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Seeing how the Steam ports are taking precedence -- I'd say that 1st of May, 2021, is a distinct possibility. xD

The softest part of a T-72 is its crew. Imagine you're the 5-minute wonder, sitting as TC. You are fighting relatively well-equipped and experienced enemy infantry. A HEAT explosion rocks your side. Pop quiz: what do you do? Your situational awareness is limited: all you know is that someone, somewhere is lobbing some sort of explosives at your flank. You could reverse. You could bail out. You certainly are going to stop, make sure that your tank isn't on fire. Wouldn't you have a better day without being shot at by potentially damaging weaponry? Keep all your digits, maybe? It certainly would be easier to concentrate on shooting yanks. Using suppressive fire to button a tank is very common practice. While the outcome isn't guaranteed success, it's some sort of mitigation. Remember a non-penetrating hit was enough to make Tiger 131 an exhibit in Bovington.

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry near Krabbendijke, during Operation Vitality. Royal Montreal Regiment, training at Petworth Camp, England (1942).

Napoleon was an incredible military leader, sure. However, you can't expect any one person to be a genius at everything. He is a classical tale of an overly ambitious micromanager, who too often overlooked delegation. It is obvious hindsight that his strategy did not work, but why? Battle of the Nile was a decisive defeat against the French Army, not just the French Navy. He was forced to capitulate all his Middle East gains, and was confined to the continent. His counter-blockade of British shipping to Europe set him on a collision course with Portugal, Spain and Russia. Napoleon was neither an admiral, nor a diplomat. He would often rage and threaten heads-of-state, if they had any mixed feeling of his occupation of the continent. Napoleon's tactical judgement was also obscured by his ambition, at times. Barclay de Tolly's forces were numerically inferior at the start of the invasion of Russia (more so than in 1941). Through mobile small unit tactics, he managed to even the score before the Battle of Baradino. Barclay de Tolly had powerful delegates, like Bagration -- who took the initiative and began organizing partisan opposition. Set piece battles were Napoleon's forte, and he was too self-absorbed to consider more flexible tactics. Comparisons to Hitler are inescapable, but there are key differences. Napoleon was a military officer, not an ideologist. If Hitler showed up at the gates of Berlin, like Napoleon did in Paris, after his exile -- would all the fighting men accept his return to Fuhrer? Hitler delegated well in early war. His diplomacy landed him easy victories and his Admirals plagued the seas for some time.

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The Berlin Zoo Tower RIP all the beasts

Speaking of which... will the steam version have automatic patching?

Yes, but there are mods that fix that. There's also no wind deflection in vanilla, but there's make-believe helicopters and space iranians instead.

Woo!

I've recently been using 2 LAV-TUAs in the Canadian SF2 campaign. The last mission was a big COIN operation against guerrilla ATGMs in a dense urban area, surrounded by fields. I started using the TUAs to launch the thicc TOW missles at suspected ATGM sites in the town. The 25mm bushmaster on the other LAVs often suppressed rather than killed. The TOW can destroy buildings very quickly and give you confidence that the target was proper destroyed. Letting the 25mm's to deal with foot mobiles and RPGs. I like the Marder comparison. Treat these vehicles as infantry launchers with wheels/tracks, rather than proper AFVs. They're better than having a crew lug them around, but present a bigger target.

The british were quick to mechanize during the interwar years. Even after Dunkirk, they had one of the most mobile armies. They also have some very accurate platforms -- like the bren gun or 6 pounder. I find they have the greatest plethora of recce units. With universal carrier scouts and FO cars, they definitely hold the intel advantage. This allows for clever use of support assets and the elimination of obstacles prior to any attack. Works well with a slow, methodical, battle but still retains flexibility.

This is weird. I experience this with CM:SF2 but not CM:BS. Both are at the latest version, as far as I remember.

Assaulting a well defended position is never going to be easy without some sort of support. Forests are no different. The question is: what support do you have for this assault? Unlike urban terrains, forested terrains do not provide significant overhead protection. Firing artillery at them is like shooting fish in a barrel. No artillery? Try to outmaneuver and surround the forested area. Either avoid confrontation, or form a cauldron. Easier said, than done. Forests provide excellent concealment. Try to carefully probe areas outside the forested area with infantry, while AFVs and weapons are on overwatch. Try to provoke the enemy into opening fire at your troops, at arms length. Once you have identified their positions, bring your heavy-hitters to bear. I do not think there's a magic way of tackling dug-in defenders without a few serious force-multipliers.

Excellent news! I've had pretty good experiences with Matrix/Slytherine. How will the Steam version differ from the current build? Different launcher? Perhaps steam features like workshop and achievements?

Wow. Looks like the equivalent to Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Knights. Congrats on a BFC youtube channel, looking forward to more bones.

Great news! Just when I thought I was going to reinstall Panzer Command -- they pull me back in. Holding out hope that & Ruble comes out before Cyberpunk 2077. Eager to pre-order, here!

Aaww yis... CM3: Gulda Fap with ray tracing, dynamic operational campaigns, coop, ingame oob editor, and visible aircraft -- bring it ON! On a more attainable note, I'd like packs for minor combatants. Ie. A lapland war/continuation pack for the Finns, a siege of Budapest for Hungarians, or Turkey for cm:sf2. On a less attainable note, it'd be cool if the CM3 engine would host all the different families. So you can mix and match all the content, that you own. Maybe make version control a bit easier? Archie Wavel & the Italians do deserve more spotlight.

There is some haze kicked up around the left-most Sherman. It is the same kind of vanilla effect, as in the CMRT screenshot. The only difference is the camera is looking at it, as opposed to through it.

Nope! These screenshots have not been edited in post, with the exception of cropping. In addition, all but one of these pics are 100% vanilla. The exception is my recent Black Sea screenshot, which was taken with Reshade enabled (inspired by HerrTom). What's with the haze, then? Notice the shell craters and rubble, around the field gun. This urban area was pristine before the Germans responded to the battery with artillery, mortars, STuG and Panther fire. What you are seeing is the cloud of debris that was lingering around the field gun. Its own desperate fire on a defiant Panther adding to the fog of war.