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We must think similarily.. LOL Had the Panthers and Marders in Overwatch as well. Although I kept the Marders back until I really needed the support, then crept them up to bring more Fire superiority at the same time. (I have to admit I did watch the VAAR of this scenerio before and sort of new what was coming) I did lose 1 marder to one of the M10's. My infantry ended up taking the stubborn 57mm AT gun. I did have enough 105mm shells left to give the M10's a nice barrage... never saw the tank, but I figured one was destroyed when I saw flames... I guess one landed inside the tank or on the back decklid. Fun scenerio... I think I will do that one again tonight. Cheers.. oh and thanks for sharing your perspective Wiggum... pretty freaking awesome!

Yeah no kidding.. I think she was jealous of the computer...LOL Actually she has nothing to be jealous about, but I was happy to accomodate her. Although I must say during the summer months and during the week, its difficult to spend the time I want on CMBN, as she hounds me to go places with her... Its hard to say no damn it. But on the weekends we have our "Space out Time" she goes shopping while I destroy the crap out of stuff via the wonderfully mastered creation from the Battlefront team! Damn... thank god she has a good job, or this relationship could get expensive... LOL She is going shopping this weekend with friends.. Yeah!!!

I also found that zooming thru the vehicles you can see an extremly detailed interior... I was like WOW.. had to check out the Shermans for awhile. Also the all the vehicles are just a little randomly different. Even as mentioned before the soldiers can be somewhat different. I zoomed all the way in to look at the fields and noticed different floral arangements, and foilage. In the Tutorial near the crossroads there was some bocage that was almost like a tunnel.... reminded me of the reading I had done about M. Wittmann and the sort of canopy the bocage could sometimes offer the defenders.

you guys are killing me... LOL My Fiancee told me if BF gets in the way she is throwing the CPU out the window... Yesterday I went and bought her, her own computer.. LOL She said this is what she actually wanted and was tired of me taking up her freaking facebook time. LOL Needless to say though... if she gives me the wink... sorry BF... hitting the pause button just like YankeeDog..... Priorities

One of the cool things I found out in CMBN thus far is... nothing is safe! LOL In the tutorial I had to abandoned one of my Shermans near the Manor House due to AT fire and my tracks being blown apart. The crew left and sought cover in the nearby trees. The AT gun shot a couple rounds at the Crew, then turned their attention to the empty sherman... Maybe they did not know it was abandoned but proceded to engage it until it was brewed up... dang... merciless I tell you... LOL I wanted my crew to go back in the tank and use the .50 on the AT gun.. thought I could sneak them back.. Nope!

Cool.. thanks for the heads up... Im going to try the other two again.. Then spend some time and practice with the editor. Thanks for the heads up. Cheers!

I love it so far...just love it. Playing the Tutorial... I went really slow but with enough time to make it to the crossroads. The shermans when opened really do some freaking crazy damage vs infantry. Freaking HE Shells blasting, co-ax mg blazing, and the .50cal just ripping stuff up. I finished with 3 shermans still on the field of battle. one of my shermans had inflicted the Pak a vital kill shot, and then proceeded to inflict 33KIA and 5MIA. Not sure how you inflict a MIA but... dang those guys were having a field day. Loads of fun.. Im going to try the German side next time and see if I can defend vs the AI. I have to say the AI is freaking awesome right now. Flanking and cover fire... well done.

Nice.... Good Mission, very fun. I preped up the middle area... to rattle or destroy some most likely positions down the middle, then I used smoke. 1.zug up the middle like you... then 2.zug.. using them in bounding... lots of firepower right down the middle. I did a recon to the right...not a good area. used all PSW with their 20mm and HMG's in overwatch. Total Victory! Cant wait to see the results here.

Thanks "Normal Dude" Awesome map..... just brilliant. I must say the first time I played the Tutorial it was fun as hell. Thanks for making such an authentic map, very enjoyable and I can tell I have much to look forward to in the full game. I cant wait to start making my own designs using google earth, and some other WWII images. Thanks for the motivation! Now I have the weekend off..and I plan to play the Demo over and over!

To use Buddy Aid... do you simply move Alive soldiers over the wounded, or move them next to the wounded to perform buddy aid?

Damn it! Im still at work... Im freaking out... need to get home and begin the download so I can chill this entire weekend and play the demo over and over! Sounds like I knew it would be. Freaking awesome! Thanks again BF and to the Testors! Its a good thing my Audi S4 is fast!

I dont think the Demo's coming out till next week, and the full product till the first week of June, in time for another anniversary of D-Day. To me this sounds more realistic. Cheers.... dang I hope I am wrong.

Although I believe most people buying stuff from Battlefront are not Morons, and are talking about the idiots playing other wargames... that think its history, My question is. what about the new kids on the block? You know the ones that now live in the computer age and never grew up with ASL, Panzer Leader, Panzer Blitz...etc That is the generation that believe you can always add more detail... the never happy generation... LOL. Although my fiancee's son loves first person shooters etc, he has become enthralled with everything WWII, since watching me play IL-sturmovik, and the games from Battlefront. Which to me is awesome that there could possibly new MEAT... that we can educate without all the BS... from tv. Honestly though, I cant see a huge deal in making a pictoral index reference that you can access from the menu as being difficult, but then again Im not a computer engineer either. Today some kids really do not know crap about WWII, nor its weapons.. they only see and believe what they hear on TV. So when you come accross a game like Battlefront Normandy and all the others, its a real pleasure, some people though are just asking for a little more detail. I guess like anything, we will always want more, thats what makes us, and things better the next time... listening to consumers. But from reading the posts.. this edit... looks like we will have ranges etc in the UI. Again hats off to all the Beta testors and the team from Battlefront.

Well the blast radius from a 105mm which = a 4inch gun is significant. however the main thing is shrapnel radius etc. It is interesting though how just the intense concussion blast alone can do so much damage. If your talking on average of a 75-100m kill zone for Artillery.. I could imagine a 14" bombardment to be pretty lethal to Infantry. WWI was hell for infantry.

LOL yes you can... Ahh my question is, what have you been doing the past few hours? LOL Is that not off of the CMAK cover? You had to of been staring at that for a while. Anyways good observation.

LOL I even tried squinting.. and I cant see the face...

Not sure that really applied to all German Waffen SS division. Clearly the Corp Waffen SS divisions in the early days were nothing more then Regimental size and had to fight with their Heer Comrades to get equipment.. thats why Eicke (3rd SS Totenkopf) had his men steal their equipment from the Heer. I know for a fact that the 7th SS Prinz Eugen used captured French Tanks. But you could say all the divisions wether Waffen SS or Heer used captured equipment as they waited for replacements for those that were destroyed or broke down. Later on the Tip of the spear formations were equiped with the best Germany had to offer, but you could bet that if they needed a transport, krad, or more tanks to replace loses they suffered...

I had all of those... gave them away... Christ! so many little pieces to punch out. I had 2 sets of Yanks and Beyond Valor, did not have the last one of course. I wish I never gave it all away! Classic.

Adapt, improvise and overcome any obstacle to get the mission done. IN my own humble opinion. Its just not the US but any Allied group fighting overseas. Getting tired of the stereotype from countries that are not even in the fight.... which in my eyes have no right to say anything negative, as they do not contribute anything. I think this thread went way off topic and needs to be closed as reading some of these threads is begining to get the blood boiling.

LOL nothing wrong with that.. Hell how many British, Prussian, French, and Colonial Generals played with their led figures? You could say we just have more options now and really cool metal soldiers to play with....we also have the luxury of computers! Thank you Battlefront!

Will there be the "Royal Marine Commandos" as well as the other Commando units like the 1st and 4th Special Service Brigades modeled? They did take part in the landings of Sword and Gold Beach. they were I beleive at Normandy for around 2 months or more. Would be cool to have more units available, which would equal more scenerios, or the creation for more flexibilty with the editor.

I dont think that some of the Waffen SS units reputation are overblown. I do think in the begining there were alot of mistakes made due to some leadership factors, however they really became profecient on the Eastern Front, and I am only talking about the Corp Waffen SS Divisions. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th. Yes indeed they did recieve the best equipment later in the war years... I would recomend reading "Soldiers of Destruction" 3rd SS Totenkopf. Eicke may not have been the best commander, but he loved his men, and they loved him... so much they had to steal most of their heavy equipment. This book is just an example of the fighting spirit of the German soldier. I think however, most Germans fought the same way... wether if they were in the Heer, or Waffen SS. I dont think they were supermen.. but they were asked to be on line until they were bled white... time and time again. The 1st SS PzrKorps would be asked to be a Fire brigade if you will... over and over, the same with the 2nd SS PzrKorps. To any even basic historian this is pretty obvious.. but they were called upon many times to rearguard while the bulk of the Heer could exit. Many Heer Generals were happy to have their flanks protected by anyone of the Waffen SS Pz.Divisions, and by the end of 1941 the Waffen SS had the respect of many Heer Commanders.

Very true... You could say the 1st SS was always going to be well stocked as it carried AH's name. However the 2nd, 5th, 3rd and later 9th, 10th and 12th were well stocked, just like Grossdeutschland, Herman Goring, Panzer Lehr, and Brandenburger Pz Divisions had priortiy for the Heer. One problem the Germans truly had were logisitics... infighting and prioritizing. However the same could be said between the US and UK forces at Normandy.

This has to be my favorite part of Band of Brothers... or at least one of them. Urban Combat with... HOLY CRAP!!! Tanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hnly9lnywU

I dont think the Rockets were that Acurate to begin with. After all they are unguided and straffing tanks with 50 cals really is not going to stop a Tank unless it somehow penetrates the rear and opens up fuel line or something. Also were the pilots Vetran, or Regular.... or does it matter. Secondly realisticly the Germans would have staggard the column on the road if stopped and would have been near the trees for cover... )