LukeFF
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I'm trying to imagine applying buddy aid while prone, and it just doesn't make sense. It would be terribly cumbersome trying to perform buddy aid on someone while prone. Plus, in all my years as a medic in the Army, never once were we trained in treating casualties while in the prone position.
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LOL at the Garand comment. It takes only one session (heck, one clip) firing a Garand to see what an excellent weapon it is. German semi-autos (namely, the G43) were finicky about the quality of ammo with which they were loaded and were known for their parts failures. SVT-40: decent weapon and OK accuracy, but a lot of internal parts, which in the field are easy to lose; gas cylinder which must be constantly adjusted with a special tool in order to keep it firing properly (AKA, yet another thing to lose in the field).
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Please, can someone give a direct answer to his question? I'm confused now, too, and would like to be sure.Someone said earlier that tanks and art at 105mm and above can breach wire. What about engineers/pioneers using demo charges?
Yes, troops with demo charges can clear wire obstacles.
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It's the ninth(?) scenario in the Road to Montebourg campaign. It's where D and E companies/502nd are required to push down to a creek, cross the creek, and take the opposite ridge where a number of pillboxes and machine gun emplacements wait in defense.
502nd? Isn't that an Airborne unit? If so, your guys should have demo charges (unless you used them all up in a previous mission).
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There is no mention in the manual of the reliability of the radios but historically they were quite unreliable in congested terrain. I suppose BFC has modeled this to an extent, but I'm not sure if the modeling actually takes the terrain into account. Read more here about the U.S. radios.
Well, there is a reference on page 97 of the manual to radios being "tricky things to operate effectively as distances increase." Whether this actually refers to radio reliably being modeled in the game, I dunno.
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The sound used by CMBN is more like a regular MG and not "Hitler's Buzz Saw" as it was called by allied troops ...
Yeah, it and the MG34 share the same sound, which is terribly bland.
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Notice who created it?
My thoughts exactly.
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While the P-39 was indeed sent to the Eastern Front, Soviet pilot memoirs are adamant that they were not primarily used in the ground attack role.
This discussion also makes me wonder what type of role the Il-2 will play once CM returns to the Eastern Front.
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Update. I'm almost ready to upload my "dealership" scenarios. I am convinced the following vehicles from the website to&e were cut at a late date due to them not fitting into the June to Aug '44 timeframe. I'd be happy to have anyone prove me wrong.
M4 76w Sherman mid too late
M4 A3 76w Sherman mid too late
Pz IV G early too early
Pz IV G mid too early
StuH 42 late too late
Are the salesmen modeled as well?
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It's the rarely-seen Krummlauf anti-tank gun.
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I suspect why many players (US) are finding this hard is they are stopping and trying to clear the Germans out of the small village - you don't have the force for that but you can punch your way through a very narrow corridor and get a victory that way. Good luck mate
Aha! Now it makes sense. I was one of those who though he needed to clear the town to accomplish the mission.
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Splitting squads can affect morale, as the leader of the newly-created unit often has a lower leadership level than that of his parent unit.
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"Tigers In The Mud"
Great book
Very nice man as well. He still accepts autograph requests mailed to his pharmacy in Germany.
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...and then there's the 7.62x54R round, which fires at about 2,800 fps from an M91/30.
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Personally, I don't see the need for medics. The current buddy-aid system is realistic and works just fine, whatever formation it may be.
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Ta.
Although I only just managed to blow a whole in the wall. Didn't even get close to taking the objective (unless one counts a gamey charge at the end with the last remaining survivors of the company).
Yeah, this mission is a royal pain. I just tried it and got stomped hard.
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Interview with 3 German snipers:
http://wethearmed.com/index.php?topic=8603.0
A. Matthais Hetzenauer of Tyrol fought at the Eastern Front from 1943 to the end of the war, and with 345 certified hits is the most successful German sniper.B. Sepp Allerberger of Salzburg fought at the Eastern Front from December 1942, to the end of the war, and with 257 certified hits is the second-best German sniper.
C. Helmut Wirnsberger of Styria fought at the Eastern Front from September 1942, to the end of the war and scored 64 certified hits (after being wounded he served for some time as instructor on a sniper training course).
At what range could you hit the following targets without fail?A. Head up to 400 meters. Breast up to 600 meters. Standing Man up to 700-800 meters.
B. Head up to 400 meters. Breast up to 400 meters. Standing up to 600 meters.
C. Head up to 400 meters. Breast up to 400 meters. Standing Man up to 600 meters.
5. Do the ranges indicated by you apply only to you, i.e. the best snipers, or also to the majority of snipers?
A. & B. Only to the best snipers.
C. To me personally as well as to the majority of snipers. A few outstanding snipers could hit also at longer ranges.
B added: Absolutely positive hitting is possible only up to about 600 meters.
6. What was the range of the furthest target you ever fired at, and what kind of target, size?
A. About 1,000 meters. Standing soldier. Positive hitting not possible, but necessary under the circumstances in order to show enemy that he is not safe even at that distance! Or superior wanted to satisfy himself about capability.
B. 400 to 700 meters.
C. About 600 meters, rarely more. I usually waited until target approached further for better chance of hitting. Also confirmation of successful hit was easier. Used G43 only to about 500 meters because of poor ballistics.
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Proably because snipers have nothing to do with the kind of thing CM is meant to be about.
Not quite:
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=2031
"There are snipers everywhere. There are snipers in trees, in buildings, in piles of wreckage, in the grass. But mainly they are in the high, bushy hedgerows that form the fences of all the Norman fields and line every roadside and lane." -
Agreed. It just isn't right that a K98 has the same sound as a Garand. If nothing else, have one sound for bolt-action rifles (K98 and M1903) and one for semi-autos (G43 and Garand).
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On a slightly different tack, why don't Battlefront allow the CMx2 game engine to be modded 'under the hood' so to speak. Remember the awesome mods for Close Combat et al? I think they said something about stopping cheats before but isn't that cutting off ones' nose to spite ones' face?
Because it would make technical support for BF a living hell.
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Do not worry: The tree flickering is a known issue!
Good to know, thanks!
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I noticed this at the startup for the "It's a New Dawn" scenario, but I've noticed it in others as well. This circled tree will flicker like crazy all the time - it doesn't matter if the POV camera is moving or not.
I'm running an ATI card with the latest drivers, if it matters.
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Do any German vehicles carry 7.92mm Kurz ammo that troops can pick up? I know MP44s were rare in France in the summer of 1944, but still it would be nice to have vehicles that carry even a small quantity of it.
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Which is a load of bunk.