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I know I'm just feeling a bit sorry for Scott. As a Writer and former Marine, I'm awed by his prose and absolutely adore the immersion he's been able to achieve (sort of like "Harry Potter"), all the while balancing his "Professional" duties.

Someone said "If you ain't iron, you ain't tryin!" I like to play H2H on iron, just for the shear challenge. My H2h partner likes elite though, so we'll usually use that when he chooses the scenario. Either one is tough, but if we don't challenge ourselves and "knock ourselves out of our comfort zones," we probably won't improve much I mean the worst that can happen is that we get our butts handed to us in a basket, and that's happened to me enough that it doesn't even hurt any more. We played "Cats and Dogs" on elite with me as Axis, and I knew on the third turn that I'd blown it and was going to lose. I lost so badly that the scenario wouldn't even accept my surrender

I watched the second and third parts of the first mission, U.S. campaign and all of the Phase Line Green last night. The Russians popping up in the fields, woods, and such where they weren't expected, and the unanticipated Russian reinforcements really did make for a "nail-biter." As I watched the play, I was mentally evaluating the possible effects of the moves on the results. I play mainly H2H, so I think I "fear" potential SNAFUs much more then I did when I used to play just the AI. The anticipation for CM;BS is horrible, but I have CMBN (with Commonwealth and Market Garden), CMFI (with GL), CMRT, and the entire CMSF series to keep me busy. It's amazing how immersed I can get in any of those games.

I suggest we give Pnzldr a break. He is after all a serving field-grade officer and doesn't exactly work your typical "9 - 5" job. On top of that, you'd have all kinds of "emergency drills" to determine the preparedness of not only the troops and equipment, but the staff officers as well. We don't know why he hasn't responded in three days, but he might not have any control over that. Although I am on the edge of my seat too

Thank you Sir. I appreciate your insight. So it seems that Ukraine has covered all bets by combining both. Very forward thinking of them

Especially those who got out of the military before many of the posters on this forum were born:-D Allow me to reframe the question. "does ...GPS or GLONASS ...?" Better?

Wow! Great information. My question is off topic, but I will ask it anyway Does the Ukranian satellite navigation system use the U.S. GPS system or the Russian constellation system? I can envision the Russians simply blocking Ukranian access to the system.

From what I'm seeing, the Russian forces would be at much less of a disadvantage because of the amphib nature of most of their vehicles except the tanks. Even those might be able to snorkel.

Try holding the CTRL key and moving the mouse wheel toward the screen. Same with a Mac, except you use the CMD key instead of the CTRL. I don't know how you'd do it if you don't have a mouse wheel though. I went from the TI99-4A to a Mac SE 9.5 inch screen in 1988. It is sitting 5 feet away and I can still use it. Current is a Mac Pro quad. CMX2 at highest resolution now is beautiful:-D

If you have anything with a 30mm close by, that should take down the wall. ChrisND used it to open a wall in one of his Twitch when he did the first mission of the Ukr campaign. It did a very nice job of opening a passage. I think he was using a BTR, but I'm not sure.

USMC TO is four-man fire team (one fire team leader and three Marines). There are three fire teams in each squad so each Marine platoon has the equivalent of four Army squads. If I remember correctly from 40-years ago, we did use fire team rushes where two men would "rush" while the other two men provided a base of fire. Then the base would bound past the first two while those provided suppressing fire. That could have been part of a squad or platoon only assault. Again, that was almost half a century ago so I could be mistaken, and Marine infantry tactics could have changed (one man in each squad was a "grenadier" with an M-79 blooper).

Was the smoke, turret swing, and reverse the result go something lazing the Abrams?

Perhaps Pzrldr and other professional military men and women like him?

The formation encyclopedia is AWESOME! This will be of great help in Quick Battles. Does the manual have a glossary for all the initial ism and acronyms? It would be nice to know (but not necessary) what they mean.

I agree that for a test scenario it is fine to be "honorable," but in a real scenario we must take advantage of everything we can. Perhaps The Teacher didn't anticipate a bypass of the pocket with a rush on the staging area. I'm sure if the Russians had intelligence of a relief force coming, they would do everything possible to decimate it as soon as they could. There is no honor in war. That said, I continue to learn from Bil's AARs. I play mostly H2H and appreciate his ability to adapt to ever changing conditions. Keep up the excellent work Bil!

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If they didn't, they probably do now?

It probably depends on the branch. I don't know if it's still the rule, but when I was in the USMC, if you didn't qualify with the service rifle, you stood little chance of getting a promotion, especially to NCO. We qualified at 200, 300, and 500 yds with open iron sights on the M-14. I don't believe Marines qual at 500 yds with the M-16. Besides, I'm sure the optics help when the target is shooting back. I read that they ran an investigation in Falluja (not sure of spelling) because so many insurgents died from head shots, they thought the Marines were executing them. Turned out that the Marines usually had only the head to target. Nough said for the M-16 optics.

I believe this is related to the "Nylon-coated cop killer" .22 long rifle bullets that were banned because they were found to be able to penetrate police protective vests.

I was issued an M-14 in USMC recruit training in 1969. We were required to be able to field strip and reassemble the rifle in two minutes or less while blindfolded. Our entire 80-man platoon was able to pass that test. The M-14 was my TO weapon until 1973 because all of the M-16's were sent to the grunts in Vietnam. If I am to be in an urban assault, I'd want an M-16 or an M-4. In a defensive position with long-range vision, give me an M-14. I'll warrant that even with my trifocals, I can still put 10 rounds into a man-sized target at 500 yards with open battle sights. Of course, the target isn't shooting back.? I don't think I could do that with an M-16 and definitely no with an M-4.

As always, that depends on the circumstances and conditions. As a Marine, I was much more prone to toss a grenade and duck back behind the corner where they couldn't hurt me. Unless of course they tossed a grenade just past the corner:eek:

Welcome aboard Flibby! All of the suggestions are of high value, especially Vencini and Oddball_E8?!'n (I haven't watched the YouTube vids from Armchair Generals, but if Womble recommends them, they must be good). My only suggestion is to start slow, find a human opponent for "head-to-head" (H2H) battles, and HAVE FUN! Most of all, remember that it's just a game and don't let it get your goat.

A .303 in California? But that's an assault rifle. Aren't they (and about everything else) illegal in Brown's Nanny State? (Insert sarcasm here)

The Navy began putting beer vending machines in the Chiefs' barracks in the 1970's under Zumwalt. He really stood the Navy on it's head.

Done! I'm ashamed you had to ask. I should have donated much earlier:eek: