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kostka7

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  • Birthday 08/04/1939

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    Austin, TX
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    music, military history
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  1. I am playing the La Fiere scenario that came with the game. The author says he would welcome feedback. Is there a special part of the forum where that is done, or do I just post the feedback here? Thanks. Kostka7
  2. Wicky, you are right! Thank you for taking the time to set me straight. I didn't even notice the documents folder on the disk when I installed the application. I guess I was just too excited to get started playing.
  3. Thanks, sburke, but I should have mentioned that I'm running this on a Mac. All I have is <CM Red Thunder.app>. The app does have contents, which I have explored thoroughly without success. Maybe you would email me the PDF files? skostka@aol.com
  4. I bought the mail-order version of the game, which came with two paper manuals: "Combat Mission Game Engine Manual Version 3.0" and "Combat Mission Red Thunder." Is it possible to download PDF versions of these so I can avoid lugging the paper versions with me when I'm traveling? Thanks in advance.
  5. Two newbie questions about bunkers: 1. Can infantry enter an enemy bunker? It's just another building, so it seems they should be able to do so, but I can't make my guys do it, even though I think it's empty. 2. How can troops with demo charges knock out a bunker? The manual says they can throw charges if they are close enough, but how close is close enough? WHere is the "throw" command? Can they rush to the wall and set off a demo charge? How do they do that? Thanks!
  6. I did not know that. I'll try it. Thanks!
  7. If a mortar team (or its spotter) can see an object like a hedgerow or a building, can the mortar fire just on the other side of that obstacle? Surely possible in real combat, no?
  8. << soldiers didn't fight the real war with slide rules. >> No, but I imagine that a gun crew learned in training what vehicles it had a good chance of knocking out and which ones it didn't. Evidently, unlike those crews, I have to learn through the school of hard knocks (if I can remember how all of those different guns perform against all of those different AFVs).
  9. As I remember CMx1 (a great game that will no longer run on my computer), if you were going to fire at a tank, you could see a readout of its armor (thicknesses and slope) on all four sides plus the top. You could also see the penetrating power of the weapon you were about to fire. I don't see this information in CMBN. Am I missing something?
  10. Newbie Question: I found the dismount command, but not the mount command. Do I just move a unit (squad, team) to a vehicle? How can I tell in advance what the carrying capacity of the vehicle is? Thanks.
  11. Thanks to all for your helpful advice. kostka7
  12. Is it a bad idea to routinely split your infantry squads into teams (other than the nuisance of keeping track of them)?. For example, do they take a morale hit or lose command and control efficiency? Thanks.
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