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Normandiefront http://www.amazon.com/Normandiefront-D-Day-Saint-Lo-Through-German/dp/0752459783/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322641129&sr=1-1 Normandy seen through German eyes, 352nd Div.

Theres a nice article about IFV´s here http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.com/2009/06/challenging-ifv-concept-part-1.html

Common practice was to dismount over the side (Bordwand). This was drilled during training. Normaly the Panzergrenadiere dismounted over the side which was not exposed to the enemy, leeward. It was noticed that dismounting was a moment of great vulnerarbility and thats why dismounting over the Bordwand was standard as it was much faster for the whole Gruppe than dismounting through the backdoor. But mounting was also noticed as beeing extremely dangerous. During dismount the MG was required to suppress the enemy. But notice that Panzergrenadiere only fought dismounted when there was no other way e.g. Towns, Woods etc. Panzergrenadiere fought as long as possible mounted and as long as necessary dismounted. Thats the main difference to Allied Mechanized troops which prefered to fight dismounted.

I´ve read so many books about armored warfare but this is the first time I read that the TD doctrine worked fine. Heres a Quote from a report of General Lynch after the Tunisia campaign "The separate TD arm is not a practical concept on the battlefield. Defensive antitank weapons are essentially artillery. Offensively, the weapon to beat a tank is a better tank. Sooner or later the issue between ground forces is settled in an armored battle - tank against tank. The concept of tank destroyer gropus and brigades attempting to overcome equal numbers of hostile tanks is faulty unless the tank destroyer are actually better tanks than those of the enemy." Taken form Mr. Zalogas excellent book Armored Thunderbolt.

BTW theres a nice article of APC vs IFV here. http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.com/2009/06/challenging-ifv-concept-part-1.html The training movie I linked before doesnt show individual HT fighting but it shows nicely how a platoon should fight under ideal conditions. Of course in reality this was rarely achieved. But I think the film gives a nice picture of combined arms.

Theres a nice training movie for Panzergrenadiers here. Its from 1944 and you can see how they fight mounted and dismounted. I think I can sum up German doctrin with "Fight as long as possible mounted and fight as long as necessary dismounted." Thats still how it is doctrin today in the Bundeswehr.

Danke Rockin. Die links funktionieren.

Hi RockinHarry, when I click the link Iam redirected and when I click the links they seem to be dead.

Bei mir ist immer noch nichts angekommen.

Bei mir hier in Frankfurt iss immer noch nix angekomme. Also auf an dee Main unn inner Äpplewoikneip anner uff den Schreck weggepetzt.

Shipped 18.05. but still nothing showed up. I live in Germany.

Thx Vinnart, Ill found it. I also like to change a couple of Words. Ill post it as soon as Iam finished.

Is there any chance to make this working with german language?

Great. Cant wait to see them in action.

THx for the tip.

How about fighting in a densely wooded area were you cant make use of your support e.g. Bradleys, Abrams. A pure Infantry fight.

Great. Thanks.

Here is an actual AAR from the fight in Fallujah. I found this to be very usefull in CMSF. http://www.blackfive.net/main/2005/03/showdown_the_ba.html The same here http://ttp2.dslyecxi.com/tactics.html Its for ArmaII but extremely well made

My problem always seems to be that I cannot "see" what the key terrain is. I look at a map and think " This could be decisive, no this one. Or maybe this one? ".

Not quiet what youre looking for but nevertheless a good read and its free. http://www.cast.ru/eng/?id=386 A good book about military history of the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Here you go. http://www.panorama.sk/go/mapa.asp?lang=en&sv=3&mc=1991

Hi, this is a Czech movie from 1955. I see a lot of original material even original SS uniforms.

You can let them go prone when you select the Squad and then right click on the posture icon. Then you can choose if they should stand or prone or crouch.

Thx Knokke for these usefull tips. But my problem is not so much offensive. Iam currently playing the Centauro addon and Iam in the 5th or 6th mission. Iam to defend a small village against US forces, Infantry and tanks. My problem is that I can position my Infantry whereever I like but they got sniped by Stuart tanks from up to 800 meters away with the bow MG`s. It doesnt matter if I position them inside buildings or dugouts or in the open, if theyre standing or prone. These tankers must have laserbeams. Iam always wondering how they spot my guys, who are hidden inside buildings, from 800 meters away.

Thx JK for pointing that out. Havent been very much around here.