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Here are some screens of a CMFI map:

I have a question for developers of the Combat Mission, did you think about making a single CM launcher and selling DLC in form of armies, theaters of war, era (WW2, modern, etc.). The era is needed so that the modern army does not fight with army of Second World War. DLC control is done as in DCS World or MFS 2020.

Thanks, I might give it a go. A Scanner Darkly wasn't too bad once I got past that come to think of it.

Non-combatants (spies) entering the US Consulate in preparation for evacuation.  


 
 

@Sgt.Squarehead Can we get the British army in BS while we are at it ? 😁
 
@akd I'm not sure, I think there were some special forces on the ground.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see T-80BV & T-80U/UA/UE in the game, but I think the T-72Bs are more important TBH (both sides use them in significant numbers and they might also have some relevance for CM:SF2).

I agree that the T-72B will be a workhorse for another 5-10 years. Although I really like tanks with gas turbine engines, in early years of my service I worked with them together, what they get up to can not boast of the T-72/90 tanks.

Not entirely relevant, but at least as relevant as a lot of the other stuff in this thread:
http://gurkhan.blogspot.com/2020/09/blog-post_21.html
This article really does underline the need for more T-72 variants (especially T-72Bs) in CM:BS.

Yes, after graduation I received a diploma of higher education with a military and civilian specialty. 
Yes, I did, you can play interesting moments, you can use it as a teaching material for cadets. But in the field it is much better, there are too many variables that depend on people. I know that RF army uses "Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations".
But I got the impression that US Army units have a faster reaction to the enemy in the game, detect the enemy faster and are less susceptible to panic, with the same settings. Any person is always afraid when they shoot at him, even a trained soldier is afraid. Fight on TV and in reality are very different things. The same applies to armored vehicles with thermal imaging sights, my friend a tanker on a T-72B3 tank said that search for a target is carried out in a wide-angle view of sight. When target is found, time passes in order to bring the aiming mark to the target and increase the zoom of the sight, select a projectile, measure the range and only then fire a shot. In game this passes quickly enough. But the last time I played in CMBS was over a year ago, maybe they changed something with the patches.  But my favorite series Combat Mission game is Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy, has something soulful about it.
The organizational structure of company in the video has some errors. RPK machinegun was removed from the squads due to insufficient firepower,  45 charging magazine did not give the advantage that PKM / PKP machineguns give. Machinegunners in  squads do not have a second number, they carry 600 rounds of ammunition of the first stage and also a box with 440 rounds of ammunition, same box for 440 rounds is carried by the squad leader. But this is the standard ammunition. In reality, such boxes for 440 rounds are also carried by shooters as additional ammunition for machinegunner, and in addition to this, they also have their own additional ammunition. I was very surprised that US Marines abandoned M249, which is an excellent weapon for suppressing the enemy. Russian army is only going to deliver something similar to us, the only question is when.I would then send 1-2 PKM / PKP machine guns to HQ platoon , or add a 4th machine gun platoon of 2 squads.  In battle, the soldier is carried only the main ammunition and a part in placers in assault backpacks, the rest of the supply remains in the raid backpacks that remain in place and are guarded by several soldiers, they also act as assistants to the san-instructor (medic), while the rest participate in the battle. Or they are attached to the sides of combat vehicles.
By the way, RPK machine guns are still used in marine infantry in squads. But  Russian marines are now changing a lot towards expeditionary forces like in  USMC ,  units are greatly strengthened.
But with the SVD it is interesting, in company on IFV of sniper, and not marksmans. They are armed with SVD and SV-98 rifles and are better trained in special training centers. Usually 1-2 snipers are assigned to HQ platoon and same group is assigned to HQ company , for a total of 8 snipers per company. But in company on APC it is already different, they are already considered marksmans. They are armed with SVD rifles and do not undergo special training as a sniper in IFV company. But at the same time, 1-2 snipers are assigned to of HQ company. In total, there are 9 marksmans and 2 snipers in company on APC.
I was in class at the institute and forgot what I started to answer. I'm sorry.

Yes, after graduation I received a diploma of higher education with a military and civilian specialty. 
Yes, I did, you can play interesting moments, you can use it as a teaching material for cadets. But in the field it is much better, there are too many variables that depend on people. I know that RF army uses "Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations".
But I got the impression that US Army units have a faster reaction to the enemy in the game, detect the enemy faster and are less susceptible to panic, with the same settings. Any person is always afraid when they shoot at him, even a trained soldier is afraid. Fight on TV and in reality are very different things. The same applies to armored vehicles with thermal imaging sights, my friend a tanker on a T-72B3 tank said that search for a target is carried out in a wide-angle view of sight. When target is found, time passes in order to bring the aiming mark to the target and increase the zoom of the sight, select a projectile, measure the range and only then fire a shot. In game this passes quickly enough. But the last time I played in CMBS was over a year ago, maybe they changed something with the patches.  But my favorite series Combat Mission game is Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy, has something soulful about it.
The organizational structure of company in the video has some errors. RPK machinegun was removed from the squads due to insufficient firepower,  45 charging magazine did not give the advantage that PKM / PKP machineguns give. Machinegunners in  squads do not have a second number, they carry 600 rounds of ammunition of the first stage and also a box with 440 rounds of ammunition, same box for 440 rounds is carried by the squad leader. But this is the standard ammunition. In reality, such boxes for 440 rounds are also carried by shooters as additional ammunition for machinegunner, and in addition to this, they also have their own additional ammunition. I was very surprised that US Marines abandoned M249, which is an excellent weapon for suppressing the enemy. Russian army is only going to deliver something similar to us, the only question is when.I would then send 1-2 PKM / PKP machine guns to HQ platoon , or add a 4th machine gun platoon of 2 squads.  In battle, the soldier is carried only the main ammunition and a part in placers in assault backpacks, the rest of the supply remains in the raid backpacks that remain in place and are guarded by several soldiers, they also act as assistants to the san-instructor (medic), while the rest participate in the battle. Or they are attached to the sides of combat vehicles.
By the way, RPK machine guns are still used in marine infantry in squads. But  Russian marines are now changing a lot towards expeditionary forces like in  USMC ,  units are greatly strengthened.
But with the SVD it is interesting, in company on IFV of sniper, and not marksmans. They are armed with SVD and SV-98 rifles and are better trained in special training centers. Usually 1-2 snipers are assigned to HQ platoon and same group is assigned to HQ company , for a total of 8 snipers per company. But in company on APC it is already different, they are already considered marksmans. They are armed with SVD rifles and do not undergo special training as a sniper in IFV company. But at the same time, 1-2 snipers are assigned to of HQ company. In total, there are 9 marksmans and 2 snipers in company on APC.
I was in class at the institute and forgot what I started to answer. I'm sorry.

Cool video of the upgraded T-80BVM, playing in the snow:
Interesting to see them with the usual air filters not deployed or removed entirely.....I guess dust isn't much of an issue up there. 
Great looking tank IMHO. 
 

In winter in other titles you get an 'appearance' choice between 'greatcoat' or 'winter' uniforms in the editor. CMRT will be following the same practice. Russian greatcoats have shoulder boards so rank and arm of service are differentiated. The padded winter uniform doesn't which makes texturing them easier. The game has a third option, for fall and spring I think, of standard Russian uniform but with a rolled-up greatcoat draped across the body (often mistakenly called bed rolls).

Yes, the last stand of the "glorious" Wehrmacht!
Fanatics, 15 year olds and old men who were either forced to fight by threat of death or made sure that the suffering continued needlessly for the last few months.
Luckily your line of thinking is finally dying out now that our understanding of the war has moved on from Guderians memoirs. Christ.
Edit: And those "Red bastards" you speak of were the true heroes, they endured the whole sale slaughter of their families and countrymen to finally destroy that disgusting organization and naziism in general. I'm no fan of Stalin but I have to call out the absolute deafness in your post. Go read a history book that wasn't written by a German general who desperately tried to save his career.

WWII was literally the most catastrophic man-made event in human history. If you include Japan and China in the mix some 80 million people died (out of a world population not much larger than 2.3 billion) in the space of a few short years. The scale of atrocities is unimaginable. By war's end even the 'good guys' were incinerating entire city populations. Looking back on his actions in the Pacific General Curtis Lemay commented "I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal." WWII is a template for nobody for how nations should act.

Mmmmm... let me think.
75 and 76mm M4A2 (diesel) Shermans, SU-57 (U.S. 57mm gun on HT chassis), White Scout Car, Jeep, M17 AA halftrack, M5, M5A1 and M9A1 halftracks, GMC CCKW truck, and Valentine Mk IX (which I REALLY had to lobby hard to get into the game). I think that's the lot for lend-lease.
 

Size: 2600x2600 m
Semenovka is an eastern suburb of Slavyansk. In 2014 , during the struggle between Ukrainian army and DPR militia, it became a battlefield. In june it was the last supply route for the DPR forces in Slavyansk who controlled it until the withdrawal. 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f8vt26mk622h75o/Semenovka.btt?dl=0
 
 

I don't have the kind of equipment to post great vids these days, but this little scene involving a couple of BMP's was pretty cool.

Here's an update. I just checked and with the new patch comes the correct finished BMP-3 IR searchlight box texture. All fixed.

Guidance helicopters VKS RF to strike at ISIS.
 

Guidance helicopters VKS RF to strike at ISIS.
 

Guidance helicopters VKS RF to strike at ISIS.
 

The restored tank M3 raised from the bottom of the Barents Sea. Interestingly,  transmission and engine are original or taken from MTLB.

The restored tank M3 raised from the bottom of the Barents Sea. Interestingly,  transmission and engine are original or taken from MTLB.

This is very, very cool.

Marines load up in the well deck of the Assault Ship USS Wasp.

AAV-7s and LAV-25s exit the well deck and head for the beach. 

Marines gather gear on the flight deck of the USS Wasp as the first assault wave passes between the Wasp and the USS Oak Hill.


Marines on the starboard hangar of the USS Wasp look on as the USS Ticonderoga engages attacking aircraft.