Ziem

@Normal Dude Tx, saw those. But you know which one I mean @Dizee It's about time I read the book "Barbarossa" by Alan Clark again Other question though. How do I get rid of those 3 t-34's? without loosing too many german tanks? Z.

@Wokely and the rest thanks for replies. About the casualties. If I am not mistaken (and I could be) the germans lost a lot of soldiers from october onwards because they didn't have any winter clothes, as stated before. From what I understand is that especially in late june, july and september they steamrolled over the Russians, they were still very optimistic that they would be on the red square in November. It's interesting when you read in books the letters german soldiers wrote home. From very optimistic in June '41 till very gloomy in january '42 It is, by the way, not my intention to burn down the game. Because I think the game has a lot of potential. But yesterday I had a scout crawling forward in the road to Moscow scenario. At one stage I had him crouch for a second, and guess what? A single shot from a russian soldier (not a sniper) about 1 km away in the trench took him out! I hope they adress at least this in the new patch. About the t-34's. I remember once reading that the germans were appalled of the fact how crude the t-34's were finished. Not smoothly polished like the germans tanks but all crude Thanks for the warnings about other campaigns. I am still struggling with the german campaign. For the rest, I have only played half of the first allied mission. pushing the germans out of st Lo(?) and am now awaiting the german counter attack. What I also find a rather serious error is that there are no 88mm guns in the game (couldn't find it in the encyclopedia). This gun took out so many tanks that it is a must. I hope they add this one very soon. Oh yeah and before I forget. They have to make the game more modabble. Because of the modding talent out there, it would take a lot of work out of the hands the dev team, so they can finetune the gameplay. Look for example at Silent Hunter IV. The game gets more and more realistic every day because of the huge amount of mods made. I als hope, that's for the far away future, they make it possible for troops to enter buldings and have them make max use of ruins so we can make a Stalingrad mission! Z. [ May 12, 2007, 12:58 AM: Message edited by: Ziem ]

No worries... Nice vid though

Sigh... Still waiting in the Netherlands, but I'm patient. My best guess is in 2 weeks. By the way I find it rather strange that things have to be checked in Ireland??? When I order thingies via Amazon US they are here in 3 to 4 days... Z.

The fact that the Germans could run over most of europe between '39 en '41 was based on the famous blitzkrieg tactics. Meaning: airplane Bombing (refined during the spanish civil war), followed by arty, and to top it of tanks and infantry. I'm playing the road to Moscow scenario and have to get a train station. Nice that I have 4 arty salvo's but my tanks are so inferior to the T34's. Not that I hate the T34's but in October '41 the amount of T34's was still very, very low. (been reading quite some books about Barbarossa but from what I read it wasn't until late november early december that the T34's were used together with the Siberian reserves en masse). Ofcourse from what I understand the dev team of the game are Russian and they want the Russians look good but hey, let's not be too chauvenistic. Up till late '42 it was quantity above quality (not to be rude but just looking at the facts), so my questions are: 1) Where is the air cover? ie JU87 or HE111's? 2) Are there too many T34's? let's be honoust because up to 25 miles from Moscow it was almost a cakewalk for the Germans. They took close to a 1(?) million prisoners until the they got caught in the beastly Russian autumn and winter weather which was together with Stalin's order that no one was allowed anymore to leave Moscow the saviour of Russia. And ofcourse that Hitler still couldn't make his mind up which was the most the important front. Going south for the oil or center for Moscow. And his armies were absolutely not prepared for winter fighting because the git thought that he would have Russia on its knees before winter...but that's looking back from an armchair... Z. [ May 11, 2007, 07:12 PM: Message edited by: Ziem ]

That makes two of us Aragorn. Excellent game.

Fake xmas snow..to create a winter landscape

Hi Noloff, check this thread. http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=001356

Ooops sorry, found the answer already

Hi, small question, Does the psw 223 Radio Car actualy serve a purpose or is just a nice optical thingie? Tx Cheers Z.

Excellent, Thanks for quick answers WWB Cheers Z.

I am designing an Operation and have a couple of questions. So if anyone can help me. I'd be very happy. A)What kind of vehicle did the Russians use to tow theis guns? B)At the starting battle I have a couple of plains for cas. Will these planes be rearmed and used again in the second battle or do I have to assign new ones? c)In the second battle armored PG company arriving. Will the soldiers arrive embarked in their sdkfz's or do I have to embark them manualy. If there is a possiblity to "prepare" that in the unit menu please let me know. Because I couldn't find it in the manual Thanks in advance Cheers Z.

This might have been asked before so please don't shoot me. But...is it true that there is no railbridge in the map editor. And what I am missing is oilstorage tanks and oil pumps. Pretty important for Kaukasus campaigns. I know that the patch is coming..but maybe the guys at BF can still squeeze these items in...please please please By the way, I have to say that this is my first CM game and I have to complement BF. It's the best wargame I've ever played, and I've played a quite a few Cheers, Z