the target.

"Hit! Load another and fire!"

Another cartridge is shoved through the breach and fired, hitting the target once more.

"Hit! Ready the last round and fire!"

Boom! The last round hits the target squarely in the center.

"Hit! Good shooting, Roscoe! Jameson, take us to the vehicle depot!"

The tank whisks off, kicking up gravel and leaving tracks behind as we race for the depot.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Lore: Clear the Line

In the real world, tank gunners in the US military usually say either "round out" or "on the way" when firing. This practice continues today. The most notable recent example is in the movie Fury. Shia LaBeouf's character "Bible" says this before firing the gun. This is historically accurate.

The Hiematan version is "Clear the Line," referring to the area the gun recoils into. There is a line on the turret floor that outlines where the gun will recoil. The line is either red or white.

[Mr. Hurricane]

CYVI MWEL LSQL UWKH RWVW RZGZ YGYK EBTA VPPT NLEW

Stamp: 1 C GAMMA VI III II WPGA FHVT AD EC FB KL NI OG SQ WZ XM YV

[Gojira]

Is that a message for command to look at

Also what cipher is that I mean seriously what the hell

[Gojira]

hurricane wtf we don't have enough information
how did you even get an m94 cipher anyways

[Comatose]

As I approach my crew's Panzer, the other tanks surrounding begin to fire. I shiver slightly as the thumping of constant gunfire reverberates through my entire body, notably through my chest. After reaching my tank, I climb up in between firing intervals and rap sharply on the hatch.

Polke opens the hatch, evidently nervous. Then again, there's never a moment where he's never jumpier than a kid hyped up on sugar. He provides me space to enter the cabin, providing a half-hearted salute. "Welcome back, Lieutenant!"

I wave him off and sit in an open seat. "How's calibration coming along?"
Schwartz answers back. "Just fine, Lieutenant. How many rounds do we need to fire?"
I shrug. "Let's give it another two, and then we can call it a day."

I take a quick look around the cabin at the men going about their business when a clink emanates from the gun. "Ready, Lieutenant!"
Polke gives me another nervous look as I shout, "Clear the line!"

The cannon slams back into the recoil shield as a loud boom rocks the tank. Polke stares down the sight for a moment before speaking. "That's a hit." He looks back down at me expectantly, as does Schwartz.
I wave it off. "Eh, forget it. Take us home, Mank."

The engine turns over as Rieran slowly pulls out of the emplacement and sets off toward the depot.

[Harm94]

Lore: Clear the Line

In the real world, tank gunners in the US military usually say either "round out" or "on the way" when firing. This practice continues today. The most notable recent example is in the movie Fury. Shia LaBeouf's character "Bible" says this before firing the gun. This is historically accurate.

The Hiematan version is "Clear the Line," referring to the area the gun recoils into. There is a line on the turret floor that outlines where the gun will recoil. The line is either red or white.

"Releasing the switch (the blast door closes quickly and automatically), he then slams a round into the breech with his right arm, and gets his hand clear, and yells, "up!" This is a the signal to the gunner that the next round is ready to fire. After using the laser rangefinder to verify target range, the gunner yells, "on the way!" and depresses the triggers."

Basically only modern us tank crews do this.

[Gojira]

hurricane give us some answers please
no one else has an m94 decoder

[Mr. Hurricane]

Wrong machine. It's Enigma. M4. The stamp is today's key.

[Comatose]

Wrong machine. It's Enigma. M4. The stamp is today's key.

forget. After watching The Imitation Game I should've known this. I'm dumb.

[Mr. Hurricane]

ARUL TRAP REEM PTIV ATTA CKIM MINE NT

AR | ULTRA | PREEMEPTIVE | ATTACK | IMMINENT


I forgeted up the enciphering which forgeted up the decoding.

END PROLOGUE

ACT I
Fort Schwartz Army-Air Base
April 28th, 1942
0723

The sun has crept up over the horizon. It is a partly cloudy day. The base is for the most part quiet. A very low, very quiet drone begins to creep upon the base. It grows louder until being omnipresent, and is then cut off by sirens.

Gleaming in the morning sun, 6000 contrails belonging to 1500 Pe-8's make their gentle sweep across the sky. The droning is present even over the sirens. One thousand five hundred little dots.

Flak guns being hammering away. several seconds later, black puffs being appearing in the sky.

I was startled from breakfast by the droning. I looked around and assumed it was only bombers flying around the fort. I returned to my seat, not giving it much thought. From their however, the sirens wailed and a minute or so later, guns began firing. I swallowed the last bit of breakfast I could grab and began running to the officer's complex.

[Gojira]

oh stuff
also hurricane what do we do for the last few letters

[Mr. Hurricane]

oh stuff
also hurricane what do we do for the last few letters

It's decoded. Updated post.