The Clash at Black Ridge
Battlefield: open grassland under a clear sky · 13 Oct 2026 · Ranked
SIDE A · nightowl92
Roman Cohort
Roster army: 🛡️ Roman Cohort
A Roman cohort of 480 veteran legionaries with large scutum shields, pila and gladii, drilled in the testudo formation, supported by 2 scorpion bolt-throwers and commanded by hardened centurions.
SIDE B · ThaboM_
Lone Sherman
Roster army: 🚜 Lone Sherman
One WWII M4 Sherman tank with a 5-man crew, a 75mm gun with 40 shells and two machine guns. It cannot refuel and the crew must eventually rest.
ROUND 1: THE ONLY ROUND
Lone Sherman fires a ranging shell that sends earth sky-high. Then Lone Sherman fires high explosive into the thick of Roman Cohort, and Roman Cohort finally lose formation and are cut down in isolated knots.
» The Sherman rolls forward over what is left of Roman Cohort.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Lone Sherman should dominate here. Immune to pre-modern weapons is too much for Roman Cohort, whose slow to manoeuvre leaves it with very few answers.
- Immune to pre-modern weapons
- Slow to manoeuvre
- The battlefield: open grassland under a clear sky
MVP: The bow machine-gunner
It was over almost before it began. Lone Sherman barely broke a sweat.