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Two missions done in the Highland Games campaign and really enjoying it so thanks again all for the recommendation!

Really enjoying CMSF2, two missions into the Highland Games campaign. After playing CMBN for the last few months fighting and manoeuvring in the desert feels very fast paced and exciting, not to mention how great it feels taking out a tank from across a huge map with a Javelin launcher..

Two man UK sniper team equipped with an AT launcher each, set to hide in an isolated farm far to my left flank. After taking out both tanks they effortlessly picked off the dazed crew trying to crawl away. I think someone has earned a medal in this particular engagement...

In the last year I really enjoyed slowly slogging through the Scottish Corridor campaign in CMBN set during Operation Epsom. I say slog because it’s wet, muddy and the SS you face are tenacious and dug in. But I had an absolute blast even if it can be tough going. I think the campaign maker @Paper Tiger is one of the best, the maps are beautiful and realistic looking and the enemy positions and AI plans keep you on your toes. There’s a nice mix of forces, attack and defence and manageable battle sizes. 
 
Adding to my enjoyment of playing the campaign, was watching after each mission to see how Double Vision did in his epic video AAR series on YouTube  > 
 

Really enjoying CMSF2, two missions into the Highland Games campaign. After playing CMBN for the last few months fighting and manoeuvring in the desert feels very fast paced and exciting, not to mention how great it feels taking out a tank from across a huge map with a Javelin launcher..

Really enjoying CMSF2, two missions into the Highland Games campaign. After playing CMBN for the last few months fighting and manoeuvring in the desert feels very fast paced and exciting, not to mention how great it feels taking out a tank from across a huge map with a Javelin launcher..

Happy to help in a small way with a great team effort, and thanks to @kohlenklau for asking me to get involved and being generally enthusiastic 😎

Already a SMALL way, is a devotion and we appreciate it !

Two missions done in the Highland Games campaign and really enjoying it so thanks again all for the recommendation!

Really enjoying CMSF2, two missions into the Highland Games campaign. After playing CMBN for the last few months fighting and manoeuvring in the desert feels very fast paced and exciting, not to mention how great it feels taking out a tank from across a huge map with a Javelin launcher..

I can recommend this account of a platoon commander in the 15th Scottish Infantry Division, it’s quite beautifully written and the experience of Operation Epsom is bleak and harrowing (I picked it up to read after recently completing the Scottish Corridor campaign in CMBN) 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23534415-lion-rampant
This is an excellent Sherman Tank commander memoir, what I particularly like is the author goes into Normandy as a green replacement so you get a matching viewpoint as you read along. The audiobook on Audible is really good too. 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tank-Action-Armoured-Commanders-1944-45-ebook/dp/B01BT3Z9WK
Final recommendation is this book, which is slightly heavier than a pure memoir, but goes into forensic detail how all the different branches of the Canadian and British armies got through the Normandy campaign. If you want real specifics of how things were organised and fought on the ground I think it’s pretty great.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stout-Hearts-British-Canadians-Normandy/dp/1909982555
(It’s quite a thick and large book so the paperback is your most reasonable option)

One more screenshot I liked from this campaign, which I finished yesterday with a minor victory. Really happy with how I've got my Reshade preset looking and with all the amazing mods out there you can get the visuals looking pretty nice I think

Thanks for the spot, I eyeballed it whilst doing earlier but I think I got a bit carried away adjusting the text slightly over the map markings resulting in them being a bit off centre which I agree isn't great!
I have redone the CMBN and CMFB ones and centred the text as much as possible. Have also added CMFI and CMRT (the menu in these games seems to be lower placed so they have slightly different layouts.) Will do the modern titles another weekend 
As above grab them all on on Dropbox here > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thquh9eho9moww8/AACz2okbQ1BxvHbfyBEPB1KCa?dl=0

Out of curiosity where is best to post the completed set? In the General CM Mod tips sub forum, or on the Mod Warehouse website? I also notice I can't edit my original post in this thread to change the preview images - is that something a Moderator can do for me or are the original posts locked forever after a certain time? (long long time lurker but only recent poster so apologies for being unsure how best things work here!)
Thanks all, enjoy your wargaming. 

Thanks!
Here is one more: A Firefly waits in a hull down overwatch position overlooking the eastern outskirts of Buron, having just knocked out a German Jagdpanzer

During a rollercoaster year, one thing that has kept me happily distracted and occupied has been CM:BN and Paper Tiger's incredible Scottish Corridor campaign. Has been great fun commanding (and often cursing at!) the slow and lumbering Churchills seen below..

Thanks!
Here is one more: A Firefly waits in a hull down overwatch position overlooking the eastern outskirts of Buron, having just knocked out a German Jagdpanzer

During a rollercoaster year, one thing that has kept me happily distracted and occupied has been CM:BN and Paper Tiger's incredible Scottish Corridor campaign. Has been great fun commanding (and often cursing at!) the slow and lumbering Churchills seen below..

I've always really liked the look of the Marder III, something to do with its far back on its frame, antitank gun on wheels feel. So I was excited to see one pop up in the Road to Montebourg campaign earlier (although my Paratroopers didn't let it last long!)

I've always really liked the look of the Marder III, something to do with its far back on its frame, antitank gun on wheels feel. So I was excited to see one pop up in the Road to Montebourg campaign earlier (although my Paratroopers didn't let it last long!)

I've always really liked the look of the Marder III, something to do with its far back on its frame, antitank gun on wheels feel. So I was excited to see one pop up in the Road to Montebourg campaign earlier (although my Paratroopers didn't let it last long!)

Thanks all for the definitive testing and answers that it is a hardcoded omission and not something that can be user added. A shame! and yes I agree with you @kohlenklau it would be nice now we have R2V to have them return, as well as just making the infantry look consistent across the various WWII titles (as well as within CMFI where the other nations troops have lots of gear). Maybe if we are lucky in a patch one day?
 

Hello folks,
I was messing around in an image program earlier whilst editing some screenshots and decided to have a very quick go at a minimalistic splash/menu screen using a map of the Normandy invasions. Thought I'd share on the off chance anyone likes the look of it. There are two options:
 
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And a dropbox link to download: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thquh9eho9moww8/AACz2okbQ1BxvHbfyBEPB1KCa?dl=0

Unfortunately after installing your mod one of the problems I'm having is that I'm barely playing the game but instead inching around at ground height taking photos of the action in the hedgerows for hours on end!
 In all seriousness though, the difference in the atmosphere and visual depth is pretty astounding so thanks again for making it 🙌

Thanks for the spot, I eyeballed it whilst doing earlier but I think I got a bit carried away adjusting the text slightly over the map markings resulting in them being a bit off centre which I agree isn't great!
I have redone the CMBN and CMFB ones and centred the text as much as possible. Have also added CMFI and CMRT (the menu in these games seems to be lower placed so they have slightly different layouts.) Will do the modern titles another weekend 
As above grab them all on on Dropbox here > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thquh9eho9moww8/AACz2okbQ1BxvHbfyBEPB1KCa?dl=0

Out of curiosity where is best to post the completed set? In the General CM Mod tips sub forum, or on the Mod Warehouse website? I also notice I can't edit my original post in this thread to change the preview images - is that something a Moderator can do for me or are the original posts locked forever after a certain time? (long long time lurker but only recent poster so apologies for being unsure how best things work here!)
Thanks all, enjoy your wargaming. 

Appreciate the feature and hosting the mod! Thanks for all your support in the community too