DougPhresh

There is a fair bit of Italian equipment that's missing, to be fair! FM 24/29 light machine gun (French Capture) Cannone da 90/53 (This is a big one! The Semovente 90/53 is already in game, and only has 12 rounds!) Solothurn S-18/1000 (Mounted on As. 42 but would be valuable in ground mount) Italian AA guns haven't been added (Once again, already have an example on the As. 42) Flame throwers I think that with some tweaks to the Italian OOB to bring them in line with the additions to other nations over the past years and modules, Italy would be surprisingly punchy.

Or Luftwaffe Field Divisions

Some news about any module would be welcome.

I'm hoping for this too! I need my Emchas!

So was the BTR 90 a bust? It seems to only be in service with Internal Troops.

From skimming wikipedia, there are some Russian variants of the MT-LB I'd like to see. I don't know how I'd go about finding images of all of them, but I'm guessing they're similar to the MT-LBM-6MB already in game. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MA3) - MT-LBM armed with four 9M133 Kornet ATGM launchers, 7.62 mm PKTM tank machine gun and an AGS-30 30 mm automatic grenade launcher. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB) - MT-LBM fitted with a turret from BTR-80A. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB2) - MB armed with AGS-17 30 mm. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB3) - MT-LBM armed with GSh-23V 23 mm, AGS-30 30 mm and "Kord" 12.7 mm. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB4) - MT-LBM armed with GSh-30K 30 mm, AGS-30 30 mm and "Kord" 12.7 mm. MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB5) - MT-LBM armed with twin gun 23 or 30 mm, "Igla" SAM and equipped with improved sights.

Interesting read, but with the exception of UAVs, EW and possibly the T-14 most of what the article discusses is beyond the scope of the tactical scenarios in CM.

I think it would be a nice addition. Ukraine could use something between outdated BMP-2s and state-of-the-art BTR 4s, IMO.

Well we have Russian MTLBs with BTR 82 turrets, why not Ukrainian with BTR 4 turrets? Lord knows we have enough marshy maps!

Those are some fantastic weapons systems with a lot of on-map potential for the game.

Disclaimer: When I went through Artillery School in 2005 there was no such shell and in my time in since then I haven't seen it in hundreds of shoots with the Canadians and Americans.

Maybe the next module would include the shilka or even more creatively the BMPT.

The "white" smoke of smoke grenades and artillery does not block IR. The "brown" smoke of AFVs does. I think the US also has this. Surprisingly there are no artillery shells designed to block IR yet in any NATO inventory at least, that surprised me in arty school.

So 203 airburst would definitely severely damage vehicles at least?

I wish every thread didn't devolve into how Glorious Ukraine is on the verge of driving all the way to Volgograd if only they would be let off the leash. There are definitely some high granularity "sim" features I'd like to see (Russian and Ukrainian Technical Recce platoons having a function for one), and I would certainly like to see Probe missions focus on the conduct of recce, survey, route clearance or security but I'm happy overall with the direction the series has been taking.

There's a lot to go in here, but the simplest way I can explain night vision at least is this: Ukraine: Night vision devices on some weapons, a handful per squad. Recon teams have every man equipped with a night vision device on weapon. Russia: Night vision devices on more weapons in a squad. Recon teams have every man equipped plus night vision monocular on their helmets. USA: Night vision binoculars on everyone. Some thermals on weapons

Because of the binos, I sometimes send them along with a scout team or to cover a breach team.

I'm just saying for QB! I understand why every crew-served under the sun isn't a GL, and having crewed a HK GMG at work, I can tell you they're not all they are cracked up to be, but in-game they seem to help my dismounts push a position much better. That accuracy and aiming-to-hit delay means that they light up the entire woodline and not just the part where I've spotted the enemy. Usually that ends up suppressing enemies I haven't even seen yet.

Using the traditional 2-1 probe, 3-1 attack and 3+ - 1 assault, attacking even against entrenched enemies is a cakewalk and defending is hopeless. You're right to say fighting withdraw is out, troops are so fragile that the initial barrage might crumble a defensive line.

Why would you take anything other than 40mm for Strykers? The HEDP can chew up BTRs and BMPs that the 50 won't put down as easily. Easier to keep those gunners alive too.

That might be variable, no? I can't imagine that the MT-12 has the same trajectory as the M777, unless the latter is at max charge.

Brilliant. Based on this, what would the 203mm shells do to BTRs, BMPs and Strykers?

Too bad the war in Syria has shown their crews are as likely to run away as not

With the granularity of the damage model versus something like health bars I'd be very interested to see how artillery fragments shred sub-systems, something that is absent now. A BTR-70's armour might be pierced, but even more than that the antennae being damaged would have a big impact. Likewise using airburst to break the radars of AAA and SAMs would be a nice detail. Thank you for all the work and the attention to detail!

I remember first learning about what at the time were called RPVs in artillery school. We thought the most use we would get out of them was replacing spotter planes in the artillery!