Oleksandr

Gentlemen - none of you should follow my advices. It is all optional and if you guys dont feel like following what I am saying. 
About online games - I've lost only one game in my life and it was my first online via email game. I dint knew what to expect and thats why I picked units as I picked them. And I never said that I was undefeatable. 
I did lost a battle because I picked wrong units. But loss can happen to anyone. And what I like about losses in general is that they teach us more than our victories. The purpose of this topic is to share ideas and approaches, experiences and tricks. In my latest screens Im talking about controling large force on macro and micro level. That can be useful or usless depends on your views and approaches. It is optional to take what I'm saying into consideration. Im not a 100 dollar bill to make everyone like me. Yet, I will keep on posting because there are many people who texting me and telling me "thank you" for what I do. Besides those who disagree I've met those who asked me for more content like that. I have my pleasure to see that some players are using my mods, asking me questions and sharing their emotions and knowlage with me. All I can do in return is to keep on doing what I'm doing. 
Now this thing what im showing here has only one goal in its core - to show variety of things what people can take and adopt to their games, battles, etc. 
I've decided to go from small to big - first I was talking about how I place tranches and stuff, then I was talking about certain small things - and now I've decided to make a post series about Mechanized Battalion attacking mechanized company just to show how I see it should be controlled. Then I was planing to make a series of those posts about deffense, then about different types and ways of using artillery as a stopping factor, as a tool of a direct hit and then as a trick for switching attention. Besides that I would like to talk about raiding operations, recconissance and so on. 
I like this game and I enjoy making statements supported by screenshots from my own battles. Moreover, this topic wasnt created for me only - many people shared their thoughts here and I was hoping that it would be a place where new players will be able see different ways to do things in CMBS. Ive actually recived few thankful letters few days ago from new players who recently bought the game. So all i do and post here is to make it look as simple as possible so that in the future in way more difficult battles players who viewed this topic would have a thing or two adopted from me or from other players what were sharing their ways of doing things. 
Once again gentlemen - you should not follow my posts if you dont like them. The amount of views of this topic and positive comments+msgs on other topics of mine made me think that some people do like what im doing here. So am I the greatest strategist of all times? No I'm not. Have I lost a battle? Yes once I've lost one battle (it was my first one via email battle). But I'm not about victories Im about the spirit. It is a wonderful game and I love it. Ill show you what I do in it - you guys please show what you do in it and how. Let this community grow. 
Last but not least - its not about my ego - there are many ways to do things right and there are many ways to do things wrong.
Everyone can be defeated here and there, but it is about keeping our heads up and learning from our mistakes so that one day you will enjoy your victory as a deserved one. 
And this is what I wish to all of you - be strong and keep on going even if you've lost once.

 
 

One more thing - I will not talk, react or support any toxic stuff. I don't have time or willing to do that. 
I found out that something was said about me just because Mr. Steve quoted. I've blocked few individuals long time ago and I have no intention to keep in touch with them.
If they are saying something here (which I dont see) it is your right to listen or to ignore them. There are few people with whom I have no desire to talk to, and I will not. Now they can say anything they want - there will be "0" reaction from my side. I do what I do - they do what they do. 

Part 4. Arty Impacts. 2S1.
As you can see in Part 2 we were trying to affect our enemy positions as much as possible by the use of 2 platoons (3x 122mm per platoon) of 2S1.
Lets see what we've got shall we? 

At this first screen it is hard to understand if our fire mission was awesome or terrible. Let us take down some trees.

Here we go - eventhough we used 45 meters fire line, eventhough, we used separate platoons, eventhough we were operating with veteran arty units - in first minutes of our medium long arty strike only one shell got into the tranch. Is it good or bad? It is amazing. Every single bad guy in that trench is now dead. If there was any heavy wepon there it is destroyed, and if there are any survivors their moral isnt high at all. 
Now lets look on why you should not call for area strike when your enemy sets his positions in line. 

Do you see how those trees are located? You see how big is that shell spread? Now think how it would look like if you would call an area strike? I guess you got the point. 
Now lets see how our arty gets better with each minute of its work. 
Just for comparisson - first few minutes: 

and now last few minutes: 

Now one of another huge benefits of using line strike is your ability to use it close to your units. But that I will show when I will be talking about defending positions. 
Now lets look on that one shell we were waiting for: 

Oh yes baby - that was the only shell we wanted - the thing is that enemy infantry is already layng down dead or dying there but those are those IFV's and APC's what we wanted to took out. That treeline (you will see the bigger picture later) was a danger to our forces (well i mean it wasnt but for our statistics - why any of our men should die right?). 
End of Part 4. 

CMBS: Ukrainian BTR-70 Digital Camo By Oleksandr

This mod will provide you with BTR-70 covered into Ukrainian Digital Vehicle Camouflage.

Dust, dirt and scratched paint details were added.


Link to download: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=5817
Enjoy! 

CMBS: Ukrainian BTR-70 Digital Camo By Oleksandr

This mod will provide you with BTR-70 covered into Ukrainian Digital Vehicle Camouflage.

Dust, dirt and scratched paint details were added.


Link to download: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=5817
Enjoy! 

Glad you like it man. Enjoy this game when you will have it! 

I would like to see nato forces invading russia and forcing it to became a democracy. 

Charge of the stryker brigade campaign, mission 1.
The barret Sniper team with overwatch over the river protecting the scouts flank spot a Russian soldier, most likely a team leader, scaning with his binoculars.
They decide to open fire. Its a 698m shot.
Fire.....target down. One shot, One kill. Good job.

 

I should have said "can you do cute female skins"?

Just a little teaser and a great quote of a great man:
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."
- Douglas MacArthur.


Coming soon... 

Looks very nice, Olek.  Your weathering techniques seem to get better and better.

I would like to see nato forces invading russia and forcing it to became a democracy. 

Lets differentiate between 'titles' for a theoretical next generation CM and their continuing to support & expand the current game engine. CMSF is being thoroughly rejuvenated, CMBS is the jewel in the crown with detailed future plans laid out. BFC has so many long-range projects that it may take 'em past retirement age to get to everything. Its not as though Steve can simply wake up one morning and proclaim "I want to do an India/Pakistan title!' and the final product magically appears three months later. Its a lot of prep, a lot of planning, a lot of research, and all the of gears in the BFC machine working together to produce a final product.

There was the below in a different thread.  Link is below.  @Oleksandr if your looking for a little CMBS information.
6.  CMBS jumped ahead of others with its own Battle Pack, but is owed a Module.  We've been doing them in order of release and that means CMBS is theoretically next after CMRT.  Marines are an obvious selection for the first Module and the work being done for CMSF2 is going to pave the way for that to happen.  
http://community.battlefront.com/topic/125797-another-reason-for-a-centralized-forum/?do=findComment&comment=1724848

don't feel abandoned

Really? 

We actually got a bunch of units what got some good men from different places. We have Georgian National Legion unit what has a lot of American soldiers there, we got laws allowing people from NATO friendly countries to serve in certain units. We even got some good men from Blearus and Russia who felt that the destiny of their nations are being defined in Ukraine. 
Its really not the unit - its basically forces of good fighting against modern days real life mordor my friend) 
P.S. Im not going to go in depth in terms of politics or specifics here but I guess people who use my mods know that im super pro Western and pro Ukrainian. And... I'm proud of that. 

 

Well if one day National Guard Forces will be added to the game then maybe I will think about it. And its not a battalion its a regiment for more than 2 years now. 
Mostly im interested not in specific battalions but in brigades - so for example I've done 72th brigade, then 128th - my next serious mod on which im working for more than a month already is also a brigade level replacement for standard uniform. 
In terms of NATO forces I've done 2nd Marine division. So I mean would I do something like a specific battalion? probably nah but you could lets say see soldier here and there wearing a patch of certain unit. 
If I would go into specifics I would probably do "Cyborgs" - those warriors who were protecting Donetsk International Airport. 
Also I have a scenario project going on, also update to interface, later on it will be buildings - what will be more accurate in terms of Ukraine and so on. 

 

Enjoy reading about the history of the units you mod.  Breathes life into your work.  Thank you...

SLAVA UKRAINI!

Thanks @Oleksandr.  Interesting unit history.  +1 

CMBS: 128th Mountain-Infantry Brigade

This mod will provide you with Digital Camouflage replacement for Ukrainian side in CMBS (This mod will not work with my 72 Mech-Infantry Brigade Mod).
This time I was inspiried by one legendary unit of Ukrainian Armed Forces – 128th Mountain-Infantry Brigade.

This unit was created 96 years ago in 1922.
During ww2 it kicked out nazies from Crimea, Zakarpattya and Czechoslovakia.

Throughout its history it was reformed several times back and forth from division level to brigade and so on.
In 1956 as a part of 38th Army of Soviet Union it crushed Hungarian Revolution.
In 1968 it took its role in Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Since late December of 1979 this unit was taking action in Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
In 1992 this unit was taken over by Ukraine and later on reformed into brigade.

In 2014-2015 this unit took active role in War on Donbass. After russian invasion of Ukraine all soviet decorations of this unit were removed as it was now standing against red threat coming from East.
At this moment this brigade consists of 12+ battalions, and variety of “special” companies. It is powerful and very mobile force. During “Debaltseve” this brigade did a lot of damage to russian hybrid forces and its commander was honored to receive medal of “Hero of Ukraine.”

More about this unit you can read by following these links:
1 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128th_Mountain_Brigade_(Ukraine)
2 – https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/128-%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)

Now about the mod itself
Uniforms: 
MTP (local licensed production)
MM-14 Digital (Ukrainian Production)
Gorka MM-14 Digital (Ukrainian production)
Gorka Olive (common used Gorkas)
“Dubok” (Ukrainian Production)
Helmets:
MM-14 + NVG holder
Black scratched
Olive/Khaki
Gear:
All gear rewored and covered into MM-14 Camouflage + new textured added.
Overall:
All Gear is reworked + all uniforms are reworked.
Link to Download: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=5758
Enjoy! 
Glory to Ukraine! 

CMBS: 128th Mountain-Infantry Brigade

This mod will provide you with Digital Camouflage replacement for Ukrainian side in CMBS (This mod will not work with my 72 Mech-Infantry Brigade Mod).
This time I was inspiried by one legendary unit of Ukrainian Armed Forces – 128th Mountain-Infantry Brigade.

This unit was created 96 years ago in 1922.
During ww2 it kicked out nazies from Crimea, Zakarpattya and Czechoslovakia.

Throughout its history it was reformed several times back and forth from division level to brigade and so on.
In 1956 as a part of 38th Army of Soviet Union it crushed Hungarian Revolution.
In 1968 it took its role in Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Since late December of 1979 this unit was taking action in Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
In 1992 this unit was taken over by Ukraine and later on reformed into brigade.

In 2014-2015 this unit took active role in War on Donbass. After russian invasion of Ukraine all soviet decorations of this unit were removed as it was now standing against red threat coming from East.
At this moment this brigade consists of 12+ battalions, and variety of “special” companies. It is powerful and very mobile force. During “Debaltseve” this brigade did a lot of damage to russian hybrid forces and its commander was honored to receive medal of “Hero of Ukraine.”

More about this unit you can read by following these links:
1 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128th_Mountain_Brigade_(Ukraine)
2 – https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/128-%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0)

Now about the mod itself
Uniforms: 
MTP (local licensed production)
MM-14 Digital (Ukrainian Production)
Gorka MM-14 Digital (Ukrainian production)
Gorka Olive (common used Gorkas)
“Dubok” (Ukrainian Production)
Helmets:
MM-14 + NVG holder
Black scratched
Olive/Khaki
Gear:
All gear rewored and covered into MM-14 Camouflage + new textured added.
Overall:
All Gear is reworked + all uniforms are reworked.
Link to Download: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=5758
Enjoy! 
Glory to Ukraine!