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Actually, the French introduced the machinegun in that war, but it didn't prevent their defeat.
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Game/Sim Mechanics in CMAK vs CMBB?
klapton replied to Canuckgd's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
You can download the demo and try it yourself. -
Maybe its actual implementation in a game takes a bit longer.
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Yeah
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The Staffordshire scenario pack
klapton replied to Kingfish's topic in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
For some reason, I'm unable to download the pack from the depot. Can you send it to prasoc @ navegalia . com? Thanks -
What is the meaning of the word 'grog'???
klapton replied to Pishky's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
Almost the same meaning of the German Panzerkampfwagen: Panzer - armoured Kampf - fighting Wagen - vehicle -
Captured wapons in France/Low countries. ?
klapton replied to Agentorange's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
What I remember from playing TLD is that lots of German artillery were in fact French and Russian. -
When were platoons and squads first used?
klapton replied to Sequoia's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
The maniple would have served as a way to keep the formation when deploying and advancing, so men would know where they should be. I don't know any battle in which it could have been used as a tactical unit, and indeed would have been too small for that role. As someone stated above, you need a certain firepower (shockpower in this context) for this, plus an efficient command system down to that level. A checkerboard seems to me absurd as a combat formation. Faced with a continuous line, the men at the extremes of each "cell" would have to fight against 2 or 3 enemies, would succumb most of the time, the "cells" would become thinner and the gaps between them wider. That formation would have been used for deployment, that is, between the column (a marching formation) and the line (a fighting formation). I didn't see anything eccentric in Delbruck's work (maybe in his time he was). Granted, after 80 years, it is outdated (particularly the latter volumes), but as a starting point in the study of ancient warfare I know nothing better (not that I know a lot of literature on the subject, by the way). -
When were platoons and squads first used?
klapton replied to Sequoia's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
That sounds more like a housekeeping arrangement. Were the contubernia used as tactical units either on march or in actual battle? </font> -
Scenario Depot v2 Release Date - June 6, 2004
klapton replied to Admiral Keth's topic in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
Can reviewers place an overall rating, or is it still calculated automatically? I stopped reviewing precisely because of this. -
Maybe CMX2 is not so far...
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Vehicle models are hardcoded in the executable. Only with a patch can a new vehicle be added.
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You can recreate most battles featured on CMBO with CMAK, so there is no point on releasing a new version of CMBO.
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A quick question on ambushes.
klapton replied to Capnahab70's topic in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
You don't need to remove it. An HQ can place as many ambushes as you wish -
Try posting these types of questions in the Peng thread. You will get much more feedback.
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When a squad loses men, its visual size is reduced (ie, it goes from 3 men, to 2, to 1). Besides that, you can switch warning labels on, which will show the status of units with low morale.
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If you press Target Next, the unit will aim at the best target, in terms of firepower and coverage. If you press again, the unit will aim at the second best, and so on.
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Price of units is already listed on the force selection screen. What else would you need?
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Actually, American voice acting is awful, at least in the demo. It was much, much better in CMBO.
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Send it to me, if you wish klapton@navegalia.com
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Consequences of "Front Upper Hull Penetration"?
klapton replied to OGSF's topic in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
I have not observed that problem with the M3. In the demo scenario, I knocked out all of them with the PIIIs. -
You may use CMAK to recreate most of the battles in Normandy and beyond. There is little point on re-releasing CMBO.