[Fuel Tanks a weakness on Tanks?]

Is there any proof that fuel tanks were a weakness on tanks in WW2? IE: shooting them, placing explosives on them?

The reason I ask is I am having a discussion about this with a guy and he says it is possible.

I said no, just because of the fact a fireball won't do much to armour, and shooting it isn't likely to ignite it.

Anyone know for sure?

[Coop play for real??]

I am a long time CM player but am not an avid board visitor. However is it true we might see Co-op play in future CM games?

Thanks.

[New to CM]

Good job.

My advice would be patience. Take your time to plan your moves and try not to get impatient and rush into unknown areas.

That was my biggest problem when I started wargaming.

[New to CM]

Hey Elvis I'd suggest (as you are planning to do) to play a few battles with low turns IE: 15 or so.

But once you get the hang of the game/all the commands, definately start one of the larger battles. Taking your time and playing one for days is really fun and since you have more units you can try different things, like sending a small group of men on covert attacks etc.

[Amazing feats in battle.]

Sneaking a squad with only 4 able men infront past a pillbox that was attacking the other units lower on a hill. Then watching them get behind and take it out was really neat.

[Squads out of control]

Thanks for the replies, it looks like since things changed in CM2 (and I am still used to CM) that's where the problems are coming from.

A big problem was that they were coming over a ridge and the enemy would instantly see them, there was no cover whatsoever (only cliffs on one side and open terrain on the other).

So I ended up firing some random mortar rounds into the enemy position (I wanted to save them since they were very limited) and was able to get the 3 squads above the ridge. 2 of them hit the ground being under fire, however I was able to get the last to hold and supress the enemy long enough to get the other 2 moving again. I was able to advance them enough to toss some grenades and rush their position.

Thanks for the help.

Bannon- I have had my copy of CMBB for quite sometime but my friend still only has CM and we PBEM alot. So I never really got around to loading it up.

[Squads out of control]

Hey guys, I finally loaded up my copy of CMBB (I have been happy with CM all these years by itself) , anyways I am having trouble keeping some of my pioneers under control.

Basically in my current battle I have 3 squads on their bellies just below the ridge on a steep hill, I moved them forward to make contact and exchange fire with the enemies I knew where in the trees 50M on the top of the hill.

Now when these guys starting taking fire (I have no move commands at this time) they start sneaking forward towards the enemy. I have no idea why they are doing this but I cannot stop them from basically committing suicide. I want them to hold and fire where they are because I have more guys moving in from behind the enemy.

But if I look at their move commands after the turn is over, they all have sneak commands directly to and past the enemies...

Is there a reason this is happening in CM2? Like I said above I have been happy with CM all these years and the only times I would lose control of units like this is if I asked them to do something insane directly, or if they broke/ were green etc. etc. then they would plot their own moves and do whatever.

Thanks.

[Need info on the Katuyusha (or BM-13)]

I still prefer CMBO since that's what I started with. CM2 is a great follow-up with some nice additions, and Jason made good points.

[Troubles starting CM]

Yay, damn that dx 7.a it is always the culprit. Thanks guys and damn CM is fun =)

[Troubles starting CM]

I defragged and I still get the error!! WTF is up with this game.

[Troubles starting CM]

I am having problems running CM. I finally got it in the mail and when I try to play it now I get these errors.

UNHANDLED EXCEPTION

Unhandled Exception: C00000005

At Address: 005418B8

At Address: 00545985

Then the "This program has performed an Illegal Operation comes up.

All my other games and programs run fine, I tried a fresh windows install but that did'nt do anything. Please help me!!