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@Erwin You say and you have! 🙂
I need to work on this a little more ...

I had to lobby hard to get Valentine into the game. Steve was originally not going to include it. He'd imagined Valentine numbers had petered out due to attrition by the title's timeframe.  But I provided documents with Valentine numbers in specific Russian units in the closing months, plus photo proof of their use in battle. Steve said he was genuinely surprised how many Valentines were still active. One reason why the Russian loved their Valentines was the darned things just didn't break. As reliable as a hammer. It also had a tiny light tank silhouette while mounting a medium tank's cannon. So yeh, its a MikeyD favorite. 

WONDERFUL!!!

WONDERFUL!!!

Sorry to resurrect the thread somewhat, but I just wanted to thank you guys - something that I can be guilty of not coming back to threads to do.
Having built on my skills using lots of the advice here, I am improving! This is from a recent CMBS small battle against the AI only, but it was a mission that previously I had no hope of winning, but now, using realistic tactics, I was able to do just that.
I think the best advice was 1) To slow down; 2) To zoom down to eye level and think "would I run over there?" before placing a move order, and 3) For every movement I make a fire plan. I work out what enemy positions, or possible positions will be able to see me when I move, how I am going to deal with that, i.e. which of my over watching squads can open fire, and so on.
It has made the game 10x more enjoyable.
 

Yep, FPS games seem to have good graphics.  The compass in the lower right was a nice (probably useful) touch also. 
Sounds interesting.  I never owned that one.  Did it have replay and a free moving camera?
I think four things are probably needed to usefully compare another games graphics to CM graphics.   
First it should be in the same general genre.  I agree GTA 5 has better graphics but I can't scratch the WW 2, itch etc. by playing it.  
It needs to be 3D.  After playing CM for all these years and assuming / agreeing CM graphics were outdated I was a little surprised by games I thought were similar to CM but only had 2D. 
It almost certainly needs to have a replay feature.  If you are compelled to play the game zoomed out for situational awareness you're not going to see much of the close in, screenshot worthy, graphics (good or bad).  You can't rewind to watch the graphics of any cool little sub battles going on etc. 
It should have a free moving camera so you can get around the map and actually see all the graphics.  Even the high end graphic First Person Shooters I think generally lock you into the view of one character at a time or at least the general vicinity of your current character.   
Do any games have these four things and better (or similar) graphics as Combat Mission?  In its genre CM graphics might be more competitive than I had assumed.         

Yes Yes. Information about PzII in CMRT is very important! Not only because at the end of the war, the Germans used everything that moves. But also because it will be possible to recreate the battles of 1943 better, especially Kursk.

Yes Yes. Information about PzII in CMRT is very important! Not only because at the end of the war, the Germans used everything that moves. But also because it will be possible to recreate the battles of 1943 better, especially Kursk.

ANA forces during action - new mod Afghan National Army
https://www.stocktrekimages.com/vwp100314m-Afghan-National-Army-soldiers-in-Tarin-Kowt.html

I tend to take victory point scores with a grain of salt. After the battle the victory screen tells me how many men died and how many survived. Whether I was awarded 500 or 5000 points for my efforts is beside the point. I've mention before that seem to be (at least) two types of player. The 'immersion' player and the 'play to win' player. Points totals are very important to the 'play to win' types. Immersion types got all the gratification they needed just being outside a village on a moonlit night watching the tracers fly overhead.

Votes and voices are the same words in Polish language 😉 I mean voices 😉
I used real Polish tropical uniforms.
Sgt.Squarehead -> My CMA looks exactly the same as CMSF2 with Afghanistan mod. You can basically use the same textures in both games. However, soldiers (skeletons) can be transferred from the CMSF1.

Polish soldiers with Beryl rifle (Polish conversion of Kalashnikov into 5.56 NATO)

ANA forces during action - new mod Afghan National Army
https://www.stocktrekimages.com/vwp100314m-Afghan-National-Army-soldiers-in-Tarin-Kowt.html

There is no mix uniforms in CMA. You can use only one texture. 
By the way, I will present my DRA mod.

I discovered CMA quite recently and I agree that it's a great game. I am very interested in new scenarios. It is a pity that the game will not be developed anymore. But there is an Afghanistan mod to CMSF2. And after a trivial conversion, all maps and scenarios from CMA work in CMSF2.
By the way, I prepared a mod of Polish soldiers in Afghanistan. Only the votes are missing.

I discovered CMA quite recently and I agree that it's a great game. I am very interested in new scenarios. It is a pity that the game will not be developed anymore. But there is an Afghanistan mod to CMSF2. And after a trivial conversion, all maps and scenarios from CMA work in CMSF2.
By the way, I prepared a mod of Polish soldiers in Afghanistan. Only the votes are missing.