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Then again, hindsight is always 20/20.
Very little was actually known about the a-bomb at the time. The strategic implications was not something thoroughly understood at the time and all but the most senior brass actually involved in the project were pretty oblivious to the possibilities.
True. But it would have become the "Plan A". It would have taken at least several months to organize another option (be it a major push through Italy or a different landing etc ...) And by that time, the bomb reality would have been a lot clearer.
By early '45 "Plan A" for Japan was already the A-bomb. "Plan B" was the landing.
By early '45 "Plan A" for Germany would have been the same. ... However, there would have been (and would have been preparations for) Plan B, C and D.
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When sitting inside your Sherman and you see a Panther or Tiger with it's front towards you ... at ANY range ... use those WP rounds and fire your smoke mortars and throw that puppy in reverse!!!!
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WP = White phosphorus
Those are smoke rounds.
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Plan B for D-day?? .... Simple. Nukes
We would have continued to focus on air-superiority from bases in the UK and held our foothold in the south.
The war would have continued AT LEAST until August '45. (Germany could have devoted more material to the Eastern Front to prolong the Russian advance) We would have based B-29's in both the European and Pacific theaters.
In August of '45, Germany would have been nuked too. (we might have even gone for Germany before Japan since Japan was more isolated by that time) Both theaters would have been concluded by August-September '45.
Plan B was the nuclear bomb. That is why US, Canada and England teamed up and devoted so much manpower and resources into the Manhattan Project.
Also, if Normandy would have failed (June-July '44), production of the fission material for the A-bomb was already well under way and people "in the know" knew that the A-Bomb was eminent. Top Brass in charge of strategy would have known this and the A-Bomb-Europe project would have become the new "Plan A" at that time for defeating Nazi Germany.
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Wikileaks has obtained a copy of the 1.10 change log. They're going to post one change per day on their website until the module is released.
LOL!!!!
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I think you've missed the humour
....errr ... yep. Definitely. (he must be in a bad mood for the game to be released)
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Right, now I know it aint coming this weekend I will get down to playing APOS
Ouch ... Why would you waste your weekend playing such a cruddy game?
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Look on the bright side: Now you can go for that marathon porn session you've been dreaming about!
Michael
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I've always found that a good rule of thumb when trying to estimate how long a project is going to take to finish is the following:
(Original Estimate) x 2 .... and then go ahead an multiply THAT sum by 3!
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Well ... I've got the house to myself this weekend, and I still have the cold beer and snacks ... so I guess it could be worse. .... Would have been great to be holed up playing CW though!!!
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I heard the entire BF team is out of the office playing paint-ball today.
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the weasel rode at midnight, apparently.
Cool link! that is funny as hell. Might as well copy/paste about half those comments into this forum 13 years later!!! I love the one: "I just got my cable-modem!" hahahahah!
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"Hay - how dare you suggest we Mac users are elitist you plebeian fool! Now pass me my golden iPhone and be quick about it or I'll have you flogged!"
But really... that is a spurious bit of reasoning. And for that I hope they release the Mac version first!
I'm glad you saw the humor in the Mac vs. PC comparison! ... because it was meant to be just that ... humorous! -
I know that there are not opinion polls on this forum ... but just +1 if you agree or something similar.
Let's not let the few in the MAC elitist crowd spoil the fun for the great, un-washed masses that have cobbled together our PC's.
I have a hunch that team BF is encountering delays with MAC issues (like the headache they had with the first patch) ....
.... So, seeing as how I have my weekend lined up for the "perfect storm" ... Live-in girlfriend out of the house, large variety of beer in the fridge, lots of easy-to-grab snacks .... and a cobbled together PC itching to load CM:CW Forces .... I propose that you release what you have and let the MAC owners wish they had gone with a PC instead!!!!
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What is left to do once CW is released?
Play it! ... and have fun doing so!!
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These may have been exceptional incidents but I think there is room for exceptional instances in CMBN and that the game is a lot richer for them
Hey everyone. Thanks for the input. I agree that this is exceptional and also agree that it is very cool that CMBN allows for exceptional events! ... I'll keep my guy on the gun and hope for the best that he can get it together enough to reload the thing. (could be a silver star candidate!)
Therefore, if my opponent happens to be reading this forum: Beware! I may ... or may not ... have an ATG zeroed in on your remaining tanks if you cross into this area!!!!
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Hi Broadsword. Yeah, I also like the game to be as realistic as possible and I see the points you are stating above. For this reason, I never play with "crack" troops. There were actually VERY few crack troops assigned to this scenario. (Fredrocker Campaign) But this gun commander just happened to be a "crack" guy in this gun-crew.
Normally, under such a barrage the survivors of the gun would have realistically abandoned the gun and headed off range. (Just as you described in your post above)
But in this case, this commander held the line.
I guess my only gripe is that IF (under unlikely circumstances) he managed to hold the line, rotate the gun and successfully fire the gun (scoring a hit) ... it seems a little "gamey" that he can't load another 57mm round into the breach.
I just wanted to check to see if I should "abandon" this gun because the CM code is written in a way that says, "one man gun-crews cannot reload a gun under any circumstances"
....... and ..... I was hoping to float a balloon to see what people thought about the idea of Ammo Bearers being able to crew a gun they are holding ammo for.
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Hi Broadsword,
I think you are correct in a fire-fight situation. And I think CM models this fairly well by having the troops "panic" and you loose control of them temporary.
But in my scenario, situation has now been calm for several minutes. (Remember, he was not in a firefight ... it was a brief artillery barrage that stopped) I would think that the commander should be able to re-load in the mean time and prepare for another shot at some later point in the battle. (That would be my 1st tweak ... just let 1 crew member re-load at a much slower rate)
---But my ideal "tweak" would be to handle guns the same way the MG jeeps and half-tracks are handled. I would like for the ammo-bearers to be able to take the place of the lost gun-crew guys. In a half-track, if your MG gunner takes a hit, you can run more men into the half-track and re-man that gun. (same with the MG Jeeps). It would be very nice to be able to crew ATG's in this manner .... at the very least it would be nice to be able to re-crew with the Ammo Bearer teams.
However, have other people had this experience ... that a one-man ATG just turns into a "Single-Shot" weapon?? ... Once you fire the round that is currently loaded ... that's it, Game Over, might as well abandon that weapon????
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Ammo is good! About 20 rounds.
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I'm not sure if I've found something that could use some code tweaking. Here is the situation:
I had the entire crew of a 57mm AT gun become casualties during an artillery bombardment. However, the ATG commander and the ATG came through the ordeal OK. (luckily the commander was "crack" and did not abandon the gun!)
He then proceeded to bravely swing the ATG into action and scored a hit on an advancing Panzer IV. However, he only got one shot off and would not re-load the gun. (A couple of bazooka teams finished the job on the PzIV). However, before the zook's could finish the job, the ATG had approximately 80 seconds of un-suppressed time to re-load and take another shot. (the PzIV had not managed to spot the ATG). But the ATG commander just sat "observing" ... at no time did "Load" or "Aim" info appear in his status ... even when I gave the gun a "direct-fire" order.
Can a single man reload a relatively small caliber ATG?? Obviously the "Real Life" answer would be YES. I would even be OK with an extremely low ROF of maybe one shot per minute or so. My petition would be that if this is the case (where an ATG or Inf Gun is manned by only a single crew member, that they should still be able to re-load the gun). This could be modeled better.
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Also, it would be cool if ATG's and Inf Guns could be "crewed" similar to the way that Jeeps, halftracks and Trucks are "crewed". This way, if some of the ATG crew gets killed, the ammo bearers could come up and lend a hand to the field piece. Some people may say that these people would not have enough training to operate this gun ... however, I think that is outweighed by the un-realistic factor that is described above ... What is the lesser of two evils?? ...
1) Having a perfectly operable gun that can't be used due to weird bureaucratic "rules" that say, "Ah ah ahhh! You are not certified to use that!"
2) Bringing serviceable equipment into play by pixletruppen who are willing to use whatever tools are available be-damned with the certifications and paperwork.
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Great job guys!!!!! Well deserved!
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I did ctrl/+ ..... and + and + and +. The web page size increased, but not the manual
That's weird ... ctrl+ works no problem. I thought that was kind of universal on all web-browsers. Are you clicking on the page of the manual you want to read?? By clicking on that page, it isolates the page into full-screen view.
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Moon mentioned yesterday that if we were good he'd even throw the changelog into the mix.
I noticed that the gripes and grumbles seemed to quite right down after that post ... .... any chance of it appearing??
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It can only be read on-line right now. I jumped the gun a little bit with my first post.
.... too funny!!!!! lol!!!
plan B for d-day?
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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You are joking right?? I don't recall that the Russian or the US forces ever encountered the MASSIVE facilities and resources into refining fission material to weapon's grade, building launching devices, testing fission reactions, heavy water facilities, electric plants, refinement plants etc ....
The Manhattan Project had it's origins back in '39 and was a combined project by the US, British and Canadians. By '42 it was one of the biggest projects undertaken in man-kind in both resources and man-hours ... with full government commitment and virtually unlimited resources.
The Manhattan project was Nation-Wide. We built large coal-burning power plants that were several Mega-Watts in capacity in Ohio JUST for the energy requirements to refine the Plutonium. ... this project was massive.
It is pretty well proven that the Germans were no-where near close to building the bomb ... especially starting in '43 when their production capacity was not even capable of replacing material losses and producing enough gas ... let alone undertaking a Manhattan project.