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I second that! Took me awhile to get the basic AFV/infantry tactics right of CMBN, being an old CMx1 player and using those referenced habits. I hardly touched CMSF, 4 hours total via CMSF demo to be exact. The Tutorial should be a sine qua non for all old hardcore CMx1 gamers. Trust me

I'll have lotsa more Lab Rats for my Beta fire range test files to give out! Wait 'til you see the after-penetration results of certain AFV's at 400m, 800m and upward ranges. A delightful surprise and will make you change your tactics compared to CMx1. As a small example, Bil and Warren's instructive AAR should be read again .... very carefully .... to pick up certain life saving clues.

I will congratulate him for having a roving eye. ONLY because the BETA members and developers posted here that they have corrected it and WILL NOT delay the release of the game due to this ghastly error. Now if any of you are going to shout again "Here be dragons" and thus possibly delay the game's release date....... well, we have your forum #.

Charles also drinks Pinotage. An interesting grape variety ...

Am afraid the Cracker of the Whip is not with us anymore. Though his presence is still felt, he has moved on to directing a spin-off based on WKRP in Cincinnati.

By the way, during German Campaign Battle #6 of CMBN, the Nazis will shed their clothes and helmets to reveal they're ....Space Lobsters! So bear with us, Battlefront is going to make light of all this historical nonsense. You have spotted them first.

Classic quote!

Nice. Very nice. Is that a bullet hole through the helmet in top picture?

An observation ... "After-penetration effects, ranging from 'nothing' to armor spalling to brew-ups to casualties, seldom results ...... in a "one-shot-clean-kill" aka 1-shot-destroyed status for these specific tank duels [at 800m+]. Better get 2 guns bore sighted on the same AFV @ the same time (double overwatch!) in your QB if you want to kill your opponent quickly and outright. " This was for the PzIV(H) + Sherman M4A3, head-on, non hull down, duels 800m+. Bets are off under 800m and/or side shots

BTW, CM simulates the "Zeiss factor" for German gun accuracy. This optic advantage is quite noticeable at greater ranges (800m+) in beta tests done recently - Sherman M4A3's vs PzIV(H)'s. The Germans have less of an advantage the closer the distance, as both German/USA tanks guns had a relative flat projectile trajectory at shorter ranges. Charles recently indicated the M4A3 Sherman's gun is practically a "point-and-shoot" weapon for the gunner at close ranges (up to 310m) given the flat flight path of the shell, while the German KwK40 L/48 gun has this effect to roughly just under 500m distance, given documentary evidence/tests. So any given advantage the German optics might have in gun shooting accuracy, ceteris paribus, is in part/wholly negated within these respective ranges of these specific guns.

Ha. I saw my name in Rune's diabolical CMAK scenario, 'bout some part of a Crusader Battle. Unfortunately, Major Theron died. A lot.

Yes, agree/confirmed in testing done at 400m ranges for M4A3's vs PzIV(H) at least regarding the average spot (tell-tale small turret movement towards opponent's centre mass) and then-to-shot times for Regulars (non hiding, not hull down, immobile, face to face)

Currently have a take on 1-hit chance % for regular crews, at 400m stationery, both head on & non-hull down (M4A3 versus PzIV(H). Time will tell what Charles/Steve will make of my results, whether they are bang on target or outliers

I was bored and wanted to give good wine/whisky away to get rid of millennium angst. Found (then) a outlet with BTS/Battlefront. These gorgeous pictures, don't you think they just are pretty purdy ....http://www.battlefront.com/products/cmbo/FAQ.html

Interesting. I wonder how these AFV's will do at 400m distance, head on, both stationery, not hull down.

This, almost, deserves a case of wine.

Aye. And how!

Bil was hit with ship TRP's (Heavy Cruiser 8-inch and Battleship 12-inch) on the very first turn, wiping out his Mark IV's.

Good read, interesting info. Thanks to the original poster.

He was offered their sister's hand in marriage. Honeymoon, admittedly, will be short ...

Besides, the French have cheese breath; no amount of cider or Calvados can gargle that away.

LLF, You planning on getting rid of those magazines? :-D

That will then be Law 18 in the Laws of the Game. Makes for a far better match indeed.

Elvis has left the building. Entertaining DAR, many thanks!