[Preview of the first Battle Pack]

JonS,

  Enjoying the battle pack.  Just played Celer et Audax.

SPOILERS.......

 

I played both sides on this one.  For the first battle, I took the German side, thinking the AI wouldn't handle an attack well.  Then I saw in your designer's notes that it should be played British vs AI or anything goes.  I played it out as attacker anyway and it was fun.  That is certainly a very dark night.  Visibility was terrible.

I then decided to try it as British vs AI, figuring that the visibility would negate any advantage I had already knowing what the German force was.

The battle played out well, even with me knowing what I was facing.

However, I was unable to find the PIAT in the HQ halftrack, or for that matter, in any of the other vehicles.  I crewed them quickly and searched for the PIAT but it was not present, though mentioned in the briefing.  I wouldn't have looked except that it was specifically mentioned in the briefing.

A glitch, perhaps?

It didn't mess up my enjoyment of the battle.  My men were lobbing grenades at the enemy tank at distances of 5 meters over walls.  It was crazy.

Thought I would mention this in case you weren't aware.

Heinrich505

I can't find it either! 

[BP1 - Celer et Audax - The PIAT!]

Hi all, 

Enjoying the new Battle Pack so far. I am playing Celer et Audax at the moment. The briefing says the platoon PIAT is in the platoon leader's track, but I can't find it! Can anyone help? Am I blind? 

Best,

AbM

[Road to Montebourg - Hell in the Hedgerows ARGH]

I was able to get a touch, but that gave both of us credit for "Terrain" victory points and I ended up with a Draw. Might as well take the loss and not lose all those paratroopers if that's how it's going to go!

[Road to Montebourg - Hell in the Hedgerows ARGH]

Hi all,

 

I've been going back to CMBN after playing a bunch of CMFI and CMBS in the last few months. I never played the RtM campaign and have been really enjoying it.

 

However, I am absolutely stuck on Hell in the Hedgerows. I've searched the forum and found a couple of threads, but not much in the way of help. I've restarted from the end of the previous mission a few times and have found that there are a few different potential German defensive plans, but I've not be able to succeed against any of them.

 

After beating on this mission half a dozen times, my best result so far is to end up with both infantry companies on the sunken road at the middle of the map having taken minimal casualties, with company HQ and heavy machineguns positioned in the second floor of the buildings in Le Hamlet. This seems to be the only firing position where the HMGs can put fire on the German main defensive line except being placed in front of the bocage on the sunken road, where they typically get chewed up right after they open fire.

 

I am trying to husband my HE and smoke mortar rounds so I can pour fire into the bunkers and use smoke as much as possible, but the wind is such that my smoke screens seem to be useless and I still haven't been able to push through the German fire to get up the opposite bank and onto the road in enough force to actually clear the Germans.

Has anyone had success with this mission? I have been getting Major and Total victories up to this point (on Iron) and I don't want just "Draw" this one!