General Jack Ripper
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On 2/24/2021 at 2:54 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said:
I made a course:
Are we golfing with 60mm mortars?
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The way I see it, it's a tank if the person using it calls it a tank, or if the person building it calls it a tank, or if it's used in a battlefield role that would (or could be) be performed by a tank.
Or if it's a Monday.
Or the word, "tank," is now used as a generic term for, "any vehicle that drives around on tracks," by a buddy of mine back from three tours in Afghanistan who refers to his M113 as a tank.
It seems only on forums like this are the real nitty gritty details hashed out.
I love you guys.
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On 3/3/2021 at 12:15 PM, The_Capt said:
So this turn I will position to the Slot and push out the screen, then next turn we go for it. Wish me luck and see you on the other side.
Never mind I see you've gone off already.
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On 3/3/2021 at 6:50 AM, The_Capt said:
Right now, I am thinking about not swinging to the left and up but going straight through the town and up.
I like the way you think.
On 3/3/2021 at 10:06 AM, The_Capt said:The problem to my front would be recognizable to Grant or Lee as fundamental: how to get my mass to a better position than my opponent without getting it destroyed in the process?
There is another angle you may not have considered, which is strange because the rudiments of it were demonstrated in the opening part of this battle.
If the town is the objective, then you need to get your mass (I.E. your infantry) into the town. To do this you are confronted by one big problem, all that open space between you and it.
That being said, I have one question that might shed some light:
How many smoke rounds does a T-62 carry?
Once upon a time I was confronted by a similar but much smaller scale tactical problem, how to cross an open area that was covered by machine guns and cannon. I partially solved that problem with the creative use of smoke.
(Video time-stamped to relevant turns.)
While my idea is a mere embryo born from a single seed that began and ended it's brief lifetime before it could even learn to crawl, perhaps an entire tank Company on some rolling green hills of Germany can develop this embryo into a fully-fledged creature?
TL;DR - Blind him with smoke, then CHARGE!
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On 2/22/2021 at 10:01 AM, The_Capt said:
The_Capt's personal definition of warfare: "a collision of irreconcilable envisioned realities, as all parties negotiate with an unwritten future". War's function is three main components: communication, negotiation and sacrifice. So I ask myself: what am I communicating through my violence? What is my opponent willing to give and take? What am I willing to lose?
I'll take a stab at this:
- Absolute hatred and vitriol.
- Only enough to ensure mission success, and no more.
- EVERYONE!!
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11 hours ago, landser said:
Manual targeting, no externals, and well, the way sub sims should be played in my view.
Call me a heretic if you like, but my view is that I'm the Captain, and the aiming of the torpedoes is the job of the Weapons Officer.
It's my job to tell him WHAT and WHEN to shoot, it's his job to figure out HOW.
Greetings from the USS Narwhal.
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7 hours ago, The_Capt said:
So this was turn three and by now, I am all along that tree line, playing the role of the Sneaky Pete, while Bill continues to pollute the planet.
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
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5 hours ago, Artkin said:
Way too specialized of a vehicle to burn cash on in a fire&manuever environment.
I agree. Seems ideal for a purely defensive doctrine.
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20 hours ago, Bil Hardenberger said:
With any luck, the enemy commander will have missed the missile launch and will think the missile’s impact with the ground is a spotting round.
It's not like you to count on getting lucky.
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Chieftain did a three part series on S tank as well, really gets into the guts of the machine, and even has a drive around in one during part three.
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8 minutes ago, Bil Hardenberger said:
A Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi
Firmly ensconced onto my, "I desperately need to read this at some point in my life," list.
10 minutes ago, Bil Hardenberger said:
Kelly Johnson had a saying that went something like, "If it doesn't look right, it won't fly right."
Well, the M60 just looks right.
Here's hoping they fly right too.
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On 2/17/2021 at 11:58 AM, exsonic01 said:
Almost all YT vids of Zapad-81 are contaminated by stupid BGMs, which I really hate. I really cannot understand why people ruin the great original with absurd BGMs.
If your purpose is to inform, then your video is perfect.
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9 hours ago, The_Capt said:
Bil's Plan. So I have learned some time ago that you are not fighting vehicles and equipment, you are fighting a person (Capt's rule #1). So spend time understanding and getting inside the head of that person. With Bil it is easy because we have been sparring in CM for just about 2 decades now. So here is what I am thinking, that Bil is thinking:
One thing to note, is that while you can get into Bil's head, he can surely get into yours as well.
So, first you make your plan. Then, Bil plans around your plan, which you anticipate.
Then, you plan a plan around the plan Bil is planning around your plan, and you catch him with his pants down!Keep that in mind.
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9 hours ago, The_Capt said:
My end goal is to make Bil more dead than me, not to get heavily invested in the West German real estate market. So we are going to try something simple and blunt.
I approve, both the map, and the plan.
Good luck.
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4 hours ago, Lukevan16 said:
Seeing as this game seems to indulge our desires for desert combat, I’m hoping that we get some cool desert infantry camo for the US troepies. If it’s not in already I hope they add it.
Should be easy enough to mod.
In fact, I do seem to fondly recall a 'Chocolate Chip Desert' uniform mod for Shock Force, made by a rather notable member of the community.
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Music for the thread:
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44 minutes ago, landser said:
I have a SH4 Trigger Maru campaign going now, and just played one recently in Operation Monsun (German Boats in SH4).
I play GFO mod myself. I found the total conversions a bit intimidating after some time spent with GWX in SHIII.
Still some of the most amazing gameplay I have ever experienced, but I found a few more grey hairs after I was finished. -
Given recent events on the forums, I'd like to share this:
And also, "Hello!" because I haven't been around for a while.
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18 minutes ago, IICptMillerII said:
BRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
Oh man, stop doing this to me.
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I never get tired of war, but I do occasionally get tired of Combat Mission.
Got a campaign going in Hearts of Iron 4, playing a co-op with a buddy in Total War: Atilla, have another campaign with a buddy and my younger brother in Stellaris, I got sucked into the rather fantastical time sink of Conqueror's Blade, I play Airport Madness 3D when I need to kill fifteen minutes, I'm still in the middle of single-player games in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, Darkest Dungeon, DiRT Rally 2.0, Kerbal Space Program, Motorsport Manager, Prison Architect, Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific, Star Wars Empire at War, Take Command - 2nd Manassas, Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail, Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, and Xenonauts.
Needless to say, I start a lot of games I don't finish, then a year later I remember I have a save game waiting and I'll fire it back up again.
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On 2/12/2021 at 12:15 AM, Buho said:
I saw a six-propeller military aircraft fly over central Maryland this afternoon at 20:32 UTC. I used Flightradar24.com and I'm pretty sure what I saw was, according to Flightradar24.com, the PAAF206 Pakistan Air Force en route from Portugal to Fort Meade. The website (https://www.flightradar24.com/2021-02-11/20:37/12x/PAAF206/26cc9423) shows a path that matches exactly what I saw, banking to land at Fort Meade (a few miles from where I was.) It's listed as a Lockheed C130 (Hercules).
On 2/13/2021 at 11:39 AM, Buho said:Maybe the info on FlightRadar is wrong? Is it possible to spoof the flight tracker serial?
If you're operating an international aircraft in U.S. airspace, several things must be known:
You must file a flight plan, which includes tail number or registration number of your aircraft, route of flight, scheduled time of departure and arrival, etc.
If you are crossing international boundaries, you pass through an Air Defense Identification Zone, which requires you to open and follow an IFR flight plan which includes active navigational vector control and radar monitoring by Air Traffic Control.If your implication is such that a Top Secret modification to a Pakistani military transport aircraft is able to just fly around inside United States airspace without anyone knowing about it, or that information not being made available to civilian flight controllers who operate the controlled airspace they would have to both pass through, and identify themselves in order to transit, then I don't know what I can say and not receive a warning card for excessive obscenity and harassment.
If you like the old stuff, Atomic Café is a great channel.
I've reviewed a few of his videos and he really knows his stuff. Not to mention the comment section on each video is a goldmine of old stories and humorous anecdotes.
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33 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:
Do you mean H&E itself or just the Boat scenario?
Snatched the mod pack. Will await scenario.
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What is this emotion I'm feeling?
It's a strange mix of optimism and excitement?
There's just some thing about a giant infrared spotlight that just appeals to me on a fundamental level.Aww, geez.
My one remaining heart string has been strummed.
My one last feeling has been felt.Please just hurry up and take my money.
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7 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Either we show it expanded and have it look strange on the back or we show it collapsed and have it look strange when fired.
Funny thing is, I don't think I ever actually noticed that before, but my vote would be to leave it collapsed, because about 99% of the time you see it, it's on the guy's back.
why does the bazooka has such a f king terrible accuarcy?
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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Most of the time I use bazookas, I usually hit something at least once before he runs out of ammo.
The best use of them is from ambush, at short range, without using the Target command to force Tube Guytm to shoot when he doesn't want to.
That being said, sometimes the guy just can't hit the broadside of a building 60 meters away.
You gotta remember, it's basically a bottle rocket fired from a tube in terms of accuracy. The projectile is NOT stabilized in any way.
It has fins, but relies on nothing more than aerodynamic forces to keep it pointed in the right direction. It doesn't even spin.