Brille

@ALBY @Erwin @Splinty
My post over this one might interest you too. 

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

All right Brille, I'll try the evade button when I'll have an opportunity 😉

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

especially like this one, but they're all good shots. 
 
cheers,rob

Aftermath of heavy fighting.

 

 
 
Sneeking up on a stuck AB41 Scoutcar.

 
No Prisoners !

 

 
A Semovente about to get blown by a PIAT.

 
Same with this scoutcar...

 
 
German storm up a ridgeline, occupied by brazilians.

 

 
Heavy trench fighting in the process.

After the war on syria was almost over the coalition soldiers had some spare time... It just so happens that a US general makes a fateful assumption: He claims the US makes the best beer in the world.
A blasphemy the german Taskforce can not get through unpunished: War it is !
 
A last stand of a USMC squad after a failed advance.

 
 
Covering fire !

 

 
 
Death from above.

 
A Panzerfaust claims a few casualties but the rest of the marines are holding on.

 
Shoot & Scoot with the only supporting Abrams.

 
 
The hunter and the prey.

 
 
Advance under heavy covering fire.

 
 
"LAW and order"

 
 
 
It´s a damn Tiger errr Leopard !

 
 
Locked on !

This Leo took 3 ! Javelins to be finally destroyed.
 
After this incident the british claim that they don´t understand a war about such a silly topic. Everyone knows that Guinness beats them all.
 
Well we know where that goes....
 

 

 
 
 

Well I must contradict Holman at least partially. Where the "Pause" and "Cancel" button may be more comfortable for realtime players, the evade button is very useful for WEGO players to as they don´t have anything like it.
It is a bit of a shame that this button is not praised as it should be.
I have tested it recently and it also surprised me that it actually has the stated effects as I thought otherwise for a long time.

If the team shoots it properly you should see the PIAT in the hands of the soldier and you should see an explosion or projectile of course if they do.
In the picture you see it on the back of the soldier and in the "equipment panel" there is also his rifle equipped. So they aren´t shooting the PIAT or don´t tend to shoot it in this moment.
Though I do not know how eager they are to use the PIAT (or any weapon in general) in their pinned state.
 
At least they have all of their 6 round available so they didn´t shot once with it. At least if you haven´t picked up extra round from Bren carriers or so.

I guess the railway station is made out of bricks ?
Then the PIAT will have a hard time tearing a wall down...at least on it´s own.
However it can supress and kill it´s occupants. I wouldn´t say it does it very effectively but if you need that extra firepower for a strong point I would probably go for it.
Though you might want to save it´s ammo if you expect enemy armor around.
 
If you give them a target order they should use the PIAT too. Maybe use a "target briefly" command for 15 or 30 seconds, so they don´t use up all their ammo for one position.
 
To add to all of this: All the Combat Missions have a simple to understand scenario editor. I´m not a scenario or mapmaker but I regularily use it to make some shooting ranges. So I can test what weapon penetrates what or what damage I can expect on certain ranges and so forth.
Here you could test how many rounds a PIAT would take to demolish a brick/clay/wooden wall of a house or what damage it can make on the inside or how reliable it is to hit oncertain distances.
 
I like the PIAT very much and I would say it is my favorite man portable AT weapon in the WW2 games. It might lack the penetration of a Panzerschreck but it can be fired indoors without negative effects.
And it is stealthy enough to get some shots of without turning to public enemy no.1  to all opposing troops in the vicinity due to the far less smoke buildup.

For the evade-button you probably should know that it is not just an automated "fast" command.
 
As I´ve learnt recently it is more of a withdraw option that overwrites certain morale effects.
For example your troops are pinned. You can give them orders but as long as they are in this status they most likely will not obey them until they go to normal again.
If you now press the evade button instead your squad will get up (some soldiers need more time than others) and move to the position that order is set to even though they are still listed as pinned beforehand.
 
This is more of a last resort option and will most likely get you some casualties. But it is better than loosing the whole squad due to rising enemy firepower or a flanking party that crushes it with ease.
Note that this option will not work properly in buildings. On a ground floor it seems not to be able to activate entirely and on upper floors it is faulty most of the time in my experience.
This may be on purpose by BFC to eliminate a worse TAC AI behavior as someone stated. Just so you know.

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

Well I must contradict Holman at least partially. Where the "Pause" and "Cancel" button may be more comfortable for realtime players, the evade button is very useful for WEGO players to as they don´t have anything like it.
It is a bit of a shame that this button is not praised as it should be.
I have tested it recently and it also surprised me that it actually has the stated effects as I thought otherwise for a long time.

For the evade-button you probably should know that it is not just an automated "fast" command.
 
As I´ve learnt recently it is more of a withdraw option that overwrites certain morale effects.
For example your troops are pinned. You can give them orders but as long as they are in this status they most likely will not obey them until they go to normal again.
If you now press the evade button instead your squad will get up (some soldiers need more time than others) and move to the position that order is set to even though they are still listed as pinned beforehand.
 
This is more of a last resort option and will most likely get you some casualties. But it is better than loosing the whole squad due to rising enemy firepower or a flanking party that crushes it with ease.
Note that this option will not work properly in buildings. On a ground floor it seems not to be able to activate entirely and on upper floors it is faulty most of the time in my experience.
This may be on purpose by BFC to eliminate a worse TAC AI behavior as someone stated. Just so you know.

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

Mounted assault



 


 


 
(Close) Encounter in the dark


 
Just as he was about to throw a frag grenade, the rifleman got hit. This were some bad news for his leader cowering next to him.

 
 
A halftrack formation gets blown to bits by one well positioned US 57mm AT gun.

 
Remember: Enemy artillery can be your worst enemy but can provide good cover too.
Without the previously created crater of the enemy artillery, this fire team would have been blown to bits.

 
"Herr Leutnant...wouldn´t it be wiser to spread the weapons of our fallen comrades around the squads ? They all just have those old bolt action rifles and...."
"God damn it, Feldwebel Heinrich ! When I say that you give the sniper rifle to the machine gunner, I mean it.
Don´t you dare question my leadership !"


 
 
Advance through the smoke.


 
A bit of posing for the Wochenschau.

 
"Hans, you said we should go the right path but I haven´t seen no friend nor foe for hours. Where is the front ?"
"Shut up Klaus and let me think !"

 

A clash between Panzer IV and Churchills got very bloody for both sides:
 




 
Advancing through the hedgerows...


 
Which is pretty dangerous.

 

 
But there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
 
Even if it meant that the light is actually a muzzle flash of a 88mm tank canon.
 

This Tiger got stuck in the wet ground...but unfortunately it was right at my avenue of approach...
 
 

 

When desperate enough even a ****ty outhouse can be a hiding spot from those damn tanks.
 

 

 

 
The die hard german squadleader.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A clash between Panzer IV and Churchills got very bloody for both sides:
 




 
Advancing through the hedgerows...


 
Which is pretty dangerous.

 

 
But there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
 
Even if it meant that the light is actually a muzzle flash of a 88mm tank canon.
 

This Tiger got stuck in the wet ground...but unfortunately it was right at my avenue of approach...
 
 

 

When desperate enough even a ****ty outhouse can be a hiding spot from those damn tanks.
 

 

 

 
The die hard german squadleader.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A clash between Panzer IV and Churchills got very bloody for both sides:
 




 
Advancing through the hedgerows...


 
Which is pretty dangerous.

 

 
But there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
 
Even if it meant that the light is actually a muzzle flash of a 88mm tank canon.
 

This Tiger got stuck in the wet ground...but unfortunately it was right at my avenue of approach...
 
 

 

When desperate enough even a ****ty outhouse can be a hiding spot from those damn tanks.
 

 

 

 
The die hard german squadleader.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A clash between Panzer IV and Churchills got very bloody for both sides:
 




 
Advancing through the hedgerows...


 
Which is pretty dangerous.

 

 
But there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
 
Even if it meant that the light is actually a muzzle flash of a 88mm tank canon.
 

This Tiger got stuck in the wet ground...but unfortunately it was right at my avenue of approach...
 
 

 

When desperate enough even a ****ty outhouse can be a hiding spot from those damn tanks.
 

 

 

 
The die hard german squadleader.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks guys this got my games up and working!!

Man versus beast.
 

Tiger hunting
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Let´s just say he had a bad day...
 

"Hey Hans ! Do you think their snipers saw us ?"
"Nah, we are fine Klaus. By the way are those some new ventilation holes in your panzerfaust ?"
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Man versus beast.
 

Tiger hunting
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Let´s just say he had a bad day...
 

"Hey Hans ! Do you think their snipers saw us ?"
"Nah, we are fine Klaus. By the way are those some new ventilation holes in your panzerfaust ?"
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This was my first dive back into the world of reshade. Some are better than others (at least to my eye) as I was figuring out how reshade works again and trying out different settings. Not sure why I decided to go with CMFI to test this out, something about this game always seems to pull be back from time to time. It's got a certain character to it. There are a handful of mods alongside the reshade in these pictures.