Kruztee

Hey Loeffe You don't know how good it makes me feel to know that I'm not the only one who's ever done that =)

Thanks to all who took the time to reply. There were some very useful suggestions in here for me to try. Particularly I have learnt to mainly concentrate on hiding flamethrower squads for use on defensive ambushes against stray armour and recon units, and am appreciating the value I'm getting out of them =) Especially at night or in bad weather. It would have never have occured to me to use them to burn terrain and thereby deny enemy squads channels of attack. Very clever indeed!

Thanks...My apologies, I should have checked there first. Just read the "Ft vs Armour" thread. I would probably not have assumed that FT attacks would be so deadly to armour...kewl =) Still getting them into position is really where my problem is - but it seems theres no easy way, kind of as I expected.

I'm currently playing CMAK but have spent a while on CMBO as well. I have a *LOT* of trouble utilizing my flamethrowers. Does anyone have any tips for a noob? (to the CM series and to wargaming in general.) Generally speaking they are cut down way before they can get within range of any potential targets. So far I have tried loading then onto transports and dropping them off nearer targets - but they end up getting gunned down before they can fire off a blast. Also have tried sneaking thru cover whilst using suppression fire from supporting units to get within range, but it seems as soon as they pop up to attack they are killed before they can do any damage at all. I must say that it is slightly easier to use them in CMBO but I have had nothing but abject failure with them in CMAK. As a footnote I play mainly random quick battles against the AI (thats a cool feature!) and manage to win most at even strength.