Tom and Jerry

"I suppose we're making progress. The feeling of victory is being ebbed away by the faces of Muzza, Garnett, Allen, Desola, Rivas... ...and George. Is this it? Did we really take Carentan? Part of me just wishes the Germans would attack just so I can get these thoughts out of my head. My Dad used to tell me that it was the quiet times after combat that scared him the most. Now I understand what he meant."

— Baker's Monologue

Tom and Jerry is the 18th chapter of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

Summary[]

Play cat and mouse from the tower of the cathedral in Carentan. Direct your men below as the counterattack rolls in...

Plot[]

Baker's squad are on top of the cathedral talking while Mac is scouting using his binoculars. Later, Obi was hit by a sniper in the head and everybody gets down. A signal that the German counterattack is near and Corrion's team are still down there. Baker grabbed his sniper rifle to support the defenders down there.

Soon, the Germans attack from all sides with the paratroopers defending as best they could with Baker, Mac and Leggett providing support from the top of the cathedral. Leggett received an intel that tanks are moving into town to support the counterattack. They went to the other side of the cathedral to support the under fired defenders.

After clearing the defenders, the tanks arrived and Baker's team forced to retreat to the other side to get the bazooka. Baker uses the bazooka and successfully dealt with the tanks attacking the cathedral. The counterattack is stopped but the fight isn't over.

Objectives[]

Defend Carentan from counter-attack[]

Command your troops below to react to the attacking enemy. Use your sniper rifle in support.

Characters[]

Captain Joseph Baker (indirectly mentioned in introduction)
Staff Sergeant Gregory Hassay
Sergeant Matthew Baker (Playable)
Sergeant George Risner (mentioned in introduction)
Corporal Samuel Corrion (does not speak)
Corporal Joseph Hartsock
Private First Class Jack Courtland (does not speak)
Private First Class Kevin Leggett
Private First Class Stephan Obrieski (KIA)
Private First Class Thomas Zanovich
Private Larry Allen (mentioned in introduction)
Private Michael Desola (mentioned in introduction)
Private Michael Garnett (mentioned in introduction)
Private Dale McCreary (does not speak)
Private David Muzza (mentioned in introduction)
Private Johnny Rivas (mentioned in introduction)

Weapons[]

American Weapons[]

German Weapons and Vehicles[]

StG 44
Panzer IV

Teams[]

Fire Team[]

Cpl. Hartsock - B.A.R. M1918
Pfc. Zanovich - M1 Garand

Assault Team[]

Cpl. Corrion - M1A1 Thompson
Pfc. Courtland - M1A1 Carbine
Pvt. McCreary - M1A1 Carbine

Transcript[]

Main article: Tom and Jerry/Transcript

Extras[]

City Fighting in 1944[]

City fighting in 1944 was focused on squad to squad combat. In this US Army photo, an American assault team charges a German occupied house in Normandy.

In the city fight, any derbies can be used as protective cover. The American rifleman aims his M1 Garand from an improvised position.

An American paratrooper rushes the doors of the church at St. Mere Eglise on D-Day. Church towers were an ideal sniper's perch for both armies.

An American infantry squad uses a Sherman tank as mobile cover. The technique of combined arms between infantry and armor was honed in Normandy.

Fire and move in action. As members of the squad put covering fire onto a German sniper position down the French street, another soldier crosses the road.

Moments later, the assault team moves in for the kill, firing from the hip.

A Normandy town cleared of enemy can be used by the paratroopers as a command post, a marshaling area or as a way-point to the next fight.

1944 Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Carentan[]

1944 Aerial Reconnissance Photograph of Carentan

Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the cathedral and surrounding area in Carentan. The photo was taken shortly before the invasion.

The Springfield 1903 Rifle - Col. Antal Briefing[]

This is the U.S. 30 caliber M1903 Springfield Rifle.

The M1903 Series Rifles were originally issued to American soldiers during World War I, but the rifle saw service in World War II, the Korean War and even the Vietnam War, as a sniper rifle.

The M1903 Rifle is a manually-operated, rotating bolt, internal magazine-fed rifle.

The Springfield has an overall length of 43.5 inches and weighs 9 pounds.

The M1903 A4 was specifically modified for use as a sniper rifle, with the addition of an M73 telescope.

In Brothers in Arms, there will be situations where you will want to arm yourself with a Springfield Sniper Rifle.

The Cathedral at Carentan[]

1944 US Army Signal Corps photograph of the cathedral at Carentan.

Gearbox artist, Jen Wildes, atop cathedral tower. The Gearbox survey team were the first people to climb the tower in nearly two decades.

The view from the tower in 2004.

The view from the tower in 1944, as represented in Brothers in Arms.

Cathedral in June, 2004 – 60 years after the battle of Carentan.

The cathedral in Brothers in Arms.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

This level and Purple Heart Lane are the only levels where you can use the sniper rifle.
This is the only chapter out of all the games when you can not acquire and use any German weaponry because they are out of possible reach.
It would actually be impossible to lead soldiers from ten stories up in the air without a radio.
Obrieski's body was never found when he fell.
Carentan Cathedral still stands today, and visitors can stand on the church where Baker stood.
This chapter is the only time you are accompanied by Mac and Leggett alone.
This is the only chapter in the game that allows you to use M1 Bazooka.
On the PS2 version of the game, and on Brothers in Arms: D-Day (PSP) this mission is called Cat and Mouse instead.
This is the only chapter where Leggett doesn't have a radio on his back.
This Level is name after the Cat & Mouse duel.

Difference in the PS2 version[]

Baker's secondary weapon is an M1A1 Thompson instead of an M1 Garand.
Red, Corrion carries an M1 Garand.
Corrion is on his own in the Assault Team but is later reinforced by Red and Zanovich.
Courtland and McCreary are absent.
The fleeing German tank man at the end of the chapter was cut.
When Obrieski was shot in the head, his helmet isn't shot off and he's holding an M1 Garand instead of a cigarette.
Mission titled is called: "Cat & Mouse".
The Lines:
- Obi: We'll get him when... (this is over.)
- Red: Obi!
- Leggett: Corrion & McCreary are still in the street!
- & the part of Leggett talking while everyone was fighting the krauts are left out.