chuckdyke

If you talk about the platoon's 50mm mortar you are correct.

@Bulletpoint The improvement is Soviet artillery no longer can any HQ call out heavy artillery. At least I think it is a welcome change, you must plan your missions carefully at the start of the game. Set piece attack in other words. FR makes the basegame look archaic. My problem with urban combat is no provision for cellars or subways.

My theory was morale maybe a factor, but there is nothing written in black and white about it.

Morale doesn't play a role? What I write here are my experiences with the game. I checked he used his AP shells not HE from his screenshots. I was wrong there. AP from an 88mm should penetrate or is some generic stuff here we don't know about? Nervous and lower, units will hesitate to follow orders. In a recent game all the opposing forces were nervous or lower, the AI surrendered. What I make out the Units didn't follow the AI's battle plans. I think the TacAI won't function according to the player's intention with a morale state of nervous or lower. The morale state of cautious could be a warning. I treat it as such. OK Cautious Nervous Rattled Shaken Panic Broken Surrender Rout

Especially with the Soviets they have only a few radios. But in RT the tank riders are the bridge between normal infantry and armor. A major improvement by 1944 all Soviet tanks have radio. You need them to have CC in place, T34/85 and IS2's have more uses than just shooting at other tanks.

Your crew is nervous and they are almost out of shells. Because they are nervous they may use their HE instead of AP.

The Soviets and the Germans were leapfrogging in tank design. Rule of thumb knock out the enemy at 1500mtr and stop their shells at a 1000mtrs. Panther was designed to take on the T34, SU100 ideally and IS 2 can take on the German cats at 1500mtr. Below the 1000mtrs it doesn't make much difference. One of the reasons the US stuck with the 76mm Sherman. Five of them can take on any German Cat in FB from the sides. You need three IS 2 for each German cat, this is because of firing rate and the limited ammo storage. Warfare is not dueling; you must try to make it as honest and as fair as a bullfight in Spain. Don't stand in front and take on the horns, apply a ruse and go for the vitals with surgical precision. Happy gaming. A ruse in the game is usual your objective it is 'Lure and Trap'. Control your objective from your key terrain before you occupy. I lost games but I never ran out of units.

Front to front engagements are to be avoided at all cost. Even King Tigers encountering T34/76. If you do it you go for attrition not for maneuver. The purpose of thick armor is that the crew survives an engagement. Gog Magog is the mission which makes this clear. you can blast away at the Soviet tanks and a lot will brew up. All their shells bounce off. Later you face ISII, now you must fight without radio and optics. Use the game of chess as an analogy by exchanging chessmen you may win a game, by checkmate the King you will win the game by maneuver. CM is the same, maneuver to the objective and you win. Maneuvering is to use your infantry, infantry spots armor, armor doesn't spot infantry. Now use your C2 structure so that your Panthers get the contact icon of the infantry. Now they get the first shot in preferably from the side or the rear. Use infantry first! Spotted by the infantry, contact icon will be transferred to my armor upon contact the odds favor the armor which has the contact icon. You will see the SS will now have 20/20 vision.

I had Winrar the moment RT and Fire and Rubble arrived the message popup that the trial period had ended. Took their word for it and downloaded the Window App which worked just fine. Kind regards.

That is the only thing what counts, imagine you ar in the most stressful situation and you have a malfunction. People have the opinion if it is Made in Germany, it is good. Sometimes there are exceptions to that rule.

What is wrong if the Microsoft Store's App works? It is free and no need to ignore anything.

You can download this one from the Microsoft Store. WinRAR wanted money last time I tried to use it. The App from the Microsoft store did the job just fine.

The Pillbox could be a ruse. It could be empty just designed to give your position away. Or an AI Trigger.

You ever read my post? Hope the people who play RTS enjoy themselves however it is not for me. Every minute is reasonable because the computer is still silly in decision making. You have the opportunity to make a sensible decision every minute not every second. Regards I am sorry, but you replies won't be answered. I am here for my hobby not to argue.

What I like about F&R is the Soviet artillery. It is far more realistic, in regards the Command and Control. You have plenty and you must carefully plan your fire-plans. No longer can just any HQ call a mission whether they have a radio or not. They could have 'Signal Units' which could roll out field phones. or we could organize missions who can do this during a night mission. C&C is now the role of their armor, these all have radios.

Like this? Yes, you probably right just a road tile instead of water. (1) BT5 and BT7 Craziness!! Jumping Tanks WW2 Footage. БТ-7 - советский колёсно-гусеничный танк - YouTube

He can change his orders, nothing realistic there. Good luck for the people who like to play RTS hope they have fun. Just accept it is not for me.

Can't agree more

One tough cookie. My 50 Cal Exploded - YouTube

That's the one with the SU100. The first AFV I spotted in the game and I play on Iron some people think spotting is too hard.

you have a link? I just make screenshots so now and then.

A 'Debt Repaid' Is the scenario where they use the MP44. Nowadays they will call it the MP$$.

Playing Seelow Heights, plenty of IS2s. Soviet Infantry performs well in close quarters combat. Katyushas were very impressive.

The troopers in the field didn't like self-loading rifles. I have met a few veterans, especially in wintertime.

I have not touched RT for years I had version 3. Decided to wait to update till Fire and Rubble came out. I start from scratch and play the older more familiar games too. See how much it differs from Engine 3.