COH: Europe In Ruins

I'm here to tell the tale of Hermie,
a true American Shermie,
the little Sherman who could.

Fresh off the boat at Normandy,
his paint gleaming new.
Unscathed by schrek or shell,
eager to expend his fuel.

As the sounds of battles raged,
down to road to Carentan,
Hermie gunned his engines,
eager to help the men.

His company CO smiled sadly,
at his youthful enthusiasm.
Unbeknownst to Hermie,
he was just another tool.

No upgun,
no fifty-cal,
No smoke grenade shells.

Hermie was just another tank,
to slow the Axis hordes.
Another sacrificial lamb,
to feed the Gods of war.

And then the order came,
And Hermie raced off towards battle,
guns primed and loaded,
his small cannon eager to spit its shell.

The flank was broken,
wounded men streamed on by.
A platoon of Axis volks pursued,
eager to shoot goodbye.

And Hermie charged forth,
both his machine guns blazing,
and with a resounding BOOM,
scattered the volks with his fury.

The volks began to flee,
Hermie went on a shooting spree,
but felt his skin split,
as a cloaked PAK succeeded in a hit.

Wounded by 3 straight shots,
Hermie howled in pain,
as inexperienced Engineers,
began to patch him up.

But time waits for no tank,
as an Axis Panzer rolled up,
and began to shoot men up.

Still bleeding from his wounds,
Hermie answered the call,
traded blows with the Beast,
and once again retreated to be healed.

And time after time,
infantry swarmed the line,
and time after time,
Hermie held the line.

A Panzer charged into the fray,
and began to pound riflemen flat.
Upon seeing Hermie and a Wolverine,
began to fall on back.

Hermie and his companion chased,
firing shell after shell,
and even when his companion blew,
the injured Hermie insisted on sending the Panzer to hell.

Hermie's small cannon boomed,
and its shell split the air,
buried its head into the Panzer,
and blew it all to hell.

And Hermie continued to fight,
refusing to fall off the line.
Twice more ambushed by PAKs,
and twice more survived their shells.

Then a ferocious beast broke through the lines,
and unleashed its horrible rage,
upon all that met its gaze.

Bloodied bone and twisted metal,
was all it left behind.
57 mils hurriedly turned around,
praying not to be found.

The Beast roared,
spitting its furious wrath,
rending flesh from bone,
and metal from bolts.

Injured by the stings of 57 mils,
The beast rounded a corner,
hidden from their sights.

And brave little Hermie,
his health bar nearly spent,
Bravely rolled on forth,
And faced the Beast's Maw.

The Beast turned its turret to track,
and Hermie sped on by,
barely avoiding,
its terribly lethal gaze.

And Hermie opened fire,
his round aimed true,
and split the great Beast open,
and in all directions its parts flew.

And still Hermie kept on fighting,
from the 12th minute to the forty-fifth,
and only when the battle was won,
did Hermie bid the field adieu.

Gentlemen, I present to you Hermie, a true American Sherman.

(http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4743/eliteshermanse3.jpg) (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eliteshermanse3.jpg)

He stopped countless infantry rushes, wiped out several cloaked Stormtrooper commandoes, survived 3 PAK ambushes, destroyed 2 Panzer 4s, and sent a Tiger Tank to the scrapyard.

In 1 game, he went from a fresh, 0 XP, to a vet-2, 150 XP Sherman. (Vet 3 is 250 XP).


I fully expect him to be blown to scrap in his next battle, but till then, let it be known to the world, the Tale of Hermie, the little Sherman, who could.

AWESOME! I salute Hermie!  ;)

great job on that poem too :)

like it

Very nice :).
From one sherman fan (600+ XP sherman last war) to the other, I salute you and your sherman!
Too bad their veterancy is a lot less impressive than what it used to be. :(

How many infantry kills was that??

Looks like 32

32 infantry kills
1 vehicle kill
3 tank kills

Hail Hermie!

Hermie, hah I love it!  ;D

GO HERMIE!!!

Keeping the Allied dream alive.

Great poem and story. :)  I as well salute you hermie! :)

P.S.  Dont' ruin these things unk. =P

I vow to kill him in the name of the Panzer IV Crews that he killed and For the Fatherland! I miss those Tanks.

I'll introduce Hermie to Hector when I get the chance.

Sorry, I saw this as a good opportunity to bring up the sherman's poor veterancy bonusses and survivability :P.
That being said, it's very impressive that an infantry player (no on board mechanics & field repairs) got a sherman to vet 2 and beyond.

LMAO.

Where's your poem for Hector Apex?

Hi meet the HassleHoffs.

http://i26.tinypic.com/104orhy.png

Their motto is: "Don't Hassle The Hoffs"

(http://i32.tinypic.com/14oe87.png)

Poems about the Hoffs? Won't happen they're too badass!

Haha nice poem, go Hermie!  ;D

hermie is the herbie big bro???

Maybe i can have a pink m10 and marry them?  :P

Hermie thanks everyone for all the attention he's received. He's never harboured any ambition and it touches his tweeny warm gears.

His tale has also gone out to the general CoH community and it seems that some people have become interested in EiR due to Hermie's tale. Perhaps he can become an ambassador?

To anyone who's interested, here's a snapshot of Hermie resting in the F.O.B. before his next battle.

(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8946/eliteshermanhermiery2.png) (http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eliteshermanhermiery2.png)

Kluas the Panther and Henerich the Panzer died

     So will Hermine

Hermie should hang with Fred, my invincible Stug.

Duvka, is that a dicknippling 75 infantry on your Croc?

75 infantry you be like 1/4 of my companies pop
 :o

May your Sherman live long, and prosper.

Thread of the year.

Sadly, Hermie will meet his end just like the Pwnicer and the legions of other crazed Vet units before him.

just like my vet 3 ostwind did :(

and my panther, after weeks of awesomeness  :(

My calliope never died....

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Neither did my Sherman :P.

And if Apex is lucky, his vet 3 KT will make it to the end and retire as well :).

"lucky"

Yea, it'll depend on how long the war will last :P.
Like all top leaderboard units, I doubt it would survive another 30 days of war!

Hermie was due for a showdown with Hector, but was unfortunately sabotaged and was unable to make it into the battle.

"Lucky"

Sure, "Sabotage"!  :D

We should be able to name our vet tanks in platoon management, then it could show up on the leaderboard, that'd be so awesome :).

I regretfully inform the CoH community that Hermie bit the dust as of 10 minutes ago. After 2 more battles where he destroyed 2 more Panzer 4s, a Stug, an Ostwind and Puma, his final act was to engage a StuG pushing a weak flank.

A cloaked Pak took its first shot, inflicting terrible damage. Hermie popped his smoke dispenser, but despite the smoke, the Pak had a lucky 2nd hit, and Hermie was no more.

Upon hearing of Hermie's demise, the rest of the company flew into a terrible, murderous rage. M10s rampaged across the map, heedless of their own safety, in 1 instance running down and shooting a fleeing vet 3 axis sniper into gory pieces.

The villainous Pak that was responsible for Hermie's demise was viciously run down by an avenging squad of riflemen, and caught it just before it could escape the battlefield.

RiP Hermie :(

Poor hermie  :o  :'(

yepp, sorry, hermie refused to surrender, had to send him to the scrapyard  :'(

he will allways be remembered, as one of countless shermans  ;)

I salute that brave Pak crew in there tremendous efforts on the front, may they rest in peace.

Nooo! Not Hermie! RIP my little friend, RIP.

Hermie! Nooooo!

 :'(

Shermans should come pre upgunned. It's so BS that we have to pay for it when Axis get Stugs and P4s as basic tanks with normal guns.

NO!!!NOT HERMIE!!!

I hope that was sarcasm. Forcing Allies to buy Upgunned Shermans would be a pretty big nerf.

Well... it's hardly fair...our armour is pathetic unless you get a Pershing...but Axis can field like 3 Stugs and 2 P4s to our 3 up gunned Shermans? Hmm.

To make up for it, StuGs have the accuracy of a blind man, and shots don't bounce off PIVs a lot (from my experience).

Shermans are all-rounds tanks though, were as Stugs are just mobile AT guns  ;)

well its just a fact that the upgunned sherman had to be developed as a necessity (or how you spell it) and the casual one is the most produced one.

I mean sure, it would be great if my mortars fire v1s....  ::)

An upgunned Sherman is better than a PIV...it doesn't do more, it increases its penetration..

Misten, was that from our game?


I like the sound of naming units, I'm all for that with all squads, name my Vet Rifles "The Flying Hellfish".

I do like that Hermie's demise brought on a storm of killing and that the miserable PAK was sent...paking.

Also, naming units FTW

good job but vet 3 shermans last only for a few games ....they go out with their guns firing till a tiger breaks it spine.

I hope it still have good number of days left before it to seen the end of war.

Just wait till I get my red halftrack to vet 3, his name is Herpie. ;)

*Sniff*

Hermie has been immortalised.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=190007&page=3

Scroll down to the bottom. Courtesy of Lethal Dosage.

I just read the tale of hermie...
Poor hermie ;(.
Teh Shermie that could almost fly!

jesus whats up with the thread necro lately

Necroing is an act of reviving a topic so old EVEN THE TOPIC'S AUTHOR has forgotten about it's existance.

Misten has not forgotten his Hermie.

Apex made a reference to Hermie in a recent thread, I posted the link so people know what he was talking about, and Mysthalin commented on it :p