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    Scenario Madness

    in Combat Mission - Scenario Talk

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    Originally posted by dieseltaylor:

    No battlefield general goes into battle without knowing what back-up he has - and remember that we are talking about units that cannot be more than a few miles from the action if they are actually to fight inside a 30 minute time frame.

    I think this statement is wrong in the context of CMx1 battles. First of all CMx1 battles are not commanded by generals. At the outside, they are commanded by Lieutenant-Colonels, more normally by Majors and Captains, if not Lieutenants.

    A large amount of reading indicates to me that these guys often did know what was supposed to arrive, but that this supposed reinforcement often did not:

    a) show up at all

    B) show up in the announced strength

    c) show up at the right time

    d) show up at the right place

    e) any combination of the above

    These things can be reflected in briefings, but I fear that too many briefings can not use the excuse of having thought this through, because they are rather just poor.

    All the best

    Andreas

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    Question about U.S. Armored Infantry battalions

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by dalem:

    Woohoo! Mech cav! Another item on my "must learn more" list. I swear they're mentioned in almost every NWE battle I've read about and I know almost nothing except the paper TO&E.

    I built a CM:BO scenario around a mech cav troop, never got past playtesting.

    -dale

    http://www.louisdimarco.com/

    My scenario Hasselt, now converted to CMAK by Kingfish, is built around Mech Cav.

    I could probably email it to you.

    All the best

    Andreas

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    Heavy Panzer Divisions?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:

    GD's nickname was actually ''die Feuerwehr'' and they named their divisional newspaper that. But I'd be wary of using postwar conclusions by non-German speaking historians to support ideas about wartime intentions by the Germans...

    I'd just be wary about conclusions by Lucas, regardless of what they are dealing with.

    All the best

    Andreas

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    Any Tactical Use of Panzer Grenadiere?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Lightly armoured German vehicles were designed to be "SmK-Sicher" AFAIK, i.e. to keep SmK projectiles out. I presume .50 HMGs and Soviet 14.5mm ATRs to have a better penetration performance, and would expect HTs to not be safe from them. AFAIK the modern Fuchs is designed to keep ATR and .50 projectiles out, so the definition of SmK-sicher has changed since then.

    All the best

    Andreas

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    Any Tactical Use of Panzer Grenadiere?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by RockinHarry:

    In CM you can shoot at one infantry (soft) target with one burst and switch instantly to SmK/AP when a suitable hard target (a lightly armored halftrack or armored car ect.) for the next burst comes into sight. Wrong?

    There is no switch of ammunition.

    Originally posted by RockinHarry:

    I think if half tracks/armored cars were so vulnerable from small calibre (<8mm) HMG fire, these would´ve been taken out of service very quickly.

    I can not make a pizza in my kitchen blender, but that does not mean I will retire it.

    All the best

    Andreas

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