Warts 'n' all

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Thanks Pete Wenman,
 
I will give you some feedback (if wanted) when we finish; so far it's very "interesting" - in a nail biting - "OH GAWD WE'RE ALL GOING to DIE" way
 
Just a comment - I really like the idea of "misleading/flexible" briefings/objectives as this better reflects the reality of combat.
 
Anyway back to the game

I think that the article has to be taken with a massive pinch of salt. It strikes me as a string of cliches rather than a serious attempt at historical analysis.
 
If we are talking about the decisions made in August 44. We have to keep in mind the fact that the logistic planners wanted to open up the ports in Brittany. Therefore, the idea of 3rd Army cutting around behind the Germans and trapping them against the Seine or the Somme was never an option. 
 
Another concern voiced at the time (however rightly or wrongly), was that having 3rd Army advance North to trap the Germans, would have lead to 3rd Army becoming over stretched and therefore quite easily punched through by the retreating Panzers. 
 
Trying to depict it as a choice between a ponderous "Monty" and a gung-ho "Patton" is an insult to our intelligence. And an even bigger insult to Generals Bradley, Dempsey, Horrrocks, Collins etc 

How about: "A dreaded sunny day, meet me at the cemetary gates..." or "Mother, I can feel the soil falling all over my head..."

Also, keep in mind. Playing CM is a love/hate thing. One minute you are screaming at your men, calling them all the names under the sun. The next minute you cheer as they slaughter the enemy

Horror stories like this have put me off upgrading which is a shame.

Horror stories like this have put me off upgrading which is a shame.

Their Trappist ales are pretty tasty too. And most of the bars around the battlefield are worth drinking in.

End result.  The hatches are still closed...there were no survivors. 

Amazingly enough, the round strikes true.  Veteran Fell's skill comes through.  The shot was barely 80 meters.  The 'schrek signature smoke can be seen through the trees on the right. 

A reverse look has the projectile running true and on target.  It is gonna hit a tree though...It always hits a freaking tree...

Veteran panzerschreck  gunner Oberschütze Fell takes aim and lets fly.  The projectile can be seen along the left side of the picture.

It could be the twitchy realtimers don't have the patience to come to the forum and make posts.

I agree - and that people genuinely want to help others is wonderful too. 

I have a PIAT team that shows conflicting ammo info. I know it's not a mistake, so what does this mean?

Kettler is not the only source of information. Often, his information, while correct, has little to do with the way the game interface displays things. Read my post again, and see whether that matches what you see in-game.
 
Remember that (since we have no scroll bars) there is a limited amount of information that can be displayed in the white-on-black element ammo pane; there are only four lines on which to display ammo types, and the first three of those in an american rifle squad are taken up by M2 ball, .45 ACP and grenades. So there isn't room to display the presence of the M7 HEAT round, nor, when there's one present, the zook HEAT rounds in that list. That's one of the reasons they're there as icons in the information pane, next to binos and the zook tube if present.

2 inch mortars are good when their larger parent unit is present, with vehicles carrying extra 2 inch ammo.
I normally use target light because the continuing danger to the enemy is more valuable to me than taking out one of his teams with a full 2 inch ammo load. 
They're good for harassing or attriting targets hiding out of sight behind hedgerows. I save them for targeting valuable units like HQ's and spotters. 
I don't count on them to pin the target, but to make the opposing player feel the location is unsafe and have to move away. 
In a current battle I'm using them to prevent the enemy from having a safe jumping-off line for his infantry assault. 
Of course it's best to avoid using them at long range, as their accuracy suffers. 

I think that Ithikial hits the nail on the head. Fighting in their own national armies for the first time seems to me why Gallipoli still resonates "down under". He is also spot on about their role on the Western Front. Here in Limeyland the ANZACs, Canadians and, Indians are often forgotten when it comes to the Western Front, which is sad to say the least.

It was their first single back in '84.... drowns in wave of geriatric punk nostalgia... haha

Really,
 
Not even funny. My grandma, 6'2" dutch woman could kick your lily white puny ass.

hey, no need to be feminazi

Even for a rubbish player like myself "Iron" just feels right. I wouldn't go back to playing at a lower level.

God. What a load of bollocks. If there are things that aren't perfect or make missing in the game it's because of limited time and resource and nothing to do with this garbage. Jesus, do I ever get sick of these kinds of post where someone comes here positing their own poorly thought out theories around building the best war game there is and all they achieve is to illustrate they actually know nothing about it at all. You would achieve more poking around with the fluff in your navel in the time it has taken you to write this crap.

Go out. Build and design the best war game ever made and out of which I get more value for money than anything I have ever bought anywhere for anything and then post your thesis. Until then I Will treat it with the contempt it deserves.

The Jumbo certainly was in CMBO.
 
In the main I think that we have to avoid comparing Allied uparmoured tanks with German modifications of French vehicles, and expecting BFC to provide us with all the vehicles we wish we could have straight away. The Germans had four years to adapt French vehicles, and therefore, they were available in fairly large numbers, and in a wide variety by June '44. With both the US and Britain changes had to be made pretty quickly, and sometimes in an ad-hoc way as they went. I think that CMBO reflected that situation pretty well. And I see no reason to doubt that future upgrades, modules etc will do likewise. Fighting in the autumn, winter of '44 and the spring of '45 will be a lot of fun, and I'm sure BFC will do a great job for us.

Of these I've only played The Outlaws. It has great maps and a good story line to follow. Sadly it does fall away in the last couple of missions when the fictional Panzer IVs and even a Panther appear. It seems a shame to me that designers ignore the fact that none of these tanks were available to the Wehrmacht on the Cotentin Peninsula in June 44.