Dr.Fusselpulli

Oh yeah, the Soviet thrust wasn´t anticipated like that for quite a long time now.

I want to say something most users probably will not notice, but it is an amazing Detail, the voices for the German forces are quite good and believable. There are a lot of movies or sometimes games with terrible not native voiceactors, but the Soldiers in Combat Mission are sounding very natural. Good job @Battlefront.com

When we are at vehicles, I coundn´t find the Krupp-Protze Kfz.70, can anybody tell me where to find it?

Wooohoo! Love to hear good news!

Yes, I agree. I had to use the technical support 2 or 3 times in the last couple of years, and it was always top notch, very good elaborate support.

That random factor on the anticipation makes the waiting more fun!

Was the color of the soviet tanks changed? I have the feeling they are looking much better now compared to previous pictures. Now they have exactly this proper yellowish green which I was looking.

The countryside in the Czech Republic is differently used from the countryside in Germany. I am German and live in Czech Republic and I clearly see a difference. In Czech Republic, LOS is often far greater, larger fields, less treelines between them. Seems to be a leftover of communist agriculture. I also have the feeling trees are smaller. I am missing the beech forests with its massive old trees I know from home, but maybe I just wasn´t in the right forest yet.

Well, 80s music and a game about a hopeless end of time war, of course it is the Goth and Industrial kids occupying the thread.

For a translation from a German website, I can recommend https://www.deepl.com/translator That translation service is way better than google translate, especially when it comes to translations from English to German and vice versa.

Sorry, I can´t take Chris Pohl serious. Why not post the original, which is better and fits the 80s timeframe.

Or the British band Click Click, this early 80s song should have a direct Cold War topic as well:

When we plunged into the dark side of the 80s already, how about some Girls Under Glass (former Calling Dead Red Roses)? Fits a bit the mood of doom if the cold war, and it's even a band from Germany Or another German band of that time, Marquee Moon:

Just Heer. The Austrian Military is called Bundesheer, and Bundeswehr in Germany. Maybe missleading for foreign people. Here a CH-53 by the Heer, in which you can see it: That might be true, but "Wehr" does have more the mening of defense. A "Wehr" can also be a technical building reducing the flow of water in a river. "Brustwehr" is a parapet. "Wehrhaft" means somebody is ready for defense. "Sich wehren" means "to fight back" the etymology might be related to war, but it be more like the english word of defense, which is also connected to fence or fencing, which in itself might be connected again to the German word "fechten" (fencing) or "Gefecht" (Battle)

You mean Bundeswehr? Bundesheer would be the Austrians Army. Especially the Luchs is super interesting, it is a super quiet reconnissance vehicle, quite as a bike.

The song is probaly not about the Cold War, but the name of the band fits very well, and the sound in itself is super 80s!

Actually it is usually very nice. I even movend here from Germany

I just found one on Tuesday while walking through the neighborhood.

Yes, the Iltis became the new standardised jeep of the Bundeswehr in 1978, which replaced the DKW Munga and the VW Typ 181 Kurierwagen. But I don´t know if the Munga was still in service in 1979, the Kurierwagen was definitely still in service in the early 80s. The Munga had many problems which never got fully fixed, the Iltis was the the replacement for the Munga, but wasn´t developed yet, when needed, so the Kurierwagen was the Ad-Hoc solution until the Iltis was ready.

I understand what you mean, but the street also has the unique capability of being a better surface for vehicles, not sure if such a cosmetic flavor object wouldn´t increse the vehicles chance to bog down, or if it would even disappear if a vehicle would drive over it?

Thank you. This might come in very handy

No need to hurry. You have time, Cold War hasn´t gone hot yet

@JulianJ if you know about the tutorial, this would be awesome. I am familiar with Photoshop and Zbrush.

Most civilian cars are probably gone, yes. But I guess, a reasonable amount of them would have been abandonded as well. What if you ran out of fuel, or something broke down or was broken down, when the russians were coming? What if you were too slow to flee, or wanted to pick a loved one up when it happened?