Fifty Cal'

That's why there should be cannister rounds, historically issued of course. AT guns simply aren't designed to fire on infantry, if you think about it the best they can do is fire a round, of any sort, at individuals, AT HE shells aren't the same as arty HE shells they're designed to do different things. More importantly, if LMG's and HMG's provided "area fire" they could be placed to protect field guns from infantry as it isn't always feasible to place AT guns "behind the lines" for protection.

Done that (I'm sure), I have 5 squads all around the railway station, I have them as far "forward" as I can before they get in LOF of the 3 T34's to my rear right, and the mission doesn't end. I'd better check there's no Soviets hiding near the edge of the area I guess.

Hi, I'm playing Veteran and in this mission, after a while, 3x T34's arrive on my right flank. By this stage I still have most of my tanks but they seem, accuratly, unable to take out these 3 tanks. Even when all my troops swarm all over the railway station the mission won't finish, I'm guessing because these 3 tanks are still at my rear :confused: So, do I need to kill ALL enemy on the map, if so how do I take out these uber (for '41) T34's. OR am I missing a point on the ground I have to occupy, I'm all over the waypoint No on the map. Cheers in advance

Bumped, I need to fight my cousin with TOW as well as CMBB

Thanks guys, It seems that a simple bridge crossing (follow the road is all) requires a lot of thought and control, The addition of waypoints in the upcoming patch will prolly sort this out, in the meantime I'll let Austin Powers carry on driving the trucks (remember him turning the yellow buggy in the tunnel?) .50 rocks!

In the Dunkirk battle I get reinforcements, some of these are trucks with trailered guns. When I give the trucks a movement order to cross a bridge and come to the "front" I find, after checking their progress a few minutes later, they seem incapable of crossing bridges. Instead they seem intent on practicing fifty point turns and I end up either not using the guns and just getting the troops out of the truck and running to battle (takes a while) or having to micro-manage the trucks route when I should be directing the tanks fighting the (damn) frenchies! Am I doing something wrong :confused:

M2TW <VBG>

I see a few people mentioning the amount of troops they'll be able to control, IMO, as TofW is in real time you'll be able to control less units than in CM:** as you don't have the benefit of the "pause" every minute, and all the planning time you require. Sh!t, I find it difficult to issue orders to a company in CM:** with a 2 minute restriction in orders time let alone in RT, whilst "under fire" so to speak. TofW will be much more realistic and "dynamic". I'm sure controlling squads or "split squads" will be more common than micro-manging individuals, otherwise the battle might be over before the 1st couple of platoons have been given their detailed orders. Time will tell.

Hi Michael Dorosh, Thanks for the welcome Rather than me speculate on WWII tactics, I ain't that old have you seen these? Infanty tactics and Infantry Anti-tank Tactics and Panzer small unit tactics I have this last one as I've only a little experience of tank tactic's though I did see Chieftan's manouvering on a live range once and I got to go inside one whilst they were firing. As for the anti-tank book, it reminds me of some great anti-tank training in Belgium, of all places, which is best retold after a few beers [ October 13, 2006, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: Fifty Cal' ]

Hi Regarding the discussion on LMG’s As someone who’s used the LMG (Bren) GPMG, M60 and the MG3 (MG42) I can give you my opinion on these light machine guns. The overall best, beyond a shadow of a doubt is the MG3. The point of an LMG is to put suppressive fire down during a section attack, a high rate of fire allows you to put a lot of bullets down over a larger area. An LMG also needs a "Beaten Zone" to do this. This is where the Bren fails, because it’s too accurate, for example you have to swing the butt around to cover a trench line. Another use of the LMG is in defence, enfilade fire if done properly. The Bren's "beaten zone" on a tripod is likely to be quite small (I've never seen a Bren on a tripod) and the MG3's much higher rate of fire puts more bullets through the line of attackers from the side. The only good point of the Bren is that, as it uses magazine’s the rounds don’t get covered in crap in sandy/muddy conditions, however this is offset by constantly changing mag’s especially if using 20 round mag’s instead of 30 round mag’s. The GPMG is a close second. It has a slower rate of fire than the MG3, the GPMG ROF is slightly adjustable with the gas regulator. It is larger and heavier to lug about as it uses a gas return rod rather than recoil action and as such has a higher profile. The MG3 bipod can be detached or moved between the front and rear of the barrel guard quickly giving a VERY low profile. The MG3 can be slowed down, a heavier bolt is available which, as it has a larger weight, slows the rate of fire, but why? Ammo is not the biggest problem for the MG3, the barrel overheats after 200 rounds! The temptation for gunners is to fire very short bursts, this is a bad thing to do, hehe. The barrel change on the MG3 is a very quick affair, it doesn’t even require the gun to be unloaded. The sound of the MG3 is very distinctive, like ripping sheets, quite a morale booster (for the side with the MG3). The MG3 can also fire all 3 types of NATO linked belts without adjustment. The M60 was just rubbish, its slow rate of fire only seemed accentuated by the very high rate of fire of the Armalite rifle, which the rest of the section carried. Strange to have a section fire support weapon that has the slowest rate of fire albeit with larger calibre rounds. There is, IMO, only one HMG though, the Browning M2 .50" with the QRB (quick release barrel). Further evidence of an excellent weapon sytem is that it's still used after a long time, ~70 years for the Mg34/42/3 and almost a hundred now for the Browning .50" [ October 12, 2006, 03:02 AM: Message edited by: Fifty Cal' ]