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    CMAK or CMBB: Which you Gonna Play?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by atiff:

    Being a Kiwi, CMAK will definitely have me sending the 2 NZEF into battle as much as possible - especially playing/making scenarios based on the NZ official histories.

    Or if I get tired of that, I can always overrun some Aussies with some Germans (or Italians, for that extra embarrasment factor) smile.gif

    Hehehehe, as an Aussie, bring on Tobruk!!!

    Hey can CMAK have a really special scenario where the Anzacs stormed the Tobruk warehouse held by the Brits to get ammunition mines etc after Tobruk was encircled? No brits were killed to my knowledge but they were well humiliated.

    tongue.gif

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    No - at the moment 42 only runs till +- June 42. There will be another update at some time in the near future to adapt 42 for the whole of 42. I use HistoryBuff as a marker - AFAIK, he's way out front of everyone else (somewhere around April 42) and I adapt the rules when he gets close to the next marker - in this case an armor/force upgrade that is scheduled for +-July 42.

    Each year will have slightly more complex/realistic rules and obviously the force will change from year to year, as the armor changes from PzIII's to the evntual King Tigers ;)

    Ooops. I've ah stopped playing my BCR games to let everyone else catch up. Ooops. Yes still April. I've got a very large battle at the moment and I'm on the defensive with no sign of the enemy, it takes ages to load so I'm waiting for my new ibook which I'll be plugging up to my Widescreen TV to play smile.gif So in the mean time, catch me if you can!

    I'm also waiting to see what the patch will bring - if we'll be able to go the scenario editor route - i.e.: set names/experience/ammo for each squad/team/HQ on the Battle group.

    Interesting.....
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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Biltong:

    Interesting how the armor does so much better than the infantry - I wonder if that was also the case in real life? Or do you think the armor needs some downward adjustment when it comes to killing? Or rather the inf - some upward adjustment? :D

    I think the Infantry need a raise. I expected at least half my men to be at vet. by now. (I've never really had major inf. casulties). As for tanks, they kill alot more cause dey got da bigga gunz. :D

    Also - The IIIJ's do a lot better than the Stugs. Any idea why?

    It's called an MG and a wave of incoming inf. Easy 3 pts a battle. 2 for killing, 1 for general exp gain.

    BTW - I was actualy refering to player Exp. What are you on now? Spill the beans ;)

    Biltong

    Actually I'm not using player exp. Only made the games overly unbalanced one way or the other. So I leave handicap at zero etc. Some times I get a slight advantage. Sometimes they do. Mostly it's dead even. Hadicap is I think a waste of time. Theres is no fun is launching an assault with 1500 pts against 4500 pts. No fun, just a death for your men with no hope in hell.
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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    From the feedback I'm getting it looks like the percentages are close. Just not hearing much from Veteran players.

    Any out there? [/QB]

    Heres my Exp. stats as of 3rd week 1st day of April 42. Note : The the middle of constant engagements so some are a bit off.

    ? = Units currently out of action needing replacements.

    D = Destroyed Armour

    First number = Men in Unit

    Second Number = Exp. Rating.

    CO Company HQ 6 15

    Platoon HQ (1) 4 8

    Squad 10 13

    Squad 10 23

    Squad 10 15

    Squad 0 ?

    50mm Mortar 3 11

    Platoon HQ (2) 4 20

    Squad 10 27

    Squad 10 22

    Squad 10 18

    Squad 10 25

    50mm Mortar 3 14

    Platoon HQ (3) 4 24

    Squad 4 25?

    Squad 10 20

    Squad 10 21

    Squad 10 25

    50mm Mortar 3 13

    Tank Hunter 1 2 13

    Tank Hunter 2 2 8

    Kublewagen 1 8

    Truck 1 2 9

    Truck 2 2 11

    SPW 251/1 V1 2 13

    SPW 251/1 V2 2 13

    Armour

    T1 Panzer IIIJ 5 54

    T2 Panzer IIIJ 4D 27?

    T3 Panzer IIIJ 2D 40?

    T4 Panzer IIIJ 5 25

    Sturmgeschütze IIIB 4 12

    Sturmgeschütze IIIB 4 15

    Sturmgeschütze IIIB 4 29

    Have fun.

    :D

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    From the front :

    Horten led his men wearily back to the staging area with defeat on there minds. The Hungarians had faltered. The Hungarian commander who was ambitious for a frontal assault by his men was now most likely on report. Horten believed it possibly wasn't all the commanders fault. The inferior weapons of the Hungarian army were no match for Russian war machine.

    With his flank crumbling, Horten was forced to pull his men back. Especially when they hit a minefield the size of a small village. Luckily casulties were light for his men. The loss of a Panzer IIIJ, being the only major casulty. Never again would Horten allow his men to be a lacky in a foolish assault against the dug in enemy. And never again with the Hungarians.

    +++++

    As you can imagine it wasn't a nice battle. :D

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    Tank Rush a viable tactic?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Was playing a certain scenario with lots of Russian tanks. T-34's and KV's mostly. Would you think that rushing known AT Gun positions is a viable tactic. As in fast move straight at the target to within 50-100 metres? I did it a number of times and not only was I not hit as I came in but when I got closer the enemy crew bailed at the sight of two platoons of KV's. smile.gif

    Thoughts? Was I just lucky?

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

    Posted

    Originally posted by hobo:

    I want my attached units back. One anomoly in the rules has you losing your attached units during an emergency reorganization and never getting them back. I would think that once things have settled down you should get your attachment back. In my case I keep getting and losing an attached 150MM gun. I would think the men would go back to their gun once the emergency is over. Any thoughts?

    Regards,

    Hobo

    Problem - When the emergency is over your force is probaby 20 miles away from that gun, which is now in soviet hands, and Berlin's just ordered you to move closer to the Don. :D
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    Biltong's Campaign Rules

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Fanatic you say Biltong? I just signed up to be a CMMC GM for some reason. Nah seriously sounds fun smile.gif Hey I wasn't even drunk at the time.

    From the front :

    Hortern was advancing in the immedeate assault his superiors had ordered him to carry out. Ordered to "watch over" the Hungarians. Horten not wanting his men to die surrounded by idiot commanders from another army sent his troops forward in a flank attack while the main Hungarian force attacked through the wheatfields with Hotchkiss support. (Anyone sen how many Hotchkiss' you can buy for 800 pts). As the Hungarians came under fire from distant T34's, Horten smiled and proded his Hungarian "scouts" to move forward in front of his men. No man from the German army was going to die in a fools advance in the open. Even if they had ample artillery. (1500 pts worth).

    +++++

    Why oh why did I have to have my first major major battle with a bunch of Hungarians. :(

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules - South 41 to 42

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    As Herr Horten peered through the light trees he w the effect of a concentrated artillery barrage. He exclaimed to his aid under the now sparse gunfire, "Wow. That worked well. Praise the 337 mm rockets."

    "Yes command had it right this time."

    Horten replied thinking of his previous engagement, "Yes. Never trust the Luftwaffe."

    Horten ordered his men forward to occupy the line of peasent shacks which were his main objective. They did so with the supporting Armour providing a great metal shield.

    As Horten arrived in one of the shacks the fighting had all but died down. He gripped his MP40 and said, the only problem of suceeding so well is we won't get any rest. His aid agreed. The offensive must go on.

    Real world:

    +++Just gotta mop up some reds.++++ :D

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules - South 41 to 42

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Horten's boys falter.

    Herr Horten's lads have had a rough time over the last couple of weeks. The loss of their original CO and now a defeat at the hands of Soviet armour.

    Meant to be a glorious drive to the Don,, the fresh assaults were badly timed and executed. The aircraft sent to cover the advance were useless. The pilot's will here of their stupidty soon enough. However Horten's taskforce's tanks were able to knock out a platoon of T-34's but did not have enough firepower to take out reinforcing KV - 1's. Horten made a quick decision after seeing two of his StuG's collapse and become a large metal road block. The force was forced to pull back. In the evening, Horten made a complaint about the Luftwaffe's accuracy.

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    Biltong's Campaign Rules - South 41 to 42

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    The glorious men of the company now known as Horten's men have just begun a late march offensive against the red positions. Fully resupplied and at full strength, the loss of there first CO, has taken a bit out of all of them, but Horten, the legend who beat Himmler's drunk cousin in a drinking game has pulled the men together for a major push against the enemy.

    Meanwhile in Germany, Herr Rausch was laid to rest in a small plot outside Berlin with friends and family looking on. We will remember him.

    BCR is taking my life away. Please stop!

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