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I don’t think I ever characterized it as a demand. I was responding to the concept of BF chasing flashpoints. As none of their modern games is meant to reflect any real life conflict it seems a flawed concept. I guess grounding folks in how BF views development of a game concept and backstory is just not acceptable when folks start dreaming . The Fulda Gap comment was a tongue in cheek example. BF has pretty solidly stated they won’t ever do it, yet it doesn’t stop me from wishing for it.

Some yes, but the performance of the German army in the opening days was certainly questionable. The Twin Villages, Marnach, St Vith all examples of stubborn American units heavily outnumbered and holding their own long enough to completely disrupt the German timetable. To say the above NEVER happened leaves one to ask then what did because the offensive certainly did not go as planned. The above quote is from the 395th IR in front of Monschau in Cole's book Chapter 5 page 88 defending against the 326th VG division. I have no reason to doubt the report. The US units held the ground and would be able to verify the German losses. German accounts may be detailed, that does not necessarily mean they are accurate.

He can do all the prep work then swap in the replacement units when the module comes out making the release date of the scenario within days of the module

Gee look who floated to the top. Not exactly a surprise. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iraqi-cleric-sadr-wins-vote-recount-electoral-commission/ar-BBLJ3j8?ocid=spartanntp

It means Steve needs to stop answering questions and finish the website Now you know why we'd rather he not spend time on the forum.

Actually no, but a long story there. Some other time.

pfft crane shmane - there is so much potential for Sadr. The map has to be correct to scale though, not like in the long walk home.

I'm working on Sadr city, but it will be a while, it is freakin huge.

Steve you just got the man shaft. You are just supposed to take it. Skewered is not exactly the right word.

True story I used to sing that real loud outside a window that had guys inside meeting with the parole board. Yeah I was an ass.

To Save Bastogne is a good read on the southern portion of the Bulge for the units of the 28th ID. While they did get overrun, they fought hard and German tactical capability certainly showed issues here as well. If the Allies had read the attack better things might have gone differently, but considering how long it took to form a full assessment and how long these units were essentially left to themselves, they cost the German army critical time. You can repeat that with the stand at St Vith which has it's own highly regarded study of armor on the defense. It used to be available free but is only $1.99 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Vith-Belgium-17-23-December-ebook/dp/B0176RGR1A/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533854823&sr=1-2&keywords=armor+in+the+defense&dpID=51mtZGz8T1L&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Modern in the way every gaming company lists modern titles. You are free to apply your definition.

It may help to keep in mind the artillery preponderance the US had available particularly in the North and the western overall better use of their artillery. Add to that the deficiencies in rapidly formed ill trained units and you have a full recipe for failure. Even the green units the US deployed (99th ID for example) were still pretty well trained. Having some veterans distributed throughout a unit doesn't make up for poor unit cohesion and training experience. As to the earlier statement about German artillery keeping up with the advance, I think that one is well documented. The road network simply just wasn't capable of supporting what the Germans were trying to do especially considering their opponent was far more mobile and could move units around the periphery of the battle. The German advantage in mobility was long since gone rendering them into the role of the western armies the last time they tried an attack in the Ardennes. On the other hand there are instances where the Germans did fight very well defensively including local counterattacks. Large scale not so much. This book is a good account of the 272nd VG division that fought very well in the Huertgen. https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Beyond-Their-Grasp-Volks-Grenadier/dp/0977756327/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533844202&sr=1-2&keywords=victory+was+beyond+their+grasp

That BF is very good at coming up with possible locations of flashpoints ignores the fact that they aren’t actually trying to predict or replicate them. The back story for Syria is completely fictional and as they have said repeatedly is not meant at all to represent the current battles. If they wanted that they could just as easily have made it into an Iraq war game. As to CMBS it is again fictional, but in the meantime Russia actually did invade Ukraine. It is however still a fictional game. Suggesting they design the game around potential actual flashpoints ignores that has never been their design modus operandi. it does beg the question as to what any other modern title might be based on. The safe option would be . . . wait for it . . . . . Fulda Gap!

Yeah CM just doesn’t really do that well. It is one of the pet peeves for urban engagements.

This morning I watched a possibly rabid possum in front of the house. It was stumbling in circles clearly having motor function issues. I thought "gee that looks faintly familiar" then stumbled in circles trying to go back into the house. (screaming at the possum to get off my lawn!) Congratulations on retirement, am getting close, but that is only making me more short tempered and irritable that I am close but not yet there. meanwhile our bathroom is being renovated so yeah that shower thing is a bit of an issue. I do not however skip meals! Food is just too good a thing.

They are. multiple kinds etc. They are a potential tactical nightmare if used well, but are not 100% reliable. It is not based on blast command, in fact there are multiple ways to activate and use. You can set it to go off on the approach of any enemy or target a specific enemy. VBIEDs will generally just go off when in proximity to any enemy if there are still in a good state and not freakin out over a hail of lead.

whew, yeah this is worthy of a thread in itself. I'd actually have to mess around to get all those details. I know generally how they work, but there are a lot of specifics there regarding triggerman, costs etc that would need some time and effort. definitely worth documenting though. Regarding ECM no there is no feedback and there are few vehicles with that capability. (however if you select it you do get information as to whether it is malfunctioning - whether that is due to ECM or simple failure I don't think you know - but again there are few vehicles that even have ECM in game which I am sure will be a topic thread of it's own) No IED can be "disarmed" however you can destroy a VBIED and triggermen. The triggerman in a VBIED is not the driver so yes, but typically there isn't much need of distinction. If the driver is getting shot, more than likely so is the triggerman and they likely aren't close enough to target. When it works thought the effect is about what one would expect. Generally the triggerman should go into the vehicle, reason for this is fairly obvious, you want the triggerman to see what the driver sees. It doesn't help if your triggerman can't see that the vehicle is passing a target if it doesn't have LOS. Also I expect reliability is going to be an issue, the triggerman has a distance factor from which they can detonate. I have never tried detonating a VBIED remotely so am not sure it will even work, but if so I expect the reliability factor would make it not very desirable..

Fearsome tank commanders!!! Imagine them exiting that damaged tank with a pistol!

would you stop knowing an entire squad of heavily armed Marines was back there and knew which way you went? Red Bull gives you wings! Jihad footwear incorporated. Designed to allow fighters to out run the crusader dogs! Wonder if they need disclaimer info in the commercial to prevent Sharia court lawsuits?

Like this? This is the last shot in the CMSF Marines screenshot gallery. Check out the look on the MG guy. I just love this pic. The uncon by the way escaped. The shooter missed. I think this is a Jihad commercial for Converse. The shot itself is from the @George MC scenario Circle the Wagons. And it is in movie mode @Bil Hardenberger no mods

yeah that is one hell of a link

I don't think they have been, but they may have different answers. Vehicle packs require BF, battlepacks not necessarily other than some designer has to come to agreement to do it. If they do, it isn't necessarily something I think BF plans per se. So the answer to a battlepack - no, yes, maybe.... Vehicle packs I doubt simply because as noted they have so much else on their plate and the plan WAS to get CMSF up to CM 4.0 period (with a lot less effort). Then again considering the bone Steve tossed in another thread about how well the original went in terms of sales, one never knows. I would bet a CM nationality pack of Russia and France would sell really well.

Last time someone said that to me it cost me 7 1/2 months, run @L0ckAndL0ad!!!

why? It is funny. Not like you are making us watch the link before I get to something else that I had wanted to see. If I was forced to watch an ad for American Idol before then yeah you'd need to apologize!