xIGuNDoCIx

Very nice!

I shwack t-90s with precision rounds quite regularly. Spot them with your FO, make the call with 2 guns so you have 2 rounds coming in. If the first doesn't kill them the second one right behind it almost always will. I would estimate a 90%-95% kill rate doing this.

Then it is decided! I shall now only play CM on Elite!!! From this day forth let it be known that xIGuNDoCIx has graduated to Big Boy Pants and no longer requires the use of Training Wheels!!!! (Seriously Thanks CM Community and keep these stories coming!)

I believe you are talking about Bills Icon set he is working on. I too am patiently waiting for its release. Scroll down through the post: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117810-nato-icons/

Is there a way to view the kill totals for Artillary/CAS units like you can for your normal on map units at the end of each scenario? If not, then why not show them under whomever called for the CAS/Fire Mission? I noticed that my JTACs/FOs, etcs never have any "kills" even when I know that they were the ones responsible for their respective CAS/Arty calls. My guys with their maps and phones are getting unruly and feeling under appreciated in the AAR. Battlefront please help!

That right there is what I based my own strategy around in my original post.

I just may do that. I have always played the CM games on "Veteran" without any thought just because well that's what I am used to playing it on. Quick question though, is the time delay for fire/CAS go both ways for the Player and the AI?

Just finished the first mission of the US Campaign and it was possibly the best game of CM I think I have ever had (outcome wise)! I think I may replay it again just to see if my initial strategy was really that sound or if my victory was just a fluke. Only 2 friendly KIA, that can't be right! Thanks for the fantastic game Battlefront!!!! I would also love to hear all of your stories about your stellar victories or shameful defeats so get to posting!

Part Nine: The left flank is about to fold!!! During these few turns the Russians attack our weakened left flank with several APCs + INF!!! They cut our forces in half and separate 1st SQD/B Team from our main defense line. The rest of our forces on the hill are ordered to fall back to the village. Our AH-64E Apache gunships are on station and beginning to do their best to ensure our safety. If our relief force does not show up soon I think that we will not be able to hold onto the left flank. Things are looking rather grim for NATO at this time.

Part Eight: So far so good! The Russians are starting to concentrate forces on both flanks in order to make a push in the coming turns. I whittle down their APCs with Javelin and large caliber sniper fire. The clock is ticking and I'm am starting to wonder where our Ukrainian relief force is. Our casualty rate is pretty low so far, a few WIA and maybe 2-3 KIA. I just hope I have men left to relieve when they decide to show up!

Awesome work Smash!

Part Seven: I continue to re-deploy my troop in preparation of the Russian assault that is starting to form on both the left and right flank/bridges. I get confirmed contacts of APCs on our side of the river so the Russians now have a foothold and will attempt to exploit it. On the plus side my 155mm artillery rounds begin to fall on the heads of the unlucky Russians crossing on the right flank. Hopefully it is enough to stall/stop their advance and buy me some time to readjust and redeploy. Also my sniper team with the M107 .50 cal sniper rifle starts to give the Russians another problem as he begins to get penetrating hits on several APCs!

It is a Mod. Vein's CMBS Effects: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117756-veins-cmbs-effects/

Ian great work! i will give them a go later tonight when I get home!

Part Six: Fall back!!! Again the Russians make advances across the river but we are holding strong and redeploying to better combat the Red Threat. My troops are moving to their secondary defensive positions and resupplying with what they will need in the coming minutes of battle. SPC MacCain in his Hummer also goes to work with his M2 50 Cal and knocks out an ENY APC while pinning an ENY SQD on Bridge Charlie 5. I guess those longs days/nights on the range paid off!

Fantastic work!

Russian MBT learns how sharp the US M982 Excalibur Precision Artillery Round is!

Nice! Can't wait to try them out!

The Russian advance continues and I take my first casualties. My small squad of Engineers on the left flank are lit up by an ENY APC's 30mm cannon and get beat up pretty bad. I think their only saving grace was the fact that they were in a building which provided them some much needed hard cover. The Russians are also mobilizing more APCs on my right flank in what appears to be a river crossing! I am starting to think I'm about to become the victim of a classic pincer move! Only time will tell and hopefully my boys can hold out!

Nice shots of an Abrams SEP threading the needle and killing a T90.

Great shot!

Here are Part Three and Four of my adventures in "Hold The Line!"

8 years (1995-2003) active duty US Army as a Combat Medic.

These look great Vein! PM Sent!

This is the same exact mission I fired up when I got the game. I am only into the first 10 minutes of the game but I have scored 2 APC kills (AT4 and a Jav), and wrecked an HQ and Sniper team trying to cross Bridge Charlie 6. My right flank so far has been uneventful other than ENY arty dropping well ahead of my troops and my own arty needing adjusting. I did kill a RPG team in the NE woods on the far bank of the river with my Sniper team positioned in the large 4 story building near the NATO map edge. So far I am really loving CM:BS and can't wait to see how the rest of the mission plays out. My running video AAR's of "Hold The Line!"