Pvt.Tom
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I am no expert but I recall hearing that mortars and MGs caused most of the casualties in combat, yet in the majority of games I play tanks and infantry do most of the killing/wounding. Is it just me or have the mortars been made too inaccurate and MGs not powerful enough? Or maybe I am expecting unrealistic results (destroying the enemy rather than routing them?)
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No, but I had a Schreck round go through a building and kill an M5A1 once.
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I just tested it out, platoon of US Infantry vs Sd Kfz 7/2 at 300m, one squad was routed in turn 1, turn 2 AAA Truck went up in flames no problem. I have one in a PBEM Game I am playing now, maybe it will impress me more in a real game.
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Duh, now that would make sense, does anyone know if CM models each 40mm round and where it lands or are all 5 rounds grouped together as 1 big shot hitting 1 spot? I think CM models each man in a squad separately so I would think that having each 40mm shell tracked separately would cause more damage than having 1 big shell?
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I was looking over the American weapons today and noticed that the 40mm Bofors has a bigger blast value than the 76mm Sherman gun, this seems a little off to me, I don't have any hard info but why would you be able to pack as much explosives into a 40mm shell as a 76mm shell? Is the 40mm shell a lot longer than the 76mm? The Bofors must be Hell on infantry with a blast of 34 nd a high rate of fire. An info any of the experts might have would be great.
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Very true and I agree, I guess what I am wondering is in QBs does anyone buy the W or W+ Shermans and if so why. Any stories regarding their use good or bad would be useful.
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[This message has been edited by Pvt.Tom (edited 03-26-2001).]
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The Sherman + has better hull armor but the turret is the same, makes me wonder if it is worth the extra points? I would think that the turret is where you get hit most of the time.
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Now I can understand getting the 76mm vs the 75mm versions of the old Ronson but does anyone spend the money to get the W or W+ Shermans? I don't see much point. The Panther's 75mm gun will go through any of them like a hot knife through butter so why waste the points?
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Martin,
Great post, very informative, I will have to try this out.
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That's where I saw that, History Channel, I think the show was Battle Stations: Sherman, it looked like a period training film and the gunner was hand cranking the turret of a Sherman. Maybe that was an emergency crank only, I know modern Tanks have that in case the main traverse goes out. Anyone know?
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Didn't the Sherman have a hand cranked turret? I could swear I saw that somewhere, if so why is it so much faster that the Panzer IVs hand cranked turret? Anyone know?
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AT Rifles would be very cool in CM2, a must have IMHO, if I remember correctly they were very common on the Soviet side?
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IMHO KT are way over rated, reload and turret are so slow, I just played a battle where Shermans kicked my KTs ass, they swarmed all over me and BOOM, side penetrations. Not worth the money.
My small Rant
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Great posts everyone, very interesting.
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Not only do people need to feel superior sometimes (IMHO), but people also need to get worked up about something once in a while, I think it is fun.
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Everyone has to feel that something makes them better than other people, it's human nature? For some people it is being a "True Wargamer", for me it's the fact that I drive better than 90% of the idiots on the road, to each his own.
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I can't take it any more, I have to come out of the closet, I have played FPS, RPG, you name, I have done them all, (sob sob), it all started a few years ago when a friend got me to play Pac Man, then I was hooked, after that Doom, Half-Life, you name it. Any one have a phone number for FPS playes to get cured? 1-800-FPS-HELP?
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I hit a deer with my car once, what does that make me?
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I agree with you, when you start a game agree how you are going choose units and how the units will be used and eveyone will have a better time.
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Usually 8 to 10, I don't think I could handle any more than that.
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Rat Patrol! I loved that show, the best part was how they always used the MG on the back of the jeep to blow a path through the mine field. Anyway, the gamey jeep recon thing was a real hot topic for a while, check the old posts and you will get a load of info. Does seem a little gamey to me IMHO.
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You are correct, but sometimes it is very hard to get that close the the enemy and keep any men alive, let alone not broken.
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32 years old
My wife always said I was an below average.
Mortars and MGs
in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
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I am no expert but I recall hearing that mortars and MGs caused most of the casualties in combat, yet in the majority of games I play tanks and infantry do most of the killing/wounding. Is it just me or have the mortars been made too inaccurate and MGs not powerful enough? Or maybe I am expecting unrealistic results (destroying the enemy rather than routing them?)
Pvt.Tom