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    A BUNCH of answers to your questions!

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lee:

    Since we are on the subject of rare and cool vehicles...

    My one and only request for a new vehicle in CM 2 is the

    Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz. The coolest tactical AA gun in the world. smile.gif

    Twin 30mm belt-fed auto cannons in an armored turret... *drool*

    It's rare, but real and saw combat late in the war. And it's oh so cool. smile.gif

    You know you want to see one lurking on the battlefield waiting to

    down IL-2's or tear up Russian soldiers foolish enough to

    dare approach it, Steve. ;)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    What about the Coelian? 2 37mm guns in a full turret on a Panther chassis. That could be alot of fun too. Anyone know if it ever saw combat?

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    Assault Gun v. Tank Hunter/Destroyer--Tech Diff?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Heidman:

    How are you going to supress infantry at more than 1000 yards with a MG? A man portable ATGM can reach out and touch an MBT at 2 klicks, or more.

    Berkut<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    There aren't a whole lot of ATGMs that can bother an M1 though. A TOW-2B, Hellfire or Javelin can, but who has those ;)? . If you wanna argue, how many M1s were killed in Iraq?

    [ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: panzerwerfer42 ]

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    Assault Gun v. Tank Hunter/Destroyer--Tech Diff?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Heidman:

    2. The MBT as we know it today is the TD of WW2. Current tanks are designed to engage and defeat enemy armor as their primary mission. For example, the US Army M1 Abrams no longer has an HE round for its main gun. I think they are supposed to use harsh language if they run into enemy infantry.

    Jeff Heidman<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I think that 120mm HEAT round they carry packs enough blast to cause problems for infantry. I know it's definitely good for busting bunkers. Otherwise they are kinda useless against infantry. Rather like early Fireflys.

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    can't play my own scenarios?!

    in Combat Mission - Tech Support

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by detritus:

    Hi everyone. Last remains of my sanity speaking.

    Whenever I create a scenario, I seem to be able to play it only once, then the single player mode is simply not available.

    If you've encountered the same problem and know the solution, or if you are a leading member of any of the secret societies ruling the world, please feel free to reply.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Be sure to move your new scenario as you soon as you make it from Saved Games to Scenarios. If you don't when you save you will overwrite the main scenario file.

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    Most Feared CM 2 Sounds

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schrullenhaft:

    As for different aircraft - unfortunately Steve has said that it will be the same as CMBO - a generic aircraft (though the capabilities will probably vary over the course of the war).

    Those Sturmoviks were a real terror to German armor. They didn't make a distinctive sound like the Stukas (to my knowledge), but they sure caused quite a bit of terror (almost) out of proportion to their numbers.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Actually I think the Russians made 40,000 of the damn things. It was very common. The German name was "Schwarz Tod", Black Death.

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    Question about PzIII

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Panzer Leader:

    I agree that we should have had the PzIII in CMBO, but I believe I read somewhere that in Africa, Rommel had a detachment of long 75 PzIII's, so I would assume they also had them on the East Front, if that is true.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I think thats just a misread of the first batch of Pz IVF2s with the L43 guns that got sent to DAK.

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    Elepahnt use on the EF questions

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MikeyD:

    Any word yet on whether the MkIV-based Brumbar is going to be modelled in the game? Photo evidence seems to associate Ferdi and Brumbar units pretty closely on the Eastern front.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I believe Steve did say the Brumbar is going to be in. As for the photos, the 2 Ferdinand battalions were grouped with a Brumbar battalion at Kursk into a brigade attached to Army Group Center for the assault on Ponyri.

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    Will Katiushas be able to direct fire in CM2?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Panzer Leader:

    How could "Stalin's Organ" pass up a thread like this, huh? I think the original poster just REALLY wants to see those cool rocket launching trucks in action. In all my reading on the East front, I have never heard of any direct fire with Katyusha's, but I have heard of a lot of minimum range fire. Is it as far as 1 km?

    Edited 'cause I'm dumb

    [ 06-07-2001: Message edited by: Panzer Leader ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    It's probably more than that for indirect fire. The minimum range on MLRS is like 10-15 km. Different type of system I know, but it's still rocket artillery. I've heard stories of the germans direct firing my namesake against the Russians. I saw an interview somewhere with a guy who was in a Katyusha battery, where he talked about the germans mounting the nebelwerfer on halftracks. He said they would race to the front, stop, fire and run before counterbattery fire got them. He mentioned his battery mostly fired at night. I don't remember why.

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    U.S. Heavy Weapons Co. - is it correct?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pak40:

    Maybe I'm getting a little too picky about my OOBs but isn't the U.S. heavy weapons Company supposed to have the water cooled .30 machineguns and six 81mm mortars?

    Currently it has 8 air cooled .30s and one 81mm spotter. The spotter's ammo decreases 4 rounds at a time, so I'm assuming that means only 4 mortars are firing.

    Please excuse me if this has been beaten to death already.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I believe it's been discussed quite a bit. BTS decided not to do the water cooled ones, as they weren't terribly common. I think the majority of units used the aircooled variant. They also decided to use standard 4 gun batteries for all artillery, rather then spend the time making 500 different batteries with more or less guns.

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    Bocage Bug?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Splinty:

    IIRC,from the history channel's interview with one of the Ordanance officers who was there only about 30 or so Shermans were fitted with the Rhinoceros in time for use in Operation Cobra. I could be wrong or thinking only of the very beginning of the use of these devices.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Maybe at the end of June there was 30, but there were definitely 500 or so by Cobra.

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    Tiger Tales - First-Hand Accounts of Tiger Life

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:

    Yep, same photo I am talking about. There is a StuG in the foreground - the StuG couldn't do the job, so they had to try a mine, and eventually poured petrol on it and set it afire. The photo and caption are in Squadron Signal's Waffen SS in action - which I can't locate my copy of.

    There is no stretcher in the photo IIRC, but the soldier is indeed being carried away, obviously wounded.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    That's definitely the one I was thinking of. I flipped through that book in a store but couldn't remember the name or exact details.

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    Effective Engineer Use

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Krinks:

    Yeah, I watched my engineers throw three or four until one finally landed right on top of the halftrack, killing all aboard. How heavy are real satchel charges anyway? I would think that much explosive material would be kinda dangerous to the people throwing it too.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I think they range anywhere from 10 to 50 pounds. I think it would kind of hard to throw those more than 40 feet. I personally wouldn't want to be near even the smallest one at detonation.

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    Bocage Bug?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ninotchka:

    Use of plows nearly universal by July? Highly improbable I think. Any evidence?

    [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Ninotchka ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    The majority of all pictures of late July show tanks that are equipped with Rhinoceros plows. The link from Stalin's Organ shows my point that they COULD cross without, but the belly was very exposed to fire.

    [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: panzerwerfer42 ]

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    Bocage Bug?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ninotchka:

    Can anyone provide more info on use of plows by allied tanks?

    Were they fitted to tanks other than American shermans. If as I suspect they werent widely fitted then wouldnt it better to make bocage either:

    A) Impassable to all vehicles (except maybe US Shermans) and leave gaps in bocage up to mapmakers.

    or

    B) Passable with high risk of immobilsation (bogging)

    Otherwise Axis armour is at a huge (and historically unsupportable) disadvantage in in the fields of Normandy.

    What do you think?

    [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Ninotchka ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Use of plows was nearly universal by July 1944. FYI, axis armor WAS at a disadvantage in hedgerows.

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    Airpower

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erwin:

    I know someone has figured all this out years ago... What is % probability of air arriving for axis and/or allies? How is combat resolved once it arrives.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I can't tell you what the % is, but it's pretty obvious if one arrives. Either 4 rockets streak into your lone Tiger or two massive explosions announce the death of an infantry platoon. Any flak guns on your side will swivel to engage the plane once it arrives. Once their main ordnance is expended they usually make 2 strafing runs, unless they experience heavy fire, in which case they will break off. Veteran pilots are less likely to make suicide runs into heavy flak, as it does down planes every now and then.

    [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: panzerwerfer42 ]

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