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****I might be mistaken about the MG with the dot on the bottom, but seeing as it does not have a number on it it is a single weapon**** I also still don't know yet what kind a auto-weapon this is, in the document that u refer to the dot only shows up when dealing with indirect-fire weapons, the howitzers. I also think it is a single weapon, defintely no LMG though (see bottom of my post). Anyone know the symbol of the nebelwerfer? BTW; i am new to posting here, I usually just read; how do you do this Quoting? makes the posts much better readable *** I wonder, then, if they Y with 2 indicates a 2cm FlaK gun, with the double-Y indicating a quadruple 2cm mount? As opposed to the 3.7cm mount (hence the need to differentiate)?*** The Y with 2 doesn't mean 2cm FlAK (Flieger Abwehr Kanone) All the machineguns in Wehrmacht 1940 are MG34 right? This means LMG as well as HMG. HMG means that it has a tripod and a bigger crew with a spotter and a few guys carrying barrels and AMMO. The 2 above the symbol just means two weapons. (didn't know btw that the common deployment of HMG's was in pairs! why?) The rate of fire of the MG34 and the MG42 made that it could only be operated as an HMG if the supply of ammo was ample. Also after periods of cyclic the barrel had to be replaced (or else it will weld together!). German MG's in the LMG role, mean the same weapon but sacrificing firepower for mobility and versatility. The HMG role is best for defending positions and suppressing defenders from larger range. LMG role is for assault and infiltration purposes. At least that is my educated guess. The double v makes me think that we are dealing with a 20mm gun with some AP ability In the picture that Hans shows us, the attacking platoons will defintely bring their own MG34's , because, as you all know, you have to lay down lead whilst attacking, otherwise the other guy will fire back! Reading from Hans' Map, the Germans are committing a full INF battalion here with 3 INF companies in the attack, my guess is that they bring around 15 to 25 MG34's with them (don't know frequency of MG34 per platoon in 1940)? So the thermometer with dots can't be an MG34 in LMG role, it doesn't have significant firepower to justify it's own symbol on this battlemap. Think about MG34 in HMG role as current 5.56/7.62 minigun and MG34 in LMG role as current M60/FN MAG. The current FN minimi (you guys call it m249 SAW I believe) in my eyes is what the MG34 LMG role was supposed to be. The minimi is probably much more effective than the MG34 in LMG role (also MUCH better than BAR and Brengun) due to it's compactness rate of fire and 1 man crew with 600/800 rounds of ammo. .........OMG I have too much time cheers from holland

After reviewing the first link that was given in this thread I would like to add (correct?) the following: The extra "v" on top of the first "HMG" seems to denote anti-armor capability, which suggest to me that it probably is a 20mm cannon (2 cannons). Also the "thermometer with dots" is not an LMG because of the dot. The dot here does not stand for a single rifleman (LMG's had a 2 man crew in the German army), if it was a single LMG, it would have been like the HMG without the "v" on top of it. The dot seems to refer to some kind of indirect fire capability (Howitzer), which seems strange regarding the 2 dots on the side, that apparantely refer to automatic fire. Maybe the "thermometer with dots" is a Nebelwerfer? My best guess is that it is a light mortar though. If the dot actually is a circle than it would have been an AA machinegun, but the crispness of the picture seems to make that unlikely. The "mortar" on the right of the picture is on a double line, which seems to indicate a column. Maybe these are mortars that are supposed to follow the infantry to set up a new fire position? It also seems that being home sick gives me too much time to read these threads and related links! regards from Holland :cool:

After reviewing the first link that was given in this thread I would like to add (correct?) the following: The extra "v" on top of the first "HMG" seems to denote anti-armor capability, which suggest to me that it probably is a 20mm cannon (2 cannons). Also the "thermometer with dots" is not an LMG because of the dot. The dot here does not stand for a single rifleman (LMG's had a 2 man crew in the German army), if it was a single LMG, it would have been like the HMG without the "v" on top of it. The dot seems to refer to some kind of indirect fire capability (Howitzer), which seems strange regarding the 2 dots on the side, that apparantely refer to automatic fire. Maybe the "thermometer with dots" is a Nebelwerfer? My best guess is that it is a light mortar though. If the dot actually is a circle than it would have been an AA machinegun, but the crispness of the picture seems to make that unlikely. The "mortar" on the right of the picture is on a double line, which seems to indicate a column. Maybe these are mortars that are supposed to follow the infantry to set up a new fire position? It also seems that being home sick gives me too much time to read these threads and related links! regards from Holland :cool:

Is it possible to put your troops and guns in trenches during the setup phase? I can't seem to figure that out

I am new to the game and I am wondering; Are the scenario's that come with game balanced enough for PBEM? Or should I go to the scenario depot for balanced scenario's

I am new to the game and I am wondering; Are the scenario's that come with game balanced enough for PBEM? Or should I go to the scenario depot for balanced scenario's

Hi, I am new to CM and I'd like to play a PBEM vs someone. I am playing the CMAK demo against one of my buddies now, but I'd also like to play CMBB against someone. Anyone up for it? I can handle the AI (so i am no idiot), but I don't know anything about purchasing forces or something. e-mail me at mooyman@narmplaza.nl I'd prefer a double blind scenario without the purchasing of forces. cya

It would be nice if we could see some (light) damage to tanks, e.g. some gun damage, repaired by the crew in the field. Anyone knows how long repairs that were done by crews could take? (for example, replacing a track)

What about an option to view an entire battle as a movie after the battle has ended. That would be cool! Especially when the camera would automatically move to hotspots! just an idea.

It has probably been mentioned in this thread, but in my opinion CMBB lacked a unit list badly. CMAK needs a unit list during battles for easy locating and ID of your forces. this should be fairly easy to accomplish. Can someone tell me if this is being developed for CMAK?

BUY A NEW MAINBOARD AND PROCESSOR, NOT ALL THAT EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS!!!!!!!! PCI SUX, AGP HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SOME YEARS NOW U KNOW!!!!! DRIVE SAFELY.

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!! I DID NOT UNDERSTAND, THAT IF U WAIT FOR 5 MINUTES, THE RIGHT FREQUENCY COMES UP AUTOMATICALLY TO SELECT. CHEERS, GOOD HUNTING!!

I dont have that prefs. file yet in my CMBB root. And that should be right, because I never have chosen a resolution anywhere (this problem occured when I tried to start up for the first time). But it is indeed horizontal overlapping. I tried to run my friends issue of CMBO (cause I would really like to solve this and buy the game), but I am experiencing exactly the same problem. U could be right about my monitor, because it is 6 years old, but I can play the newest 3D-shooters in 800x600 resolution. hope u can help me. (OR DID i MAKE A MISTAKE AND DID I HAD TO CHOOSE A RESOLUTION DURING INSTALL, I CANT IMAGINE!)

Hi, I'm having some trouble getting the demo up and running. I am trying to fix it with some drivers etc., but I can't find the CMBB preferences file talked about in the readme file. my problem with the demo is: Menu opens about 6 times and blur over eachother, install of nvidia 30.82 helps a bit but menu still not readable! my system: AMD Athlon XP1700 256DDR gforce2-400 windowsXP pro. cheers :confused: