Aragorn2002
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On 4/4/2020 at 5:43 AM, mjkerner said:
Progress, what’s that??? Oh, you mean as in moving forward, completing tasks and the like, right? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
No.
Hmmm, okay.
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17 minutes ago, Bud Backer said:
Please remove cruiser, battleship support and 203mm artillery and 300mm+ Rockets too. Killing is too easy.
Funny. They are not on-map, are they? At least I've never seen a cruiser in the Bocage.
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1 hour ago, General Jack Ripper said:
As opposed to the Sturmtiger which is already in CMFB? Is that too much overkill and should be removed?
I've never seen someone argue for withholding a unit before.
There's a first time for everthing. Won't use the Sturmtiger either. Not arguing to withold anything, just saying.
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5 hours ago, sburke said:
it means they are going to burn you in effigy tonight.
Mord won't burn, he will just explode.
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Those Iwans look great. I hope the StG 44 is well presented on the German side to counter all those PPSH.
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3 hours ago, John Kettler said:
Was trying to find some GPW or right before Russian training films and struck gold, when I found Part 2 of a restored 1940 one called "Rear of a Tank Battalion". Am only slightly joking about people needing spare underwear on hand, for the content is staggering in depth and breadth. More like total immersion. This film apparently was a silent film and uses a mix of film and animation to convey the required info. Tanks are T-26 single turret and the command tanks as well with radio. This is how the Rear operates in the overall context of the Tank Battalion, whose combat actions most definitely are shown.
https://www.dailymotion.com/search/rear of a tank battalion
Regards,
John KettlerNever saw anything like this, John. Gold indeed. Thanks for digging it up.
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7 hours ago, Mord said:
Mord listens. Mord hears the lamentations and suffering of the players. Mord feels their pains deep in his blackened soul. And so, with a flourish of his cloak, Mord retires to the bunker, keyboard in hand, and with furious abandon delivers unto the curse-ed, a cure for their all ills (or a small patch for the less romatic). Behold, an end to their misery!
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3kie5t8ypuqullo/CMFI_French_Portrait_Patch.zip/file
I'll upload an updated portrait mod to CMMODS. You won't need it if you dl this patch.
ADDED:
Algerian portrait
Moroccan portrait
Updated all background portraits with Algerian and Moroccan portraits
Updated 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division Moroccan portraits
Updated 3rd Algerian Infantry Division Algerian portraits
Updated 4th Moroccan Mountain Division Moroccan portraitsMord.
Say not the struggle nought availeth,The labour and the wounds are vain,The enemy faints not, nor faileth,And as things have been they remain.If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars;It may be, in yon smoke concealed,Mord chase e'en now the fliers,And, but for you, possess the field.For while the tired waves, vainly breakingSeem here no painful inch to gain,Far back through creeks and inlets making,Comes Mord, flooding in, the main.And not by eastern windows only,When daylight comes, comes in the light,In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly,But westward, look, the land is bright.You are indeed a light in the darkness, Mord! Thank you! -
2 hours ago, sburke said:
Mikeyd can correct me but I don’t think he was insinuating anything just suggesting someone who was a Nazi in 1944 was in a somewhat different position of knowing exactly what that meant versus those who espouse that view now.
Yes, let's keep it at that...
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1 hour ago, Lethaface said:
Well, I'm home at work on the forum. Does that count? Don't have honey do lists, there are some pro's to being divorced
I was expecting some more activity on the forum too.
I blame Netflix...
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1 hour ago, Freyberg said:
..... and the slaughter is sometimes horrendous.
In my battles that's almost guaranteed..
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11 minutes ago, RepsolCBR said:
If any changes are made...I would much prefer to be able to asign off-map artillery to AI groups rather then having them on the map...
Not the same thing...i know
But that would be a nice change imo...
To be able to use the 'area target trick' with all artillery assets...
Even on-map mortar units are quite difficult to handle to my experience. They never seem to be available when you need them. That's why I like to use tanks and other vehicles using HE against buildings and enemy postions. I'm not saying mortars are useless, because they can be very useful indeed, but in a fast moving battle (the kind of battles I like) I prefer more mobile firepower.
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2 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
I meant such historical situation must be reflected in the module that Red Army encoutered with heavy fortified city defense (and not only in Berlin). Poznan, Kenigsberg, Praga and many other, so not only usual infantry support weapon couldn't deal with it, but even often 152 mm SP-guns. Though on other hand, buildings in CM has big disproportions in defensive capabilities. Their roofs easyly resist direct hits of 120-152 mm calibres, but infantry inside has a poor protection from small arms evan this building is looks strong.
Each to his own, but personally I don't enjoy urban fighting and I'm not looking forward it. For me CM excells in longer distance fighting in fields, woods and smaller villages.
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Personally I don't like to see them the on-map artillery list. Too much overkill. Such guns easily bring down a whole building.
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3 hours ago, MikeyD said:
The only thing worse than 1940s Nazis is a present day Nazi. One might argue the populace 80 years ago were naïf about just what sort of monsters they were supporting. You can't make that argument now.
So who is a present day Nazi, Mikey? Please, tell us, instead of insinuating. Who is supporting who exactly?
Steve made it quite clear that such insults, even in a covered version, are not allowed here.
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5 hours ago, Erwin said:
When you say "the rest" I presume you are talking about the systematic massacres of entire villages in Poland and all points East (not forgetting Oradour-sur-Glane in France of course) that the Germans came across? Or was it the rape of women before they were gassed? For the folks who lost their entire families in WW2 thanks to the civilizing effects of the German Army & SS, there may not be quite the same sense of indignation.
But these facts are well documentated and widely condemned, aren't they? The mass rape of millions of women AND children (and not only in Germany, but also in 'liberated' Russia, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, the Baltic states and so on and so forth) and all the other attrocities of the Red Army are mostly ignored. It should be possible to condemn that without being accused of defending the attrocities of the Nazis. On the other hand, I guess it's just shame about making a pact with the devil in the name of freedom and justice to defeat another one.
But I agree with Lethaface. Better let it rest. Especially on this forum.
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On 2/7/2020 at 4:20 PM, mjkerner said:
Slowly, Aragorn. RL is in the way constantly.
Any progress, MJ?
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1 minute ago, Mord said:
Ahh, I was under the impression those were just French troops that were stationed in Morocco and Algeria and not ethnic troops. If I'd known I would've made them.
Mord.
No problem, Comrade, fortunately you gave us the bearded icoon as well.
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43 minutes ago, Mord said:
Cool. Glad you all like them.
Mord.
I sure do, especially the German icons are beauties. The Moroccans and Algerians are a bit too clean shaven for me, but I will change them with the Maroccon Goumiers icoon.
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1 hour ago, Mord said:
Only four responses, huh? Damn, man.
Mord.
How many downloads, Mord?
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3 hours ago, waffelmann said:
You can still see them in the link in the first post!
Okay. So what did you mean with '2nd week'?
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6 hours ago, John Kettler said:
In reading Zamulin's excellent (but DU dense in info) Demolishing The Myth groundbreaking study of Prokhorvka, I came across quite the Lend-Lease bombshell. Though you'd never know it from the aggregate of Russian imagery taken during the battle, of Kursk, in some sectors, the LL contingent was enormous. Table 2 (page 42) shows 6th Guards Army's tank force was composed of 43% LL tanks, split 26.1% for M3 Stuart (44 tanks) and 20.2%for M3 Lee (32 operational & 2 in repair). By way of contrast, the T-34 was 38% (56 operational and 8 in repair). Recommend, therefore, that careful consideration be given when writing scenarios to depicting this massive LL tank fraction in situations where this and other units have LL tanks. Never in my wildest speculations have expected to see LL tanks constitute a higher percentage of the tank force than the T-34.
Regards,
John KettlerAlso read Myths and Legends of the Eastern Front: Reassessing the Great Patriotic War by Boris Sokolov. He has some interesting things to say about the Eastern front in general and LL in particular. Not all his arguments are convincing, but he makes some good points. His opinion is that without LL Soviet-Russia would have been lost.
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12 hours ago, waffelmann said:
2nd Week!
Just curious. Which books were offered for free last week?
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6 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Actually, on this point I agree. Neo-Nazi is a specific and loaded term that has all kinds of baggage that goes with it. I live in an area with a large right wingers around and I don't think of any of them as Neo-Nazis. Would be Fascists? Some of them, though most are (honestly) simply not intelligent and/or informed enough to know what the results of their political views would ultimately lead to if not checked by the middle and the left. Ignorant is a better term for most people on either political extremes IMHO.
I've had my share of run-ins with true Neo-Nazis and far more with right wingers. While there might be a lot of commonalities in philosophies, which shouldn't be surprising since one is a more extreme version of the same mindset, they are not the same thing. Same thing with liberals being labeled Communists. Very few liberals would be even remotely happy under Communist rule. Casually tossing around labels doesn't help anything.
For the record, I do not consider you a Neo-Nazi. Right wing and offensive at times? Yup, absolutely you've managed to establish that on many occasions. Even if an argument can be made that positions you take offer comfort and encouragement to those who would push people into ovens, that still isn't the same thing as being a Neo-Nazi yourself. Words matter and I do think it's important to not use a term (especially a loaded one) inappropriately. Therefore, next time someone calls you a Neo-Nazi you can ping me and I'll give them a talking to. Though I expect I might also have to give you a talking to at the same time as there's usually something you've posted to cause that sort of accusation. Meaning, if you don't want to be incorrectly called a Neo-Nazi it is advisable to not post things that could give people that impression.
Steve
I think that's a very fair and accurate comment in all respects.
Blind troops
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Posted · Edited by Aragorn2002
Nor does your comment. Knowing Umlaut he investigated this situation very thoroughly before he posted it. Apart from that everyone can still do as he damn well pleases at this site. Just discuss it, or if you think it's nonsense, don't discuss it.