Vet 0369
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There were beer machines in my barracks around the turn the century.
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.
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Done! I'm ashamed you had to ask. I should have donated much earlier:eek:
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So, an attack might be taking a specific single location such as a trench line or strongpoint, where an assault would be on a village with several victory locations such as buildings, crossroads, etc.?
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I'm about to set up a quick battle (QB), but I can't find any definitions with the difference between an attack selection and an assault. Could one of our "master" players help here?
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I currently have about 30 minutes left in a huge 2-hour H2H meeting engagement. We have two areas of battle that we refer to as "meat grinders" I've lost about 2 1/2 Co. Of infantry and a sqdn of tanks. My opponent has lost about 3 to 4 Co. Of panzer grenadiers, vehicles, and 14 to 15 PzVs. I'll let you all know what the final tally of KIA To WIA is. Neither of us has been retreating, just broken and panics running.
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MikeyD... this one somehow triggered an emotional response in me for the pTruppens. Maybe even they dream of electric sheep?...
Do they run with blades Mr. Dicks?
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Fizou
I don't understand what you mean, "its been this way for a long time".All hqs in CMBN and CMFI have radios, the Russian pltn hqs don't, how are they calling in arty?
I'm currently playing an H2H in CMBN, and had an HQ crew who bailed from their flaming Sherman Firefly. The leader was able to call in a mission even though no radio was showing in the interface. Maybe an HQ unit leader has an "inherent" radio even though it doesn't show.
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It isn't an expansion. It's a complete stand-alone game with units, formations, missions, campaigns, and such that aren't found in the other base games. . The Commonwealth, Market Garden, and Gustavo Line modules are expansions of CMBN and CMFI. Those cannot be used without the base game. CMRT is definitely worth the cost.
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Maybe they really were a race of supermen. Or at least this one guy is.
Michael
Perhaps this is the one who had his way with Putin's mother and sired that superhuman.
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My biggest issue with the UI is not being able to move waypoints by clicking on the lines (forcing you to go back and find the unit itself before issuing new orders) . With that added functionality it would be a lot easier to control stuff in bigger scenarios.
The only time I've had any problem selecting the "lines" is when I'm zoomed out too far in "God" view and can't select the path. I consistently use clicking on the path line to highlight the end point and move it; either an intermediate point or an end point.
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Okay, I know there is a Tutorial Campaign, nicely identified. However, I get the impression in reading the manual that there is a Battle, that is designed as a Tutorial, but no where do I see it identified. Can someone enlighten me?
The tutorial has three "missions." The first is moving up to a firing line to learn how to select, move, and target. It uses both infantry and armor. The second is an assault on a German occupied hill. The manual gives you hints on what to do and where to move. The third is defending that hill from a counterattack. It's pretty much a rewrite of "Task Force Rath" in CMBN. I'm doing it just to learn some of the idiosyncrasies of the Soviet forces.
The whole campaign is explained in the manual. I downloaded the manual onto my iPad so I could read the text while I was playing the mission.
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They are on wheels so they don't need to be deployed or broken down as the ones on tripods would.
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Very cool! My tracer ricochets of the stone wall have started some fires in the grass. :eek:
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I know what you mean. I ordered it about 32-hours ago.
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Downloaded and running. I'm playing the Training Campaign now; not because I need to, but because I CAN!
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Most of the ones that have to wait several days, maby even a week for their physical copies to arrive
Sorry to burst any bubbles, but the following was included in the e-mail:
"The physical goods for the game are going to start shipping within the
next 4-6 weeks out of our US location."
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Me too. Btw, that T-34/85 that is perhaps knocked out by a grenade bundle. Is there really something like that in the game?
Probably doesn't need a bundle. My H2H opponent destroyed one of my Sherman Fireflies with grenades through a bocage in CMBN, and I knocked out two of his Panthers the same way.
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What's a PC? I got my first video game by opening a checking account. The bank gave me a Pong unit. Hooked it up to the TV and twisted the knobs to move the paddles. :eek:
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You guys are a couple years behind the curve.
That's the problem with aging.
Gee, and I always saw that as a benefit of aging when you consider the alternative:)
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Do you read my personal emails? Not an hour ago I used that exact same phrase. Apparently Steve has contacts in the NSA.
Steve secretly RUNS the NSA:D
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I don't remember them all, but IIRC the Italian 45mm, the Brit 2" mortar, German 50mm, US? I am sure someone knows this stuff here.
The U.S. licensed the French Brant (sp. ?) 60mm mortar as the M2 during or just after WW I. They were definitely capable of indirect fire. The USMC still uses the upgraded mod at the company level (a section of three tubes in the weapons platoon). The section is commonly attached to a reinforced rifle platoon. We often fired them indirect. I'd like to see BF allow indirect behind hedgerows as was done.
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Ah yes. You're right. No such thing as FAC, any more. Doesn't bother me much cos I've not used TacAir out of choice, and after my experiences with what scenarios hand me, I shan't be changing that. Worthless bleedin' flyboys.
Of course that will have to change if BF ever does a Pacific theater. The Marines definitely used FAC (they developed air-ground coordination since the Banana Wars). Navy and Marine FOs used it regularly. USMC air-ground is still a thing of beauty.
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I don't believe they do either. To the best of my knowledge the Brits had long since replaced their Boys ATRs with PIATs and the Americans had never issued one operationally, using the bazooka instead.
Getting back to your Hanomag drivers, was the vehicle open or buttoned? If the former, wouldn't the driver have his armored visor in the opened position?
Michael
I guess that would depend on your definition of "operationally." I believe the Marine Raiders carried some Boys rifles during their raid on Makin in the Pacific theater.
Ukrainians Hotwire WWII Tank
in Combat Mission Red Thunder
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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)