BradinAus

I have just bought and upgraded my CMFI to 3.0. It appears that air strikes are still controlled by forward observers. Is this a bug or a feature? I've done a search on the forums but couldn't find anything. Cheers, Brad

I've only had the game a few days and I've seen it a few times. Nasty. I have also seen it used at close range against a 251 halftrack. I'm not sure whether the crew was visible thereby triggering the round or whether it was being used as it was within penetration range. In any case, it did penetrate and was rather nasty. A few hundred BBs bouncing around inside a halftrack? Ouch.

Hi John, I saw your other post about special rounds for the 85mm. Did you find any reference to this 85mm shrapnel round that Lazarevitch and the table at Armchair General mentions - or is it a memory/translation/cut-and-paste error? Lots of different websites and lots of conflicting information. Some sites call the series of ammunition for the 76mm tank gun as "350" sometimes it's "354". So confusing,

AH, ok. My bad! I thought they were only for the F-22 USV / Zis-3 guns. Apparently not. Thanks! wdit: Thanks John. So the Shch-350 was part of the standard loadout for T-34 F-34 guns?

Hi guys, just received RT in the mail yesterday and really enjoying it. But umm, why does the T-34 have 'canister' rounds? I was a bit shocked to find it there. Exactly what round is it meant to be? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-34_tank_gun and even http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=43839

As an aside does anyone know what set of data does Battlefront use for their penetration modelling? I recall that CMBB seemed a little biased towards German data but now there is Russian data available (such as tankarchives.blogspot and battlefield.ru) I'm wondering what Battlefront is doing with CM2.

Me too. I like seeing the old penetration and armour ratings.

Oh yes it was mandatory but amongst many Soviet soldiers they tried to wear their helmet as little as possible as it was unmanly. Often they used the helmet just as washbowl. Of course, when the shrapnel started flying you would want a helmet. Plenty of photos of Red Army soldiers wearing pilotkas in battle, just like there are many of them wearing helmets, it depends on the situation.

I have another question about modeling. Will the Soviets show as constantly wearing helmets? Many Soviets did not wear their helmets and preferred going into combat wearing a pilotka or other soft hat like the ushanka.