Glubokii Boy

What a beatiful morning....

Combat mission has its flaws but what other tactical games handle these things better in your oppinion ? I can think of NONE ...

A scenario covering this is already avaliable - carious at malinava - Made by George Mc i belive...Its a very good scenario.

Did they not change this in a patch a few years ago ? I kmow it used to be this way but is it still ?

Skillful use of the elevation tool can indeed make a huge difference in the quality of the scenario. Imo it is not only HOW you design the elevation changes on the map but also WHERE... Some of the more skillful scenario designers are able to provide the player with both great challanges as well as oppertunities simply by using the elevation tool. Even some subtle changes to the elevation in the right places can have a huge impact on gameplay and tactics... Playing on such well designed maps is indeed great fun compared to playing on more or less flat maps...

I would say that pretty much the entire Normandy theatre is open for a redo....Many things have been improved or added since the first Normandy game got released. To name a few IIRC... - Flamethrowers - updates to handheld AT weapons - Doubeling the number of AI groups and AI order slots - Triggers - The later modules and the vehicle pack added a pretty impressive amount of new equipment (and formations i belive). These changes/improvements will allow for a very different set of scenarios compared to the original release even if they cover more or less the same topics.. I hope to see much more from Normandy...

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As far as i understand it the problem in 41, 42 was not that the fuel and other supplies did not exist...The problem was that they could not get it to where it was needed...the front. The railsystem was not capable of handeling this. The number of trucks were far to few. Fuel, ammo and spare parts did not arrive in sufficient numbers...Neither did reinforcements i belive. If we say that the germans fielded to many different tanks and fighting vehicles ...thats NOTHING ! compared to the ridicolous amount of different trucks that were used supplying the forward units. Keeping these truck running was a nightmare !

I belive that more trucks, trains and a functioning railsystem from the get go in Barbarossa would have made far greater difference when it comes to reaching Moscow. It was not the russians that slowed or held up the german advance. It was the lack of logistics and flank security. If the german armour had not been forced to halt their advance time and time again to wait for supplies and the infantry they would have performed far better then what they did historically even without those 1000 extra tanks.

If you can't fuel them what good would they do ?

Ok...sorry !

- A germany weakened by a war against Brittain (with her allies)...Yes i belive they would. - Had Germany not invaded Poland and started the war...Maybe not.

I agree with this fully... Clearly the germans were not ready to take on the russians when they launched Barbarossa. Their logistical capabilities were no where near addaquate. The shortage of motorized infantry would prove disastorous. The limited mobility of the artillery. Lack of this...lack of that...They were not ready ! But what else could they do ? Time was not on their side. Their enemies would only grow stronger and stronger. Ignoring to attack russia would hardly work either. That was exactelly what Stalin wanted. For the germans and western powers to destroy themsself while the russians were uparming at full speed waiting to march west at a suitable time. They pretty much had to attack russia i belive...and they had to do it NOW ! The time would never be better...

I wounder how the Ferdinand would have performed as a defensive tool if it had not been wasted in some ill suited offensive actions.

And pretty much not in the early parts either...Atleast not ones Barbarossa got on the way...

Would something like 3 Pz IVs have required less fuel ? In the later parts of the war the germans could not fuel...anything (at a required level).

The Tiger 1 was sort of a panic respons...was it not ? They needed something to deal with the russian T34 and KV series and they needed it fast. Since the flak 88 performed so good against these russian heavies why not make a tank big enough to be able to support a simular gun ?

For the last year of the war i wounder if i would not have prefered to have a higher number of Jagd Panthers delivered compared to a new updated turreted version made in smaller numbers.

The fun has begun I did a quick test with the T70 against 20mm and 37mm AA - The 37mm could defeat it pretty well - the 20 mm needed to be within 500 meters, preferably 300

Yepp...that has been my understanding also....Was hoping for some kind of a workaround but i guess not. These modded early tanks might become somewhat more difficult to knock out compared to RL...But i guess that using anything heavier then a 37mm it might not matter all that much... But 20mm and 37mm might be struggeling...(unless the '44, '45 ammo will be more potent ? )

I guess that this will be hoping for to much...But are you guys able to do anything about the armour values of these 'modified' tanks ?

Yepp, 45mm. There was also an infantry support version i belive with a 76mm.

What !!! "What is this ? Personal initiativ !!! How dare you ? Where is Beria ?" Apart from that...Very nice work ! Will you be able to produce a BT tank also using simular techics ?

Are you hinting that the russian burocracy may not have been a marvel of efficiency