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Thanks Combatintman Did some searching of SSVC videos and there are quite a few, also found this for Soviet ATGM's from the American side

Good facts trooper I was with 4th Armd Bde Sig Sqn, Munster 84 - 88. We shared York Barracks with the Queens Royal Irish Hussars, they had the Challenger I at the time, i suppose they must have just become operational. I always remember standing in awe at them as they thundered around the camp perimeter, christ they could shift! Felt quite inadequate in our 432's with just an LMG for protection I was always interested in how the Infantry and Armour worked together. I did a 6 month 'stint' with the Grenadier Guards but that was NI so no armour involved. Anyway im waffling, wondered if you could throw some light on a few things? What was the general strategy and tactics for you at your level? Was it purely defensive, deploying to preset positions or did you prepare for counter attacking? What about cooperation between you and the Infantry, how did you think that went? Cheers trooper, its always really interesting hearing how things really happened rather than how they were supposed to. regards slippy

Christ that takes me back!! Good post mate, did you notice that not one British soldier or vehicle was destroyed? I knew we were good, but that's taking the piss .

Yes definitely, also better smoke and fire from destroyed objects

100th year anniversary of the Battle of Berlin, so April 2045

Thanks everyone some great suggestions and links, particularly like the FM series on US forces. Can anyone recommend any good resources or books for NATO forces please? Mainly UK, Bundeswehr, Dutch? Cheers slippy

Great AAR Bill, thanks for posting , really whetting my appetite for this modules release.

Hi all Just my two pence worth. While i respect the decision not to include it, i do think it is a missed opportunity, that could maybe be included in a future module. All the points raised above go to show how detrimental to normal operations the threat of an NBC attack was. I was in BAOR from 1983 - 1988 and as i have mentioned in a previous post our whole MO was based around an NBC attack of some description, at least in the initial stages of any conflict. To not have it included is to leave out a large proportion of what was trained for and expected, by all Cold War Armies at the time, and again as the post above shows, when conflict did occur, all be it in the Gulf in 1991, it was assumed that Chemical Warfare was still a very real threat against an opponent that had nowhere near the capabilities of the Soviets at the time, granted though they probably had more reason to use it due to the nature of the conflict. Anyway as i opened, this is not a moan about it not being included but, more a way of pointing out, in my humble view, a missed chance. take care all slippy

Gives an idea of what the NBC procedures were like for UK Forces, i can't emphasise enough how much time was spent on Exercise in BAOR (83 - 88) in some kind of NBC readiness, and carrying out these drills on a regular basis night or day. It was common place for our CO to order a Gas drill at some ungodly time of the morning just as you pulled into laager following a route march or relocation. Cheers all

Good info Wicky, takes me back a few years!! Out of interest i left the Army in 1988 and joined the Fire Service. Part of our duties every Saturday morning were to go into the cellar of the Fire Station which had been built in 1966 as a nuclear fallout shelter for the duty watch. We had to test a comms link, by which they would allegedly allocate us to fires, incidents etc after the initial attack. We were still doing this up until about 94 i believe. Funny how at the time it seemed so 'normal'

Hi all, really looking forward to this module. I served in BAOR from 1983 - 1988, so a little after this initial release. From my time at least i would say one of the main concerns was NBC warfare, not so much Nuclear at this stage but definitely Biological and Gas. I would estimate we spent about 80% of the time whilst on Exercise in our NBC suits. Nobody really knew what was going to happen, but initially there would of been a big fear of Chemical warfare, it would be good if this could be simulated somehow. i know at the time that any smoke, cloud, mist etc i saw and i would of had my mask on pronto. Training in NBC gear was extremely tiring and cumbersome, especially in the Summer months so even if reduced visibility, higher exhaustion etc could be modelled. I'm on the right in the picture below, taken about 85, with a typical bit of squaddie humour . I see if i can find anything more relevant, i think i still have the old 'Survive To Fight' pamphlet in the loft. cheers all

Not a photo but found this mate, not sure if its what you have already http://www.oldhickory30th.com/120thDec21Journal.pdf you could try asking at http://ww2talk.com/index.php, i have found that site to be extremely helpful in the past. Also Google Maps street view can be quite helpful for getting a feel for the area, although there is a lot of new development you get a good idea of the lay of the land. regards slipper

definitely, especially the hunt command

Whilst I am very happy to see the announcement of Cold War and possible follow on modules, and with past reference to further modules and battle packs for CMFB and CMBS also to be released, I was wondering when BFC may see another major upgrade to the game engine to CM3? Bearing in mind the sometimes painfully slow release schedule, does the announcement of Cold War tie in production to the present engine for another 5 or 6 years when it is already 11 years old?

Was the Panther Ausf F produced ? I thought it was due to be built near wars end, maybe a few trial schmalturm were fitted to standard Panthers? Interested to hear anymore

I'm not sure, but you can add non steam games into your steam account. You will not get all the things that normally go with a steam game like store page, community, etc. But they are shown in your game library and can be loaded from there. For me it helps to keep all my games under one list. Regards Slippy

Yes i did overwrite them mate i think. Thanks for the reply, I'll see if I can reinstall over the top of my current game. Regards Slippy

Your welcome matey, any questions just ask

Personally I would go with Il-2 1946 and more specifically VP Modpack, it's not as bloated as BAT, and if your comfortable with adding mods you can specialise your install to your taste. My particular interest is the Nightfighter/Nightbomber war, and I have built up a very specific install covering this. I have even made some of my own mods for it in the past. Whilst Il-2 Great Battles is far better visually, I find the AI fairly predictable and easy to beat. VPmodpack is available at SAS also

Many thanks 37mm really appreciated mate. I have one question, I installed all the scenarios/campaigns on page one, without reading your instructions first . Does it overwrite any stock scenarios? If it does I didn't back up first, so how could I get the stock scenarios back without doing a full reinstall, any ideas please? Cheers

I don't think these sites are totally legal to be honest, there are a few around if you look. I'm not sure how they get thier steam keys, but I have heard that if steam find you have bought a key from one of these sites they can confiscate and close your account. So be careful would be my advice. Research it on the internet there is lots of info on these sites. Regards Slippy

Great news choppinlt, hope it works out for you mate, been following this since the start, you have my total admiration for taking this on. As mentioned above this will indeed breathe new life int the game. Good luck. Regards

Thanks Elvis, that's all I ask, not least for my sanity . Take care all

No worries mate. I play CM and browse the forum as a way of escapism, as I'm sure a lot of us do. I'm just fed up to the back teeth of hearing how we are all doomed after Brexit, by those who never wanted it in the first place. If you really want something to fail it will. I just think we should get on with it now and learn to live with it. Moaning gets you nowhere, ask my missus