Hawthorne
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^^^^^ What he said. ^^^^^
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Really enjoying this AAR because it takes one of the reasons why I like CM, namely the personal nature of playing it and cheering on my pixeltrüppen, and moves it to the next level.
Well done.
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On a related note, the Brits just wrapped up an joint exercise with the Poles.
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Ha! I got those beat. Wait til you see the new Sniper Teams in my next AAR post!
They're snipers. We won't see them.
Until it's too late.
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I do enjoy reading the narrative, but agree that more context would help both the story and the larger point of showing us what the game will be like for us when we get our grubby little paws on it
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Count me on the story-telling side.
One of the reasons why I like CM (and SL before it) was the personal nature of the missions. I grimace when one of my squads gets lit up by an MG42, I feel for the poor crew of the M4A3 that just got Ronson'd, and I cheer when a well-timed arty strike stops an attack in its tracks.
So naturally, that makes for good storytelling. Heck, if Clancy and Bond can write "Red Storm Rising" based off a "Harpoon!" battle, why can't stories be written off of a Combat Mission campaign?
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Beta AAR's are always the best part of waiting for the game to be released, and this one looks REALLY good.
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Well, if we're going to do naval infantry and Marines, I'd LOVE to see the Ekranoplan join the fray, but considering a) there's only one of the suckers and
the Russians aren't building anymore, that might be a pipe dream. On a non-pipe dream level, I'd love to see beach assaults modeled in some way, which is something that Battlefront could pick up and drop onto almost all of CM2 as an upgrade.
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Yes, there will be an AAR. It will start... when they're ready.
¡Oh frabjous day, callooh callay!
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Ballad Of The Para-Legals
Fighting counsel, from the sky
litigate and jump and die
Two undergrads will test today
and only one will earn an attache
Trained to leave no case unplanned
Trained in trial, hand to hand
They litigate by night and day
And all are in the ABA
With student loans, they are a-cursed
These are men, America's worst
Never meaning what they say
Exorbitant fees, we have to pay
Back at home a young wife waits
Her lawyer has met his fate
Sent to jail, he’s locked up away
Shares a cell with an old OJ
Power ties and business dress
We are the folks you all detest
One thousand suits we’ll file today
We get rich while others pay!
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Hawthorne if it really is causing you that much trouble (And I know it does I have been there) just pick and choose your enemies forces. It obviously eliminates some of the surprise but its much better than getting a silly force mix.
Yeah, that's what I end up doing. Would be nice to have some element of the fog of war return to QB's, though. It's MUCH better in CMBN than what how it was in CMSF, where the fog of war applied to your force mix as well as your enemy's.
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REALLY hoping they introduce some way to create more-realistic force mixes. I'm getting tired of battling four 88mm AT guns and a half-dozen HMG's in a CMBN "Mixed forces" QB scenario. Running up against computer-generated forces of nothing but ATGM'S and precision-guided artillery all the time could boring.
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Those BMP's swimming their little hearts out just made my day.
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"Crabs of Doom" nice I really LOL on that one.
Cry "HAVOC!" and let slip the crabs of war!
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"Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES, don't ya think?"
That's only half of the pineapples tossed at that hapless half-track, which escaped unscathed, only to be disassembled by bazooka round next turn.
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I heard "Commando", and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4cFjOhjnY.
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Hope you get up posted soon. Would love to play it.
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Thanks, everyone. I used this effect to create the blur, and then added film grain, desaturated it and played with the contrast levels in Photoshop.
Glad you liked it.
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An unreleased photo of Canadian forces probing the German defenses around Caen sometime in June, 1944.
Or a screenshot after I upgraded to v3.0. Whatever.
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Bought, downloaded and upgraded with no problems whatsoever. Game looks great now, looking forward to poking nice round holes in Panzer IV's and scattering ammo dumps all over the Norman Peninsula!
Well done, Battlefront, well done.
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the Russians aren't building anymore, that might be a pipe dream.
WWII Pistol Training Manuals
in General Discussion Forum
Posted · Edited by Hawthorne
My day job is a full-time gun writer... I'm currently the HMIC of the blog at Ammoman.com, and I'm in the midst of doing an article on the origin on what's now known as "Israeli style carry." This is where a semi-automatic pistol is carried with a full magazine, but the hammer is down on an empty chamber. Using this method, the slide of the pistol is racked by the support hand on the draw, a round is chambered, and the target is then engaged.
Other articles I've seen on this subject say that empty chamber carry started with Fairbairn and Sykes seminal work, "Shooting To Live," and they're right, it does mention that type of carry in their book. However, those articles also state that empty chamber carry was the norm for armies in WWII.
I have some questions about that, as this U.S. manual from 1940 states on page 19 that yes, you should carry your M1911A1 with magazine inserted but no round in the chamber when there is no chance of imminent action. However, when the you-know-what is about to hit the fan, it is recommended to charge up your pistol.
Which makes me think that "Israeli style carry" was handed down to the Israelis from WWII British or Commonwealth training regimens. I can't find any definitive link that verifies this (yet), but it makes sense, given the Fairbairn-Sykes tie-in.
Any ideas or links that I use to show how the Israelis chose this method of pistol carry?
Thanks for your help,
K