Vergeltungswaffe
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I'm hopeful that one of the general staff will vote for option 9, 7.62, or 5.45 if Vlad even thinks about doing something the world would regret.
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Not going to get into this debate, but after this debacle is over for Russia and what they'll have to spend on rebuilding their armed forces, I think the T-14 will continue to be vaporware for some time to come.
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6 hours ago, womble said:
... Or are modern "proper tanks" vulnerable to 30mm AC fire from the rear?
There's video waaaay back in this thread of a Ukraine BTR-4 (iirc) brewing up a Russian tank from the rear aspect quite nicely with their autocannon.
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1 hour ago, Kinophile said:
I'm curious about Russian tactics, for want of a better word, specifically how and why they're operating in what appear to often be company sized, reinforced units and not actual battalion sized groups.
It seems like BTG is an administrative, OOB-oriented name but the actual fighting is done by separated, not-very-mutually-supporting Company Tactical Groups, even reinf-Platoon TGs.
My impression was that a BTG is supposed to bring a localized preponderance of mechanized firepower (and esp. supporting fires) - which is a fine idea in theory - but really seems to have been insta-dropped from D1.
NATO works around Brigade Combat Teams, which seems a lot more sensible.
The small group size of the attacking Russian forces seems to be what's really holding them back. They rarely get a significant mass going. So considering the RUS army doctrine relies heavily on mass as a fundamental tenet, with BTGs as the lego blocks to get that, but these pissant COY sized groups are not cohering into mass and instead getting clobbered by lighter, mobile and equivalent sized UKR groupings, well...eh...wtf is going on?
Am I missing something?
I think you are seeing the game construct of mostly conscript level troops played out in real life.
The low level and mid-level unit commanders probably don't have a lot of direction beyond "take this map grid", so the poorly trained, poorly motivated troops under them get pushed around in penny packets and end up wishing they'd "stood in bed" as Dr. McCoy once said.
We won't even start on the logistical problem of supplying larger units in a timely fashion to be able to pull off big attacks.
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10 minutes ago, akd said:
Another NLAW kill?
Looks like it.
For anyone that doesn't think you have to be brave to use a short range ATGM, the launch was an enormous "blaze away here" sign.
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I think the RTS Tank Rush could hasten the end of this if Ukraine plays it smart.
The Russians have yet to show that they understand the degree to which they are being observed in everything that they do, so the forces and location won't come as a surprise.
The Ukrainians need to have their arty ready, as Steve mentioned, not give the Tank Rush any real good target and basically let it through, cut it off and rain absolute hell on them.
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I really, really like it when head counts aren't 100%.
No doubt this will be another masterpiece.
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Scancade was great back in the day, but using uncam and not having to fool with Java is soooo much easier.
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It's truly difficult to accurately factor in the "pucker" factor on performance in combat.
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uncam is exactly what he wants, especially since Rokko just updated it.
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I tested it and it not only works on CW, it works on SF2 now!!!
Very much appreciated.
Tested on Windows.
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10 hours ago, Simcoe said:
What draws you to Red Thunder?
Exactly what @George MC posted below your question and also one more thing.
I mostly play pbem, but RT is the best CM game against the AI imho because while it defends fairly well if the scenario designer did any kind of reasonable job, AI attacks are typically not very good. However, the Soviet attack method can be reproduced pretty accurately in CMRT and I do enjoy trying to defend against a massive, brutal Soviet assault with limited forces.
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I love gaming both genres and am very grateful to BFC for providing so many choices.
If I could only have 1, it would be CMRT (though if they ever do CMAK and North Africa again, that would vault to #1) but I really enjoy modern very much.
Just as RT, FI, and BN have very different feels, so too do CW, SF2, and BS.
I stand to be corrected and current events may be fueling a lot of BS sales, but I would hazard to guess that WWII has outsold modern by an order of magnitude.
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17 minutes ago, Battlefront said:
Do we know for sure that the missile was an NLAW?
Assuming it was, then what Steve said about the NLAW shaped charge being angled downward is correct. It's a rather unique construction.
Here's how NLAW works: it's designed to "overfly" the target, sense its presence (I think magnetically) and then detonate the shaped charge downward into the tank's thinly-armored roof, from about 1 meter above.
It stands to reason that aiming steeply down at a target below could cause problems with this sort of attack geometry, although interestingly the Saab website says, "You can fire down 45 degrees".
I wonder if the problem has more to do with range.
The NLAW's minimum range is reportedly 20 meters. That's excellent for a (semi) guided missile, but in the video, the target tank is awfully close. I wonder if it's even closer than 20 meters. Maybe just 15m? Couple that with the steep downward angle, and it might explain why the detonation didn't seem to work properly. (It seemed to explode a bit too early).
Charles
Whoa, Charles sighting.
Regardless of their advertising, that distance and angle for a top attack missile is going to be very tough on the fuse timing.
I'm certain that's over 20m, but I'm not sure it detonated at all.
It clearly didn't do much more than start a small fire from the remaining fuel.
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22 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Here's another truth bomb...
In the past whenever this Forum has had discussions about the capabilities of Russian forces and equipment there's usually been a debate about quality, effectiveness, and whatever else the topic required. Usually the debates would be fairly balanced between those supporting the premise and those opposing it.
Those days are over.
For the next 10 years at least there are not going to be such debates. Instead, camps will form to debate the degree of awfulness. Anybody that attempts to make a case that there's something positive to say about the Russian forces or equipment will be quickly dismissed as out of touch with reality.
The debate about Russian power is over.
Let that sink in for a bit.
Wow.
Steve
I was always in the camp of the Russians are seriously overrated, China is where we need to focus, but I still have yet to wrap my head around just how unbelievably terrible they are.
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10 hours ago, OldSarge said:
While on the subject of counter UAV systems, AFRL's Directed Energy directorate has already been on it, first with a pilot project THOR. Looks like for the immediate future high energy microwave is in the cards, at least for area defense.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/800274/thor-tactical-high-power-operational-responderAnd now with a contract for a working weapon system Mjölnir
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/02/28/killing-drones-with-thors-hammer-air-force-eyes-counter-uas-mjolnir-weapon/The not-terribly-distant future, imho, is UGV's armed with small caliber, but highly destructive, railguns, and 1 or more microwave emitters on top to fry drones.
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13 hours ago, Kinophile said:
MUST.
MOUNT.
ON.
TRACTOR.
Must. mount. on. Beechcraft!!!
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This is an excellent point if the AI is attacking.
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Long story short: you can edit scenarios all you want, but the only way to edit anything in a campaign is to use one of the utilities that breaks it down to scenarios, make any changes and then recreate and recompile the campaign, which is not a simple matter.
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11 hours ago, MOS:96B2P said:
IMO the below house rules (hard cat rules) developed by Bil & IanL are very useful. This is what I use. I sometimes add my own modifications to the rules when I want to test a new idea. Hard Cat Rules v2 is a good place to start.
I also made a CMRT scenario (mini-campaign) Alarmeinheiten that features runners assigned to each infantry platoon to facilitate C2 when using Hard Cat Rules v2.
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I doubt Russia will be getting access to those components any time in the near future, so rebuilding their armed forces will truly be a long nightmare.