Sgt.Squarehead
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13 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:
The Ka-50 and its modifications have been chosen as the special forces' support helicopter, while the Mil Mi-28 has become the main army's gunship. The production of Ka-50 was recommenced in 2006. In 2009, the Russian Air Force received three units built from incomplete airframes dating from the mid-1990s.[29]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50
Hush-hush stuff, please don't reveal my sources.
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6 hours ago, Chibot Mk IX said:
This is the third mission of campaign Regaining The Initiative.
Where can I find this campaign please?
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55 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
And was Russia going to invade germany??
Oh yes.
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7 hours ago, domfluff said:
The 40mm 203 has a HEAT round, which is more than capable of taking out a BMP. It's not terribly reliable, especially from the front, but it can certainly do it.
Actually it does not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_mm_grenade
It has HEDP, which would be hard pressed to destroy a BMP.
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I'm amazed at how easily I missed the obvious in this problem, ie: that the only chance of Monty offering you an empty box as an exchange would be the 33.3% chance that you picked the correct box in the first instance.
Damn it's so obvious to me now, it's embarrassing!
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7 hours ago, Requiem762 said:
IIRC the KA-50 is still technically in service but they are so few in number that their strategic relevance to other helos is minimal and its unlikely they would be deployed anywhere especially when there are other helicopters in the Russian inventory that are more capable and have more depth as far as in service airframes are considered.
I seem to recall reading that they have been attatched to special forces units, or are used in a supporting role for such units.....Probably a bit more manageable when you aren't facing the risk of serious AAA.
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Not great, I'd imagine.
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3 hours ago, Artkin said:
I can see an abrams surviving maybe 1 hit from a direct artillery shell. But after multiple? That tank is toast.
I'd imagine the crew would be a bit worse for the wear too!
4 hours ago, Bufo said:The Abrams is bigger in dimensions, with the same armor it is going to be a lot heavier.
You only look on one part of the equation to prove your right.
What complete & utter drivel!
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IIRC Israel improvised a few SPGs too, notably the Soltam etc. on the Sherman chassis.....Without actually seeing it, I couldn't offer much more (I don't recall ever hearing of German SPGs being used by the IDF).
@chuckdyke's suggestion of an AMX-105 is as good a bet as anything I can immediately come up with.
1 hour ago, chuckdyke said:Need to check or Israel bought them
They did.
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It seems that things may be calming down:
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/01/the-d-brief-january-25-2022/361139/
Ukraine have a bunch of shiny new antitank toys and apparently they want to keep the gas flowing too.
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Very sad news.
6 hours ago, benpark said:Great to read your words, Michael. Get well.
Sadly Michael wrote those words back in April of 2020, check the link in this post:
12 hours ago, Rake said:Apologies in advance if this has been posted previously. I did a search and wasn't able to find anything...
I took a break and was away from the game and forum for several years, only returning 4-6 mmonths ago. I've never posted a lot, but have always been around. It occurred to me this morning that I didn't recall seeing any recent posts by Mr. Emrys. So, I searched for Michael on the forum and found that his last post was from April of 2020. This revelation sent me to an internet search where I found the following from the Port Townsend Leader.
https://www.ptleader.com/stories/michael-emrys,78502
With a population of less than 10,000 in Port Townsend, I'm afraid this is our man
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5 hours ago, IanL said:
Which is why people saying that artillery never kills tanks became uninteresting to me. I saw it happen regularly and didn't think the numbers were our of line with expectations.
I don't actually recall saying that.....I believe my exact word was 'Undermodelled'.
Which seems like a pretty good match for @The_Capt's statement above:
11 hours ago, The_Capt said:So what I think is happening here, and we are going to follow up on, is that fragmentation and blast HE damage on external sub-systems is a little anemic.
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On 1/25/2022 at 1:06 AM, slysniper said:
But I did do a test in CMBS with the Latest M1 with APS and ran the precision strikes from both 122 and 152 howitzers
and found you are correct in that a direct hit is not creating a kill, normally just substantial damage.
If the strikes are not direct hits, then as reported here, there appears no subsystem damage at all except for tracks.
This matches my own experience.
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15 hours ago, chuckdyke said:
True it was hard for a 75 mm to knock a Panther tank out. The King Tiger a very good tank but not very reliable.
I'm a bit suspicious of the caption for that Kingtiger.....It doesn't appear to have a turret-ring splash-guard, zimmerit, or camo. In fact it looks a lot like Bovington's 'Porsche' Kingtiger (formerly Black 300). As explained in a video recently posted on this forum, that tank (& IMHO also the one in this image), were from an initial batch reserved for testing and training purposes.
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12 hours ago, Probus said:
Either way it should deflect the round a rnd%%.
That and also it might deform (or detatch the tip of) the long rod penetrator.
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Not guilty.....Honest!
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1 hour ago, Bufo said:
Remember that the top armor is the weakest on all MBTs.
Some related simulations:
155mm M107 vs Leopard 1 hull top (30mm)
152.4mm F-534 HE vs RU251 armor (20mm thick)
Those are truly beautiful.
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5 hours ago, John Kettler said:
Your experience is part of a continuum of baffling to me behavior by the Tactical AI.
It has nothing to do with the Tactical AI whatsoever.
Gran was apparently added to the Ukrainian TOE (for this fictional game), based on information that Battlefront had at the time they wrote it.....They haven't felt a need to update it, nor do I think there is one.
CM:BS is filled to the brim with TOE oddities, you can either go into the editor and sort it as best you can (in an attempt to create a more realistic TOE) or you can live with it.
Inaccurate comments that are completely unsupported by in-game evidence (& easily contradicted by the simple expedient of actually starting the game up and playing it) are of no value whatsoever IMHO.
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AT Guns work particularly well in combination with fortifcations.....A length of barbed wire, a TRP and a single unit of Mixed Mines can make for a devastatingly effective 'urban ambush' in combination with a keyholed AT Gun & a HMG (a mortar or two never hurts either).
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6 hours ago, rtdood said:
! If you keep that splendid work up @Falaise I'll have to insist users download this beauty of a re-skin to play the campaign
Sounds like a fine idea to me, you should link, or better still zip, it into your file.....A nice 'user made' touch for a very nicely done campaign.
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I became friends with a little Polish dude (he & his wife adored my dogs), I asked him when he came here....."1940", he said, "To kill the Germans!"
I liked him a lot!
I learned shortly after his death that he was a member of Polish 2nd Armoured Regiment.....I only wish I'd found out while he was still alive.
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If it was a Kornet it would make more sense, but an AT-5?
As for the hit decal, IIRC there are normally reactive armour tiles on the roof near the apparent impact point......Are they still there after the explosion?
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Interesting use of one of CM:RT's unique quirks.
+1.....Very creative!
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Nice page, but you might want to tidy up the comments section a bit.
Strongest Rifle Grenade Ever
in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Posted · Edited by Sgt.Squarehead
I didn't say it couldn't penetrate, I said it 'would be hard pressed to destroy a BMP'.....While there are many things in a BMP that will explode, there are a lot more that won't.