rocketman
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48 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
Playing one of the "In the Shadow of the hill" battles yesterday. I had an Engineer Team take out a Tiger. They began the turn with 2 Satchel charges and 6 Grenades, and ended the turn with exactly the same amount. So they must also have had some kind of Grenade bundles that do not show up in their ammo count. It was great fun watching them lob them over the hedge followed by flames coming out the bloated kitty.
I think all grenades and demo charges used during the turn is deducted at the start of the turn. So no invisible grenade bundles I think.
I bet it was satisfying taking out the Tiger. Was it a planned assault or did they act on their own accord?
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In the reference notes to the JTS France 40 game (usually very well researched) they mention two volumes of "Fall Gelb" from Doug Dildy (Osprey). Seems interesting but why two volumes with less than a hundred pages and each about 13 Euro. Got very good reviews though.
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Helping a fallen soldier
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2 hours ago, kevinkin said:
Another one to think about is:
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Point-Stackpole-Military-History-ebook/dp/B00Q5GYPBI
I have the original hard cover from back in 1990. It covers the tactics used during the breakthrough at Sedan. However, the entire campaign in France is covered in summary fashion. This is a work of pure military history by a former US army officer. "An engaging narrative of the small-unit actions near Sedan during the 1940 campaign for France."
Thanks, could be a good e-book alternative.
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Thanks for the update Steve - and you're right, a third Swift album would have broken the seventh seal.
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19 hours ago, Erwin said:
In terms of useful maps perhaps consider some cardboard wargames on the subject.
Eg:
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5642153/game-france-1940-german-blitzkrieg-west
https://www.wargamer.com/reviews/france-40-gold/
Also:
http://cartesmich.free.fr/ww2_a.php
Thanks Erwin for the maps. Maps in themselves are not a problem to get hold of, but when I read a book I want specific maps that illustrate what I'm reading about at the moment. Much more easy to follow the proceedings that way. Far too many history books are lacking in this regard.
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23 hours ago, SimpleSimon said:
Amazon.com: Case Red: The Collapse of France eBook: Forczyk, Robert: Kindle Store
Although it's a bit short on maps, it has many detailed narratives straight out of AARs.
Thanks, had a look at the Amazon link. I should have mentioned that I'm interested in the invasion of the low countries as well. The table of contents indicated only France. Will keep it in mind though.
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I'm on the lookout for a great book about the invasion of France in WWII. I'm getting the JTS France '40 game on sale and want to read something good on the topic - preferably with detailed maps.
Do any of you fine gents have recommendations?
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On 12/24/2020 at 10:53 PM, rocketman said:
The French Resistance helped the Allies a lot in preparation for D-day. In fact, I have the Neptune Monograph reprint that contains all the info prepared for the Supreme Command. I'll check and see what it says about bocage. But then, theory is one thing, being there in fighting in it is something completely different.
I checked the "Neptune monograph - prepared by commander task force 122 on 21 april 1944" which was the last major detailed briefing before D-day. There is a section called "Terrain and Coast" and bocage is mentioned in pretty sweeping formulations like "in 'bocage' country" and so on. There is no detailed description of the characteristics of bocage and how it could affect operations. There are two photographs, one view over fields and one from close by. But neither of them come across as being something different than a regular tall hedge. So from this it seems like the Allies was ill-prepared. Add to that the German advanced tactics for fighting in bocage which, of course, made things even harder than imaginable.
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27 minutes ago, General Jack Ripper said:
I always wanted to make a scenario based on that.
There was one for CMAK IIRC.
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18 hours ago, Sulman said:
It would have been difficult as I expect they had little local knowledge, just maps (which through modern history prove inadequate in foreign theaters) and aerial photography. Little of this tells you about the actual lay of the land.
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The French Resistance helped the Allies a lot in preparation for D-day. In fact, I have the Neptune Monograph reprint that contains all the info prepared for the Supreme Command. I'll check and see what it says about bocage. But then, theory is one thing, being there in fighting in it is something completely different.
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4 hours ago, George MC said:
Thank you! It’s one of my personal favourites
Mental note to myself - play it! If it is one of your favourites it must be good.
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See my post above. Stated by BFC as not a bug cuz shaders are deemed by them to look worse on in certain weather conditions and therefore off. This might vary between computers perhaps.
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Thanks for making the test. I had intended to do the same as this mirrors my experience. Airbursts in the modern games, but also close arty hits in the WWII games rarely cause much system damage.
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On 12/11/2020 at 2:50 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said:
So.....I'm one of those lucky people who immediately pre-ordered Cyberpunk 2077 and now I have finally played around with it.
On this basis I can only say, "Battlefront.....I don't care how long it takes, please don't release it until it's finished and thoroughly tested, by actual gamers, doing gamer stuff."
Sorry, man...PC or console? The way they released it on last-gen consoles under false pretences is close to fraud.
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9 hours ago, RepsolCBR said:
I recieved my copy of Bloody Streets today
I have obviosly not read it yet...simply had a quick look at it...
The book comes with high quality paper, A4-size (standard printersize). A decent number of pictures...not exesive though.
Close to 500 pages...
As for the map-book...most maps are fairly high altitude areal photos. Some other maps are included also but the vast majority of them cover a fairly large area...
Will it be useful for scenario design ?
Maybe...to some degree i guess. The pictures will give you a good picture of the larger area but perhaps not so much when it comes to being able to plot down the individual buildings and other terrain features with the highest level of accuracy.
I will dive into the book comes weekend
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Double post.
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9 hours ago, RepsolCBR said:
I recieved my copy of Bloody Streets today
I have obviosly not read it yet...simply had a quick look at it...
The book comes with high quality paper, A4-size (standard printersize). A decent number of pictures...not exesive though.
Close to 500 pages...
As for the map-book...most maps are fairly high altitude areal photos. Some other maps are included also but the vast majority of them cover a fairly large area...
Will it be useful for scenario design ?
Maybe...to some degree i guess. The pictures will give you a good picture of the larger area but perhaps not so much when it comes to being able to plot down the individual buildings and other terrain features with the highest level of accuracy.
I will dive into the book comes weekend
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Maybe it will work well with the Berlin master maps included in the module.
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Good if that building is an identical model shared with the one in FI. Note that it only concerns one side of the building. Will there be a round of patches when F&R is released?
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I tend to think that the walls should have more rough surfaces and look more broken down. Maybe it's hard to achieve, but it's a bit too smooth looking for me.
Like this:
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A screenshot would help to find a solution. Maybe someone with a similar widescreen canchime in.
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4 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:
Yes.
But there's a door (& windows) on the problem side and there doesn't appear to be anything on the OK side.....To me that looks like a clue.
If I were guessing, there's probably some sort of (IMHO dubious in this instance) abstaction going on related to that door (&/or windows).
There are windows and the door in an identical pattern on the other side, but this appearance is the result of another visual bug that I have reported:
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No damage, this is straight from the editor.
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Images says it all. One side of the large church building is bugged so you can see through the solid walls and units outside can see through the wall as well and both can shoot through it like it has windows. The other side works as intended and blocks LOS.
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Please enlighten me - I have a new custom built rig arriving in March and have tried to max it for CM as well as other stuff and it has two sticks of 16GB - in which way would it make a difference to just having one stick of 32GB (if possible)?