LuckyStrike

IIRC, Michael Wittman and his crew were killed when an internal explosion blew their turret off, to land some distance behind the vehicle.

Well that ain't nice.

Looked for it at www.combatmission.com Guess I am blind!

Guess you'll be having lotsa fun with the PPSh-41 packing Russian squads in CM2 then!

They look REALLY good too, especially with the DD terrain set.

Fantastic Mod! Can you send me a copy please? Lee_Vincent@xtra.co.nz Thanks!

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Troll tactical primer for CM game: Kill enemy, good Enemy kill you, bad Move where kill more enemy, good Move where enemy kill more you, bad

Don't forget in all this discussion of how many blast points land within a certain area with a certain calibre etc that for a FO with a LOS to the target the impact zone is not a circle, its only about 100 metres by 50 metres in size. If you drop a bunch of 155 into an area this size virtually anything inside is likely to be hit fairly hard.

They had a Stuart in the Hero parade? Dang I should have gone afterall.

I don't know why more isn't being done testing the same scenario under different versions of CM - any differences should be quickly apparent. Its been suggested before in this thread. So, run a test 10 times under 1.12 and 10 times under 1.1 or 1.05. This should highlight any differences.

Run a blur filter across the grass .bmp, it has the effect of reducing apparent pixellation by smoothing color gradation between adjacent grass pixels.

Another brainwashed, crusading soldier advancing under the diversity-crushing banner of Political Correctness.

Absolutely agreed. I only buy the big stuff now and find I win far more games that way. For some reason opponents are always surprised when 155 starts to land, but for the cost of an infantry platoon for 1 FO the damage potential from 25-30 rounds of this stuff is simply enormous - and its also effective versus armor.

It not only won the overall Wargame of the Year, it also won Turn-based Wargame of the Year, and BTS won Developer of the Year as well! Congrats!

It should be available at the scenario depot but if it isn't send me your email address to Lee_Vincent@xtra.co.nz and I'll mail it to you. Its a great battle, part of a series of Bulge scenarios by the same designer.

This mod looks REALLY good, thanks for posting it.

Can't wait to see the actual attack!

Lewis, In order to kill men standing (or lying or whatever) on the ground, a shell fired at them must impact a POINT ON THE GROUND, so that the shell may explode. Therefore, one aims the shell AT THIS GROUND POINT TARGET, not at the men. Of course one's GOAL is to kill the men, but one must LAND the shell somewhere to do that. How much more simple can it get? If you do not agree with the above, please tell us what exactly DO you aim a shell at aside from the ground (in the case of men in, say, an open field) so that it might be caused to explode? How do you suppose HE shells function? [This message has been edited by LuckyStrike (edited 01-26-2001).]

Is that a wartime shot of a lend-lease Sherman? I know the Russians used small people for their tank crews

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: Just a few things I want to clarify. 2. We do not use a "to-hit probability table" in any way, shape or form. The core basis of our to-hit equations is a Gaussian function. It has a "bell" shape very similar to the accuracy curves that people have posted in this thread. Charles <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I assume when you say you are using a Gaussian bell shape you are just taking the right half of the bell, such that the maximum hit probability, which would be the mean (highest point) of the bell, occurs at the minimum range. [This message has been edited by LuckyStrike (edited 01-22-2001).]

Given the current CM gunnery/ballistics model appears to be flawed, this thread certainly needs to be kept alive. bump

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'best business practice', 'process or methodology', 'scope of commonality', 'value and quality', 'inclusion process model' Bruno, would you happen to be an IBM consultant by any chance? Just messin with ya.