Blazing 88's
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US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/us-patriot-missile-defense-system-ukraine/index.html
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In my QB folder: 382 .BTT maps files total (this includes user made QB maps). 139 - FR .BTT maps (one has TESTER in the file name, which I must have done one time), so 138 FR .BTT for sure.
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7 hours ago, Reclaimer said:
I'm trying to be cautious of my very pro-Ukrainian bias, but that looks super staged to me. The "executed" guys seem remarkably chill about the whole thing. Three of them and four guards and they walk that obediently to their deaths? They even hurry into position at the end. They're not being moved at gunpoint. As far as I can see, the guards are holding their weapons at the low ready right up until they fire. They're clearly not blind folded, because they line up pretty neatly without anyone guiding them into position (and you can clearly see that there are a bunch of branches on the ground). Then, immediately after the "execution" there's a cut so the drone can get close enough to see the armbands (note the poster explicitly points these armbands out as evidence that they're Ukrainians and the armbands are only really visible in that last bit). Pretty helpful of the guards to stay lined up like that while the drone got into position for the final shot. And then the guards see the drone and open fire - that's pretty convenient timing so you can cut the drone footage and the "executed" guys can get back up.
Unless new information comes out about this via some other channel, I'm going to say that this is staged. And not even staged very convincingly.
Make sure to pass that on to the "blonde".
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With the Roblox /Minecraft craze afflicting youths and even adults, I figure these graphics would be a big hit again... CM:Roblox WWII. Ha ha.
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That will be great! Thanks in advance and again!!
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AbramsX prototype, electric powered. It's a good Infographic video:
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45 minutes ago, lcm1947 said:
... I miss playing the early war years with inferior equipment and tanks, yeah weird I know
but anyway, can one still buy it?
Totally agree as my signature suggests and not weird at all. Really sad the new engine hasn't gone back in time.
From GoG.com.
CMAK:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/combat_mission_afrika_korpsCMBB:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/combat_mission_barbarossa_to_berlinEDIT:
Found this thread as well that might be of use if you get them again:Also, for my setup, from the main screen in game, I have to ctrl + alt + tab and then come back into the game, otherwise the game gets bogged down with very very slow FPS for whatever reason.
Scenario Packs in thread below and right above that post is mention of, with the GoG purchase, fog now works on newer computers.
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My goodness someone finally did it! I always hoped Robo's quick campaign generator could be recreated in some ways for the CMx2 engine. However CMFB is one title I don't have interest in. I assume this could be tweaked to work for the other CM WWII games (CMFI, CMRT, CMBN) or do you plan on moving in that direction with any of this? Modern?
Thank you in any regards!
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17 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
...He may be seem reasonable in person, but his record in public is despicable.
I would bet his neighbour would agree with you!
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If you would like your blood to boil watch this feed while the russian is speaking:
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22 minutes ago, BornGinger said:
If someone would like to read a compilation of both the German and Soviet documentations of the battle around Olkhovatka 15 - 17 September 1942, where the German 13 Army Corps was situated along the river Don, that is to be found here.
This pfd-file comes with the Bird Grove DLC for the Graviteam Tactics game Mius-Front.
If you are one of those "Combat mission fanboys" you obviously have the policy to never touch anything connected to Mius-Front.
That's ok with me.
I will point out that Graviteam stuff sucks imo. Would that be considered being a CM fanboy?
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Just now, Bulletpoint said:
So you are insinuating that I am a crying woman because I think this is tasteless?
Good grief no.... Sorry?
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1 hour ago, Bulletpoint said:
I have to admit I wish the people adding tasteless music to these clips would get drafted and sent to play a role in their own MTV videos.
Image link:
lol.... and that would be a no!I can't figure why images won't work properly. Even tried reducing the size to the 1.48 kB limit. I had been meaning to post that a long time ago.
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From airfield attack apparently....
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57 minutes ago, Billy Ringo said:
Those that significantly change their support for Ukraine over Ukraine's reaction to this single situation were just waiting for an excuse to do so. From my perspective, Ukraine has been pretty forthcoming and transparent in their comments and approach throughout this war. And if Russian bloggers/press try to hammer Ukraine for this single instance they should look in the f'ing mirror as Russia lies and deflects about everything---even when it's blatantly obvious they are lying.
Bingo Ringo!
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In February, Russians attempted to cut off Ukrainian forces at Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast but were stopped by Ukrainian tankmen. One of them, Vasyl, who has been fighting since 2015, tells his story.
Link: Veteran of the Tank Battle for Volnovakha describes how it was
Sorry if posted previously, didn't see it though.
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Sorry if posted already but man this is good....
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Some good pictures in this slide show (62 images):
Latest images from the war-torn region."CONSERVATIVE SITE, ENTER AT YOUR OWN PERIL"
Russia-Ukraine War: Week 35For the experts, as I have seen this on other mortar shells as well... Image 36, what is the wrapping for on the shell by the spinner and does it come off before being sent down the tube??
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13 hours ago, Gary R Lukas said:
What I've really been on the hunt for is a book with detailed maps of the Southern area where the 48th Panzer Korps and the SS Panzer Korps operated, well the III Panzer Korps also with Korps Raus. The southern part of the battle was more fluid than the northern part was
I am thinking this big bastage would have something you would find of interest. I have always wanted to get this book. Someday.
Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka , by Christopher A. Lawrence.
https://www.amazon.com/Kursk-Battle-Prokhorovka-Christopher-Lawrence/dp/0971385254/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BXNH5MJ63GGVM2APA9WC -
On 12/21/2020 at 1:10 PM, Double Deuce said:
Many, many years ago I ran multiplayer games like this using Steel Panthers (both the WWII and Modern versions). I never tried using CM but I'm sure it'll be pretty involved and time intensive. The one advantage I found with using Steel Panthers was the random map generator which saved lots of time. It'll be interesting to see how this project turns out.
SP is still imo one of the best games ever made. The updated graphics with the versions WinSPWW2 and WinSPMBT make it very playable again... SP has so many features that I wish for in CM. It being 2D top down view however, I hop back and forth between the two (CM and SP) for my fixes. SP is also a great source for scenario conversions to CM, maps not so much. However.....
I do think the SP map generator could be used to generate rough templates to use as overlays in the CM map editor to assist with campaign map making. Of course all the details the CM map editor provides would make the map look much better in the end as a straight SP map converted to CM does not look great hence why I mention to use them as "rough templates".
I do know that the SP map generator creates better looking 2D, top down, random generated maps (that make sense) compared to the maps that CMx1 3D randomly generated that is for sure. Remember those? lol.
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I'll host these links for a few days. Get them while they are HOT!! And a big thanks to the creators of both of these campaigns!
Thunder Over Ponyri:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0at3bcstky8yasx/Thunder Over Ponyri.zip?dl=0Zitadelle:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hoo2hfyvb6yvk72/Zitadelle.zip?dl=0Kursk mod pack is included with the Zitadelle zip, parts of which can be used in both campaigns.
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Sounds great!
Just have to check but I assume you already have the two campaigns created for those battles? One campaign is called 'Zitadelle' the other 'Thunder Over Ponyri'.
If you don't have them I can send a link your way if you would like them? You wouldn't want to miss these!!
You can also use the campaign to scenario app that is available to convert the campaigns to single scenarios.
Euroscape mod
in CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods
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Hey Centurian52! I deleted the link after a few weeks. Let me dig up the mod files again (on my storage device now I do believe) and I'll re-post the link for a few more weeks. Should be up later today or by tomorrow.