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CM doesn't try to represent the peculiarities of siege warfare or occupation duties. But, then again, the coming CMRT module is supposed to bring the title up to VE day. Which implies brutal Berlin fighting. In Berlin the combat losses mirrored the carnage of us CM virtual generals. If a whole company manages to get decimated within 10 minutes 'welcome to Berlin'.

Man, you're just cold. That poor guy obviously got hit with a case of the shakes. It happens.

I just grabbed the file. Thanks for putting it up there...  It will be presented to the powers-that-be, behind the walls of Mordor.

The original plates for the Presidio Press 'Pershing' book were lost in a fire. The second edition (which I have) was a heroic undertaking by Feist to reproduce the original down to the smallest detail. They did a commendable job

Yes, it did help. Thanks.

I have the 1996 2nd edition. It is the same as the original with the glossy pages and the white cover. It is published by Feist Publications. The newer ones are the Echo Point reprints. I have the Echo point reprint of Firepower. From what I can tell the originals are better quality especially the photos. They're also quite a bit more expensive and hard to find. I would say if money isn't an issue, look to get a good used copy of the Feist 2nd edition. Hope this helps.

Exactly. And that is why I don't use it. 

In nearly 18 years of CM, I've never had quite this situation develop, but it was funny.
After heroically destroying 3 Su-76M's with the Schreck and grenades, this landser and his partner shot it out with some Soviet crewmen.  His partner went down, but they got all the crew.
When the schreck tried to displace, he bumped into a Soviet ATR gunner.
Fritz was quick on the draw and fired twice, but missed.  He tried to hook it around the corner of the building, but the ATR gunner put a big slug in him.

Just play in the dark, and hum Nat Cole's "Let there be love" as you slaughter the foe. 

Although you can toggle as described by Holman. The guys on the ground in the winter of '44/45 couldn't do it, so I don't either. Perhaps I'm a glutton for punishment.

To be fair to the AI. I had units on three of its sides but it did show it's "6" to the most dangerous enemy.  I think it was trying to get away but it should of backed out.
 

Did you even read what @MikeyD wrote? His whole point was that, even if you assume NATO could be overrun in the first 60 hours of combat due to all of the factors you just listed, there is no strategic point. First off, as I have said before, I very much doubt the Russians could even conduct such a complicated maneuver. Second, and more importantly, is that they simply could not hold all of the ground they would take in such a scenario. 
Yes, it would take a while for the bulk of NATO forces to be brought to bear against them, but this is nothing new. This has been accepted in the US ever since we started fighting wars not on the North American continent. This isn't some glaring, overlooked weakness. It's well known and accounted for. For crying out loud, the US military has an entire Corps, the 18th Airborne Corps, dedicated to this. Their purpose is to be rapidly deployed anywhere in the world within 24-48 hours with enough men and equipment to "hold the line" long enough for the bigger heavier support to arrive. 
Unless infrastructure is physically destroyed, it can still be used. No amount of "hacking" is going to change that, unless of course said "hacking" causes highways to explode and gasoline to no longer be combustible, and food to no longer provide sustenance. 
This isn't true, no matter how much the History/Military/Discovery Channel tells you it is. As I said before, basic land navigation qualification is still done with a map, compass and pace counts. Basic marksmanship still requires a soldier to hit a target with his rifle, unaided by machines. Everyone is still trained to operate in a WWII-like environment, where none of the new shiny toys work. Because guess what? Even under optimal conditions, those shiny toys tend to break. Yes, there is more technology now, that is more capable, thus allowing us to do more things. But no one falls to pieces when the tech stops working. This is pure fantasy. 

Hopefully one day a new vid will pop up on the forums from Chris. I still have his twitch page bookmarked just in case.

I'm waiting for the guy to say "Oh S&#$ my wife's gonna kill me for firing this in the living room!"

I'm waiting for the guy to say "Oh S&#$ my wife's gonna kill me for firing this in the living room!"

A CMFB meeting engagement between Big Joe of the FGM and myself.
 
Part One;
 
Part Two;
 

That's Oddball's bridge! "It's a mother beautiful bridge and its gonna be there"!

Nice! That's some serious street fighting!

Nah...This is Engine 4, and no need for Big HE to realistically reduce buildings and occupants...Just need to use Small Arms or have small HE rounds fall anywhere on the Map to make sure the Building Occupants flee in quick manner
Whatever happened when it realistically took several minutes or hours to take a Block of buildings...From an excerpt from "Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan"..."According to myth, the Earth was created in six days (then, v3). Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis! (v4) We'll do it for you in six minutes!

Lots more work to do on this, but...
Sneak Peek:

Actually I meant to post a link but fd up. This:
http://www.rzm.com/books/ab/ab5252.cfm

Nice video Rinaldi!  And please accept my apology I accidently hit the down arrow for rep so please ignore it. Btw my cousin's last name is Rinaldi so I'd never vote down!

Yes, it was the Panther. Rather a good job of lining up a good angle on his part.

An indecisive meeting engagement PBEM. Forgive the audio (its gotten worse if anything...) - I'll be going over to more traditional narrating post-facto after this.
 

I agree I did enjoy CMAK alot.