nik mond

It's natural for most people to comprehend someone's behavior from their own mental/cultural position.
And anything that is outside of the norm of the civilized person seems like a funny quirk - hence the genuine fascination of the western folk with russian/soviet "culture", not realizing those aren't funny quirks. Not funny at all.
Hence why it's so hard to explain to any person whose neighbors are either getting high in Amsterdam or chill in cafeterias near the Eiffel Tower - how anyone can be so genuinely evil and barbaric - it seems truly unbelievable and exaggerated.
And then you get Bucha and Mariupol.

Nice. You can use <shift><ESC> to pause without the notice text appearing on screen. That gives you more usable pixels for your picture.

I didn't do any editing to these, but they still ended up turning out nicely I think.
Out of the smoke, Ura!

Eetherial Light

I liked the shadows in this shot. Very dynamic. There were better shadows coming from just a few feet to the left, but then youd see the frankenstein's monster of three Soviet soldiers merging into one, with a singular hollow-eyed stare peering out of the lovecraftian beast. 

 

My favorite cold war era Christmas song
 

Some good points...
1. Changing the engine-coded surrender mechanics would, as mentioned, "break" earlier scenarios and campaigns.
2. I have no idea how much work it would entail to change the engine-coded behavior. (Morale in this game is more complex than it seems at first glance.)
3. There are work-arounds, again previously mentioned (reinforcements after game end and/or hidden objectives with higher HQ towards the rear), but that may not help for the battles created without them.
 
My suggestion would be to allow the behavior to stay the same...except for this: when the AI wishes to surrender, the game does not end. Instead, the player would get a screen, "The Enemy wishes to Surrender. Do you accept?" with a "Keep Fighting" or "Collect the Prisoners" option.
The problem there is that the Global Morale of the defeated enemy will be poor and it may keep trying to surrender, unless that behavior is suppressed.
Again, it would entail extra coding and may or may not have unforeseen ramifications.  (Complex systems behave in complex manners.   )

Another great How to Fight video. And informative for CMCW purposes as well.
And heres another one with a seriously menacing Russian officer!
 

New recon unit:
 

New recon unit:
 

I just pulled out a Tactical Victory as the Americans in the Mitteachsenbach scenario by the skin of my teeth.
This was one of those games that keeps me coming back to Combat Mission. At first it seemed hopeless. Then reinforcements started tricking in. You threw them in to the line hoping they'd hold. Some did, some didn't. The battle was in doubt right up the the very end.
There was one M60 that found a keyhole position in a village the Soviets bypassed and managed to take out 7 T-80s in the flank as they rolled past before getting knocked out!
The biggest threat to the Americans early in this battle is despair as the sheer size of the Soviet assault becomes apparent. I really didn't think I had a chance until about the 50 minute mark.

Night stuff.

That first conversation sounds like...Orcs

That first conversation sounds like...Orcs

The Soviets also sent ISU-152s to Egypt in the 60s and 70s, which in turn were captured in their wars with the Israelis. One interesting conversion was where they removed the main gun and converted them into BTT-1 recovery vehicles:
(The tank museum in Latrun, Israel is one awesome place, that's for sure):

My personal opinion is CMFI is actually one of the best if not the best title right now. No pressure .  Make sure you get GL and R2V as well.

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's

Sometimes a knife will work in a gunfight if you blindside your opponent. Here's an M20. Every time the tac AI survival would try to reverse it, I hit the cancel order and gave a target order on the Stug. Repeat and rinse. Eventually the Stug stopped. And never moved again. I checked after the battle and only the driver was left and he was in panic. This is from the Battle for Collecchio scenario.
 
 

Sometimes a knife will work in a gunfight if you blindside your opponent. Here's an M20. Every time the tac AI survival would try to reverse it, I hit the cancel order and gave a target order on the Stug. Repeat and rinse. Eventually the Stug stopped. And never moved again. I checked after the battle and only the driver was left and he was in panic. This is from the Battle for Collecchio scenario.
 
 

Sometimes a knife will work in a gunfight if you blindside your opponent. Here's an M20. Every time the tac AI survival would try to reverse it, I hit the cancel order and gave a target order on the Stug. Repeat and rinse. Eventually the Stug stopped. And never moved again. I checked after the battle and only the driver was left and he was in panic. This is from the Battle for Collecchio scenario.
 
 

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's

Nice pic. I gotta say that texture on the Hetzer is one of my favs.

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's

The Canadian hedge cutters seem OK. Here's a Sherman V with twin Sunjo's