SelfLoadingRifle
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For the record, I thought that I had won the first stand-alone scenario convincingly, having achieved all my objectives with very low casualties and I was only awarded a draw. I am also of the opinion that the briefing could have been better.
1) I am now looking at the opening scenario of the 1980 campaign. In the interests of realism, could anyone on this forum tell me what an authentic Russian briefing (Afghanistan circa 1980) would have said about rules of engagement in a similar situation, particularly with regard to civilians, their homes, plus of course the mosque?
2) Purely out of interest, what was/is the standard Russian Army orders format?
3) I am sure that some of the more fascinating user scenarios are going to come from Russia, where the game is selling well. Is there any public spirited person on this forum who will be able to translate the briefings into English? The number of scenarios and campaigns released with the game are very limited in number. Many more are needed.
I think that CMA has enormous potential and I look forward to the first patch.
SLR
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I served in the 80's and early 90's. Some of the kit that was issue when I was around is now appearing in events such as military vehicle rallies:eek: I think that this officially makes me an old fart;)
I suppose that you are never too old to learn. For example, I never knew before that bog standard WW2 Brit Infantry were in 10 man sections! However the past is indeed a different place and they certainly did things differently:) For the record, my two guns were the LMG (the 7.62mm version of the Bren) and the GPMG. I was still serving when the SA80 came into service, plus that piece of junk the LSW:mad: which shouldn't be dignified with the name of gun. Section configuration then changed from rifle/gun team to two identical fire teams each with an LSW and 3 riflemen. We have since learnt the errors of our ways and have adopted the Minimi, however I digress:rolleyes:
I hope very much that you will be adding a Brit add-on to the forthcoming Korea game. The Glorious Gloucesters spring immediately to mind. If this is indeed the case, I hope that my post will have proved useful.
Best regards
SLR.
P.S. Please add Dinger Bell to the Christian/Surname combos that always go together. Perhaps the coding makes this impossible, but what the heck!!
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1) The British section of the period consisted of 8 men, not 10. This was split into Gun Team and Rifle Team. The Rifle Team consisted of the Section Commander (usually a Corporal) with a Sten plus 5 riflemen. The Gun Team consisted of the gunner, armed with a Bren and the Section 2IC, usually a Lance Corporal, also with a Sten.
2)The gun was NOT a one man weapon, but crewed by two. This would apply to the Bren and all belt-fed weapons such as the MG 34 and 42. Whilst these weapons could be manned by one man only, re-load times would be considerably longer. There are some exceptions to the rule. I think I am right in saying that the U.S. BAR was a one man weapon. I do not know whether the Russian DP (I know, wrong game) was a one or two man weapon, but no doubt one of my Russian comrades on this forum would be able to enlighten me!! The Maxim family of guns were (I believe) crewed by up to 6 men, but this is way before my time.
3) The Bren mag was indeed designed to hold 30 rounds, but if 30 were loaded, the weapon would jam. This was due to the rimmed 303 round and the curvature of the mag. Only 28 rounds were ever loaded. The figure of 30 is therefore wrong and should be adjusted to 28 in any future patch.
4) All members of The Section would be carrying a couple of Bren Mags (at least) or a hundred rounds plus of link ammo. These would be passed to the gunner when needed. It should be remembered that the gun represents at least 50% of the fire-power of The Section - more in the case of the Germans, who fielded two LMGs per section.
5) And finally names!
Wolf, Lewis, Wyatt, Briar, Conrad, Elijah, Hugo, Oscar, Elliot, Noah, Jason, Humbert, Alison, York, Gideon, Roland, Dwayne, Taylor, Darien, Anderson, Abraham and Ulysses - are all very American sounding Christian names that are not commonly encountered in Great Britain, and certainly not as the names of the average squaddie. Douglas should read as Doug, Raymond as Ray, Bertram as Bert. Kevin is out of period and dates from the 60s and 70s.
Some typical Brit Christian names are Alf, Charles, David (or Dave) Edward (or Ed) Fred, Gary, Henry (or Harry) James (or Jim) John (or Jack) Keith, Leo, Larry, Len, Mike, Patrick (or Pat) Peter Richard (or Rick, or Dick) Sam, Timothy (or Tim) Victor (more commonly Vic)
Some Brit Christian and Surname combos will ALWAYS go together. Examples are,
Chalky White, Nobby Clark, Dusty Miller, Dicky Bird and Jimmy James.
Officers often had posh sounding names. Typical Christian names would include Rupert, Rodney, Timothy, Stephen, Bernard, Quentin and Anthony. Michael, Andrew, Richard, Edward and Charles would also sound about right.
Surnames for Officers were sometimes double-barrelled. Orpan-Smellie, Huntingdon-Whitely, Bonham-Carter and Salisbury-Trewlawny are all real names I have come across. Foreign sounding names such as de la Billiere and van der Merwe also have belonged to some very real Brit officers. Some officers even have titles. The Hon. is often encountered, and also Lord.
I hope this helps!
SLR
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I had the same problem. As Scoang told me: turn the gamespeed down to the slowest setting (which is 1/2).
It worked with me.
SLR.
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What does a Combat Engineer do exactly? They seem to be equipped with grenade bundles, but that aside what abilities do they have in the game over and above the average grunt?
The rules do not seem to cover this subject.
Thanks,
SLR
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Thanks!
Now I can get somewhere:)
SLR
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Picture the situation.
My infantry have taken the first half of the village. I give orders to my armour to advance and take up positions on the flanks to give covering fire. I then move up my second infantry section tasked with moving through the positions of the first and continuing the advance.
As I am doing this, I hear a rumble. It is only my tanks, who without any orders being given them have left their covering positions and are now moving into the second half of the village without infantry support. Inevitably, two of them get immobilised, and a third is destroyed by a well placed and undetected anti-tank gun.
I know that historically the Cavalry have always been a gung-ho bunch, but isn't this taking things to extremes? I have tried issuing 'halt' commands and combined these with 'hold ground' orders, but it doesn't seem to have much effect for in about 10-15 seconds off they hare again.
Short of getting the crews to bail out of their vehicles, HOW DOES ONE GET TANKS TO STAY PUT?
Any answer on this would be welcomed as I am finding it almost impossible to coordinate my armour with my infantry:confused::confused:
Many thanks,
SLR
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Scoang, Knokke,
Thanks for this. 1) I have turned the game speed down and it has improved matters somewhat. 2) I will pay close attention to any stragglers and part crewed units to see if this makes any difference.
I hope someone from the TOW development team is reading this. It is the kind of problem that really needs sorting out via the next patch.
SLR
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I am now half way into the second battle, playing as German and a few more bits of enemy kit are making their appearance. Unfortunately, the game speed has now slowed down so much, that it has become completely unplayable. I have cranked down all the graphics options to their most basic settings but it has had little effect.
For the record, I am running an Acer Aspire Desktop, with a 2.70 Gig CPU plus 3 Gig of Ram. Just how much more Ram do I need? Has anyone got any suggestions as to how I can get the game to run properly?:confused:
SLR
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Once again, many thanks. I have just noted the missions printed in cyrillic text, and as my Russian is not too hot, I think I will try the hotfix next!
Onwards and upwards,
SLR
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Er, sorry to be so der-brained but what is JSH 1.3.5, and where can it be downloaded from?
Many thanks for your reply,
SLR
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Once again, thanks:D
SLR
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I have never managed to save a game in TOW2 Kursk successfully. I press all the right buttons and the game tells me that I HAVE saved the file, but on logging back on after exiting, the saves box is empty.
I fought my way right through the first battle yesterday, and on winning it, it saved automatically. But yet again, now I have tried to access the saved files via 'Saves' there is nothing there, the 'Battles' option still remains inaccessable, and I am having to go back to square 1 again.
This is driving me mad. Can anyone help?
SLR
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Knokke,
Many thanks for replying at such length. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
SLR
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I have finally taken the plunge and bought Theatre of War 2 Kursk. However, on reading the manual, I have found that a number of important factors are only referred to in passing and are not mentioned directly. Can anyone help me with the following?
1) How do you set waypoints?
2) What are the rules for minefields?
3) Can combat engineers clear mines and/or barbed wire, and if so how?
4) Can on-board artillery such as mortars fire indirectly, and if so how?
5) What are the rules (if any) for FOOs... and can anyone else spot for artillery?
6) How does leadership work? For example my first game played as German included 6 infantry sections in the default line up but no Platoon Commander. Would this have a detrimental effect in the game, or were my instincts correct when I included the necessary command element?
And to digress slightly...
8) I cannot find the Flak 88 anywhere in the standard TOW. Is there one, or has anybody included it in an add-on or patch?
Many thanks,
SLR:)
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Now that Vista has been replaced by Windows 7, I have decided that is high time I upgraded my laptop. Needless to say it is vital that the new machine is easily capable of running CMSF, the Theatre of War programs, plus any soon to be released products from Battlefront.com:)
I am hoping to spend about £350 to £450 on the upgrade, but will fork out more if needed:(
1) Is this a realistic amount?
2) What make and model of laptops would you recommend - and at what price?
3) Where can these be located and who has the best deals on at the moment?
I am a Brit who lives in the Greater London area. I am also a Combat Mission veteran who has been longing to get to grips with CMSF.
HELP URGENTLY REQUIRED HERE.
I look forward to hearing from you:)
SelfLoadingRifle.
Campaign and Scenario discussion
in Combat Mission Afghanistan
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For the record, I thought that I had won the first stand-alone scenario convincingly, having achieved all my objectives with very low casualties and I was only awarded a draw. I am also of the opinion that the briefing could have been better.
1) I am now looking at the opening scenario of the 1980 campaign. In the interests of realism, could anyone on this forum tell me what an authentic Russian briefing (Afghanistan circa 1980) would have said about rules of engagement in a similar situation, particularly with regard to civilians, their homes, plus of course the mosque?
2) Purely out of interest, what was/is the standard Russian Army orders format?
3) I am sure that some of the more fascinating user scenarios are going to come from Russia, where the game is selling well. Is there any public spirited person on this forum who will be able to translate the briefings into English? The number of scenarios and campaigns released with the game are very limited in number. Many more are needed.
I think that CMA has enormous potential and I look forward to the first patch.
SLR