bram1979

I would love to see a kettenkrafdrad and a swimwagen

I have loads of books and pictures from this battle. I live about 20km from Overloon and I visit the museum there very often

Well I can finnaly watch and comment. I'm Dutch Grenadier and I shall tell my story My initial plan was to capture the both the centre and left town. The right town would be left open but under survailence from my FO. Once he had entered this town I would have shelled the crap out out him. On the far left I wanted to move fast with my recon force supported by 3 Tigers in overwatch on the hill. They would then move to the centre behind his lines. All went well untill those bloody jabo's showed up and forced me to move my Tigers from the overwatch. I quickly realised that he had the same plan and was moving towards the far left. No enemy units moved to far right town... In the begining I scored some nice long distance kills with my PzIV's. But this did not last long. My recon forces were quite harmless against the armor moving on the far left. So I started to move them towards the centre. Indeed the pathfinding went from bad to worse but this was also my mistake that I did not correct them. Once I lost my Tigers and realised I was going to loose the town in the centre I moved my forces to the far right. Hoping to buy some time with the forces that were left behind. To bad my panzers were mostly lost by the jabo's so all was lost. The biggest mistake I made, and this is no excuse , was that I forgot to tell Strachwitz that we would NOT use any aircraft since I find them "cheesy" without any real AA support. (again no excuse) Well that is basicly it from my part. Thanks Ithikial for doing this and read more of these fine AAR's or play fun games and tourneys at the Few Good Men. Loads of new tourneys and campaigns coming up with the release of CMRT ow and thanks Strachwitz for this really interesting and fun game!!!

Or you join the Few Good Men... we have a very good ladeer system and many campaigns and tourneys for both CMBN and RT

The H2H version is currently being playtested in a mirrored battle.

I'm involved in the organisation of getting a listing stone to my home town (near Nijmegen) It is really interesting to listen to the stories being told.

I don't mind to pay for an apgrade like this It is an awesome upgrade

Will these new features also be in CMBN?

The H2H version is done and currently being playtested in a mirrored game to get all the errors out of it. Once this is done the H2H version shall be uploaded. Both the AI versions are going to be scripted soon.

Done so far: -map 98% (only Overloon itself needs to be done) -German forces picked (95% historicly correct) -British forces picked (95% historicly correct) To do list: -setup zones for the H2H version (this version shall be released @ the beginning of next week) -placing of the land mines -scripting and playtesting (will be done by members of the Few Good Men) -fine tuning...

Are there any vehicle symbols for the British 11th armoured division and the German 25th Pz Grenadier division/ 107. panzer brigade?

The British enter the battlefield to relieve the US 7th Armoured division

The map is progressing very well. About 85% done. Very highly detailed. I'll post some screens soon.

The museum is even beter!!! You should also visit the Militracks each year in May. Loads of vehicles that drive around and for a fee you can drive along. en btw Eindhoven is nie zo heul ver weg

Work from the last hour A well posistioned Flak88 in the ruins of the stonefactory These Flak88's caused havoc among the US tanks during the first week of the attack

This september it is the 70th anneversary of Market Garden... You coming?

Then you should be glad to hear that they changed the Panther back to its original colours and numbering. Also they will start a new exposistion about the battle of Overloon. Starting from April 17th I believe.

Thanks mate! Have you listened to the audio file? I'm still a long way from completion but if I work hard I can have the H2H version done in a week... The AI scripting will take a bit longer.

Destroyed part done so far German panzergrenadiers of the 107th. Panzerbrigade in the ruined town of Overloon Destruction after the massive Allied artillery bombardment

Fallschirmjagers pass a destroyed US Sherman tank Overview of Overloon (WIP)

!!!WORK IN PROGRESS!!! In September 1944, the Allies had launched Operation Market Garden, a major offensive from the Dutch-Belgian border across the south of the Netherlands through Eindhoven and Nijmegen toward the Rhine bridge at Arnhem, with the goal of crossing the Rhine and bypassing the Siegfried Line in preparation for the final drive toward Berlin. Allied airborne forces were defeated at the Rhine bridge in Arnhem and the advance stopped south of the Lower Rhine, resulting in a narrow salient that ran from the north of Belgium across the south-east of the Netherlands. German forces attacked this salient from a bridgehead west of the bend in the river Meuse (known as Maas in Dutch and German) near the city of Venlo. The bridgehead was established by retreating German forces who were reinforced with troops arriving from nearby Germany by crossing the Meuse in Venlo. The western edge of this bridgehead ran through the Peel, a region with bogs and several canals blocking an Allied advance. The Allies decided to attack the bridgehead from the north, and this meant they had to capture Overloon and Venray, which were on the road toward Venlo. Operation Aintree (named after Aintree racecourse) had the goal of securing the narrow salient the Allies had established between Eindhoven and Nijmegen during Operation Market Garden and destroying the German bridgehead west of the Meuse, in preparation for the eventual Allied advance into the nearby German Rhineland. The battle of Overloon ensued as the Allies in Operation Aintree advanced from nearby positions south toward the village of Overloon. After a failed attack on Overloon by the U.S. 7th Armored Division, the British 3rd Infantry Division and the British 11th Armoured Division took over. Suffering heavy losses the Allies captured Overloon and moved towards Venray. The advance on Venray resulted in heavy losses, especially around the Loobeek creek, which was swollen due to heavy autumn rains and was flooded and mined by the Germans. Casualties were heavy here among the First Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment. During the battle, the village of Overloon was destroyed. In and around Overloon, some 2,500 soldiers died, making it one of the bloodiest battles in the Netherlands during the Second World War. It was also the only major tank battle ever fought on Dutch soil. Dozens of tanks, mainly British, were destroyed. Despite the fact that both Overloon and eventually Venray were taken by the Allies, the advance toward the bend of the Meuse near Venlo was postponed. This was due to the number of casualties the Allies had sustained and because troops were needed to secure more essential targets: the Scheldt estuary, leading to the vital port of Antwerp and the west of the province of North Brabant, in between Antwerp and the salient that had been established. The offensive was eventually resumed, and by early December the German bridgehead west of the Meuse was destroyed. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Overloon This map/battle will focus on the British part of the battle. The map is about 95% historicly correct. It's size will be 2kmx2km. At the moment I'm about 65% done. Here are some screens of my work so far. I'm from Holland and I live about 20km to the north of Overloon. I visit the war museum very often. A Panther from the 107. Panzerbrigade in overwatch Fallschirmjager tankhunters await their prey Destroyed US armor is left behind on the battlefield More destroyed US armor US Sherman tank destroyed in the dense forrest by a tankhunter I'm trying to make this map full of battlefield scars and historicly correct. More will follow soon H2H Brits vs German (AI) Small audio teaser https://www.dropbox.com/s/vg1ks6x73kq40hn/_media_449432_117_battle_overloon_en.mp3

Yeah already found the solution and started on my map. Thank

Does anybody know how to overlay an map in mapeditor? I wish to create this map: This will be my next project. The forgotten battle for Overloon

Damn... To bad. They would be nice to have and kettenkraftrads

Any modder willing or working on a swimmwagen model?