Fußball

I have a friend which everytime he comes over we play hotseat on CMBB. Of course I have several snow camoflague mods. With my German troops after winter of 1941-42 with snow camoflague. ( thanks again Andrewtf! ) He had a lot of trouble spotting my troops! despite how it was'nt much of a tactical difference it was still hilarious. Tschüß! Erich

It happens. Funny thing with my PSW 231 in a scenario today. I was reconoitering a along a roadway to see what The Amis were up to. Turns out the A.I. had a bunch of jeeps ( sadly the A.I. tends not to be able to use transport vehicles succesfully ) and were driving them around recklessly. A few came my way and completely drove past my oblivious Unteroffizier! He just happily sat there firing at other jeeps that were in the distance. It just goes to show you even the greatest game has its moments! Tschüß! Erich

By the way, beautiful work. Thinking about changing my splash to this one. Tschüß! Erich

Good thing I don't have those 'organ' things you are talking about. Tschüß! Erich

Who me? Could'nt be. No, really.

I'm 16. I hope that does'nt change anything. :eek: To me thats somewhat comforting not to have to put up with immature kids that 1337 5p33k. Tschüß! Erich

Are you kidding me? I routed Ivan plenty of times with the 7.5! And as long as you had a good crew and had something in your sights it was not hard to blow it up/hit it. Tschüß! Erich

Until you realize that we have HMG34s and 7.5IG waiting for you. Funny thing yesterday I was playing CMAK. Maybe its just the French having bad luck but my PzIIIAusf.G killed two Frenchmen dead on with AP shells... I think the distance was about 80m. Tschüß! Erich

Very nice! I think I may just have to download this and give it a try. Tschüß! Erich

I myself just bought CMAK about a month back. Had been playing CMBB for the longest time! I love the game. The CM series is of course my favorites. Much thanks as always to the battlefront team and modmakers! Tschüß! Erich

I love the 7.5cm IG! I've used it several times not only on the defensive but more so on the attack and in a meeting engagement. It, with a HMG as Kingfish suggested are a deadly combination. As long as you can deploy it in a nice covered position you will have no problems. Now against armor its performance is rather poor due to low amounts of HC for the gun. So against armor it can be a last ditch or an easy fix to light armored vehicles. Tschüß! Erich

Thanks very much. I cannot believe I did not check that! XD Tschüß! Erich

Hallo. I have a question for anyone who can answer. I have been playing CMAK for maybe three weeks now. I only had played CMBB before. Are there no rarity values for certain years? A glitch perhaps? I seemed to have noticed certain years had rarity values and others did not. Is there a purpose for this? Thanks to anyone who can help me with this. Tschüß! Erich

This could be looked upon as arrogance but vonKleist had a K on many of his armored vehicles under his command. From perspective as you said he was a wonderful tactician, as of course I agree. I do disagree somewhat on his view of the infantry as useless. -Guderian did not so much view the infantry as useless but more along the lines of insufficient compared to the average armored infantry and armored vehicles. -I do realize he was overly arrogant when it came to his achievements. And to be truthful his units were spearheading, along with Rommel, the forces in France. I myself could justify some form of gloating but not so much as Guderian did. -I do understand his reluctancy to detach his own units from his command. Since with his achievements he could have well thought that he was more needed for the job, blinded by his ego and achievements. -To a point his disobeying of other officers usually worked. And the troops under his command always followed him into battle, they appreciated the man greatly. -And to a degree, some negativity attributed to Guderian is no more than other general's distaste for his actions. Such as the frequent disobeying of higher command. Which almost always worked when he disobeyed orders and went under his own directive. In fact until he disobeyed Hitler's utterly power hungered orders was he finally relieved of his command... Only to be reinstated by the crazy fool when Rommel was being pushed out of Africa. ( no offense to Rommel at all, a great and heroic commander ) -And I think that by Guderian saying,"After I fired my gun they ran away." is purely metaphorical. Guderian being egotistical I think has nothing to do with this comment. More or less saying when his division is on the front line the enemy is always prone to fleeing. I understand he was egotistical but not so horrendously arrogant as he is viewed in my opinion. Guderian's story is a very controversial one and like anyone there are always at least two sides to it. Egotistical ja, but arrogant as ****, no. Tschüß! Erich

Thanks for correction on the U.S. forces. My knowledge on the U.S. army is pretty bare. Actually this is untrue. Most German scharfschützen prefered the bolt action rifle greatly. Especialy the more experienced. The top three scharfschützen commented on prefering the scoped k98 due to the higher range and accuracy. While being a wonderful sniper rifle the G43 was not most prefered. Now I may not know much on U.S. armored forces but I do know that the U.S. army did not have 1 sniper per squad as you suggested. The snipers were about 1 per company. Or roughly 1 per every 100 men. American doctrine did not look at the sniper during WWII in the way that other countries did. Despite being some of the first employers of what became the modren sniper in the Revolutionary War. America looked more upon the sniper in WWII as more of disdain. And no the Garand was never used much as a sniper rifle as some people really think. From what I have read the Springfield was prefered due to, yet again, the further accuracy and range of the Springfield. Not many Garands were outfitted with a scope during WWII since the Springfield was still the better sniper rifle. Now in CM obviously the sniper is not as effective as in real life. But this is in part to the fact that if it were the sniper could be used very unrealisticaly. Tschüß! Erich

I beg to differ and would like to know what in your opinion makes Guderian an arrogant piece of ****. Tschüß! Erich

Danke Aco. To Jason: I think you may have misunderstood me on the G43. I did not mean every squad should have one. But that it should be a random replacement for a k98 in a squad every so often. Such as in CMBB squads can often start out with a Ppsh instead of an Mp40. 400,000 was enough to at least add it in as an uncommon occurance in the later 1943 and 44 squads. And while on the bolt action rifles, most bolt actions would have a slightly larger FP value, still just one or two, over a semi-automatic rifle at extended ranges. Since of course in the semi-automatic mechanism an amount of gas was used to slide the bolt back automaticaly. Onto the SMGs... As I previously said and still with your points stated the Mp40's FPs are underrated for the SMG. Since in comparison at closer range the Mp40 would hold the better match w/500rpms to the M3's mere 400. I personally think the Mp40 should be better represented than it is. And about the Thompson, as I previously stated I think its value is very correct. Since it not only has 700rpm but has .45 calibre for knockdown. I also think that further American sqauds should receive more M3s from late 1942 and up than the rare few there are. The same thing with the PPD in CMBB. Its not like after 1941 the PPD was phased out of service. And with most other Russian small arms it was in PLENTIFUL supply! A dissapointment is how cloned the SMGs and rifles are at ranges further than 40m. I understand that past 40m there is not going to be much difference in FP for the SMGs. But with rifles its cloned for many. Depending on what you are speaking of. The U.S. produced by far many times more firearms than Germany. But in squadrons most men were armed with the M1 Garand. Officers, crewmen, etc. were more likely to have the M1 Carbine or Thompson. And of course the usual higher ranking NCO may have a SMG or carbine. I also think that instead of the BAR certain squadrons should have the A4 or A6 LMG. And was the BAR not used as more of a support weapon? And obviosly can fill the MG role if need be. Of course I am no expert on the U.S. armed forces so correct me if I am wrong. And many soldiers reported to, since in the U.S. Army there was no rule specifying the soldier must use his service rifle, would grab a Thompson had the previous man carrying it gone down, died, or so on. Of course being German and liking the Mp40 could be a bias; but I am only stating fact. It would make the game even better to have such small differences in FP for weapons showing that even down to small arms CM rises above the rest! Which of course CM is the best in strategy. Tschüß! Erich

Danke gott für cmmods.com. Great modifications by the way Mikey. I have several of your panzer modifications on CMAK. Tschüß! Erich

I'm currently reading one very very interesting book! Infantry Aces by Franz Kurowski. This book emphasizes on eight German soldiers and their heroic acts. From saving wounded kameraden behind enemy lines to storming fortified positions and and living to tell about it! A good read for anyone interested in the common soldier's experiences in WWII. Tschüß! Erich

I would love to be able to run CM in a window if ever possible. If anyone knows a program that allows you to use windows for games please send it my way! Would be great when reading a nice article on panzer experten and playing CM! Tschüß! Erich [ October 09, 2005, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: Fußball ]

Hallo alle! First time poster, long time reader. Happy to finally have registered here. I have a problem that has been annoying me ever since I looked at the small arms values of each country. The problem being, the values on the SMGs are slightly off. And by no means in this discussion am I flaming this great game series. Some SMGs have less firepower or more than they should. Maybe the designers have some, unbeknownst to myself, point in making the values the way they did but I myself wish they could be changed. Its not a big problem but its rather annoying in such a greatly realistic game. Now onto the facts and problems. In CM the Mp40 is a horrid SMG by comparison to the Sten mk.II and M3A1 "greasegun". Personally the point value, in my opinion and from what I have read, of the Thompson, PPD, and Ppsh were in the right place. The Greasegun should by no means have more firepower than the Mp40. The reasons being.... MaschinenPistole40 Calibre. 9mm Magazine Capacity. 32rounds ( 1 or 2 being left out by some soldiers due to weak magazine spring often jamming ) Rate of Fire. 500rpm Muzzle Velocity. 370mps M3A1 Greasegun calibre. .45ACP Magazine Capacity. 30rounds Rate of Fire. 400rpm Muzzle Velocity. 280mps Personal accounts from soldiers and several collectors comment on the Mp40's excellent accuracy for a SMG due to its average rate of fire. An account by G.I.s actually stated that they dropped their Thompsons for captured Mp40s due to the easier recoil control and better accuracy! The Comparison being that while the M3 has a larger more stronger round the Mp40 has both rate of fire and muzzle velocity advantage. Thus showing the Mp40 could provide more firepower and at slightly longer ranges due to the speed of the round and could lay down more firepower. The one thing the two do have in great common is their controllable rate of fire even when using full auto. Now maybe the reason the value is what it is because of the calibre, but that would still not be enough for the M3 to be overall better. The current value being: Mp40 = 36 - M3A1 = 38 I think the values should be switched or at least have the firepower at Mp40 = 38or39 - M3A1 = 36. In comparison with the Sten mk.II the Sten's firepower should stay the same, I am geussing the only reason it has extra firepower is because the extra 50rounds rate of fire. Other than that, exlcuding reliability between the two, the Mp40 and Sten are somewhat very comparable. Now onto the Beretta Modello 1938. From what I have read and information from soldiers who carried or from soldiers who captured it, the Beretta 1938 was an exceptional SMG. It was prized by both Germans, Italians and their Allied captors. Now the only drawback for making its point values so low is that the Beretta while having a variety of ammo capacities had a ten round ammo capacity in one clip variation. Perhaps this is the reasoning for making its point value so low. But from what I have seen in the default photo it seems to have a 20 or 30 round magazine. Heres the stats... Berreta Modello 1938A Calibre. 9mm Magazine Capacity. 10,20,30,or 40rounds Rate of Fire. 600rpm Muzzle Velocity. 430mps And from personal accounts of those who have shot the Berreta 1938 its said that the SMG has a decent accuracy within 100m. While the kick is controllable enough when shot in bursts. I would have at least given the Berreta 1938 a 36 point value. There are a few others weapons I would like to rant on about but other than these the values are very realistic and down to a good amount. Maybe the values are only seperated by 1 or 2 points but remember this reflects the historic accuracy and realism put into each weapon! One more curiousity I would like to discuss... Why was a G43(K43) not added to the German arsenal? Just over 400,000 were produced, enough in my opinion to randomly add one, maybe but very rarely two, in a squad replacing what would have been a soldier with a k98. I mean its the same thing as replacing the Thompson with the Greasegun randomly in 1942 and up. I would love to discuss more but I'm afraid if I added more no one would want to read it!!! I am open to any comments or constructive criticism! Tschüß! Erich