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yea, that was a sweet replay. I think you ambushed and knocked out 4 T-26's in about 1 1/2 minutes, with all infantry, as far as I could tell....Originally posted by Sublime:Yeah V, I screwed up pretty bad =/
That plane is crazy!
In the end I think I should have opened fire with my 50mm AT guns earlier, and sent my Pz's in en masse, and I should have ordered all tank crews to carry rabbit's feet...
What remains to be seen now is whether my STuG can hold on with what I've got.
Gotta admit I got lucky earlier in the game when you sent those T-26's in the village eh? One of my high points =D
that was something to behold.
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More Soviet uniform mods.
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The problem you had early in this one is that I was able to get superior numbers on you in each tank engagement.Originally posted by Sublime:****Warning possible spoilers on B&T's Forgotten Front*****
Wow... well the battle continue to rages in my PBEM against Vinny... B&T's Forgotten Front (thanks B&T btw, excellent scenario) me as the Germans. With only 1 T-34 abandoned due to my 50mm defenses, and several light soviet tanks destroyed, things looked bad as there was still an unaccounted-for KV1 and lotsa T-34s. Then deliverance! the Panzers save the day! Or do they? In the next few turns, I manage to kill a few soviet tanks, but most shots richochet or shatter, and even penetrations dont do anything sometimes, meanwhile Pz III after Pz III is brewing up or bailing, and my wussy short gun 75mm Pz IV's are shooting smoke and getting waxed or just getting waxed! Now Im not saying this is unrealistic, and I dont want to get into another fricking debate about how the game is modelled etc etc etc I like it fine.
What I do want is tactics, what the hell should I be doing as Germans with these tanks?
Before you gimme the newbie answers like 'try for flank or rear shots' I already know this crap, I want to know some solid tactics (for any tank engagement actually) but specifically involved early war StuG IIIs, Pz IIIs, PZ IVs, with little room to maneuver and facing large amounts of Soviet armor.
Any suggestions?
p.s. if anybody wants me and vinny were discussing posting up an AAR on this clash of the titans...
when your panzers appeared, they came within view of my tanks piecemeal, and I was able to get 2 or 3 T-34's firing on a single panzer. I would say this probably accounted for most of your first panzer losses. also, your shells have been bouncing off of my frontal armor left and right. I have, for the most part, been able to keep all my tanks within command (as much is as humanly possibe in this game without radios)and I think that has helped a great deal.
my flanking plan with the T-26's worked, drew your STUGs into the open and allowed a T-34 to kill one with a sweet shot to the flank.
if you would have picked your battles a little better earlier, it would probably be much closer right now, but those couple panzers killed piecemeal early in the battle really helped level the playing field, and after that, I got good shots, some lucky bounces and had pretty good position overall.
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You hit the nail on the head. It is realistic.Originally posted by Juardis:No longer can you field a army of infantry and have a chance to win against combined arms. Maybe that's realistic, I don't know.
Give me a platoon of T-34's and a platoon on infantry and some arty and I will take on an all infantry force.
Let the infantry protect the tanks, the tanks will pin the enemy and the artillery will cut them up, then the infantry hops on the tank and ride in for mop up duty.
It can be done. It's just harder now, and I thnk that is more realistic. I don't think you can beat anyone who knows what they are doing in CMBB if you only field infantry against his combined arms.But it sure was challenging, fun, and even satisfying to win in CMBO with mostly infantry against combined arms. [/QB]
So play the newbies!
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I wouldn't say that, by '43 and certainly by '44 the Soviets had some very experienced, good divisions in their army and by '44 the Germans had much of their army bled white and were relying more and more on inexperienced troops.Originally posted by Nikke:[QB] Thanks. Am not trying to troll or anything. Just posting my observations. It does seem so that to reflect real performance during WWII...Germans should usually be vet/crk and Russians conscripts or greens.
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From the Finnish site posted by Keke:
What a beautiful shot!
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Biltong and Co., thanks for the camaign rules (a brilliat MOD in itself) and thanks for all the great maps!
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from the Battlefront.com 1.02 download page:
Transferring PBEM files from Version 1.0 or Version 1.01 to Version 1.02:
1. In CMBB version 1.0 or 1.01, load the PBEM file. In an orders phase, save the pbem file as a saved game by clicking on the little SAVE button on the command bar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Repeat Step 1 for all pbem files you wish to convert.
3. Install the 1.02 patch (make sure you have already installed the 1.01 patch)
4. Open CMBB Version 1.02
5. Open the saved game file from step 1.
6. Choose Email as the startup option for the saved game.
7. Place your orders as you normally would in a PBEM, and press "GO"
8. Congratulations! You have now converted your pbem file.
9. Repeat as necessary for any other files you need to covert..
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I thought that in a quick battle you had the option of buying reinforcements? I don't play many quick battles, and I have never tried to do buy reinforcements, but I thought the option was there...Originally posted by wwb_99:No can do--try a scenario.
WWB
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Exactly what CombinedArms said.Originally posted by easytarget:you lost me on that one
if getting more folks to write reviews on scenarios doesn't belong in scenario talk, where does it belong?
This is technically the correct forum, BUT, not many people seem to visit here at all.
I have seen very many scenario threads go up on the main CMBB forum, so I would think about posting it there.
Still, a great idea...
Still looking for someone to review my latest scenario at the depot (hint hint, check the sig)
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Just sent you an email...Originally posted by Sublime:Wow BTS you guys are really on point... thanx a million! =D
p.s. anyone want a game?
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heh, I have all three...Originally posted by Becket:Luckily, the ability to run both 1.01 and 1.02 should alleviate any ROW issues. I've got both running, our Overflow section has opted not to patch.
1.00, 1.01 & 1.02...
Have a very slow 1.00 PBEM which is just about finished...
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Yea, and I'm sure that if I supplied a picture of MadMatt, she'd believe me...Originally posted by Firefly:'Madmatt ate my homework' is certainly more original than blaming the dog.
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Get matt to write you a excusal slipOriginally posted by Shadow 1st Hussars:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by V:
umm, you weren't supposed to release this until tomorrow...
I have a paper due at 9am tomorrow morning.
How can I be expected not to try out the new patch? Huh?
Well?
Someone better answer me while its downloading...
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umm, you weren't supposed to release this until tomorrow...
I have a paper due at 9am tomorrow morning.
How can I be expected not to try out the new patch? Huh?
Well?
Someone better answer me while its downloading...
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Back when Made in the USA was a good thing.Their American-built lend-lease trucks ran through mud that hopelessly mired the two-wheel-drive German trucks. -
Thats a great idea...Originally posted by MikeyD:Me, I can imagine a CM-style 'Age of Sail' wargame.
Combatants would be various 3-D rendered sailing ships, from blockade runners to giant Spanish Gallions. Sea states, wind directions, and weather conditions would come into the calculations. Sails could be raised and lowered on demand ("hoise/lower the spanker" key command). CMAoS ("Combat Mission: Age of Sail") would need a thick manual describing basic sailing techniques, fighting in formation, gun types, boarding parties, etc.
That game would rock, especially in BFC's hands.
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LOL...Originally posted by Bruno Weiss:Well not only that, but it brings up the subject of female Orcs. Ever seen a female Orc? Right! Pure sexist bias on the part of the authors. How could you have Orcs in the first place without female Orcs. I have it by good account that female Orcs played a vital role in the war on Middle Earth. Many serving with distinction in the logistical, transportation, and even mobile archer oranizations. I have a picture somewhere of a female crew manning, well I guess womanning Gollum's Organs, at a rear area bivouac.
That last sentence is Grade-A sig material...
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Hey, one good thing is that they would HAVE to model horses...Originally posted by Bruno Weiss:Yeah yeah, but what about the realism. Won't there be blood, corpses, unattached limbs, disemboweled organs, and wounded missing apendages and such?
hehehe...
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It does. It was just posted to the wrong forum.Originally posted by easytarget:bump
i think this concept deserves some more visibility
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Well I was going to ask you if I could include this line in my sig:Originally posted by Leutnant Hortlund:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Battlefront.com:
I thought lawyers only took on lost legal cases if they think they become either rich or infamous through them (exception: Public Defender, who's job it is more often than not to defend the undefendable) .
"Nothing positive can possible come from your postings, and therefore they have no value what so ever."
That should make me infamous enough on these boards dont you think?
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Correct. We have been saying for months now that 1.02 is the last planned patch. If, for some strange reason, some new model is added in a 1.03 patch it will certainly not be the IS-3. This thing really shouldn't even be in the game, and as long as there are vehicles that rightly are in the game which don't have correct models, such things as the IS-3 and T-44 will not be put ahead of them.Originally posted by Battlefront.com:Leutnant Hortlund ,
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Uh...?
I just wanted to make sure I understand you correct. No new models for CMBB? There will never be a JS-3 that looks like a JS-3 etc?
Of course, this is accademic because we are moving on to do the new engine now full bore. We could be endlessly distracted by CMBB enhancements, so time to cut the cord. We spent WAY too long futzing around with CMBO and have learned from that (it delayed CMBB by at least 6 months).
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Has cmbb killed maneuver?
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