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    CMRT: Observations from the Firing Range

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by CMFDR

    4 hours ago, Odin said:

     @CMFDR

    (...) Firstly, you highlight the sentence in the WO report which concludes that the Sten is more efficient at 200 yards than the rifle. (...)

    Hi Odin,

    I might be misreading it or could be over-picky here but Sten's accuracy isn't what is mentioned, it only says that the average firer have a better change hitting a target at 200 yards with a Sten than with a Rifle, that's all. Now my interpretation of that affirmation is that the accuracy of the rifle itself isn't a consideration, quite the opposite as it seems to be more about the volume of fire when it comes to hit a target for "the average firer".

    Now what does it mean regarding CM and does it makes Migo's tests more or less valid? I really don't know man, all these figures thrown at my brain just doesn't ring any bell. All I see is interpretation since we don't have any way to actually track individual bullet and thus see what happen to its accuracy around that 240 m mark. Plus, what if test is performed with Crack rather than Regular, do they hit their target more often?

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    Umlaut´s quick-snow mods

    in CM Final Blitzkrieg Maps and Mods

    Posted

    For players who don't have patience, knowledge or whatever, here are stock whitewash texture brainwashed and renamed  [whitewash snow] as per Umlaut's instructions above, and packed into convenient brz format. 

    Files list : http://superdupontzeserveur.fr/cm/whitewashsnow_list.txt

     

    7zip archive : http://superdupontzeserveur.fr/cm/whitewashsnow.7z (489 Mb)

     

    Note : no point uploading it onto CMModsIII, it's only a rough temporary quickfix to make do until patch 1.01, probably.

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    Intesting read

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted · Edited by CMFDR

    On 24/4/2016 at 6:48 PM, canuck97 said:

    I'll be visiting the Ardennes battle areas in two weeks and I'm still searching for a guide book. The most popular seems to be "A Tour of the Bulge Battlefields" by Cavanagh, but it's hard to get over here in Germany (it wouldn't arrive in time for my trip). Does anyone have other hints for a good guide? Thanks in advance!

    Here's a German library wheres it's available for online ordering, and on Amazon it's too by several UK based vendor : http://www.abebooks.de/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=A%20Tour%20of%20the%20Bulge%20Battlefield&sortby=17&n=200000080

    As backup, you've got here a free tourist information map and brochure : http://www.opt.be/contenus/battle-of-the-bulge-tourist-guides/en/8421.html#menu

    If you need specific informations about someone or somewhere, people at CRIBA will certainly be able to help out : http://www.criba.be/fr/about-us

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    As a side note, just found that 170 page crash course on BotB, "Battlebook, senior leader staff ride: the Battle of the Bulge.", available at the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library : http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll8/id/4068/rec/19

     

    ToC :

    • World War II & Battle of the Bulge Chronologies..................TAB A
    • World War II Allied Conferences.............................................TAB B
    • Allied Command Architecture & Order of Battle...................TAB C
    • The U.S. Army in December 1944...........................................TAB D
    • Biographical Sketches – Senior Allied Commanders...........TAB E
    • German Command Architecture & Order of Battle................TAB F
    • The German Army in December 1944.....................................TAB G
    • Biographical Sketches – Senior German Commanders.......TAB H
    • Comparative Military Officers’ Ranks.....................................TAB I
    • Equipment.................................................................................TAB J
    • The Defense of Bastogne........................................................TAB K
    • Casualties, Medical Statistics & Battle Losses……………...TAB L
    • Suggestions for Further Reading...……………………………TAB M
    • Glossary....................................................................................TAB N
    • Code Names………………………………………………………..TAB O

     

    Edit : make sure to take a look at the World War II Operational Documents collection full of gems (3rd Army monthly AAR eg.)

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    Illustrated Vignettes

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    2 hours ago, John Kettler said:

    Bill,

    Superb! Very immersive.  The "Bog" reference confused me no end, until I subsequently read what it was. Unfortunately, there's a problem, The M10 doesn't have one, because there's no bow MG mount whatsoever. In order to aid your wonderful work, may I present FM 18-15 Tank Destroyer Drill and Crew Drill? This is the complete how to for the M10, the M18 and the M5 3-Inch ATG.

    http://www.easy39th.com/files/FM_18-15_Tank_Destroyer_Drill_and_Crew_Drill_1943.pdf

     

    Great website you got there John, amazing source of WW2 manuals there, thanks for sharing.

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    Illustrated Vignettes

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted · Edited by CMFDR

    CMFB : Das Comic!

    Great work Bil. The story is thrilling and the art is convincing, must have been so much time consuming! The vignette format is nice by the way.

    You realize than you are just making us want more, right? ;)

     

    Edit : what font is that by the way, if you don't mind asking?

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    Battles for Chaumont author?

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    Not that it changes anything to the quality of Sgt Joch's work, and while US maps of the era spelled it "Grandrue", the hamlet actually is "Grandru". A trivial detail really, and author's call anyway.

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    https://www.battlefieldhistorian.com/gsgs_4041_1_25000_belgium.asp

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/belgium_50k/

     

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    http://www.vaux-sur-sure.be/commune/vie-locale/villages-de-la-commune

    http://www.vaux-sur-sure-tourisme.be/nos-villages/grandru/

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    Import/Export Maps and/or OOBs.

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Zenomorph said:

    (...)What do u think the time commitment would be on the hex editor for a (pretty much) non-coder? (...)

    About 5 to 10... seconds. It's just a matter of opening the file, change a bit, save and voila. ie. CMRT is 08 and CMFB is 0c iirc. Then you are lucky, or not.

    On kids, my 5 year old amaze me when he's playing on PC, he navigates the menu effortless, I'm sure he had a computer tech degree at school already. :D 

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    Juju's Interface Mod - an idea

    in CM Final Blitzkrieg Maps and Mods

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, Erwin said:

    However, I know that the pretty pictures of all the CM games in Scenario Depot are not clickable, so why have them...?

    Erwin, all but Final Blitzkrieg are clickable.

    I hear you on Win10, was all like you then, at least for me, it seemed to do it faster than 7 and I started to like it way better, and I'm yet to find something I can't do in a nicer environment. 

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    Import/Export Maps and/or OOBs.

    in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg

    Posted

    If you are lucky enough to have the same units in both titles, you just "convert" the map with units embedded and voila. I recently did so with a CMBN training scenario and only had to manually swap a vehicle (an early panther iirc).

    Otherwise, I would use Japanzer's OOB and Formation Recorder to list the units I do use, delete them all, convert the map and manually rebuild the orbat in the other CM title.

    As for marrying OOB to master map, I guess it would depend on your local laws and regulations. ;) Bad humor apart, I guess that one could create a core unit file, as described in the manual probably in chapter about campaign creation iirc but then I'm not sure what to do with it. 

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