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thanks for al the info. it seems like moving up slowly with inf. in the lead is not a bad ideas??

KNac, great advice thanks, quick question, in RT can you issue commands in pause? is the pause thing in the way or does it work? all that makes sense. I you just have to take a it a bit at a time i guess. i think that is why I like WEGO right now,due to all the covering arcs, but I need to get familiar too. How are you guys using snipers in game?

cool, so you area target the first floor of the building, bring down the whole thing? also, has anyone finished the campaign? I like the sotry line

Both great points. I have not done the covering arc while assaulting with my infantry. I am not yet fast enough to handle RT with the infantry yet. Normal- when you talk about overwatch when moving your infantry is that with your strykers? or with infantry? I have another question- do the enemy troops on single palyer move around or are they static where they stand and fight till the death? the first mission was mostly trench so it did not seem to apply. I'm going to dork out here but if you're interested see what you think. I think an envelopment manuver might work on airbase, but with limited resources, i am afraid you would be to strung out to accomplish it. any thoughts? You could breach on the west side and use the airfield road on the east. fix the gate house and move from the outter edges inward. don't overcommit, but you might be able to accomplish more and isolate and attain key terrain before having to really commit to a frontal assault. however, I don't know if we have enough resources, or if I am good enough to effective with what I have. thanks for the feedback.

Just wanted to see what thoughts were on this tactic and how it relates to CM:SF. First, I have no military experience just what I have read, so please correct on anything I have said incorrectly. One of the Tactics the US uses is based on the 3 F's: 1. Find the enemy- recon 2. Fix the enemy in position- supressing 3. Finish the enemy with overwhelming firepower- arty, CAS, more weapons This appears to have strong merit in the game and I used successfully in mission 1 of campaign. However, with limited resources and it being a game, I am having a harder time applying when it comes to UO. I am playing airbase which from what I have read is a tough map to begin with. I am wondering how you all use your units to apply tactics of any sort, as well as when and how you have found best to use your infantry. I have read many posts on how they don't like to use infantry. I am more interested in how you have been successful using them. I am not so concerned about scoring points etc, as much as playing the game as realistic as I can but also keeping it fun. I cannot figure out when to deploy my infantry without them getting chewed up even when i have been supressing the enemy. Not deploying into a building but for street to street moving or bldg. to bldg. moving I seem to take significant losses. Almost, like I am missing a key ingredient to supressing the enemy. Overall, I believe the 3Fs make a lot of sense with the game, I just don't know exactly when and how to apply them. Anyone have any advice would be appreciated. Cheers!

found this yesterday if anyone hasn't seen this yet. sorry if this has beenposted but i didnt see it. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-21/

actually here si the main page http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-21/

thanks guys. for my level i need the turn based and do enjoy watching what my units are doing, but i enjoy the RT just cant keep up with it all before i am really scrwed. Thansk for the info. made it mission 2 airfield and got spanked right off the bat. I found an interesting website if you all want to read up on the stryker units at all. thanks for the info. ill be seeing ya around. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-21/chap4.htm#4-11 the link worked for me, but that is the website. enjoy the read

guys sorry about the typos. im at work and have a crazy boss walking around.

I appreciate all the help. 1.do you play it mostly RTS or turn based? I would like to play it RTS but feel I am behind the curve and coordinating things and losing the edge that I would ahve in RL if I did not have to click or micromanage so much. I didnot utulizxe the pause button enough. Any thoughts on this? Seems like RTS is much more realsitic, but any thoughts? 2.Infantry uses with strykers. I am trying to find some tactics and info on how to use my inf. in combination with my strykers. mostly on open ground. It seems safest to keep them in but as I close on infantry with RPgs etc. I get them dismounted but to no real effect. I have only played the first two campoaign missions, and got my inf. handed to me when i dismounted over open terrain, but in the wadi it has worked well as long as my strykers are leading. Please addsoem thoughts on how to work in an open environment. thanks for the help and enjoying the help from the forums.