StieliAlpha
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That's the first scenario I played with CMCW. I just left the M60's in a hull down position in the sunken "Bundesstrasse" and sent an infantry squad forward into the small village in the center. The result: A total US victory after 40 minutes or so. It felt more like a target practice on the shooting range. One M60 killed, two badly damaged and else a M113 killed by an airstrike and some jeeps plus infantry lost to arty. Ah, plus 12 (or something) T72's burning... Only one T72 made it to the small hamlet in the mid field.
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1 hour ago, Der Zeitgeist said:
Huh? Fulda has a lot of high-rise apartment blocks.
Ooops, must be case of „selective memory“ on my side. I remember only a lush, green, rural countryside and a pitoresque medieval old town.
But you are probably right, Braunschweig and Kassel sport a similar beautiful architecture. Why not Fulda, too.
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On 5/1/2021 at 9:31 PM, MikeyD said:
That's a hold-over from CMBS. I just dropped one on a map and thought 'IMPOSING!'
On a whim I went into Google Earth Street View looking for 14-ish story buildings. I finally located some up in Frankfurt.
Yep, you won‘t see many of those in the area CMCW covers...
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40 minutes ago, Dr.Fusselpulli said:
And by chance I have to work longer today
Could be worse. I once had a business trip to Bahrain scheduled just when a new CM game came out...
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2 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:
Thanks everybody who preordered this game for beta testing it for the rest of us.
What? Don’t you believe this perfect as usual?
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On 4/25/2021 at 4:15 PM, Aragorn2002 said:
That's okay. Well, I would say East Prussia is definitely Germany. Same architecture, especially in the larger towns and cities. Protestant churches like the Immanuel Kirche in Schirwindt, typical German official buildings and so on. A fast google on East Prussian towns like Goldap, Gumbinnen and Königsberg will confirm that.
Conquered by the Deutsch Ritter Orden in the 13th Century, if I recall correctly.
”Same architecture” is a big word. The architecture differs quite much between north and south especially. E.g., you see those reddish-brown brick buildings only in northern Germany.
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On 4/21/2021 at 10:52 AM, Logic5000 said:
Hi
I have noticed that the price for modules increases after i log in. For example Market Garden increases from $35 to $40.
I am in the UK. Is this a "Brex-****" issue?Yep, that has been discussed in another thread already:
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On 4/18/2021 at 3:55 AM, John Kettler said:
The support link returns a daemon notice. Followed all procedures rigorously but got nowhere fast. Please help, so I don't miss the window. Thanks!
Regards,
John KettlerAre you aware, that your forum password and the BFC password are not the same?
Otherwise, contact customer service @BFCElvis. I am sure they won’t let a customer, with your reputation and willing to spend his money, down.
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44 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
Call for air support and you find out. I advise don't have any friendly forces inside the blue area circle. With your HGM team I don't know your FOW settings.
Call for air support? Rather not or only on very large maps.
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6 hours ago, Chibot Mk IX said:
The TacAI intentionally direct HMG team (which is using .303 ammo) to shot at a friendly unit and caused one KIA.
Whow, you know what the TacAI intends? I doubt that it has any intend by definition.
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On 4/9/2021 at 6:38 PM, Chibot Mk IX said:
I think the tank guns and AT guns in CM's WW II titles are too accurate against infantry size targets. Please note I am not question the gun's accuracy or the lethality, I am wondering how come the AT gun can hit center of a infantry squad 800m with first shot? Or a T-34 first shot a HMG team hiding in a foxhole at 600m away? The problem is the range finding, how they can find the range so accurately with infantry size targets?
I remember in CMBB and CMAK, the AT Gun will take at least 3-5 rounds to correct the aim.
Your statement is too general for my taste.
I would rather agree with @IanL. Certainly, I do see some surprising hits, but also many miserable fails.To do some proper testing is a good idea, though not easy to do. First question: Against what will you compare the results?
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On 4/7/2021 at 12:02 AM, KGBoy said:
Can't figure the screen shot. 256K is what I have with 53k allow. Is this new?
I am not quite sure, that I understand your question, but most people nowadays use IMGUR to post their pic‘s.
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13 hours ago, umlaut said:
Wow, thanks @Bootie
Honoured that you have taken the time to review it like this. This is actually just a sort of quick-mod I made because @StieliAlphaasked for a 223 mod - and I just happend to have been working on it for Kohlenklau´s Romania mod set.
If I had known that someone would give it such a thorough look over, I would have worked a bit more on the details.
Made, because I asked for it....🥲 And itˋs not even my birthday. Thanks, guys!
@umlaut: I havenˋt tried it yet, but the mod looks great in Booties review. Especially the rusted weld seams are a nice new touch
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9 hours ago, Vacilllator said:
That looks great. Do I detect a hint of @Lucky_Strike in the shot? Excellent!
Yup, a wee little @Lucky_Strike influence can not be denied.
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Triggered by a discussion in another thread, I remembered this:
Reminds me too: Switzerland even published a “Zivilverteidigungs-Booklet“ in the 60‘s, trying to prepare people for a Guerilla warfare. Kind of a Boy Scout manual with a “Third World War” story line. Not surprisingly, the evil invaders came from the East and relief finally came from western airborne troops landing in the last moment.
Downloadable here and a good read from fortunately long gone times:
http://www.libenter.ch/090610_zivilverteidigung_1969_v1.4_de.pdf
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11 minutes ago, markus544 said:
I'm moving to swiss army knife land...As for the mass shootings. That is mostly media hype...Check out Chicago there is a mass shooting every freaking day there.
Is that not sort of a contradiction?
But anyway, I don’t want to start that discussion.
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38 minutes ago, Stardekk said:
Less than a month away- when will we get the exact release date ? Or will we get it ?
Just to make the old joke again: When it is ready.
Be patient. Normally we wait years for a new title and now it’s only months.
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23 minutes ago, markus544 said:
Well is not true that Switzerland's population is armed to the teeth with firearms.. As I recall that country has one of the lowest murder rates in the world...
I forgot to say: And you can’t buy assault rifles in your favourite supermarket here.
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27 minutes ago, sawomi said:
It was marked as the 'most dangerous book from switzerland ' from newspapers.
It is said, this one and "Der Stadtguerilla" where the books the Baader-Meinhof gang (Red Army Faction) got their practial knowledge from.
Nope, this is what I meant:
http://www.libenter.ch/090610_zivilverteidigung_1969_v1.4_de.pdf
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1 minute ago, markus544 said:
Well is not true that Switzerland's population is armed to the teeth with firearms.. As I recall that country has one of the lowest murder rates in the world...
Hehehechuckle, no, not quite. Every service man (and basically every man is called in, with some exceptions), is entitled to keep his weapon after active service. Mostly assault rifles, but many rather choose a pistol. And nowadays many completely decline thankfully. The only obligation to keep your weapon (plus 10 bullets or so), is to participate in a yearly training shooting as long as you are in active reserve. In earlier days, the weapon had to be stored at home, nowadays it can be stored in an armoury.
As for the murder rates: Let’s call it mediocre. But certainly less than what we see in another big western democracy and practically no crazy mass shootings.
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2 hours ago, markus544 said:
What moron would what to nuke Switzerland. Oh the russkies. Or East Germany maybe. Cold war was nuts.
Reminds me too: Switzerland even published a “Zivilverteidigungs-Booklet“ in the 60‘s, trying to prepare people for a Guerilla warfare. Kind of a Boy Scout manual with a “Third World War” story line. Not surprisingly, the evil invaders came from the East and relief finally came from western airborne troops landing in the last moment.
If you care, I can send you a PDF copy. Hm, perhaps I should post this in the recommended reading thread.
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1 hour ago, markus544 said:
What moron would what to nuke Switzerland. Oh the russkies. Or East Germany maybe. Cold war was nuts.
Well, refer to my post in the General Discussion Forum. I agree, not about nuking Switzerland, but close enough.
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48 minutes ago, sawomi said:
No, it was because of deployment of Pershing II MRBM. West German parliament (Bundestag) gave approval for deployment in West Germany on November 23, 1983. That at least was, what all the noise was about. Soviets never made a public statement about Able Archer 83. So it is impossible that we as kids in GDR where indoctrintated about it in school.
Now look, for us the threat obviously came from the other side.
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27 minutes ago, sawomi said:
Swiss had a seat in a bunker under the Alps for every citizen, I hear. In Thuringia only the Stasi had a secret Atombunker.
Not quite. Switzerland only had the Building regulation, that for all citizens there should be a nearby nuclear shelter with sufficient provisions. Most single houses had/have their own shelter, apartment buildings had shared shelters and in an Apartment complex, you would find a central, shared shelter for a few buildings.
Basically those shelters were for free for use as basement rooms, but they had to be equipped so, that they could be cleared and converted into shelters within a few days (I.e., no additional in-build walls,etc).
IIRC, this building regulation was given up only in the early 90‘s, I believe.
Russian Navy
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Now we know, why the Russian Navy is not included in CM:
https://www.20min.ch/video/raketenstart-von-russischer-kriegsflotte-missglueckt-677351963543
And: No more complaints about “Blue on Blue“ incidents in CM!