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Wow, couple of thoughts here. They say that's the optimum score, so you aren't required to meet those standards. Those are like the max scores on the chart. And I'll bet a week's pay that less than 1/10th of 1% will max all of those categories. 300 lb benchpress, 5 second 40 time and the 90 second 440! Never happen, period. I was an allstate HB in HS and I only ran a 4.7.
But then a big percentage will have profiles, which the Army passes out like candy. I trained once with the 7th Light before it was deactivated. We would go and do PT, but only one hard core 2nd Lt from the 7th would ever come with us. All the rest were like; 'Pushups! I have a profile.' 'Flutter kicks! I have a profile.' 'Running on the beach! I have a profile.'
And it's sort of dumb putting the standards so high. It will only dilute the manpower in the rest of the units. But I guess it's sort of like my old USMC unit. We were an amphibious raid company. So anytime we didn't like a Marine, we just said he couldn't swim well enough, and he was gone, and we got someone else.
And I've always wondered why they kept the 25th around anyways. It has a pretty dismal historical record. Maybe it's sort of like Fort McClellen. Someone explain why they named a base after that idiot.
[ January 19, 2006, 04:41 PM: Message edited by: civdiv ]
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Got any info on the fight at Mtzensk in October 1941 on the road to Tula between 3 and 4 Pz Divs and Russian armor units...?Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JasonC:
Here is a sample of the sort of Russian operational maps I was talking about, from a guy who has put a number of them on the web. The general staff study quality books have lots of them -
http://www.serpukhov.su/dima/war/defmos.jpg
That covers all of 9 days of the defenses of the northwest approaches to Moscow, at the turn of the tide. Try finding that kind of thing in a Signal magazine "we beat an army with two toothpicks and a handful of rocks! Gosh that was hard!" comic book...
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Nice map. IMHO, about one level above CM. That was an operational map, whereas, you need a tactical one for CM. Good for locations and units involved. I really like this site for some maps, but still operational in nature;Originally posted by JasonC:Here is a sample of the sort of Russian operational maps I was talking about, from a guy who has put a number of them on the web. The general staff study quality books have lots of them -
http://www.serpukhov.su/dima/war/defmos.jpg
That covers all of 9 days of the defenses of the northwest approaches to Moscow, at the turn of the tide. Try finding that kind of thing in a Signal magazine "we beat an army with two toothpicks and a handful of rocks! Gosh that was hard!" comic book...
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm
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Thanks for your reply, I'll puzzle my way through the various help guides and look for your posts. I just received CMBB-SE a couple of days ago. I got CMMOS (w/ my existing installation of CMMOS that I installed for CMBO) working perfectly for CMBB, but still no-joy for CMBO. When I goto 'configure' none of the mods are listed. The mod tabs show up, and I can click on the tabs and see the various mod icons. And I can even click on the icons and choose the various different variations (track shoes, air recognition panels, white star, etc). But when I hit configure everything is blank. The pictures of the mods don't show up, and neither does the mod tree on the left side of the box. I'll take a look at where CMBB-SE installed the actual mods automatically, versus where I did them manually for CMBO, and see if that may be the problem. I just thought, with CMMOS for CMBO, if the mod tabs showed up then I must have the mods installed in the right path. Now I am beginning to think the tabs show up as a result of the mod rules .exe, rather than from the mods themselves.Originally posted by Philippe:I'm deep underwater studying for my Series 7 and trying to survive in a new job, so I can't respond to this in my usual fashion.
However, if you do a search under my name and CMMOS you should come across several posts where I explain some of the ins and outs of getting CMMOS 4.03 to work (4.03 is the one you'll find at CMHQ).
Essentially you have to have CMBO installed to C:\Program files\CMBO, and CMMOS 4.03 installed to C:\Program files\GEM Software productions\CMMOS. Other configurations are possible in theory, but too much trouble for me to talk you through.
If you're talking CMBO CMMOS (as opposed to CMBB CMMOS) make sure everything is unzipped.
Make sure the bmp's with the proper extensions have been placed in the bmp folder. They won't overwrite anything.
If they aren't, the icons for that particular mod on the menu screen will have a big "wrong way" line drawn through it.
Rule of thumb: you don't see an icon, you don't have the mod installed.
Read all the CMMOS program notes several times. It is very necessary and will help you sleep.
Don't use any CMMOS files from cmmods until you are sure you know what you're doing.
Remember that to install a mod you have to hit the "Apply" button at the bottom of the control screen.
CMBO CMMOS works differently than CMBB CMMOS. It is simpler and easier to set up, but not as elegant to use.
If something doesn't happen when you expect it to, learn to read and interpret the CMMOS log file to figure out what might be going wrong. The log file will tell you interesting things like half the rule sets that you thought you had were installed incorrectly. But not succinctly.
Search and Readme files are your friends.
The CMMOS program was written by Gordon Molek, but it operates through a bunch of instructions (known as Rules and Rule Sets) that were written and tested by a group of editors in conjunction with Gordon. For one reason or another we've all had to move on with our lives.
Oh, one other question. If the icon shows up, but the red circle with the line is through it, does that mean the mod rule exe is expecting that mod, but the mod bmps can't be found?
Does any of that make sense?
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P.S. I also just got my copy of CMBB the other day, and I'm busy playing the advanced tutorial, Jaegermeister, or whatever it's called. I'm on about turn 15 right now. I've traded one JS-2 and one SU-152 for a couple of German AT guns. And two of my infantry platoons got hammered in a German arty stonk in the woods above the village, in the middle of the ridgeline. Besides having 2 of my tnak commanders shot out of the turret, things are going well. I have one inf platoon about to break into the village from the right, with another close on their heels. They are about to move into the church. And I have another inf platoon about to move into the rear of the village after crossing the ridge from the left.
This bog thing, I can't find much mention of it in the rulebook, besides the fact that vehicles can bog. I've had two tanks bog, and both have unstuck themselves and they are back in the van. That sort of answered my question before I had a chnace to ask it. My question would have been; 'Is bogging permanent?'. I guess not.
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I just took advantage of an Amazon gift certificate I got for Kwanza and ordered a bunch of Glantz's books. Ok, the Kwanza part was a joke. I just ordered;Originally posted by Bigduke6:civdiv,
you might want to check out an author called David S. Glantz, he's very thorough on the Soviet side. He has books on most the major battles.
After you read his stuff you begin to doubt those stories of 15 German infantrymen destroying a Soviet battalion advancing in the open.
The Battle of Kursk
When Titans Clashed
Colossus Reborn
Before Stalingrad
The Siege of Leningrad
If I like them, I'll make another purchase at Barnes and Noble, I have a gift card there also.
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My copy of CMBB-SE should be here today or tommorrow, so I may take you up on that. I am interested in trying my hand at a scenario, and I really like the 'outpost line' fights in Infantry Aces. I can think of long, open fields covered by minefields and wire. And night or dusk/dawn infiltration attempts. German dug in up to their eyeballs, Russians attacking across open ground with tank support, etc. The play balance will be tough as most of the accounts from the book revolve around 15-man German companies taking on, and destroying Russian battalions on a daily basis. That includes killing a multitude of tanks with just grenade bundles.Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:All will be forgiven after you design a kick-ass Battle or Operation from one of those books.
I'll be happy to help playtest, email is in my profile. After all, if I'm not part of the solution, I'm part of the problem, right?
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I'm not sure of WWII artillery specifics, but as a former artillery forward observer, part of this info may be wrong. 'Base ejecting' doesn't refer to smoke coming out of the back of the projectile, but rather smoke canisters that eject from the back of the round, and then fall to the ground. A time fuze is used, to allow the sub charge to function above the ground, in order to get the proper dispersal of the smoke canisters. It is the same principle that was used for artillery illumination rounds. I don't know if this was just for the US forces, or even what the exact munitions used in WWII were. But as artillery illumination was utilized by the US during WWII, and it consisted of base ejecting rounds with time fuzes, and as the same exact method is still used for smoke rounds, I would assume that was the method employed in WWII.Originally posted by tar:More data for one of our favorite perennial topics: Artillery shell effects and effectiveness:
Of particular interest is the diagram of wind and weather effects on smoke screens:
HC is still used for smoke, though the preferred munition is the M825 (Felt Wedge) round, at least in US use.
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For the life of me, I can't tell if this thing is working or not. I know it's a product of www.combatmission.com, but they don't have forums over there. I've got everything loaded up for CMBO, but I really can't see much of a difference in terms of the graphics. And though I am very good with computers, I swear, a lot of the instructions appear to be chinese to me.
I can post some screen shots, it just doesn't seem that the mods are turned on. And if I loaded up all of the rules, and all of the zip files associated withe rules (The ones on the same page), how come at least 50% of my icons showing that they do not exist?
And it seems like to activate some files, you have to select a random bmp file from your CD, if it is in the drive? That really makes no sense to me. Is this just a work around, are we tricking the machine here? Why just any old bmp?
Sorry if I sound stupid, but I'm just getting back to CMBO after over 18 months away from it.
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First I mention a NEW SERIES, and someone points out the books aren't new because a couple of them were published in German 15 years ago.Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:Do these loveletters to Heinz Guderian have topographical maps and detailed Russian orders of battle?
If not, they're not "ideal" for scenario designers; in fact, I'd call them hopelessly average.
Then I mention that they are possibly of use for sceneraio designers, but I point that they would be used to fill in gaps, as the level of granularity is probably not up to snuff. And someone chimes in and points out that they don't have detailed topographical maps and lack the Russian OOBs. No scenario designer is going to utilize one source for information. Scenario design is basically puzzle building, using whatever sources can be found. SO these are a tool. And as they portray the dates, the german units involved, the German weapon and personnel strength, and the individual engagements timelines, they seem like a good source. And as they center on company and battalion level operations, their scale fits neatly into CM. They also discuss, in some detail, both Russian and German tactics. Are they one stop shopping for scenerio designers? No, of course not.
Forgive me for letting the board know about a new, and to me, interesting series available on WWII.
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Could you guys have spent a little more time on this thing. I mean, $14.95 for a scanned black and white version of a fax?!?! And it looks like through either corruption of the base file, or due to the digital licensing kernal, the pdf file is corrupted so it cannot be exported to Pocket Reader.Originally posted by Madmatt:Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
CMBB Strategy Guide available via Direct2Drive Download Service
While the original printed version is now out of print, we are pleased to announce the availability of a downloadable PDF version of the Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin Strategy Guide, 2nd Edition.
This .pdf version is now available for just $14.95 via direct download from Direct2Drive.
[ Order the downloadable version of the CMBB Strategy Guide, 2nd Edition here ]
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I've been reading a new series of books that center on the exploits of individual German soldiers. The series; 'The Stackpole Military History Series', contains at least 5 books centered on German experience in WWII. I have purchased and read three of the books;
Panzer Aces
Panzer Aces II
Infantry Aces
There are several more available, and it seems as if more are appearing everyday. I'm not sure if the level of granularity is present to be able to build scenarios, based solely on these books, but they may serve to fill in some gaps. They all seem to be in the style of 'The Battery Commander, his Batman, and a Cook', at least what I have read in the chapters available w/o purchase. The books can be found at www.stackpolebooks.com and many can be found on www.amazon.com.
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Canada has an army?!?!?!
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I haven't seen the movie, but I have to state my initial reaction. Though I will undoubtedly se it (thorugh rental), and probably end of owning it, the commercial trailer turned me off to it. Why? Because I'm a big Paul Carrell (Did I spell it right?) fan and regard his book as one of my personal top 10 WWII books of all time. To see his enterprise reduced to a relatively minor chapter of the battle, the Wermacht's best sniper against the Russian's best, is a bit much.
However, as I stated before, I will undoubtedly will both view it and buy it.
As a curious aside, can anyone point me at a copy of 'The Guns of ....... (Something)', the movie mentioned in Col Hackowrth's <u>About Face</u>?
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I jumped into this string because I thought someone was asking where the New Zealand Army is. I was going to answer, that in the period CM covers, they were all in POW camps due to the usual superlative leadership of the British.
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Anonymous: Never fall in love with your plan.
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$89 is pretty good, on Pricegrabber I found a couple $10-15 cheaper. I'd considor 128mb. IMO, 256 megs is too much for an 500mhz cpu and when you upograde in a year, everything will be pc200 at least. For $42 you could get plenty for your system, and save a bit.
civdiv
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Try www.pricegrabber.com. If you get it from Crucial or some other known company, it's guaranteed for life, so you can sell it when you upgrade. In regards to the speed, it depends on your motherboard. PC133 is the morm these days, with PC200 and PC200 DDR becoming more and more maintstream. Find that cpu junkie in your circle of friends and he will tell you which to buy. As this forum is devoted to CM, and it's requirements aren't that high, you could (I'm guessing here), get PC100 SDRAM and save a bit. I would have to know your system specifics to give an informative answer.
civdiv
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My reply chimes in with several others;
1) Move the cpu upstairs via beefy friends.
2) Buy a new 17" monitor, they are less than $300 for a good one, and you can spin it into a new system for your wife after you recover ('All we need to spend is another $600 for a cpu for you).
3) Kiss CM goodbye and get with Amazon, Powell's or Abe's used books (I'll supply the URL if you ask) and buy a couple books to read while recuperating.
civdiv
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I'm not too proud to mention this; I found another good point to CM (As if we needed another.). I LENT my copy to a friend (WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO COPY THE DISK) and he loved it, even though it creaked and moaned on his old 233 with a 8MB video card. Coincidently, I just updated my K6-III 400 rig to a T-Bird 900. My friend was very happy to fork over $500 for my old motherboard, CPU, 196MB of PC 100 SDRAM, soundblaster 16 Pro card, and my expert installation. He's still stuck with an old 8MB video card, but he's happy. And considering that my motherboard/cpu combo (Abit KT-7 RAID/900MHZ T-Bird), sound card (SB 256 Value), and dual 30MB ATA-100 HD's (IBM GXP75 7200RPM) cost only $700, I consider the transaction to be a success.
civdiv
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Sorry for the long delay on the reply, I just searched for my old strings, I just don't have much time anymore. Anyways, Wild Bill, my name is a simplification of 'Civilian Division'. I'm an active duty Marine, and that's my eventual goal. As an aside, I face a major problem; I often loan out CD's when I go on my many, and frequent, various travels. Many people want to borrow my CM CD, due to my rave reviews. I have strong suspicion that people have copied some of my earlier loans, and I wish BTS all success with CM, and thus, am reluctant to loan out this CD.
civdiv
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BTS,
Is the success of CM everything you expected? With the unanimous rave reviews, do you have the monetary and reputational success to continue your endevours? I really want to know what is going on behind the scenes, and if these topics have been touched on, forgive me, for my time is not my own, and I don't have much opportunity to check in here. What will the (previously revolutionary) evolutionary future of CM be? And please, don't get big heads like so many other companies with their first smash commercial success. Yes, I, like so many others, were definately put-out with the long developement time for CM, and the ensuing delays. But the wait was definately worth it, it is simply the most perfect game I have experienced. Keep it small, and don't buy the Porche, or the Ferarri, and keep it a labor of love.
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34, and I repeat the previous posters closing: Semper Fi. Active duty USMC.
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Tell me about it. The middle tank saw him first, that's the HQ tank. He promptly backed up, and I gave the other two instructions to back up behind the hill, and head for the flanks. The Stug hit the tank on his left with his first shot. My tank was hauling ass towards the Stug trying to get the range down. He then turned to the HQ tank (the one in the middle), while it was trying to back behind the hill, and nailed it on his first shot. Keep in mind that I started backing up the HQ tank as soon as I saw the Stug. So we spotted the Stug, and in the time it took for the Stug to turn and nail the first tank, and turn and nail the HQ tank, all the HQ tank has time to do was reverse about 20 meters. 40 or 50 meters would have taken him behind the hill to safety.
It took longer for the tank on his right to get into position. So the Stug had already rotated to face him, and my tank started backing up, and it got nailed on the Stug's first shot. 3 shots, three dead tanks.
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/681/training1027zy.jpg
[ January 19, 2006, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: civdiv ]