Vergeltungswaffe

For what it's worth, I've always found that motivation is at least as important as experience level. Any units above normal will become superpixeltruppen and wade into fire they really shouldn't. Normal, low, and poor troops suppress and break more realistically, imho.

Indeed, I would most definitely agree that you have always stressed proper terrain usage.

Nice analysis Bil, and the reason why I agreed with @IanL that the best thing he said was: "Fifty percent of tactics is dirt. Your techniques are meaningless if you choose poor ground"

If you do a quick battle, you will only be able to put units in the areas that were designated for that on the quick battle map. If you go into the scenario editor and load that particular map, you can place the units for both sides anywhere you'd like since it will be a scenario, rather than a quick battle.

Exactly, despite the AFV losses, your actual casualties were quite low compared to the Germans. It would have been a very plausible real life result, imho.

You're welcome

You can easily create a scenario using a map from your quick battle maps, or a map from a scenario, or even on the featureless default map that the scenario editor opens on by default (though you might want to change the size). Pick whatever forces you want for both sides, deploy them where you want them, and save it with an appropriate name. Then go to battles, select it, and play it as 2 player hot seat, so you can control both sides.

Yes, I forgot to mention the battle pack is a must have too.

If you enjoy the eastern front at all, adding Fire and Rubble is well worth all the additional hours of CM goodness you'll get.

GHQ microarmor and Close Combat were my tactical ground combat go to's in the years leading up to CM's release. When I saw that magazine ad and went to check it out, I was immediately hooked and it's been 90% of my gaming since 99.

It's been many years ago, but I really feel like Steve said there was nothing you could do to increase your chance to escape from being bogged, so unless I bog in LOS of danger, I typically just let it sit there.

Same here, and he's not wrong.

This mod from @RockinHarry helps 250 and 251 gunners immensely. Page 4 and 5 of the thread have a number of comments from him about it as he worked through several iterations.

The BFC way, it'll be ready when it's ready.

I wish them all the best.

до свида́ния boys.

God bless, keep, and comfort him and his family and friends. My 91 year old father fought in Korea. We've spent many an hour talking about it.

I really love that map.

Thank you for your service, Sir.

Those Soviet TC's are either really brave or really dumb to be unbuttoned in that proximity to foxholes.

Booties on vacay, he'll put it up when he's back home.

That's a lotta sexah kittehs.

Need a sniper in every one of those windows.