gunnersman
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Okay, here are my unit purchases. I purposely went without any indirect weapons... I wanted to maximize my direct fire capability as I have a feeling that getting a good indirect spot is going to be a challenge in this game and I really dislike firing blind.
Next: My plan of action
Yes but what about area denial? You wouldn't need spotters for that. Just use your indirect fire during setup. I gotta have at 81mm mortars at the very least.
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This change seems too easy. I wonder what else can we get?
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It's buried in the "Gustav Line" thread. They talk about it there.
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Looks as if there was a huge tectonic shift between frames 12 and 13.
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Excellent read. Thanks!
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Timespan between announcement and release is shortening probablybecause there seems to a a 'law of diminishing returns' on early announcements.
In the past, it seemed for every three people enthused about an early-announced title there was one disappointed that the game could not match some impossible pie-in-the-sky fantasy title he had built up in his head. You've got to admit, BFC left you little time to fantacize about what an Italian theater title should look like before dropping the real thing on you. That seems to have been a plus all around. No unreasonable expectations left unmet.
Someone helping with the code does not hurt either.
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Slightly OT: I remember, quite clearly, when my Marines in CMSF were trundling along inside their AAV. One RPG round later, ~27 (?) dead Marines. I never again drove an AAV, loaded, anywhere near an uncleared route. Ever.
Ohhh...yea...I've had that Marine moment too. I get into a big hurry to get somewhere and take a chance I know I probably shouldnt take...and then all are dead.
That only happened once.
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Gents,
Anyone else ever make this kind of catastrophic blunder?
Yea...not quite that many...but yea. I feel your pain.
Shermans are notorious for going "BOOM". Particularly if they don't have "W" in their name, as in "Sherman M4A3W". The "W"'s have a "wet stowage" compartment that has a mix of water and some other chemical (glycol I want to say) that keeps the ammo from making those big booms.
So...the lesson is here, in the future, don't do that again. :cool:
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CMBN had a Star Trek uniform mod for awhile, until my machine crashed and wiped the art out (as well as half the basegame worker files).
That's brilliant.
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No, Normandy was unplayable and full of bugs until many patches were released and that was why I didnt buy it before.
Then whatever you do stay away from CM:Shock Force. Don't do it! Stay away!
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Hi. I'm new here.
Soooo...ummm....yea....when's the MG module coming out and will there be flame throwers and stuff?
Oh yea!.....HI MOM!
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B-E-A-youteeful! :cool:
Next step...50 round drum!
Then...full auto!
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ABT!
(About Damn Time!)
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Outfrickinstanding!
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Did you give the command to fire? Or did they fire on their own? They will not use their AT assets unless told to or there is something worth shooting at with their AT weapon; for example a tank.
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CMBN: Lots of bocage and close in and ugly fights. Newer units. As of yet Allies consist of US, and British Commonwealth modules.
CMFI: More open, hilly and rocky terrain. Older units but still fun.
CMFI is a newer, prettier engine (IMHO). But it has been buggy for me. It has crashed on me several times. I have not played it recently because there is a patch coming...sometime this year...(sarcasm)
There will be an update for CMBN to bring its engine up the currency with CMFI.
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One of the best Battlefront movies I've seen yet! :eek:
Glad there is something new that is CM related on the home page.
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All together now..."WHO'S STUART MOD IS THAT?"
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Oh, I'm not playing. I get so much of where Michael is coming from -- I use CM almost purely as a tool to better understand military history, and like others here frequently beat my head against design issues that occasionally seem to fly in the face of that even if they don't affect the gaming experience for most. But I neither expect most BFC customers to share that degree of interest, nor do I expect BFC to cater to me.
In any complex occupation you can find exceptionally intelligent people whose sense of self gets so wrapped up in their own inimitable expertise that they'd rather be Right than successful. They actually become resistant to change, because if they aren't in charge of it it threatens their core belief that Nobody Can Truly Understand This But Someone Who Has Walked My Path. And once they frustrate enough supervisors their careers top out and they find themselves surpassed by "amateurs" and dilettantes, so they become even more bitter and resentful and convinced they are surrounded by idiots. But those wounds are self-inflicted. I know that amounts to cheap shot psychoanalysis of a person I have never met, but I have encountered it many a time in professional life and have myself stared into the abyss of self-marginalization.
Many a brilliant religious reformer who wound up burnt at the stake was in this mold, initially admired for singular clarity of vision but unable to compromise and eventually put down like a mad dog. Savonarola for example won private audiences to preach to the Medici; even the Pope made excuses for his vitriolic abuse for a surprisingly long time. But the genius didn't know how to stop.
The stuff of Ayn Rand novels.... but of course she only painted half the picture.
Well stated.
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Here is study of what infantry weapons really do on the battlefield.
PDF]
The Real Role of Small Arms in Combat - RUSI
www.rusi.org/.../Real_Role_of_Small_Arms_RDS_Summer_09.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Regards,
John Kettler
Well...hell...I made the mistake of starting to read that at the end of my lunch. Interesting.
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You know you are on facebook too much when you are looking for the "like" button on here.
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gunnersman,
Considering the Germans at Mons ran into Enfield equipped Tommies during World War I and thought "ten rounds rapid" was MG fire, I think the answer lies there. This shows just how fast this rifle could fire, and you'll note it's not climbing much off the aimpoint either. Now, imagine the target is not well dispersed individual men, but massed infantry in column!
Ten rounds in 9 seconds (target and range defined in vid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons
Morning
The Battle of Mons opened at dawn on 23 August with a German artillery bombardment of the British lines. Understanding that the salient formed by the loop in the canal was the weak-point of the British defences, throughout the day the Germans focused their primary efforts on attacking the British there.[24] At 9:00 a.m., the first German infantry assault began, with the Germans attempting to force their way across the four bridges that crossed the canal at the salient.[25] Four German battalions attacked the Nimy bridge, which was defended by a single company of the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, as well as a machine gun section led by Lieutenant Maurice Dease. Advancing at first in close column – "parade ground" formation[26] – the Germans made nearly unmissable targets for the well-trained British riflemen (who were evidently making hits at over 1,000 yards (910 m)),[27] and were mown down by rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire.[28] Indeed, so heavy was the British rifle fire throughout the battle that the Germans thought they were facing batteries of machine guns.[29]
24 Hamilton, pp. 13–14.
25 Hamilton, p. 14.
26 Walter Bloem, The Advance from Mons 1914: The Experiences of a German Infantry Officer, p. 39.
27 Bloem, p. 41.
28 Gordon, p. 32.
29 Tuchman, p. 302.
I suspect the British thought they had a more than adequate rifle, of which they had considerable stocks, and really couldn't afford to interrupt war production, presuming they'd even had a good design of their own. I doubt the British would've even considered adopting the M1 Garand, especially since it fired .30 '06, while the Enfield shot .303.
Here's a centerfire newbie on his first outing with an Enfield he's never shot.
Two friends shooting; the guy's friend, who's a lefty like me, got off 5 aimed shots in 15 seconds. Our hero does rather better.
I rest my case.
Regards,
John Kettler
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WOW! That's some fast shooting...and standing up too! No muzzle rise indeed.
I never realized the bolt could be fired so fast.
Just goes to show you that good training and can improve a weapon.
Interesting input. Mostly as I suspected.
I do recall how the CIA made the Mujahideen use the SMLE for the longest time during the Soviets stint in Afghanistan. Until the US upped its support. It would seem to testify to the quality of the rifle.
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The US had the Garand and the M1 Carbine. The idea was proven in battle. And it was not like they are unable to make an automatic weapon. They have the Bren, Sten, Vickers and Hispano (I'm sure I'm missing one or three).
Was it a lack of material? Was it just easier to use what's already in the field? Or was it a doctrine surrounding the bolt action rifle over an automatic rifle. Were the brass afraid that ammo would be wasted on an automatic rifle?
That's my one big dislike about playing with the Common Wealth. There is not the apparent fire downrange like the US has.
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According to the last paragraph in that wiki, "After the Tunisian campaign, many M6 Fargos had their 37 mm gun removed and reverted to a cargo truck role as the (WC-52)."
Maybe there were a few in Sicily. But not enough to warrant the resources to make one for CMFI, in my humble opinion. I'm willing to bet.
Although...that is AWESOME! :cool:
Gustav Line QB AAR - Allied
in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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Fair enough.
I just wanted to read your reasoning.