Dan Dare

In anticipation of Fire and Rubble and the battle for Eastern Prussia here's a link to an article about the fierce fighting in the autumn of 1944.
Food for scenario and campaign makers!
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/12/15/goldap-operation-soviets-in-the-prussian-heartland/

Interesting source Aragorn 👍 Ideal conditions for a campaign ! Huge variety of forces, including everything except SS-formations. I am working on two F&R campaigns at the moment, what means a ton of work, but in my head the idea is slowly growing, to generate a whole CM F&R Campaign/Battle Pack...and East Prussia had definitely to take place in such a project 👍

so...finally comrade Stalin could summon Zhukov and Konev...Hurrah!!!!!!!

https://www.academia.edu/35771728/Prokhorovka_12_July_1943_The_Myth_Is_Dead_Long_Live_The_Myth_September_2017_?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper
 
@Vacilllator, you could only read this after finishing your book...never before...

Just to clarfy, Athens was quite antidemocratic, Spartans were a bunch of bastards, Rome was the evil empire (sorry but the 666 is a cavalistic reference to Neron) and Darth Vader, even if he has cookies, space destroyers and tie fighters, is a criminal under any standar you might apply (maybe not long time ago and on a galaxy far, far away...but luckily i'm judgin it from here and now)...nevertheless I've got a problem evaluating Napoleon...I guess I should ask a british...vae victis.
 
Dear Mr @Battlefront.com, I assure you I do not usually waste my time on things like this...but this is all your fault... you see, I was almost posting about  the history of my family on both sides of the SCW to counter the "you more" nonsense and "bad guys" illiteraty...incredible, reading the chat when I do have on my desk the 2nd vol. of "the Oder front 1945" and "the Berlin Operation 1945"...I guess I'm completly lost...save me please...you are the only one that can do it...
RELEASE IT NOW... PLEASEEEEEE

Just to clarfy, Athens was quite antidemocratic, Spartans were a bunch of bastards, Rome was the evil empire (sorry but the 666 is a cavalistic reference to Neron) and Darth Vader, even if he has cookies, space destroyers and tie fighters, is a criminal under any standar you might apply (maybe not long time ago and on a galaxy far, far away...but luckily i'm judgin it from here and now)...nevertheless I've got a problem evaluating Napoleon...I guess I should ask a british...vae victis.
 
Dear Mr @Battlefront.com, I assure you I do not usually waste my time on things like this...but this is all your fault... you see, I was almost posting about  the history of my family on both sides of the SCW to counter the "you more" nonsense and "bad guys" illiteraty...incredible, reading the chat when I do have on my desk the 2nd vol. of "the Oder front 1945" and "the Berlin Operation 1945"...I guess I'm completly lost...save me please...you are the only one that can do it...
RELEASE IT NOW... PLEASEEEEEE

Just to clarfy, Athens was quite antidemocratic, Spartans were a bunch of bastards, Rome was the evil empire (sorry but the 666 is a cavalistic reference to Neron) and Darth Vader, even if he has cookies, space destroyers and tie fighters, is a criminal under any standar you might apply (maybe not long time ago and on a galaxy far, far away...but luckily i'm judgin it from here and now)...nevertheless I've got a problem evaluating Napoleon...I guess I should ask a british...vae victis.
 
Dear Mr @Battlefront.com, I assure you I do not usually waste my time on things like this...but this is all your fault... you see, I was almost posting about  the history of my family on both sides of the SCW to counter the "you more" nonsense and "bad guys" illiteraty...incredible, reading the chat when I do have on my desk the 2nd vol. of "the Oder front 1945" and "the Berlin Operation 1945"...I guess I'm completly lost...save me please...you are the only one that can do it...
RELEASE IT NOW... PLEASEEEEEE

Since you insist on continuing this  off topic discussion.
I don't think fighting Nazis offers the Soviet military a clean slate for their acts of aggression and crimes against not only their own people but their neighbours. 
Neither do I equate the Allies whose acts were committed against targets with the intention of ending the war and freeing the people or Europe with that of the  Soviet Union who deliberately targeted the peoples of Poland and the Baltics  with acts of mass murderer to terrify them into submission. All the while allied with the Nazis. It's frankly absurd to try equate the two.
Sorry your  "we're great because we fought Nazis, after being content to first align with them, and because our crimes against humanity didn't quite match theirs " argument doesn't fly with me. 
You are of course entitled to your opinion.
 
 

In order for you to have glove textures the BMP affecting the face it is [SNOW] tagged and could be different...Could be all of this or maybe we will have a [VODKA] tag...but who cares...RELEASE IT NOW!!!!!!!!

In order for you to have glove textures the BMP affecting the face it is [SNOW] tagged and could be different...Could be all of this or maybe we will have a [VODKA] tag...but who cares...RELEASE IT NOW!!!!!!!!

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CM Red Thunder 2021-04-06 15-39-14-32.bmp

yes...even gebirgsjägers with sidecaps...It is quite rare, but possible...
If the delay brings them the M43 cap It will worth the waiting...but I'm afraid will not be the case...

there are a lot of things...but really...what i want is that the concept of OPERATION of the old CM came back, or at least carry the damage and some wrecks to replay the scenario simulating a breakthrough/defensive battle on a campaing...
I really want to get rid of the feeling of "thats all, you loose, move to attack in another place, even if you have just commit your recon element and got all your forces ready for a breakthrougth and you got the enemy almost broken" when attacking or "great you win, lets defend another position, cause, you know, the enemy will never attack again here, even if you had barely hold the line" when defending....and when it comes to  last year of ww2, it makes me crazy... 
 

Wish 1:  Some form of CM:BO-style shockwave visualization. When in doubt, make it optional!
Wish 2:  Persistent map damage
Wish 3:  Fulda Gap ... Oh, wait! Already preordered!
Best regards,
Thomm

29. Damage to map exportable as above for external campaigns.
30. Halftrack (and other appropriate vehicle) passengers firing and disembarking over the sides when vehicle opened up.
31. Strela launchable by operator inside/on top of BMP!
32. Crew reloads external weapons only when it is safe enough to do so, or pauses when under fire.
33. Tracer effects only for appropriate weapons.
34. Indirect fire with HMGs.
35. Fire.
36. Spotting: slower movement less likely to be seen when in view.
37.  Vehicles able to conduct short stop and fire, when on the move and depending on doctrine.
38. Shoot and scoot re-implemented.
39. Finally fix weapon deployment and infantry over-exposure when firing from ridgeline.
40. While focusing on the engine, one of the main concerns should be terrain, building rotation and grid size making it possible to represent real terrain more effectively.  This would encourage map-making, without the frustration /discouragement of having to adapt terrain so much to the engine limitations.  For example, halving the grid size and doubling the number of cardinal directions a building can face, would bring us forward into the realm of 90s tech :P

1. Co-op support (each player commands a section of the force, a squad being the minimum size).
2. Support for larger maps.
3. Support for formations.
4. Artillery more lethal, destructive against infantry, vehicles, buildings.
5. Artillery able to target areas out of direct LOS with appropriate penalties.
6. Map with contour lines.
7. Slow movement should not be as tiring.
8. AI should exhaust themselves less often.
9. LMG/MMG/HMG effectiveness reappraisal. 
10. Sniper effectiveness reappraisal.
11. Resupply system for off-map artillery and on-map units, or easier ways for mission makers to accomplish this.
12. Reappraisal of LWS implementation in Black Sea.
13. Indirect fire with grenade launchers.
14. AI better at attacking and defending in quick battles.
15. Smaller grid sizes for map creation, more building and road orientation options.
16. Personnel less vulnerable/exposed when turned out in vehicles.
17. Spotting individual units should be harder, AI should target areas with suspected enemy.
18. Data export for external campaign support.
19. More modding support.
20. More smoke available, including reloads.
21. Developer focus switches to improving and unifying game engine, with more support for modding allowing more content to come from third parties.  Business model of "niche market means finding ways of getting current users to pay more often/pay for patches" should be re-appraised.  Base should be expanded through Steam, payment for content only, turn more users into content creators via modding support.  Developers should not focus so much on content with a small team.
22. Allow easier targeting of buildings that are only partially visible.
23. Some MLRS sytems where appropriate (ie those which form part of brigade artillery group supporting a battalion)
24. Artilery supports more than 700m line.
25. Spotter adjust fire on one artillery unit where they have others firing for effect.
26. Better fortifications/fortifications system, including slit trenches, overhead cover, vehicle trenches etc.
27. Recon vehicles and other appropriate vehicles able to reliably spot while turret-down.
28. Updated artillery system in general, including more options for timing, delaying, etc. with artillery moving between fires and counter battery fires modeled or abstracted if possible (or left to external campaign).

accidentally I did a check today, due to some problem in my back up PC, so I do have downloaded all the games I own (including the big Upgrade pack, some 45Gigas) from the BF site, weir was that at the begining it started telling that it would last 2 days even for the smaller CMFI and then in less than 5 hours everything was in....

accidentally I did a check today, due to some problem in my back up PC, so I do have downloaded all the games I own (including the big Upgrade pack, some 45Gigas) from the BF site, weir was that at the begining it started telling that it would last 2 days even for the smaller CMFI and then in less than 5 hours everything was in....

where is my Fire and Rubble you BF sold me?????
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

Nah, that waiting its against Geneva Convention for sure...but I had thought of a great revenge...even if they release it today I will wait a month before installing it just to make them suffer as I am now...

where is my Fire and Rubble you BF sold me?????
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

where is my Fire and Rubble you BF sold me?????
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

1. CMRT
2. CMRT
3. CMRT
4. CMRT
5. CMRT
6. CMRT
7. CMRT
8. CMRT
9. CMFB
10. CMTHEWHOLERESTOFBFTITLES, except CMA...