Aured

Game engine 4

Starting to wonder if it only works for the modules. Set your location to Sicily and try Mixed camo with the Luftwaffe forces - Panzergrenadiers 43A - and I'll think you'll only see standard soldiers.

Thank you for the reply. What date and game module are you using? I am using CM:FI base (not Gustav Line or Rome to Victory) in August 1943. Lastly, could you share some screenshots?

I'm just glad to get a reply at all tbh. But, as I typed in the OP, trying different units with mixed camo produces no visible effects. This seems to include standard HG units

Hello all. I'm playing Fortress Italy quick battles and one of the uniform options for Luftwaffe soldiers is "mixed camo". I've tried a couple of times with different units to see what effect this has on their appearance and so far, nothing has happened. Can someone explain why this option exists?

Yup. Nobody save for JasonC ever provided a competent answer. I may as well give up, because no one seems to know.

No this is a very specific question - "How would a Soviet Rifle Battalion in 1944 conduct an assault on a) a swamp and b) a village. I'll make sure to embolden the question so that certain individuals don't overlook it and completely misunderstand what the thread is about. Then I stand corrected. I believe the "this campaign is unrealistic" comments came from people who couldn't beat the level. As I have beaten both, I fail to understand how it is unrealistic, but that was what people were saying on other threads, so that is what I put. No offense intended. Also, was JasonC critical or complimentary in his messages? I only ask because, angry though he seems to be, his comments are usually in depth and interesting. Would you mind sharing some of what he said? An interesting read, although I was asking for the specifics of Soviet doctrine rather than German, as this manual demonstrates. This is the closest thing to a decent answer I've got so far, although many of these anecdotes aren't very clear. To everyone, including the people who haven't read the question properly, thank you for your answers. I'll keep monitoring the thread until someone comes along with a more definitive answer, although what I have so far has helped a little.

Hello all. I'm just getting started with this campaign in Red Thunder. I've read a lot of people saying that it's unrealistic and badly designed, but I'm going to give it my best shot. The first mission involves a rifle battalion with SPG support attacking a German trenchline in a swamp. The second is another battalion with the same organisation attacking a village. The question I want to ask is how would both of these attacks be performed in real life? I have conflicting information involving what to do: Russian battle reports are only available from 1941, and generally involve step-by-step plan executed one after the other. Other sources (JasonMC primarily) state that the infantry would rush forward in a line, go to ground when shot at and then stay there. I have no information on what kind of formation the rifle battalion would use, how they would intergrate with their SPGs and how they would attack the swamp, with it's water blocking most avenues of approach, and the village which is cut up into three different hamlets. Can anyone provide a clear, definitive answer on how a Russian rifle battalion in 1944 would attack both of these objectives? Thank you in advance for any answers.

Guess I'll just attack with company waves. The terrain doesn't allow enough frontage for a two-company or battalion wave attack, nor can I outflank the positions properly because of the enormous swamps blocking everything. I wonder if the scenario designer is still around?

I wonder if there's a way to contact JasonC? The way he talks sounds like he had a formal military education and had access to the documents we can't get on the internet.

Thanks for the reply. I've already beat the mission several times - what I'm really asking is how the Soviets would have done it in real life. I can't find any documentation on it.

Hello all. I'm playing the first mission of the Soviet campaign and I have no idea how to conduct the attack. I've read somewhere that Battalions would attack with two companies forward and one reserve. They would rush across the ground, shooting all the way, which assault guns sticking as close as possible to them. Another place I read that you perform the typical "echelon attack" - a small screening force, say one company with minor support, followed by the main effort. Internet documentation is sorely lacking. Does anyone have any references or tips?

That's a shame. Guy really knew his stuff. I wonder if he has an e-mail or something? The problem with asking questions about this sort of thing is that there is little to no information available online and people who really know about it are few and far between; learning about military history really seems to be a niche hobby. If I wanted to find out about, say, German infantry doctrine, a quick Google search reveals nothing but five pages dedicated solely to the formation of the average Wehrmacht section and a single military handbook. It's maddening.

I completely forgot I'd posted this topic. Excellent reply JasonC. Can you clarify where you found this information? Also, can you clarify the going to ground part? It may just be me, but I don't get it. If they all just dropped when they were shot at, wouldn't they just get slaughtered by mortars? Wouldn't the Company commander try and get them to keep moving?