Probus

Remember what @Vergeltungswaffe said: "Never send a squad anywhere a team hasn't been. Never send a platoon anywhere a squad hasn't been. Never send a company anywhere a platoon hasn't been. Never send armor anywhere infantry hasn't been." I wonder if this applies to jeeps?

Trump is a loose cannon that can't keep his mouth shut, that's for sure. But putting on my magic thinking cap, I'll bet dollars to donuts that if Trump gets elected he will do a 180 on support for Ukraine. He is only against the war right now I'll bet because the current administration is for supporting Ukraine and it gives him talking points. If Biden were to have been more isolationist, Trump would have lambasted him for it. But that's politics. War, unfortunately, is big business and Trump, if nothing else, is a businessman. Now that NATO is starting to pull their own weight, as you say, he'll take credit for that too.

This has to be Putin's plan and call it a victory.

**cough**Ogre Mk 0.1**cough**

You're correct. But it still let's you waste your time targeting them.

Here is the last part of the turn. I guess the bazooka team confused it.

I had a tank destroyer aimed perfectly at a Sherman. The Sherman fired and the round ricocheted off my front armor. Then something funny happened. My TD turned to show the Sherman its side, took a penetrating round to the side, then turned back?!? I wonder what it was thinking? Maybe it does something random under certain circumstances like panic or broken? Or is it an AI glitch of some kind?

I know this is kinda old news, but do we know what took out each Abrams? We're some of them just mobility kills from mines?

Amen!

https://www.twz.com/air/jdam-er-winged-bombs-with-seekers-that-home-in-on-gps-jammers-headed-to-ukraine This is encouraging.

Has the enemy unit surrendered? The game will let you put a target line on them but your unit will not fire small arms at them. You can tell if the unit has surrendered if the pixeltroopen have their hands up. This is probably not your problem, but this happens to me a lot so I thought I'd mention it.

@The_Capt We can't help them build an industrial base until after the war is over, right? Anything that is built in Ukraine is open game for the Russians, whereas aid from the West is off limits (for now).

I'm beginning to believe that the slowness of the West's response to Ukrainian needs must be hugely encouraging to Putin and his gang. You guys have probably hashed this out already and I missed it. I really hope support for Ukraine does not wain again. Are most of you still in the camp that Ukraine can win militarily?

Five in total although 2 are mirrored. 4 FB and 1 BN. Just finished a SF2. What do you think of CW @Vacillator?

That's what I did. Go to the various opponent finder threads like this one: https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/forums/combat-mission-opponent-finder.451/

Amen!

Sounds like you may be in the situation where you need to do a little more reconning by fire?

Combat Mission:Drone Wars

So effectively you could simulate that by doing away with FoW.

Well for one, Marines and a lot of drones, besides regulars (and irregulars). Totally new drone system is prolly required.

@BFCElvis just started a thread about jeeps that includes their role in reconnaissance:

That's funny. We were just talking about jeeps and reconnaissance over in the PBEM thread:

I often use a jeep in this fashion. To probe enemy lines and use it's speed as a defence. Then open up on any positions that fire at the jeeps with overwatching tanks. It works 1/2 the time. I didn't realize it was 'gamey'. I am also notorious for using the Recon by Fire tactic. I'm attacking a town in CMBN currently and one of the first things I did was hose down the church bell tower.

What is y'alls opinion of pre-planned artillery not in setup zones but on routs of advance? For instance a road through the woods that you are planning on going down or suspect the enemy is going to use to advance to your location? Not exactly 'recon by fire' but could be a tactic to break up ambushes or nail possible convoy routs. Would that be considered too 'gamey'? The situation I'm considering is a ME in which a small town is the central battle zone. So wouldn't it be wise to blast all the roads into the town with pre-planned artillery?

Did Ukraine really do this or is this just propaganda?