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Which is exactly what the Italian L3/33AA is apex
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CAS is spectacular when they hit you, but you rarely notice what it does for you - sometimes you see a tank gone, but in many cases you just wonder "why'd he drop his bombs there" and on the AAR screen see the two AT guns that never bothered you in the game for some reason apex
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I don't know what you're getting wound up over. I payed 34 Euros for the version ordered online from Battlefront, including shipping - amazon.de had it listed at 35, shipping on Dec. 31st. Guess what I ordered. Oh, and if you already ordered two weeks ago, you should have the game right now ... apex
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How do I contact Deanco?
apex replied to Louie the Toad's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
His page still is at http://mapage.cybercable.fr/deanco/, should be a mail link on it. apex -
quick question about area fire
apex replied to Other Means's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Moon is basically correct, with one exception: Don't try this at night. apex -
no indirect fire with SU-85 / 100/ 122 / 152 ?
apex replied to Trommelfeuer's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Trommelfeuer, post it in german Sadly my grandfather passed away before I got into wargames apex -
no indirect fire with SU-85 / 100/ 122 / 152 ?
apex replied to Trommelfeuer's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Trommelfeuer, you are under a misconception. When you quote "They were used in support of the infantry" that in no way implies indirect fire. The Sturmgeschütz was the successor to the light artillery in WW1, which employed infantry guns in a direct fire role. Obviously, that approach had shortcomings, and putting said IG on a chassis solved those problems. Principally, StuGs were able of indirect fire, but rarely used in that role. I recall one mention somewhere where Panzer IV (short) were used in an artillery role (they also had special equipment for that), too, but it was uncommon to say the least. The traditional role of the StuG was infantry support, hang back while the infantry attacks, and when they run into a MG nest or bunker or something else that gives them trouble, bring forward the StuG and get it over with Also, yes, StuG crews were artillerymen, not just early in the war, but there's no rule that artillerymen may not fire on a target they can see apex -
How do you keep a RHINO from charging? MOD preview!
apex replied to AndrewTF's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Very nice indeed. But check your source, I cannot believe you have to keep 50 meters clear behind it (Abstand 50 m), could it be it says "5,0m" there? Oooh, and I only just now noted the gray artillery uniform apex -
One thing you also have to consider is the refining process, which creates from crude oil a rather fixed ratio of gas to diesel. IIRC for the US army, gas was used because the Navy used most of the Diesel fuel. That today is less of an issue, most tanks these days can burn both fuels and jet fuel on top of that. apex
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"Un-hittable Gun" Game Bug?
apex replied to RoughRoad's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
This is not a bug, it's a good position. Tank guns have rather flat trajectories, so they are rather unsuited to hitting a target behind a slight rise, as there is a dead zone behind the crest, and it is the larger, the higher the MV of the gun. a short support gun is better against positions like that than a fast at gun. From Panzer Leader, describing the action of one Obergefreiter Maurer: "In looking for a suitable spot Maurer had strayed too far to the left and virtually lost touch with his company. But he had found an ideal position on a commanding hill and knew what he had to do. Suddenly he saw in the valley below him an enemy columnmarching south. [...] When the enemy had come close enough, Maurer opened fire on the column, which at once stopped. The men jumped out of their vehicles and took cover. Maurer saw the wounded collapse. With the help of his ammunition bearer he fired one belt after the other from his MG. The first truck caught fire, the confusion was complete. Then came the first reaction: anti-tank guns and light artillery were brought into position and opened fire. Maurer laughed. 'There's no way they can hit us from that angle, come on, let's have another belt.' The shots did indeed whistle over his head." Maurer got the Knights Cross for that action, much to his surprise. apex -
Fallback foxholes: Useful?
apex replied to Dr. Rosenrosen's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
A very nasty way of using them is by deploying your first line on the edge of a wood with fallbacks behind (out of sight from everywhere except inside the wood). First you make the enemy approach that first line, which usually costs him some. Then you withdraw deeper into the wood and have a prepared position in there as well. Works especially well with infantry with lots of close-quarter firepower. apex -
RRRRRrrrrrraaaaaaahhhhhhhhHHHH!!
apex replied to Hortlund's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
what exactly was the laser tower? find the missing piece, if it's a condensator or some simple thing, you can most likely fix up your drive with a soldering iron and a part worth a couple of cents or whatever you call that in Sweden. apex -
Why do dead tanks gun barrels "droop" ?
apex replied to BulletRat's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
But usually that happens when I run out of ammo ... apex -
Turning ability of vehicles
apex replied to ParaBellum's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Well, I don't think the Tiger and Panther families braked, but rather one thread went forward, the other backwards. That brake thingy worked for most AFVs, but at the risk of damaging or throwing the track. apex -
Turning ability of vehicles
apex replied to ParaBellum's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
By the way, didn't the Panther and Tiger series tanks have a transmission designed to turn in place? apex -
Master Goodale vs ParaBellum AAR
apex replied to ParaBellum's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Oh my, take it like a man MG ... hmm, just saw that sig about the harem of bitches, well, maybe take it as one of those Otherwise, a very enyable read, I'd probably pay money for that kind of stuff. Hmm, maybe a beer next time i run into Parabellum that is apex -
We have a feature list for 1.02 yet? apex
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Pz M15/42 738(I) question
apex replied to mike the wino2's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
LMGs have weird effects, just load a MG34 LMG into a 251 apex -
Yes. Sadly we don't have the Stielgranate for the 150mm IG ... same thing, just with 150mm, now that was some evil mother ... apex
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Ya, looks like this: Any questions as to why the high penetration? No? Fine apex
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Sharpshooter, To Hide Or Not To Hide...
apex replied to coldmeter's topic in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Hide him if you want him to sit tight. Unhide and DO NOT target him if you want him to do his job. apex -
Actually, a '41 german infantry squad comes with 20 Fausts (correct plural is Fäuste, btw). Don't think they're listed in the unit window, however, and I doubt they were of much use against armor. Still, they were kept in service until the end of the war and could provide some much-needed punch in close combat situations. BTW, I think the number of Fausts per squad was reduced to 18 when they reorganized squads down to 9 memebers, anyone have any data on this? apex
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Feature Request: "Fall back" command?
apex replied to apex's topic in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)
The fact that my guys turn their backs in that case. Read the original post, "reduced amount of fire going the other way". apex -
Just like advance, but in reverse with a small morale bonus and (reduced amount of) fire going out the other way? Always has been my biggest gripe with CMBO and now BB that you can't effectively get infantry out of a position that has become compromised without having them turn their back to the enemy, run like italians and getting routed on the way back. (Oh, search didn't turn up anything ) apex
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Lord of Destruction; aka the 75L70: SPOILERS
apex replied to Barticus's topic in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)
You think the 75mm/L70 is evil? Try the 88mm/L71 apex