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    Rangers and Commandos

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    IMHO I think the force structure of British Army Commandos and RM Commandos has enough difference from Airborne and Infantry to warrant the inclusion.

    http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/British/british_commando.htm

    US Army Rangers have also a tweaked out OOB TOE

    http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/UnitedStates/united_states_army_ranger_battal.htm

    The quality of the troops would be crack. Just my two cents.

    Thing is are they all that different to regular soldiers?
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    Combat Mission unrealistic

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    The over concentration of force is totally a player controlled item in gaming. If frontage distances are maintained you could certainly keep fair distances for maneuvering of platoons/troops. Defining an axis of advance and defense are certainly in this realm and in this regard terrain avenue of approaches, masking, flanking etc. all can be observed. The players can ramp up the level of rigid game play or simply play it as a game. In the end once you breech the defenses you want to exploit the gap with as much concentration of force feeding as much firepower to capture and hold ground as well as prepare for the sure to follow counterattack.

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    Mapmakers: Aerial recon photos

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Map overlay Belgium ww2 era using Google mapping and British GSGS survey maps.

    http://geo.nls.uk/maps/belgium/index.html

    A blurb from site:

    Belgium - Second World War military mapping - geo-referenced mosaics

    These maps were created by the Geographical Section of the General Staff (GSGS) and were used by the Allies during the Second World War. These georeferenced and mosaiced layers were created as part of a project on military aerial imagery held by The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives, based at RCAHMS.

    GSGS 4042 (1:250,000) - 1937-42. This series is a revised version of a First World War map. The information gathered from aerial reconnaissance imagery was added to most areas. In the remaining areas, alterations were based on the best available French, Belgian and Dutch maps.

    GSGS 4336 (1:100,000) - 1942-43. This series is a revised version of a First World War map. Information was mainly gathered from French 1:80.000 and Belgian 1:40.000 map series. Particular attention was paid, using aerial reconnaissance imagery, to the revision of railways and roads.

    GSGS 4040 (1:50,000) - 1943-44. This series was first prepared in 1938-1939. The sheet lines of this series are unlike other 1:50.000 series and have no relationship to any local series either French or Belgian. The sheets which cover Belgium were compiled from local 1:20.000 and 1:40.000 series maps.

    GSGS (1:250,000 - 1:50,000) - 1937-42. This is a user friendly visualization and shows all three series as listed above in one application. Every series is visible at a different zoom level.

    http://geo.nls.uk/maps/belgium/index.html

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