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I read about the 'eyes in the sky' at Operation Cobra some years back and if I am correct these used to be CAS fighter bombers C2 linked to certain tank crews (company commanders and above I guess). Just my 2 Cents... Cheers Olf

That is odd. IIRC in CMBN vanilla game the XO didn't take over. This infuriated me on multiple occasions where my Company CO took a bullet and his XO refused to do his f***ing job. But anyway, good to know it is in the game!

Doing John Waynes in Jeeps always lets the body count rise........ Foot sloggers up front!

Really like the movie! I was totally astonished by the good psychological representation. Ummm, for me it was reasonable. I have heard numerous stories about how you get easy with killing people in war. Many veterans say the first 1-2 kills are emotionally horrible because one breaks the ultimative ethical peace-time taboo. But after the shock settles and they become emotionally hardened they wonder what they were fuzzing about. So, from the standpoint of an old veteran (Wardaddy), a good way to get a recruit who hesitates (which can be deadly) combat effective is to make him breach that line... And by the way, some American GIs had no qualms at all with fragging POWs. There is this story from southern Germany, where a lone 128mm gun-equipped Jagd Tiger company destroyed about 70 Shermans in 14 days. Frustration amongst the Americans about unnecessary losses rose and in that AO about a 100 German POWs were found dead. One can assume some Americans let off some steam. It's just the never changing psychological mechanisms of dehumanization, frustration, hatred and suffering that make ordinary people do this kind of ****. Not every soldier succumbs to it, but you have this phenomenon in every army in all times and all wars. Sometimes worse than others. Just happens when war drags out. @ SlySniper: I was thinking the same, but reading your post I just wrote down some more points that came to my mind. See my post as addition to yours.

We-Go, Elite. Thought Iron only adds more de-selecting as Baneman pointed out. After reading about the better representation of situational awareness in Iron, I will give it another shot.

CONGRATS! You were not only able make the right guess but also have the coolest Character of an tank Ace as Avatar*** ! Totally deserved. Greetz Olf ***Kurt Knispel was such a misfit and repeatedly revolted against the brutal Nazi-rule, they didn't gave him the even Knights Cross - cudos

Hi pnzrldr Just started on this AAR and I am totally blown away by the narrative! I am just as much an immersion guy as you (and hate to see my pixeltruppen die just as much as you) and came up with this great, brand new idea for playing through the CMBS NATO Campaign: why not follow some hand picked characters and tell the campaign from their very personal point of view!?! Whoooaaa, what a cool and new idea... wait.... that dude just does exactly that... THAT'S SO NUMBA 10! Just kidding - this is absolutely awesome! Hope you don't mind if I copy your idea at some point? Best regards Olf

See you in two weeks guys!

True words... I haven't even played all the campaigns and scenarios in CMBN / CW. Don't get stressed by us Developers, just goofing around! Doesn't change the fact that I am totally hyped by Black Sea! @ Baneman: Thanks for the cudos and have a nice day!

Hi Everyone! You guys are like the seagulls in 'Finding Nemo'.... ... I support that. GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME? GAME?

'The Forgotten Soldier' - again. Ultra tough stuff at times but very good account of what war in the east meant to the soldier. The historical inaccuracies have been - as far as I know - explained with the fact that the author wrote down everything from his own memory after the war. A magnificent feat, considering that he was in a state of massive trauma. Just read and you know what I mean. And this: Stalin Organ Never knew it was translated into English. Just as stunning as 'The Forgotten Soldier' is. http://www.amazon.com/Stalin-Organ-Gert-Ledig/dp/1862076529/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386016412&sr=1-2&keywords=stalin+organ Best regards Olf

Hi guys! Haven't been writing here for a while. This '100 Germans beat 110 Brits' thing is heavily biased because the Germans were on the defense about 90% of the time in perfect terrain for such action. The times they were on the assault (first week of the landings and end of July most notably) they got clubbed just as much as the allies. My view is that Germans and western Allies were more or less equal in fighting capabilities in 1944, each side with individual strenghts and weaknesses. The Russians were a completely different story: poor leadership, poor training and poor (in comparison) equipment througout the war. Just some numbers: the Brits lost an estimated 100-150 tanks in capturing my home province of Lower-Saxony as long as Hamburg in early 1945. In the same time frame the Battle of Berlin and its preceding battles over the Oder River cost the Soviets about 2000-3000 tanks (battle of Berlin alone 1000 KIA tanks). They usually just poured massive artillery firepower and stormed in afterwards. Flexible leadership whipped them at every opportunity. Best regards Olf

Hi everyone, haven't been posting in a while - been busy elsewhere. Did you hear the latest news about Dropbox? They read the files that users place in the service. This is a German news article about it. http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/software/browser-und-internet/27882-dropbox-greift-auf-gespeicherte-dokumente-zu.html In the end the article posts a part of the end user agreement which tells us that the content of user files will be decrypted befor being send to law enforcement agencies. Hello NSA. I think it isn't too interesting if you use the Dropbox just for gaming, but this is to those people who use it otherwise. Is it just me or do other people feel sick too, when looking at the scope of surveilance the average citizen is subjected to these days??? Best regards Olf

@ Baron Jaquinot: I really, really like the first two of the second post! First one has lots of atmosphere, and the second one is calm and dramatic at the same time. Well done! Wich filter and programm? Best regards Olf

+1 vote. I am always astonished by how much brains is around the forum. Direct contradiction to the often heard insult that only dumb/aggressive people are fascinated by military. Best regards Olf

But seriously: This is a game of life and death! Can you please be serious about it? As a German I have to request this! Everything these often quoted Mr. Monty Python (South African I suppose) and Mr. Sout Park (Korean?!?) have said about our humour is right! SO STOP IT!!! THAT IS AN ORDER!!! Yours sincerely Herman The German P.S.:You and Baneman are EVIL. :D

There must be a Japanese in your line of ancestors... Honorable Greetings Olofo-San

My ideas: A Scenario loosely based on the failed night attack on Bretteville-L'Orgeuilleuse by the 12SS PD against Canadian 7th Brigade. Close quarter struggle between infantry with AT-Guns and a mechanized force - at night. Second idea is an assault on a small village in Normandy. The hook is, the village has changed hands that day (maybe even more times before) and is now an eerie place, shattered and littered with hulks. It is evening and the player has to assault again. Maybe fresh troops without experience against battered veterans? Not new but I have a certain idea for the look. Best regards Olf EDIT: Something with CAS! Never seen a strafing run in the game and I've been playing for 5 months now.

Germans DO habve humour. But a completely different one compared to the British. And it is much less present in all day live/conversations. My own little explanation is this: It is all about the language. German is much more precise, has much more words for different items and so on, while English has many words with many different meanings, depending on context. So to me it seems, it is much more easy to play with words in English than in German. There are so many covered funny meanings in the British language, it is astonishing to me. So it is much easier to build not-so-harmeless sentences into an all day conversation. My two cents on cultural awareness. Cheers Olf

Yeah! This is exactly what I have been waiting for! Have many ideas for scenarios but never had the patience to get accustomed to the editor. Enlisted. By the way, I recommend Heineken and Weed, too. Cheers Olf

German WWII-anecdotes. Very, very black. Want examples? Calling the 'Volksturm' the "HJ-late vintage" for its members often high ages or the 'V3' as sort of third 'wonderweapon'. A response to the media-hype the propaganda-pr**ks made of this useless and sorrowful war effort. "Come see Berlin, the city of werehouses" (warehouse and were house spell the same in German) "- there were houses, there were houses, there were houses." City was more a pile of rubble than anything else. My favourite: "Führer give orders - we take what follows (from it)!" as a soldiers joke of the Propaganda-Slogan "Führer give orders - we follow". Relates to the idiotic and murderous 'stand-fast'-orders Hitler gave on a regular basis as response to critical situations which called for retreat. Not all Germans were the "don't think - follow orders"-type. Cheers Olf

Yeah, that is true. Happened to me twice in 'KG Engel' only. On how I retrieved the Tiger: As I am very sneaky in playing tactical combat, I used the small dirt road in the woods on my extreme left flank and rushed trough one of the fields when I was on the same height as the Tiger. Nearly the same way back. Had a Halftrack to carry screening infantry and the Tiger crew and a Lynx plus two PzIVs allocated for the dash. Low gears in the woods, full throtttle in the open. Went supersmooth with only one or two guys being hit. Not mutch opposition. Cheers Olf

@ Vein: Yeah, those filters and whatever else you used turn the pictures into 70's war movie screencaptures. Very nice! @ GreenAsJade: Now that IS a bummer! Time for the pixeldudes to die, I guess? Olf

Something not very often seen these modern days... +1 for that one. Something I would really like to know: How many guys are working at BFC in paid jobs? And how many associates/volunteers do you have? Hope someone at BFC has time to answer this specific question or does somebody else know? Best regards Olf

Thanks for the recommendation! Sounds very interesting! @ John Kettler: Do you mean Hein Severloh by chance? He wrote 'WN62' (Wiederstandsnest 62 = Defensive Point 62), a book about his experience as MG42 gunner in a bunker at Omaha Beach and the implications for his further live. He shot 12.000 rounds till 12am on 6th June.... Here is the book: http://www.amazon.de/WN-62-Soldier%C2%92s-Memories-Normandy/dp/3932922239/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1369485355&sr=1-1&keywords=hein+severloh I only know of him because he was on a local tv programm, he lives not far from me. I don't know if he had to do with American tv though. Best regards Olf