This is fun. Modern Armor vs. Spearman

[mikehunt]

It's around 2010 in my current game. And while most other civs have at least infantry and tanks the Ottomans started out in japan and therefore never got many cities and have low tech. The most powerful defensive unit I faced from them was a couple rifleman, for the most part my modern armor are fighting pikeman, spearmen and medieval infantry

 

[Imaginos]

It's not unusual. And don't be surprised if your modern armour gets killed by the mighty spearman.

 

[DBear]

Yeah, we don't have this smiley for nothing!

 

[Sub]

Theoretically, it is possible.

 

[garric]

The spearman can run around the tanks and jump on them, open them up and stab them :S.

 

[mikehunt]

I did have an elite knocked down into the red. and then on the next turn it beat a red rifleman and a red pikeman that my naval bombardment from a cruiser had softened up
too bad the aztecs have a military at least as good as me (but I have china and england fighting them for me in order to weaken all three) and the mayans are catching up to me on space ship construction

 

[Gumby78]

I have lost a Modern Armor to a Impi. So, it is very possible to lose a powerful attack unit to one with a weak defense .

 

[Pentium]

The poor MA tried to escape the terrible torture, but the mighty Impi followed him and slaughtered him.

 

[Grand Cadfael]

I've lost mechs to an attacking spearman! it was like a hornet storm one attacks I loose a hitpoint or two and again and again(funny thing was,he the second to enter the modern era)

 

[Bluemofia]

I once lost a MA to a spearman. The spearman only damaged it 1 health (it was a regular, and my tank was a vetern fully healed).

 

[Pounder]

I once lost a MA to a spearman. The spearman only damaged it 1 health (it was a regular, and my tank was a vetern fully healed).

That's the problem with mechanical things, they break down.

Maybe the operator of the tank was stupid. Left the hatch open.

Maybe the spearsmen set a trap for the tank.

 

[Padma]

Oh, no! Let's not turn this into another "My Tank Lost to a Spearman!" thread!

 

[Tomoyo]

My spearman beat a tank.

 

[Allanc]

If you think about it, Well trained spearmen could ambush the tank and take them out. Ive lost a battleship to a galleyonce as well.

 

[wilbill]

Oh, no! Let's not turn this into another "My Tank Lost to a Spearman!" thread!

Like trying to stop a tsunami, isn't it?

 

[Tom_Bombadil]

They sneak up on the tanks or remain hidden until the tanks roll close to them, then just as they are about to fire they throw their spear down the turret.

 

[Gogf]

My spearman beat a tank.

For some reason that made me laugh.

Anyway, I lost an MA to a warrior once. Of course, my MA only had two health left, and the warrior was fully healed.

 

[Admiral8Q]

I remember reading in a magazine, before Civ3 was out, that it would be possible for a spearman to defeat a tank, though not likely. Damn-it, I'll try to find the mag and quote it it I get around to it.

 

[Quilty]

I had similar experiences to these in my current game (which has been quite a challenge). But the results are due in part to my stupidity rather than the RNG. In one instance I had cut off all the enemy's resources, and they couldn't build cavlary to attack me, leaving me able to close in on their cities. I had landed a few tanks behind enemy lines to pillage resources, and lost two of them to longbowmen. Not quite spearmen, but.... Anyway, these bowmen got to be a real pain. I lost one tank to a longbowman. A turn later, I had an elite tank produce a MGL, only to have a bowman run out and slaughter the tank and destroy the MGL! And at one point I foolishly left a stack of artillery unguarded; these were used to attack a city and like a bonehead I moved the mech. inf. guarding it into the city. A longbowman ran out from a neighboring city, and destroyed a stack of 15 artillery!

I had bombers by this point... in each of these instances, I diverted them from bombing the enemy cities to pound each longbowman into dust.

 

[Admiral8Q]

LMAO @Quilty!!! That's hillarious!!!