Sgt.Squarehead

I don't believe the Leo 2A4 has a panoramic thermal imager for the commander, or not such a good one at any rate.

If you want to understand what your unts are doing (& why) Iron Mode is the way forward.....You can see what each unit sees, know who they are in contact with and follow information as it is passed along and across the chain of command much easier. It doesn't affect game difficulty in any way.

His models are pretty impressive: That really is a kit. You can see them here: https://tankandafvnews.com/2016/04/11/steven-zaloga-afv-model-gallery/

CM:BS just need a few more nations (maybe Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland & Turkey) and formations (UK, USMC, VDV, MPR), plus some Uncons () and a whole swathe of old & new T-72 variants (including the T-72B3M).....Not much to ask for really. PS - Oh & fixing the Stryker Campaign would be nice too.

He seems a knowledgeable author and his writing is easy enough to read.....He also makes really good models and is happy to help others attempt to do the same.

I rate him. Nice bloke too, he's somewhat active on various modelling forums like Missing Lynx and often offers help & advice to others.

They were equipped with deep wading/fording gear:

Cyberpunk 2077 does the same for me.....What a fekkin crock that's turned out to be!

I have something on that front in the works.

This matches my own experiences in recent testing.

& then they (probably wisely) surrendered.

It can sometimes add real drama to the game.....I had a an injured dude get trapped between a burning BMP-2, a hedge and the corner of a house. The combination of vehicle & terrain meant I couldn't get a unit in position to give buddy aid, so I had to re-route an engineer section half way across the map to Blast the hedge away and give buddy-aid, with the occasional round cooking off in the BMP the whole time!

So.....I'm one of those lucky people who immediately pre-ordered Cyberpunk 2077 and now I have finally played around with it. On this basis I can only say, "Battlefront.....I don't care how long it takes, please don't release it until it's finished and thoroughly tested, by actual gamers, doing gamer stuff."

Not sure if @Hubert Cater is still visiting the site.....If he is, he should see this tag.

I'm impressed that a BMP-1 survived being in LOS of three Warriors at all, let alone taking one out....That's borderline miraculous IMHO! Gonna try unbuttoning my BMP-1s next time I have them.....But maybe not Soviet ones in Afghanistan, that might not end so well.

Either or both would suit me fine.....Both games need a few new types of T-72 (& a variety of new Uncon Teams).

A sandbox all-unified CM would be awesome.....But I doubt it's on the cards.

BTW, has anyone else looked at this (Talvisota): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206240/Talvisota__Winter_War/ It's a mod for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/418460/Rising_Storm_2_Vietnam/ I've played the mod a couple of times and found it much more enjoyable than the game it was based on.

There were a few populated servers last time I checked.....That wasn't all that long ago, but it was before I got this PC.

ROFL! "We need Iron Dome, pronto!"

And now it's time for the buyer's remorse: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200/Red_Orchestra_Ostfront_4145/ £3.99 & then you can download Darkest Hour for free.

The Hind-D is ****-poor compared to the Hind-F, it has AT-2 missiles and a puny gun, whereas the Hind F has comparatively sophisticated missiles and a truly lunatic gun! Even so the difference in price seems a bit exaggerated, even to a non-QB player like myself.

Why wouldn't it cut it? Troops appearing one tile from a tunnel entrance is no different to them appearing one tile from a map edge IMHO.

Exit zone on the tile itself, spawn units on the tiles just in front.....It's as close as we can get right now.

Shhhh.....The bloody Eyeties will hear! It's not too bad as an end of game snapshot either.....The Matlda & KV-1 were always prominent amongst my CM1 screenies for this very reason.