Panzerpanic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hello everyone, I'm thrilled about that new module coming out as i love the late US and german forces and going on until VE day , i could learn about battle that i dont know. As it is anouced that we will see a Commonweath module for this installement, i was wondering myseld what was the new thing that we will see with the Brits and maybe wint the Canadian? What new equipements , vehicles and tactics we will see in the late war that is different from CMBN? Thank you,Panzerpanic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Guy Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Has a FB module including the Brits & Canadians been announced? I may have missed that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Has a FB module including the Brits & Canadians been announced? I may have missed that.No 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerpanic Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Its not announced yetbut if you read the CMFB PDF youll see: " Future expansions (modules and packs) will expand Final Blitzkrieg to include additional nations, forces, and equipment, and extend the timeline of the Western Front all the way to VE (Victory Europe) Day in May 1945." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Personally I hope for a CW module coming BEFORE CMFB base game extending into spring 1945. There´s lots of major CW battles within the october 1944 - january 1945 timeline of which the Scheldt estuary battles, Overloon/The Peel and operation Blackcock are among the most interesting ones. And off course Monty´s contribution to the US helping to win the Bulge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Yeah, the Scheldt would be very interesting terrain to model, and the Canadians there are prominent, so I hope that will be coming in the future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerpanic Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 As a canadian i hope they come back! But about the thread question, whitout tacking into account the commet as im sure(at least i hope) well see with the Brit what new toy you think well see? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobetco Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 New toys for commonwealth? Probably the Sherman Hybrids? or maybe they'll be around for the fortress Italy Gothic Line stuff. according to Wikipedia some Skink prototypes apparently made their way to Europe, but i couldn't find anything substantial to back that up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik mond Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I hope we go into 1946 and see Pershing's dueling JS III. Shame those js3 never saw much action 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taranis Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Don't forget the bloody battle of Bure in the Ardennes, Belgium. It was not really a strategical battle but was for all the veterans of the 6th Airborne Division who fought there, the most traumatic and difficult battle of their career when Pz-Lehr and 2.PzDivision attack the village. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 New toys for commonwealth? ...according to Wikipedia some Skink prototypes apparently made their way to Europe, but i couldn't find anything substantial to back that up.An order for 300 Skinks was made initially. Only three were actually produced. The lone Skink to see action overseas served with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division in March 1945.Although designed for an anti-aircraft role, there was little enemy presence in the skies over Europe upon its arrival. Its quad-20mm guns were more than a match for the helpless ground troops it did face.Enough to warrant an appearance in an upcoming CM release? Hell, yeah! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailApe Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Has a FB module including the Brits & Canadians been announced? I may have missed that.A Battle of the Bulge game without including the 21st Army Group would be like discussing the War in the Far East and not mentioning Slim and the 14th Army.Now that would NEVER happen would it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 The Archer should be making its first appearance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 This one I'm not sure of, but how about the Badger Flamethrower? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) This one I'm not sure of, but how about the Badger Flamethrower?Yes, by February 45 we could have the Lake Superior Regiment equipped with Canadian C15TA armoured trucks and Canadian Badger flame tanks. O Canada! Edited January 15, 2016 by akd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The Wasp...finally. Missed that one in CMBN CW and MG. Ram Kangaroo is another one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzersaurkrautwerfer Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 A Battle of the Bulge game without including the 21st Army Group would be like discussing the War in the Far East and not mentioning Slim and the 14th Army.I'm not sure if this is hyperbole or a snipe at something, but while the British played a part in the battle, you could easily do a Bulge game without a single Commonwealth unit and have covered all the high points. Just like Africa is largely a British fight with Americans showing up for the last few chapters (and thus, having a Africa campaign game that ends before the Americans show up would be entirely possible too), so too the Bulge was a very American fight with some tea for flavor.Which is to say I'd be happiest getting a "Beyond the Rhine" module that covers the UK/Canada/Free Polish from the end of Market Garden through VE day (with some of the neater late war goodies, like I dunno, Comets?) that has some Bulge era scenarios than trying to shoe horn them into the initial release. All the same looking forward to getting back into the finer points of why I have an irrational love for Churchill tanks and derivatives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerpanic Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Im with you on the Coonweltah appearing in an expension after the rhine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Spellcheck much? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertFox Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I hope BFC will give this some priority. Lots of interesting stuff to touch like the RHINELAND OPs, VARSITY, PLUNDER etc. Perfect for stuff an add- on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Any additional German forces needed besides Volksturm and maybe German Kriegsmarine converted to infantry again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Funny pzsaurkrautwerfer i almost always only buy churchills with the odd firefly as CW. 9k rnds of BESA models that can shrug off panther hits to the front repeatedly...And the 95mm version.. if only theyd made a bigger turret and thrown a 17ber on one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailApe Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I'm not sure if this is hyperbole or a snipe at something, but while the British played a part in the battle, you could easily do a Bulge game without a single Commonwealth unit and have covered all the high points. Just like Africa is largely a British fight with Americans showing up for the last few chapters (and thus, having a Africa campaign game that ends before the Americans show up would be entirely possible too), so too the Bulge was a very American fight with some tea for flavor.. Well, you could quite easily do an Overlord without reference to the British, Canadians, Poles, Free French and any other number of nations that were there, but it would not be entirely accurate and one of the main reasons people buy the CM games is because of their accuracy and integrity. And for historical accuracy there were elements of the 21st Army Group involved in the holding actions - not just the follow up counter attacks, units from 30 Corps to include;6th Airbourne Div.51st Highland Div.53rd Welsh Div.29th Armoured Bde.33rd Armoured Bde.34th Army Tank Bde.Total Forces Committed were;55,000, of which 1,400 became Casualties(200+KIA) - of course nowhere near the casualties suffered by US forces, but they were there.Most of 30 Corps held a blocking line on the Meuse, so for those that want to do a 'what if' you have to factor these forces after any hypothetical break through of Germans through the US lines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCASWILLEN05 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I'm not sure if this is hyperbole or a snipe at something, but while the British played a part in the battle, you could easily do a Bulge game without a single Commonwealth unit and have covered all the high points. Just like Africa is largely a British fight with Americans showing up for the last few chapters (and thus, having a Africa campaign game that ends before the Americans show up would be entirely possible too), so too the Bulge was a very American fight with some tea for flavor.Which is to say I'd be happiest getting a "Beyond the Rhine" module that covers the UK/Canada/Free Polish from the end of Market Garden through VE day (with some of the neater late war goodies, like I dunno, Comets?) that has some Bulge era scenarios than trying to shoe horn them into the initial release. All the same looking forward to getting back into the finer points of why I have an irrational love for Churchill tanks and derivatives. Plus of course we can be gaming the US battles along the Siegfried Line October - December 1944, a period when the Brits saw relatively little major action except for Overloon. Aachen, Huertgen Forest, Lorraine, Saar and the Vosges Mountains campaigns are US affairs apart from some Free French - and they were US uniformed, equipped and organised in any case. And Nordwind, again, is a US battleThat said the UK/Commonwealth forces are required for the Rhineland battles anf, of course, the final operations in Germany itself which is where you can add the German 2nd Marine Division (Rethem) and of course the Volksturm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Im with you on the Coonweltah appearing in an expension after the rhine. Spellcheck much?Ah, that would be the French-Canadian spell checker!!! There be nuttin' to worries a-boot! Edited January 17, 2016 by Badger73 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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