Kieme(ITA)

Looks to me, if that's the video, a unit with BTR-70 was advancing in a large open field and then enemy tanks appeared at close distance. The tanks seems to having been engaged with RPG or something and they were blown up. But also a couple of BTR-70s were hit.

Thanks for sharing. The most advanced improvements of these T-72 are represented in shock force right now. What strikes of those images of "upgraded" T-72s is the extremist slat armor application (while the additional boxes are most probably empty spaced armor elements). It's an evident example of local modification intended for a very specific battlefield (such as the Syrian civil war), against a very specific weapon (RPG mainly). Several other details suggest the adaptation to a urban or mixed environment, where a front "bumper" might seem useful to protect the front tracks from hitting a wall and some more metal wire grids protect the visors. The visual representation shows a very interesting evolution. From a standard T-72 with 1st generation ERA, to a field modification with a few sandbags, wood logs, metal sheets, up to the use of locally installed wire meshes, and finally reaching a dedicated factory kit with spaced armor and slat cages. The only mistake in the article regards the NSVT "shields", in reality those "shields" are not intended to protect the commander when operating the rooftop MG (not a case they face frontwards, not backwards such as the MG, and they are of very thin metal, half being just tarpaulin)), they are a protection for the commander against harsh weather elements while the tank is running and he is outside his hatch, these were very common on older T-72 and most probably retained since the vehicles acquisition.

Until now I have seen pictures of BTR-80, BMP-2 and BTR-4E with cage armor kits on. Maybe this is not a huge difference, but I belive that these variants could be of some use on the field in CMBS.

I've seen Ukraine's VDV and possibly national guard using BTR-80s with slat armor added, so there's already a potential new vehicle version for them.

The fulda gap game if set in the 80s would certainly require a Whole new game, with different units and organization.

What I belive the first module will bring: VDV for Ukraine and Russia Marines for US Next modules? -NATO (probably just like CMSF, one main army plus a couple more from western NATO) -Eastern countries (Poland first of all) -irregulars/volunteer formations -Russian marines What NATO countries I'd like to see? Germany and Great Britain are very obvious, maybe too much, but they are just needed. France and Italy are in my opinion very interesting and would bring something new to the game in terms of flavor.

Thanks for sharing! This might help regarding the strange names mix: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/120257-soldiers-names-odd/ http://community.battlefront.com/topic/119506-strange-name-tags-weapons-vehichles-etc-after-v103-patch/

I remember having this issue during a PBEM, with a modular building 1st floor. I'll see what I can do in the editor. A quick test doesn't show up any anomaly, the troops lay down in front of a window, set up the AGS launcher, and then they can shoot it. Maybe the problem is releated to a given building or setup.

Hmm, it's truly an interesting problem. I also found more than once my units using auto-smoke when I didn't want them to. I understand that a tank that gets a warning can't immediately know what is lasing it, even if it's just a low level threat... Sly, your "tactics" about how to manage smokes are smart, but you shouldn't be forced to do something like that as you know already. I found myself forced to order a dash move using FAST command to an M1 when I wanted it to attack a BMP-3 that I knew would have lased it, and it did, if my M1 reacted as the game forces it wouldn't kill the BMP, but hide two turns behind a smoke screen, instead, thanks to the FAST command it pushed behind its own smoke screen and destroyed the target. All in all I belive that if we could control such detail within our units it would be perfect. Example, consider what if we had this:

Funny thing. Few days ago I had to pull out of terrain some very old (30+ years) vine logs, which were planted to hold on a mesh wire fence 2m tall. The logs were some 2.3/3m tall and 0.5/1m deep in the ground. Well I had a hell of a time to take them out of the ground. Not only they were extremely sturdy (despite being so old and left unpainted in the open), they had thick fibres, whenever I tried to lever force on them they didn't break, they twisted and kept toghether. Even using a hand saw the fibres were so hard I had to sweat twice or more to cut them as a common green wood of the same size. Moreover, the wineyards are a mixture of plants, logs (modern ones are also made out of reinforced concrete) and wires, add the fact that wines like rocky ground...

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Indeed, that shouldn't happen. Call it bad luck or anything like that is not helpful. That simply shouldn't happen, because even if an elite top gun pilot dodges, uses chaffs, flares etc. can't escape 12 missiles from so many different trackers... We know they were tunguskas and strelas (what kind of strela?). What about the air asset? Do you know what was being targeted?

Thanks for your kind words Peter, yes, I forgot about the personal heavy weapons, missile launchers, machine guns, but also AKs etc. It could be interesting, I remember using Aris' weathered weapons mod, maybe something similar could be done for CMBS.

Recall topic A list of ALL mods released within this thread until now, organized by genre, with their direct download links. Terrain and environmental mods: Ground mod (HD) pt1 https://app.box.com/...fg7et7668q0egdg Ground mod (HD) pt2 https://app.box.com/...j3bad939iks1n9l Alternative crops https://app.box.com/...r7w6dzrnsf11piz Reworked foliage https://app.box.com/...f1jwjax2wix1o7x Reworked horizon https://app.box.com/...szl3cd0qamdkrm8 Alternative overcast clouds https://app.box.com/...wju3wq9ttmjoqfi Improved doodads https://app.box.com/...3q3p05qdl9ld8ws Buildings and structures: Alternative walls (HD) https://app.box.com/...t85ik1b08fb2nh4 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/...bgyx6uimvvyrmdh Modular buildings (HD) https://app.box.com/...eke1u99f5jowptc Modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) https://app.box.com/...qsj7b68xyp0ffxx Modular buildings add-on 2 (HD) https://app.box.com/...ovv4z5gicof4krf Modular buildings add-on 3 (HD) https://app.box.com/...cgbok88qk3ik8es Modular roofs pf1 https://app.box.com/...rlaub62hs2h0fv9 Modular roofs pt2 https://app.box.com/...emmodn5b44qklnh Improved roads (HD) https://app.box.com/...yk9jx7f6gnhra04 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/...1imrd2qzjawar7s Troops and soldiers: Reworked russian uniforms https://app.box.com/...8cz7adh3s1pz0vk Reworked ukrainian uniforms https://app.box.com/...7riaboi9uty98u8 Reworked USA faces https://app.box.com/...8wxgnbj6a70cq0e Reworked USA faces -50% glasses add on https://app.box.com/...yz48ujqqf2g7j7w Reworked USA faces more faces add on https://app.box.com/...97xjl5sfb2ibdyn Reworked USA uniforms https://app.box.com/...h1bp7e706ywojuc Ukrainian Army vehicles: T-64BV https://app.box.com/...c5frk9z83nuxva5 T-84Oplot (digital) https://app.box.com/...l2tisg6o07hgjw0 T-84Oplot (green) https://app.box.com/...gjuo78eqvyvaioq T-64Bulat (three-tones) https://app.box.com/...3xxf4whsf6n5zhe BMP-2 https://app.box.com/...sl2sjfz9r70xcf7 BTR-4e (digital) https://app.box.com/...6jyr7trg674up2t BTR-70m https://app.box.com/...4rwj8z19s3kl8qz BRDM-2 https://app.box.com/...alv4dv8xmvydtnh MTLB (+variants) https://app.box.com/...bh3z9lz0u0p21of MTLBu https://app.box.com/...7z988tn5rhft6zw BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4etbn1wg88cvcjm UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/...q0v82xrhnv8b2z1 Tunguska https://app.box.com/...8luj5zzvgsyrq8z MT-12 https://app.box.com/...l1apiqq7hv1qhfn US Army vehicles: Abrams https://app.box.com/...3gmrqkblhum95ia Abrams tank names add on https://app.box.com/...9tsjsl4yolekpaa Bradley https://app.box.com/...0zd8pylvea4j763 Bradley desert era add on https://app.box.com/...b0vv2kahj9uo3sp Bradley graffiti add on https://app.box.com/...hsi84qez2x45v4c Bradley vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...r9a1ugab6zjneki Hummer https://app.box.com/...claiqv2b2fwr2do Stryker https://app.box.com/...dd453pfjawtae0f M1200 https://app.box.com/...qdhbrgcj3m7klfb M1200 vs-17 optional https://app.box.com/...i379lmzccm7u3p2 M1200 vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...tya89575i8s2e95 M1064A3 https://app.box.com/...14n7vw0ok91b8ti LMTV https://app.box.com/...3exicb4w5f31h9a Russian Army vehicles: T-72B3 - light green https://app.box.com/...g7jaod86ciqcimt T-72B3 - dark green https://app.box.com/...6uergp8qdymg1sd T-90A - camo https://app.box.com/...teis394jy3l0436 T-90A - green https://app.box.com/...3dehcxfd66ebnl1 T-90AM - camo https://app.box.com/...8b6xzilecahbsrc T-90AM - green https://app.box.com/...8l0rr9169ap3u46 BMP-3M - camo https://app.box.com/...uhl5z4lsoqsh553 BMP-3M - green https://app.box.com/...o44dtixtgdgdzmm BMP-3-k - green https://app.box.com/...6sqez8jsvm1kt67 BRM-3k - camo https://app.box.com/...pgffse7nn9r73vl Krizantema - light green https://app.box.com/...kfvapdxehogsfif Krizantema - dark green https://app.box.com/...z4s88r17frn4tx5 BMP-2-k-M - dark green https://app.box.com/...98isn2a7boacmln BMP-2-k-M - light green https://app.box.com/...xdwjc7dnx1ffvfl BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4wrtx1x29msng2b BRDM-2-M-AT5 https://app.box.com/...qhtg4qn7ihjud39 BTR-82-80 - camo https://app.box.com/...vzr04lm5cov1o2l BTR-80-82 - green https://app.box.com/...9cftxgmpclvr31y Tunguska - green https://app.box.com/...0qi2w2ma7u7cums Tunguska - camo https://app.box.com/...7yzx5fgznl8fx1d Tigr - green https://app.box.com/...zfitlxmmkjvv938 Tigr - camo https://app.box.com/...6mhc0jozr3zx6nh MTLB + variants - green https://app.box.com/s/8ko3wg16clpaxwsgvbrr4g822hm8vqaq MTLBu - green https://app.box.com/s/qj049od0gizo9a0gnir99319x72a1n2x BTR-80 1v152 - green https://app.box.com/s/jqihlkiqzlb4zuvktipj8i7xie403ttn UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/s/420x2pqtu7axtm248864axfbyjh7bmh5 Interface: Special equipment icons https://app.box.com/s/vgupsiqii8udwgbf1r1wp5prlfxeqcbo C&C icons https://app.box.com/s/unopornpkl4jwm4reukp4v1fcdgnr6qn Dots (color blind friendly) https://app.box.com/s/dcxxe986s7pi14fkuafxq6o18cdvv5l8 Others: Additional flavor objects 1 https://app.box.com/...kzelqib9dsdticc Additional flavor objects 2 https://app.box.com/...jmm5v1r0y31vltc Additional flavor objects 3 https://app.box.com/...y0bsu0kcqpqr6vz Additional flavor objects 4 https://app.box.com/...n5sdnvmgtzql9ax Additional flavor objects 5 https://app.box.com/...fvhtafmqoya04mj Optional highway (TAG) https://app.box.com/...lyb20eyt4fh8x7t Optional highway total conversion https://app.box.com/...jzmdh3f73rt3i0s Optional highway total conversion editor buttons https://app.box.com/...1zmq0rza93qa2ag Total: 1.8 GB Top downloader is: Kieme CMBS modular buildings (HD): 484 downloads Still missing: bridges, a couple of them have been done already. More interface: weapon and vehicle silhouettes (less than 50% done), plus a few tweaks here and there.

Kieme CMBS Ural - UAZ Special thanks to BTR for providing the ideal green base textures. Please note that wheels and normal maps are provided by the Ukrainian Ural/UAZ mod, if you have that installed both couples will have modded wheels. This mod should be the closure for CMBS vehicles. I'll try to set up a recall post of all released mods after this one. Download: https://app.box.com/s/420x2pqtu7axtm248864axfbyjh7bmh5 Preview:

Indeed, the T-64, T-72, BMP-2, MTLB and all that other stuff would need a lower point value.

BFC lower russian and ukrainian low-tech equipment costs!!

There aren't dedicated tutorials, you'd better search for those dedicated to the specific paint program you use. The game textures are in packed in game files (.brz extensions), you can use the embedded programs (ReZExplode) to unpack them. Inside you'll find .bmp files, which are the single textures. They are easy to work with. Anyway, as regarding normal maps I use this free program and find it easy and quick: SS Bump Generator. Just Google it to find it.

You could either: -use the pre-set. The pre-set choice of forces might include all or several variants mixed toghether -delete the vehicles of a platoon, then manually buy new ones as single vehicles (but be sure to keep them within the platoon)

To be fair I can imagine that a close to reality thermic display of a dynamic world would require a huge amount of calculus.

The BMP-3 in green is available, the BRM-3 not. Maybe I'll work on it after finishing the vehicles.

Thanks for sharing.

I'm still missing the UAZ and URAL, then no more vehicles left.

Kieme CMBS BTR-80 1v152 Special thanks to BTR for providing the ideal green base textures. Download: https://app.box.com/s/jqihlkiqzlb4zuvktipj8i7xie403ttn Preview:

What's the BFT display?