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Huh. props to Biden and co. on the secret. Let's get those Tartus moving now Scholz. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/us-long-range-missiles-ukraine-00154110

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3754238/biden-administration-announces-significant-new-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

I'm playing a second PBEM of CMFB Pershing versus Tiger, this time against @cbennett88. One of my Pershings decided to take a long scenic excursion sideways on to the enemy, after I'd asked it to go through what I thought was a hedge. It paid the price of stupidity (mine or theirs I don't know). I don't recall this happening in my first PBEM. Jokingly I suggested to my worthy opponent Chris that perhaps some 'low bocage' had made it's way from Normandy. Loading up the editor however, I see that it is indeed low bocage. Which got me looking for descriptions in the CM manuals (and on the forum) of what bocage (low or normal) is capable of blocking and what it might not block. I can't find anything. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I've put this in General Discussion as it applies to CMBN and CMFB...

Court politics -- everyone is corrupt, but it's only made an issue for those that are to be removed. Someone wants to be rid of him, and he doesn't have a protector.

Thank you so much. I'll give that a go.

Steve from Battlefront has exhaustively listed the reasons why they aren't going to do anything right now, so don't look for anything to change on the BS front anytime soon.

Oh this is good... apparently Hunter Biden is now responsible for the theater terrorist attack because Burisma organized it. This according to Moscow. Be ready for the hardcore MAGA folks, like Greene, to start repeating this nonsense: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4617540-dont-buy-moscows-shameless-campaign-tying-biden-to-its-terrorist-attack/ Steve

There is a way to get troops to kneel rather than go prone. If you retreat the sniper team 20 metres or so (quick move would do), then from the new position issue a pause command of about 10 or 15 seconds and then a hunt order back to the position that you want them in (or maybe just past it). On the next turn (whilst the team is still hunting) click the pause button on the interface and the team should kneel (I can't remember if they kneel straight away or on the following turn). It takes a bit of practice to stop them in the correct place so a bit of trial and error will probably be needed. You might also want to issue them with a target arc in the direction you want them to shoot, after they have paused. Hope all this makes sense.....

The same thing happened to me and @cargol in the first battle of the CMFB tournament.

If we get access to the new KGB archives, it will be very interesting to see which politicians and parties were directly supported. I think we can safely guess some of them, but I bet there would be some interesting surprises.

I know that US mass media often falls short of keeping a consistent and fair assessment of the war, and we are justifiably critical of that, but we should also recognize that they have been very consistent and accurate about Russia's threat to the West generally. This article from a few days ago in the NY Times is about Kremlin directed attacks against people living in the West: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/world/europe/russia-zelensky-navalny-poland-arrests.html It also seems to indicate that some European countries, at a minimum, are FINALLY taking this long standing Kremlin practice seriously. I guess that's what happens when politicians are no longer routinely on Russia's "payroll" as they once were. Steve

I'm new to CMx and playing a game where I have moved my German sniper team into place expecting a long view from the woods down a railroad track, and beyond, with trees on either side. Covering an area of expected approach. As I set my waypoints I checked LOS to make sure he had vision. The track bed is slightly elevated but as the sniper approached LOS was there. Now he is in position but seems to want to take a prone position which places him too low to see down the tracks and I go from the "blue line" to a no sight message when checking with "target". The team is not "hiding" it has only reached the final waypoint, but the spotter is prone looking through his binoculars and the sniper is prone with rifle ready looking through the scope. Looks like if they were up on a knee the LOS would be there. I did set a target arc thinking if he knew what he was expected to cover he would put himself into position to see, but that had no effect. So... Will the sniper raise his head to get a view, or am I stuck with him never acquiring the LOS I expected to have? The only fix I can see would be to have him crawl up the embankment of the tracks but this would leave him exposed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, basically stick a little primer shell onto each mine with a cheap timer or some kind of short range remote control trigger.

Hmmm he has not fallen out of a window? "Russian deputy defence minister detained for allegedly taking bribes" Power struggles at the top? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68886406 Quite unusual for corruption charges to be laid against a top table player. Maybe for mass consumption?

Sadly, the caveat "for now" has to be kept in mind. OK, so aid will start flowing to Ukraine on Wednesday of this week. I've seen some reporting out there claiming the stuff won't get into Ukraine's hands for weeks or months. Poppycock That wasn't true even when Russia was in its initial attack phase. Stuff started showing up RIGHT AWAY and that was all improvised. So no way is that going to happen this time around. The most important thing the US has to send Ukraine are replacement AD missiles. There are only a few points for these to head to and the logistics hurdles between them are VERY small. At lest for an immediate influx. I'm guessing by this weekend Ukraine's AD forces will already have an improved situation. Artillery shells isn't quite as easy. To move hundreds of thousands of shells into the frontlines will take time. Fortunately, they don't need hundreds of thousands of shells to start making a difference. Even getting a few thousand to a couple of key places could make a big difference. And that's the sort of thing that could happen within days. HIMARS type artillery is more like the AD stuff. Ukraine only has a few of these systems and the number of missiles they need to increase their impact on the battlefield is very small. Especially if the first ones they receive have a 300km range. As I suggested a few pages ago, this allows Ukraine to effectively put its HIMARS systems out of harm's way while still being able to hit any target within Ukraine's borders. Popping them off at the Kerch Bridge wouldn't be my top priority right now because the real threat is coming in the Donbas which doesn't use the bridge at all. To summarize... more Russian things go boom within days, not weeks or months. Steve

Yeah, drive by snipes that aren't connected to anything aren't really productive. If I think they are at least reasonably accurate I just ignore them. For example, saying Trump is pro-Russian or RFK Jr. is crazy can be supported by a factual discussion. Saying Biden is a Socialist is just a political talking point with no connection to reality. Similarly, I have no problem with people slamming obvious tools of the Russian state. People like Greene should be called out as, at best, a "useful idiot". Calling Greene's grasp of reality into question is also factually supportable. Sadly, all three candidates for US President have cognitive problems that are clearly evident. The difference is at the best moments, only one of them makes any lick of sense when it comes to supporting a Western style "rules based order" (generally) and US position within it (specifically). The other two oppose it actively and vociferously. Because I don't have a 4th choice, I'm going to vote for the one that at least makes sense most of the time. Steve

I don’t get it either, unless the idea is to get the Russians to turn around and stop the war, which I understand but is obviously pretty stupid. Can someone who spends more time around modern governments shed light on this?

To be fair, Trump also definitely has some dementia going on. RFK though, well, I see his campaign (and his likely role as a spoiler) as definitive proof that we’ve entered an alternate timeline that is far more entertaining and ridiculous than the regular one. But we weren’t going to go to Mars in the regular one, so it’s win win all around I think.

St. Bernard's fire...

and US aid is back on track for now

I really wish they wouldn't do that. The only one that needs to be informed is Syrskyi. Let the Russians find out the hard way. I understand "public right to know", but there's no need to get into specifics. FFS stuff from WWII was kept secret for 50 years in the US, long after it was obsolete and of no intelligence value.

Dear Battlefront.com I have a few reasons why you could put out the Black Sea DLCs without getting any or little backlash. First off, the game came out before the Russo-Ukrainian war and this game and DLCs are not meant to represent or recreate it. There are already games coming or already out about that are based on the real Russo-Ukrainian war. The other thing is that there isn't going to be a lot or any attention from the outside world if you put the DLCS out. To be honest, this community isn't humongous and is not going to get any media or news spotlight. No one is going to be upset if you put out DLC for a fictional turned historical game while other people are making games based on it. At least put out the Marines DLC since they aren't in Ukraine fighting Russians (hopefully). I would really like you put the DLCs out (especially the Marines one) and would definitely buy then. I think I am not the only ones who are excited for the Black Sea DLCs. Thank you for taking some of your time to read this. From, Hello There Edit: Can you at least take consideration of this Battlefront.com Thanks

Yeah I can see this going well (the trespasser is toasted but your now responsible for the biggest bushfire in your state) that would be a fun legal case.

It is comments like this, which pull in politics for no related reason without fear of retribution that lead some of our members to believe that there are different rules depending on which side of the aisle you sit. I am not a fan of any of the candidates we have, but I have to wonder if the results would be the same if the post referenced Biden's supposed dementia?