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    Combatintman got a reaction from Bulletpoint in Infamous bridge bug?   
    It defies description - vehicles/personnel either fall through bridges and in the case of vehicles will drive over them when they're supposed to go under them and, as in your case, get stuck on them.  Sometimes other vehicles can pass the stuck vehicle but it is rare in my experience.  As a scenario designer I'm just wary of bridges full stop so tend to stay away from designing something for which crossing an obstacle which is key to mission accomplishment is dependent on a single bridge functioning.  In terms of fixing it - no idea.  We have had builds where they work and then a subsequent build stops them working, in the next one it will work, rinse and repeat ad infinitum.  Replacing the bridge in the editor sometimes helps but not always.  It is a headscratcher for which a solution is being sought but has not been found yet.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Pete Wenman in Combat Mission Cold War - British Army On the Rhine   
    Winter uniform for the Brits was the same as the summer uniform - so yes you're getting them.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from LuckyDog in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
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    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Bud Backer in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
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    Wild boar - Wikipedia
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    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from BletchleyGeek in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
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    Wild boar - Wikipedia
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    British Army of the Rhine - Wikipedia
    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Vacillator in German Heavy Machine Guns   
    Water is a basic need - I think you'll find that the earliest settlements were close to water courses.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from MOS:96B2P in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
    BOAR
    Wild boar - Wikipedia
    BAOR
    British Army of the Rhine - Wikipedia
    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Taranis in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
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    Wild boar - Wikipedia
    BAOR
    British Army of the Rhine - Wikipedia
    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Butschi in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You obviously don't work in the vehicle insurance industry 😉
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Artkin in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You obviously don't work in the vehicle insurance industry 😉
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Sunbather in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
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    Wild boar - Wikipedia
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    British Army of the Rhine - Wikipedia
    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You obviously don't work in the vehicle insurance industry 😉
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    Combatintman got a reaction from HerrTom in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
    BOAR
    Wild boar - Wikipedia
    BAOR
    British Army of the Rhine - Wikipedia
    Not sure whether people are asking for a flavour object that is not a dead cow or horse or the Brits for the Cold War module.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Blazing 88's in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You obviously don't work in the vehicle insurance industry 😉
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    Combatintman got a reaction from dan/california in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You obviously don't work in the vehicle insurance industry 😉
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    Combatintman got a reaction from LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    3 RTR was my local tank regiment from my growing up days.  Interesting article particularly regarding target acquisition compared to Challenger I - the author got pretty good results but there were a few negatives in the dislikes section about it.  My understanding is that the fire control system on Challenger II is leaps and bounds different to Challenger I and as the Twitterati pointed out, the M1 of today is a better beast than the M1 of a few years back.  Hopefully it has got a BV now otherwise their M1 crews will want a transfer to those units supplied with Brit kit ...
    AFV Boiling Vessel – Tales from the Supply Depot
     
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Baneman in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    @Shady_Side - to add to my previous post and to provide a documented example of converting from one armoured platform to another, the British Army until fairly recently used to do a thing called 'Arms Plotting' which saw regiments re-role every few years - in the case of infantry from light role, to mechanised, to armoured infantry and in the case of the Royal Armoured Corps from formation reconnaissance to armour.  To give a flavour of what it takes to as you put it "they will be starting with crews that already know the fundamentals of armored combat" the links below will take you to the Regimental Journal of the Life Guards for 1980 and 1981 which describe the regiment's conversion from formation reconnaissance to armour.  Bear in mind that this regiment used to change roles about every six years so anybody in the regiment with longer time in than that would have been familiar with Chieftain rather than jumping straight into one from scratch, a luxury Ukrainian tank crews will not have.  Now I accept that the timescales to convert the regiment would be longer back then because of the demands of peacetime soldiering such as: handing over the old camp and equipment; taking over the new camp and equipment; booking training areas; letting soldiers go on leave; area cleaning; site guards; and, marching up and down the square but the bottom line is that the Life Guards took about a year to convert properly to Chieftain to the point where the regiment was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Battlegroup.  According to the 1981 journal, B Squadron took four months to fully convert to the point that it was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Squadron Group.
    Acorn 1980 by LGregsec - Issuu
    Acorn 1981 by LGregsec - Issuu
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    Combatintman reacted to The_Capt in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    But sweet on the inside...kinda like a rancid Werther's Original. 
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    3 RTR was my local tank regiment from my growing up days.  Interesting article particularly regarding target acquisition compared to Challenger I - the author got pretty good results but there were a few negatives in the dislikes section about it.  My understanding is that the fire control system on Challenger II is leaps and bounds different to Challenger I and as the Twitterati pointed out, the M1 of today is a better beast than the M1 of a few years back.  Hopefully it has got a BV now otherwise their M1 crews will want a transfer to those units supplied with Brit kit ...
    AFV Boiling Vessel – Tales from the Supply Depot
     
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Monty's Mighty Moustache in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You've had answers of the required depth from people who've been there and done it and here's one from another 'been there done that guy' - short of putting on a green suit and trying it yourself what has been posted here is as good as its going to get to convey the message.  From the information and analogies in your posts, it is clear you are focused on each individual tank and its operation by the crew in complete isolation.
    You seem to be in rather a hurry and the reasons you articulate for that are sound but, the weather and ground conditions are iffy for large scale mechanised operations so the time is better spent training rather than rushing that kit to the front line.  History is replete with examples of how rushing stuff to the front line causes problems, British tanks at the Somme in 1916 and Tigers and or Panthers at Kursk being two vaguely comparisons relevant to the situation now.  Time spent in training and rehearsal is well-spent and lots of people here have rightly criticised the Russian military for launching this operation in a half-bottomed manner and equally criticised the quality of the troops that have turned up as a result of the mobilisation.  It would be unwiser than an unwise thing for Ukraine to adopt exactly the same courses of action as its never time for amateur hour in warfare.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Raptor341 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    @Maciej Zwolinski - to give a varied career in terms of postings "Join the Army, see the World" (which was very much a thing then) and all that.  With most mechanized and armoured units based in Germany it meant that, in the case of the Royal Armoured Corps, units would swap between BAOR and the UK and the UK-based units would cover other commitments such as UNFICYP and Belize with everyone getting a Northern Ireland tour thrown in.  Likewise for the infantry, light role was mainly UK-based but also got Gibraltar, Cyprus, Belize, Hong Kong and of course Northern Ireland.  All of the armoured and mechanised types would be in Germany with Northern Ireland thrown in as well.
    From an efficiency/role specialisation and treasury point of view it was hugely wasteful .... guess why the arms plot ended?  Bottom line though, it worked well enough and it was useful having units with experience in all of their likely disciplines and it stood officers of those regiments in good stead as they moved on in their careers to do staff jobs and command formations because of the more rounded experience they had gained.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from LuckyDog in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    @Shady_Side - to add to my previous post and to provide a documented example of converting from one armoured platform to another, the British Army until fairly recently used to do a thing called 'Arms Plotting' which saw regiments re-role every few years - in the case of infantry from light role, to mechanised, to armoured infantry and in the case of the Royal Armoured Corps from formation reconnaissance to armour.  To give a flavour of what it takes to as you put it "they will be starting with crews that already know the fundamentals of armored combat" the links below will take you to the Regimental Journal of the Life Guards for 1980 and 1981 which describe the regiment's conversion from formation reconnaissance to armour.  Bear in mind that this regiment used to change roles about every six years so anybody in the regiment with longer time in than that would have been familiar with Chieftain rather than jumping straight into one from scratch, a luxury Ukrainian tank crews will not have.  Now I accept that the timescales to convert the regiment would be longer back then because of the demands of peacetime soldiering such as: handing over the old camp and equipment; taking over the new camp and equipment; booking training areas; letting soldiers go on leave; area cleaning; site guards; and, marching up and down the square but the bottom line is that the Life Guards took about a year to convert properly to Chieftain to the point where the regiment was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Battlegroup.  According to the 1981 journal, B Squadron took four months to fully convert to the point that it was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Squadron Group.
    Acorn 1980 by LGregsec - Issuu
    Acorn 1981 by LGregsec - Issuu
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Bannon in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You've had answers of the required depth from people who've been there and done it and here's one from another 'been there done that guy' - short of putting on a green suit and trying it yourself what has been posted here is as good as its going to get to convey the message.  From the information and analogies in your posts, it is clear you are focused on each individual tank and its operation by the crew in complete isolation.
    You seem to be in rather a hurry and the reasons you articulate for that are sound but, the weather and ground conditions are iffy for large scale mechanised operations so the time is better spent training rather than rushing that kit to the front line.  History is replete with examples of how rushing stuff to the front line causes problems, British tanks at the Somme in 1916 and Tigers and or Panthers at Kursk being two vaguely comparisons relevant to the situation now.  Time spent in training and rehearsal is well-spent and lots of people here have rightly criticised the Russian military for launching this operation in a half-bottomed manner and equally criticised the quality of the troops that have turned up as a result of the mobilisation.  It would be unwiser than an unwise thing for Ukraine to adopt exactly the same courses of action as its never time for amateur hour in warfare.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from LukeFF in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    You've had answers of the required depth from people who've been there and done it and here's one from another 'been there done that guy' - short of putting on a green suit and trying it yourself what has been posted here is as good as its going to get to convey the message.  From the information and analogies in your posts, it is clear you are focused on each individual tank and its operation by the crew in complete isolation.
    You seem to be in rather a hurry and the reasons you articulate for that are sound but, the weather and ground conditions are iffy for large scale mechanised operations so the time is better spent training rather than rushing that kit to the front line.  History is replete with examples of how rushing stuff to the front line causes problems, British tanks at the Somme in 1916 and Tigers and or Panthers at Kursk being two vaguely comparisons relevant to the situation now.  Time spent in training and rehearsal is well-spent and lots of people here have rightly criticised the Russian military for launching this operation in a half-bottomed manner and equally criticised the quality of the troops that have turned up as a result of the mobilisation.  It would be unwiser than an unwise thing for Ukraine to adopt exactly the same courses of action as its never time for amateur hour in warfare.
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    Combatintman got a reaction from Lethaface in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    @Shady_Side - to add to my previous post and to provide a documented example of converting from one armoured platform to another, the British Army until fairly recently used to do a thing called 'Arms Plotting' which saw regiments re-role every few years - in the case of infantry from light role, to mechanised, to armoured infantry and in the case of the Royal Armoured Corps from formation reconnaissance to armour.  To give a flavour of what it takes to as you put it "they will be starting with crews that already know the fundamentals of armored combat" the links below will take you to the Regimental Journal of the Life Guards for 1980 and 1981 which describe the regiment's conversion from formation reconnaissance to armour.  Bear in mind that this regiment used to change roles about every six years so anybody in the regiment with longer time in than that would have been familiar with Chieftain rather than jumping straight into one from scratch, a luxury Ukrainian tank crews will not have.  Now I accept that the timescales to convert the regiment would be longer back then because of the demands of peacetime soldiering such as: handing over the old camp and equipment; taking over the new camp and equipment; booking training areas; letting soldiers go on leave; area cleaning; site guards; and, marching up and down the square but the bottom line is that the Life Guards took about a year to convert properly to Chieftain to the point where the regiment was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Battlegroup.  According to the 1981 journal, B Squadron took four months to fully convert to the point that it was capable of fighting effectively as an all-arms Squadron Group.
    Acorn 1980 by LGregsec - Issuu
    Acorn 1981 by LGregsec - Issuu
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