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  1. I've tried to get friends to play CM, since my opponent is always AI. They think it is stupid, because the graphics suck.

    Me, I really don't care about graphics. I play many of the latest games with incredible visuals, since my computer is a beast, but I don't mind at all if a game doesn't have much flashiness. Immersing myself in a game matters most.

  2. Originally posted by Urban Shocker:

    I'm thinking something similar to what the US Gov't does with its Freedom of Information Act except not 50 years after the fact but more like 50 days or 25 days after the fact. BFC can make available non-secret stuff to satisfy our curiosity.

    But, wait, the U.S. government can release blacked out documents (isn't that nice?). So I suppose the devs could do that with this, although that wouldn't be very nice smile.gif .
  3. Originally posted by pwncake:

    never heard of stg44 i always thought it was sig44

    StG44 simply means Sturmgewehr 44 (Assault Rifle, model 1944), which is its common designation.

    [ May 08, 2007, 01:47 AM: Message edited by: Task ]

  4. Originally posted by SoaN:

    At that period of war T34 were pretty “strong” tanks. IVC and III were starting to lose there force because of construction lacks. Also 34 had rather thick armor; hitting T34 became rather hard mission - thanks to the armor angle. Nazi ammo and guns hadn’t much power to penetrate T34 effectively.

    Also you didn’t place your tanks tactically correct.

    "Nazi" ammo and guns eh?

    Anyways. Even in CM, you can destroy T-34's with short barreled PanzerIV's, at least if their side armor is presented to you.

  5. Originally posted by pad152:

    The trick with this mission is to target and kill the PzIII first with the ATG's, put the ATG's at the back of the placement zone, hide your infantry then use the ATR's to kill the PzII's when they get close. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.

    This also relies on luck. The AT crews aren't exactly very experienced. I don't usually back down from challenges as I tried every possible trick in this training mission with 0 success before simply giving up.

    It obviously was not meant to play like it does.

  6. After playing this mission several times, I have tried many different strategies. I used different variations of either 3 pak guns defending the first line, with 1 tank in support, or 2 pak guns and 2 tanks in support.

    However, this seemed to produce incredible casualties and breaks in my line nearly every time. I decided to do something different and setup on the other side of the canal. If there is one thing I absolutely love doing in CM is to create choke points and it nearly always produces results. I have gained major/total victories with low casualties by doing this.

    Here's what I did:

    1. I started the mission with 2 Pak guns, 1 Panther, 1 Jagdpanzer, and the MG34 HMG.

    2. Placed 1 Pak gun and the Jagdpanzer along the railroad, a little southeast of the bridge, pointing towards the bridge, like so:

    grab2007429172535565fx3.th.jpg

    The reason I chose the Jagdpanzer IV/70 is due to its low visibility and its role as a very powerful tank destroyer, which will knock pretty much every Russian tank out in 1 hit.

    3. I placed all the infantry within the trenches, with an MG34 covering the bridge or rear slope (this one is obvious). The only things you can't move are the MG bunkers, so I simply ordered them to exit them and withdraw to the rear trenches at the beginning of the battle, as they will not do any good with no support.

    grab2007429172633768th1.th.jpg

    4. The Panther is positioned to cover the bridge from the southwest, behind some buildings (notice the gun placed north of it):

    grab2007429172654909pj1.th.jpg

    5. The 2nd Pak is placed behind the stone walls, making it impossible to be spotted by enemy tanks until it is too late.

    grab2007429172772ai1.th.jpg

    grab200742917274034wt1.th.jpg

    6. Also, all my units are told to hold position. Tanks and AT guns have free fire, while the infantry are ordered to crouch and hold fire until the Russians mass infantry rush right before they reach the bridge.

    Here are the results:

    The tanks become absolute fodder in this crossfire. When the infantry in the trenches open up as well, it is a slaughter.

    grab20074222418484tw5.th.jpg

    grab2007423153440609pj8.th.jpg

    The only difficulty I had was the artillery barrages, which accounted for most of my soldier deaths. My only tank lost was the Panther, which I abandoned due to a damaged turret. It is the first unit to really pound on the enemy tanks, since it somehow can see to the Northeast, and the enemy too can see it through the rows of trees, brush, and the limited view between the two buildings in front of it. Also, since the bridge became so clogged with the hulks of destroyed tanks, they began to take the long way around. More Russian reinforcements also will take the long way around, bypassing the canal, and travel along the railroad. When they did this, I simply turned my Jagdpanzer and Pak gun towards the new threats and they succeeded in destroying them all.

    [ April 29, 2007, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Task ]

  7. After playing this mission several times, I have tried many different strategies. I used different variations of either 3 pak guns defending the first line, with 1 tank in support, or 2 pak guns and 2 tanks in support.

    However, this seemed to produce incredible casualties and breaks in my line nearly every time. I decided to do something different and setup on the other side of the canal. If there is one thing I absolutely love doing in CM is to create choke points and it nearly always produces results. I have gained major/total victories with low casualties by doing this.

    Here's what I did:

    1. I started the mission with 2 Pak guns, 1 Panther, 1 Jagdpanzer, and the MG34 HMG.

    2. Placed 1 Pak gun and the Jagdpanzer along the railroad, a little southeast of the bridge, pointing towards the bridge, like so:

    grab2007429172535565fx3.th.jpg

    The reason I chose the Jagdpanzer IV/70 is due to its low visibility and its role as a very powerful tank destroyer, which will knock pretty much every Russian tank out in 1 hit.

    3. I placed all the infantry within the trenches, with an MG34 covering the bridge or rear slope (this one is obvious). The only things you can't move are the MG bunkers, so I simply ordered them to exit them and withdraw to the rear trenches at the beginning of the battle, as they will not do any good with no support.

    grab2007429172633768th1.th.jpg

    4. The Panther is positioned to cover the bridge from the southwest, behind some buildings (notice the gun placed north of it):

    grab2007429172654909pj1.th.jpg

    5. The 2nd Pak is placed behind the stone walls, making it impossible to be spotted by enemy tanks until it is too late.

    grab2007429172772ai1.th.jpg

    grab200742917274034wt1.th.jpg

    6. Also, all my units are told to hold position. Tanks and AT guns have free fire, while the infantry are ordered to crouch and hold fire until the Russians mass infantry rush right before they reach the bridge.

    Here are the results:

    The tanks become absolute fodder in this crossfire. When the infantry in the trenches open up as well, it is a slaughter.

    grab20074222418484tw5.th.jpg

    grab2007423153440609pj8.th.jpg

    The only difficulty I had was the artillery barrages, which accounted for most of my soldier deaths. My only tank lost was the Panther, which I abandoned due to a damaged turret. It is the first unit to really pound on the enemy tanks, since it somehow can see to the Northeast, and the enemy too can see it through the rows of trees, brush, and the limited view between the two buildings in front of it. Also, since the bridge became so clogged with the hulks of destroyed tanks, they began to take the long way around. More Russian reinforcements also will take the long way around, bypassing the canal, and travel along the railroad. When they did this, I simply turned my Jagdpanzer and Pak gun towards the new threats and they succeeded in destroying them all.

    [ April 29, 2007, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Task ]

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