The_MonkeyKing

Indeed seems that the ground radar on the BMR-1 is not extended opposed to CMBS where it is extended. This indicates it is not going to be functional in CMCW.

Wow, how did I miss this. Good shout out!

Above I edited the post to the wrong video. Here the right one after 9:00 mark is super relevant.

Tanks don't like it in woods. It scares them.

@The_Capt It sounds like you were surprised by the T62s? Were you expecting T64s? I would rush forward with the T-62 mass to get to close range cluster ****. When you move on mass Bill will get some killed but not even close to all of them. Addition targets can be provided with the BMPs. While Bill is busy shooting up the mass I would shoot and scoot with the T-64s supported by BMP ATGMs. (put the BMPs to worse positions than T-64s so they get spotted before T-64s) Bills tanks would be easy spots while they are firing. T-62s would do the dying, while T-64s would do the killing.

What is a "superstructure" on the front hull? Drivers hatch?

After watching this my life is not complete before I play a CM:CW scenario where US Army command post is conducting a hasty defense against Soviet airmobile assault force.

Haha, sounds like me in 2014 when I first heard about black sea.

Conservative list that I am pretty sure is going to happen: - UI scaling with resolution. No more postage stamp sized main menu... - Different map heatmap filters (Hight, terrain) - ability to completely customize key bindings - Graphics: render distance (CM looks good close up, but with far distances detail gets lost fast), performance (60fps standard even medium hardware) - Modern mapmaking tools and other QoL improvements for the devs - some sort of LOS-visualization tool

I didn't document it but I had total victory at very high cost. 150 KIA/WIA and 16 BMPs dead. Scenario toke me 45min to finish. (yeah, speed and casualties are linked) Some how got the friend casualties bonus maybe because the militia got to go back to their families. Here is my plan and what actually happened: https://imgur.com/a/Tx3loVz Plan was to find the path with least resistance. (and ofcourse if possible wipe the whole map of enemies) I deducted from the briefing that my force is expendable and the initial attack on the VIP was SO violent that the battle was conducted like a proper soviet attack mostly mounted. I didn't think the fort would hold for long. Counted that I had to be there before the blocking fire from the mortars runs out. So never saw my heavy arty or militia. And at the end I saw I would have had time. The beginning assault on the VIP was a short one. Was fun and challenging. The situation with the VIP was little confusing, first huge assault and then mostly nothing. Maybe constant smaller pressure would have been better here? (I don't know, probably this was limited but the AI scripting tool) I would not risk it at all with the VIP. Campaign over if he is killed.

What sort of ammo M48A5 had available?

It was a good mission. Not boring at all. Lots of little different tactical buzzles. EDIT: Did you know if you press shift+enter multible times the forum sends multiple copies of the same message Whoops!

It was a good mission. Not boring at all. Lots of little different tactical buzzles.

June 22, 1941 2021

Good to hear! Soviet battle drill style tactics are probably indeed easiest to do well with CM AI scripting.

Second mission was fun, I lot easier than the last. Half of the casualties came from TacAI pathfinding error (well, really my error of playing really too loosely at the end) cost 1 BMP and 1 MMG squad inside. [spoilers] here is are some screenshots of the battle two: https://imgur.com/a/S8iPgrF

I wonder can they pull it off. Making the AI attack well is hard and building a campaign around this must be extra hard. I have only seen couple of exceptional scenarios where the player is put on defense.

haha, It seems I was trying to teach the master here. Good guide!

Actually would really interesting to see a comprehensive comparison between the practical capability comparison between the two. Very similar: - Accuracy (Fire control system, optics) - Lethality (ammo, gun) Improvements with the M1 - armor protection (significantly more) https://i.imgur.com/x6C6pXf.png - mobility (significantly more) 72kph vs 48kph - crew protection (compartmentalized ammo, etc.) https://youtu.be/WDs5oQW1vNA Abrams Switchology (this is M1A1 but to my understanding A1 mostly effected mechanical stuff as armor and gun) https://youtu.be/PW0uRHKzXhM M60A3 TTS Switchology http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbwiki/index.php/M60A3_(TTS) https://www.steelbeasts.com/sbwiki/index.php?title=M1