Erwin

Fun article. Thanks... "What was that Charles V said about the many languages he spoke? "I speak Spanish to God, French to men, Italian to women, and German to my horse?"

I enjoy working with salesmen (insurance, car etc) and can do the calculations in my head faster than they can on calculators. They then look at me with fear in their eyes as one does when one meets a witch or demon...

Yeah, it's kinda like saying that all modern (well, post WW2 anyway) tanks are basically copies of the Russian T-34 since that tank is what inspired the Germans.

I understand what you are getting at. Having played a lot of CMBS and the other titles, there are situations where using RL tactics works. However there are other situations where one has to play vs the game system (or AI) to get a desired result. Am not sure why there isn't more info regarding how individual weapons systems works - the manual sometimes doesn't give range info or other valuable guide re how to use the system to best advantage. But, probably a detailed manual could end up as big as a bible. One simply has to play the game a lot and gain experience. One ends up knowing more than one used to about weapons systems and tactics. But, always be cognizant that being great at playing the CM2 family of games doesn't mean one is in any way prepared to take over a RL command.

Must have been effective at the start of the war when armor wasn't that thick. But in game terms, they tend to be ineffective as one generally only gets one or two in a scenario. In RL they would be deployed in large numbers. Imagine your early war tank being hit by half a dozen at the same time.

Love the buried hand...

This is the article referred to: https://warontherocks.com/2018/05/a-call-for-senior-officer-reform-in-the-air-force-an-insiders-perspective/

Not sure if anyone has mentioned the names of the 2 versions: Original is called "CMBS Rolling Thunder_v1" - the edited version is "RDM - Rolllng Thunder_v1" and comes with a txt file explaining stuff.

The USAF had a similar article by a Colonel awhile back re Air Force officer deficiencies.

Many Ospreys and many lives were lost in testing and training as well. The thing was a widow-maker. Unfortunately, no medals or awards for the bravery of those folks. Glad it seems to be at least flying ok these days.

As sburke pointed out one can simulate that. Features that enable simulation and/or eye candy are regularly confused. We need to differentiate between features that allow us to simulate something - like airlanding troops vs purely eye candy cos "it would be cool to see helicopters". Eg: It would be a useful simulation feature to be able to order snipers or AT teams to wait in ambush, shoot, and then immediately run away to cover. That would also be very cool - but way more so than mere eye candy.

Thanks Badger...

Very useful for new players and as a refresher. Are the tutorials listed? It would be good to be able to select which one to watch.

Yeah... I have had horrible experiences getting carriers blown up with passengers. Keep hitting myself to remember (whenever one can) always dismount passengers b4 putting a carrier in harm's way.

Have similar issue. It is unclear if alternative sounds play randomly in the same way that alternative graphics mods do. IIRC the naming convention for alternative sounds is different than for alternative graphics. One has to name the sound files correctly or they don't play. Some of us have compiled maybe eight or more MG42 sounds as there are so many sound mods for that weapon. My favorite is the very short BRRP! where one can barely distinguish individual shots - as that seems to reflect the RL rate of fire being described as a "zipper". I use 8 alternative MG42 sounds. However, it seems to me that only one of the alternative mods plays in the game. Probably the first one: mg42 or mg42 0. In terms of naming conventions it would be great to have the naming convention explained. AFAIK if there is one mod it would be called mg42. If there are more than one mod, then the first is mg42 0 and the second is mg42 1 and so on... (ie: when there are multiple alternatives "mg42" will not play.) Additionally confusing is that I have found MG34 sound mods named "mg34" as well as "gun 7 lmg". Have no idea why...

Have seen this many times before... Spousal unit can't choose between the Michael Kors Logo-Print and the Fulton Saffiano... It can go on for hours until one hits the reset button.

Am curious as to what went wrong after the crossing. (Was it that all the focus was on the crossing and there was no plan of what to do next? Or was there nasty unexpected surprises?)

Bishr goes in Quick Battle Maps rather than Scenarios, yes?

Didn't know it was available elsewhere. Where did you get it from?

Thanks, yes I got it. Not that on my monitor the tank seems a rather bright (toy tank) green rather than dull/camo. I think it's called "Lincoln Green" after the famous scourge of medieval capitalist robber barons, Robin Hood.

IIRC there will be a discount for folks who have all CMSF1 modules.

Yes, awful... According to the book ("Not A Good Day To Die") Chapman was less than a minute away from being rescued when he was killed.

Not making it up. WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583 Also: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3001087/sharia-law-uk-muslims-islamic-legal-system/ While Sharia Law does not (yet) overrule UK law, the problem is that as the population grows the pressure to include Sharia will inevitably grow. It's kinda like that saying "The difference between a cult and a religion is that a religion has gained political power" applies to "the difference between unenforceable laws and enforceable laws".

ok I see what you did - you cut down the number of hoodies, and added camo faces and a couple skeletor masks. What was up with the green speckled camo hoodies that you removed? Did you discover them to be unrealistic?

All I see is a room with wallpaper and black featureless silhouettes of troops with only the uncovered bit of their eyes (and the skeletor mask) visible. Am baffled re the ideal video settings as in all other ways I have great visuals of CM games on my monitor.