gunnergoz

I noticed this site and it's wonderful original color photos of US & Allied forces in Italy in WW2. I realize such a link might otherwise be grist for the General Forum but I posted here, figuring some modder might use them for reference. I find it amazing how much the CM:FI at times reminds me of some of these photographed scenes.

http://www.vintag.es/2013/07/color-photos-of-italian-campaign-of.html

I think the beef with MG's as portrayed in the game is that they can only fire on point targets, not true area targets. The bullets may cluster around the aim point and cover a bit of ground in the process, but it is not like traditional grazing fire or a defined beaten zone as I understand it.

If HMG's in particular were allowed to be targeted like artillery and mortars already are, with pre-defined circular target areas or along specified target lines, it would go a long way in my mind towards addressing this.

I was living in that pre-civil-rights world, so perhaps that is the difference between us. What is history for you is memories for me. My standards thus are based on a different perspective than yours in all likelihood.