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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    The problem is that said Hilary Doyle, together with Thomas Jentz, is on some kind of crusade hammering the correct designations of every little piece of German equipment into everyone's brains. Why they are the only ones having access to that kind of information or why no one before ever noticed it, eludes me.

    So... since we're already talking about the "King Tiger" I from now on refer to the book "Germany's Tiger Tanks" from Jentz&Doyle if not stated otherwise. The first turret - commonly known as "Porsche turret" - was, in fact, designed by Krupp. I think it's called "Porsche turret" because the VK45.02(P) (prototype model) was designed by Porsche and had the turret specifically designed. The "Henschel turret" was designed by Krupp, too - and called that because Henschel got the contract for series production. The "Porsche turret" design was dropped becasue it a number of deficiencies - the biggest being too complicated for serial production, although 50 were manufactured and put on chassis.

    The simple way wqould just to call them "early" or "late" turret, but I'd rather call tehm "early" and "serial". There is no common or official designation since both were developed by Krupp, but Jentz and Doyle suggest "serial turret" for the later type.

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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Earl yup, as I recall we broke the Pz-IV series up into more models than we did in CMx1 with several G models accounting for upgrades as well as even some cosmetic changes. The Jpz IV is another good example with around 3 different variants of the initial production model iirc.

    The H and J models, too?

    With regards to the Hummel we are including it for close support purposes, and again it was a nice bonus that is used the same chassis as the Nashorn, which of course was a considerably higher priority :)

    Now that is something! But you know what'll happen if you get the Panther G exhausts all wrong again! ;)

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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    As far as I know, there weren't even those few Ostwind deployed at the Western Front (hence the name), but I'll seriously doubt they'll put in too rare stuuf in teh beginning.

    Another thing that IS interesting, though, is Kwazydog talking about the Hummel making it in as actual model (admitted, not to be taken to literally, probably) - but since when are we talking SP howitzers in the direct fire role again?

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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

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    Will we see every production variant of, say, the PzIV, too? I'd like to see proper early/mid/late versions of the G, H and J each! Same goes for all production modifications of the StuGIII, JagdpanzerIV/PzIV/70 plus all Panther and Tiger types! And don't tell me it's nonsense, since some of those changes make as much or as less sense as an early or late Hummel... :D

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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    I confuse it all the time myself! ;) But it's not getting any easier now that Jentz&Doyle have been trying to correct the actual designations of many German AFVs for years and those are only slowly making their way into current literature...

    Oh, I'd absolutely LOVE to have some of that fancy prototypes, especially the Panther F or the "Kugelblitz". "Maus" can be left out - even the most rookie pilot isn't able to miss that thing with a rocket or a bomb and, above anything else, it's as ugly as day is bright...

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    For the WW2 game are we going to get the Realy rare stuff like the Ferdinand ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Well... actually, the vehicle was called "Elefant" after refitting. And they only saw service in Italy with the sPzJgAbt653, but nowhere else, as far as I'm aware.

    Flakpanzers in general are a totall different problem: total numbers for all Flakpanzer types are pretty low compared to almost everything else. "Ostwind" 37 vehicles, "Wirbelwind" ~100 vehicles, "Möbelwagen" ~250 vehicles, FlakPz38 140 vehicles. Let's see how well my rarity hypothesis stands up to that numbers and the mecessity of having at least one Flakpanzer in the game...

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    T-95 to enter production in 2009 could we see it in a future cmsf game ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Well... the way I see it the stuff that's gonna be included (if there are any ideas for stuff already, that is) in CM:SF2 at the time of release is either already in the field and has been used or so "future" that it has maybe not even had a single prototype built. Even the o-so-mighty-and best-equipped-of-all US Army has just so much money to spend on developing new gadgets and AFVs. I wouldn't be surprised to see the M1 another 10-15 years around with various upgrade kits...

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    High-res Goodness of Latest Russian Equipment:

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Correct, the second one is the same flamingknives posted and the third is the one you came up with. the idea was - obviously - to increase firepower exponentially while reducing the silouhette of the vehicle. And since Germany has had such success with the StuGs they tried it again... without the saems uccess, though. Even less ammo than before, to much strain on almost every part of the behicle, even less space for the crew and so on.

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    High-res Goodness of Latest Russian Equipment:

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    @Sivodsi: I just forgot to include additional pictures to show the difference. In fact, there have been more of this so-called "double-barrel casemate tanks" than only two, all built and tested in the 70s. I'll try to show it comprehensively (although a litle bit off topic - but we can always change to another thread, I guess):

    Versuchstraeger640.jpg

    VT 1-2: effectively already the second experimental vehicle with 120mm guns instead of 105mm (VT 1-1)

    bw_kpz_leopard_3_vt_2_augustdorf-1316.jpg

    GVT?: another of 5 additional "Gefechtsversuchsträger"/combat test carriers (labeled GVT01 - 05), although it is not sure which one of these -> flamingknives post

    bw_kpz_leopard_3_gvt_004_ibag-IMGP0447.jpg

    GVT04: obviously similar in appearance to the VT 1-2, although differnece is that the VT 1-1 and 1-2 were built with a lot of components of the experimental MBT 70 and the GVT on the chassis of the Leopard 1. -> sivodsi's post

    These seem to be the only survivors that are publicly known - you never know what might pop up in a private collection somewhere...

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    High-res Goodness of Latest Russian Equipment:

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    This little baby here is called a "Gefechstversuchsträger" (roughly translates to "combat test carrier") or sometiems referred to as the "Leopard 3", a German experimental vehicle built to test new ideas for MBT design when the T-62 appeared in the Soviet arsenal since the early Leopard 1 variants were inferior at that time. As good as NO information is known about that vehicle safe from that it is still in driving condition and could have achieved speeds up to 100km/h (unlikely). Armament would have probably been two 120mm guns (shortened) with an automatic loader each, frontal armor estimated at 120mm.

    A similar vehicle is this:

    Versuchstraeger640.jpg

    Called the "VT 1-1" (105mm) or "VT 1-2 (120mm) built on the chassis of a Leopard 1 in teh early 70s which I figure would have been the case for the above Leopard 3 - although I wonder why they built two different vehicles of roughly the same type.

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    High-res Goodness of Latest Russian Equipment:

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Ah, I remember that one, yes...

    But the picture I posted actually is a new version of the 2s19 Msta-S SP howitzer - it is said the two barrels will effectively double ther RoF (or something like that) through a special mechanism that has one barrel firing while the other reloads. Would ahve to look for the article, though.

    Either way, artillery is off-map, right? Although that baby'd make for one helluva Syrian StuG... :D

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    Preview Tease

    in Combat Mission Campaigns

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    The AI will most probably be "dumb", in the sense of "not coming up with brilliant or surprising moves" - but it will do what it is coded to do. So, in the end, it'll depend on the parameters the coder gave the AI to act and/or react to a given situation and if those parameters involve some amount of, say, "error probability" like a human player might show.

    What will happen in the long run is that a regular player will adapt to the way the AI handles things, but the AI will stay as coded, which renders the term "artificial intelligence" somewhat obsolete (my friends and I, for example, rather refer to the common AI as "artificial dumbness" becasue of that) and euphemistic.

    Eventually we're down to a pure numbers game again for most campaigns - if the AI has a huge advantage in material and supply, it'll get very difficult even for seasoned players. Notwithstanding the fact that the TacAI might still as dumb as ever - which could at least ruin battles in heavily forested terrain...

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