chuckdyke

You need to take note of how the teams naturally split up after plotting a move order. Example two men scout team split up and each take a position around the corner of a building.

I think once you hear fire for effect the FO's mission is complete. Before all of the mission's munitions can be wasted on spotting rounds.

No I used the halftracks as IFVs. Once dismounted the squads started to take casualties. Once the Soviets were suppressed they dismounted to clear the woods of tentative contacts. So against infantry the halftracks provide good cover. Once they get some penetrations from AT Rifles the code in the game make them reverse. Against a squad of infantry the Germans will win if they stay in their halftracks. Soviet Maxims and AT rifles are a problem for them.

I tested rifle calibre ammunition against units inside buildings and the effect is neglectable. It was area fire at best you cause a little suppression.

For an ambush you need prior intel and the objective could be anything. Examine the bodies for more intel or just destroy the enemy unit or see it as a spoiling attack.

A Debt Repaid main tactic was to use the German Halftracks as an IFV. Occupied all objectives and with 57 minutes left called a ceasefire. Major Victory.

BS is just not worth playing it is a hypothetical game and biased US No 1 Russia No 2 Ukraine No3 and no expansion pack is planned to rectify this. Kudos for the WW2 games it is where BF shines and we really enjoy playing it. FI is the next game I will buy.

Yes, thermal sights are nice but they need a decent AC too. Otherwise no fresh air.

Yes if you did tabletop wargaming with Airfix you saw how much variety the Germans had. It was fun to play as Germans even then.

Bogged four-wheel drive vehicles it takes easy 30 minutes to free it using a 2nd vehicle. In the game after a few turns it becomes immobilized which is realistic.

Only original crew can remount a vehicle. If you can dismount anybody can mount a vehicle. But if the only option is Bail Out only the original crew can remount as crew.

The big difference is Japan carried out a preemptive strike and Germany declared war on the US. Not much choice there. After the war international contracts were signed in US$, to keep it the US played for Sheriff internationally.

After Black Sea I have enough of anything hypothetical. The truth is always stranger as fiction.

I agree for 100% SE Asia is more humid so your forces may tire sooner.

Correct SA can mean Sturmabteilung but also Salvation Army.

Will keep me happy for Xmas 2024, in my new abode.

I know fully well how to look for books on the internet. However, I think it is BF's responsibility to publish a more professional manual for its customers. My beef with MGs I should be able to do area fire (plunging and grazing fire). Now when you don't have LOS with a tile because of for example a wheatfield you get a No-LOS pop up. I look for a manual which shows how to do these common tactics. Happy gaming, this was just one example splitting squad inside a vehicle is another. There is a way around it but not up to us to advice other players how they should play the game.

Looked at it and uninstalled it. Factors it is not the WeGo system I enjoy with Combat Mission. I think I buy Fortress Italy modern warfare is not for me I am afraid. SF2 I need to be in the mood. I definitely I am a WW2 player, happy gaming. I won't do much for the next few months as I am relocating. Looks like I need to invest in Starlink for internet.

Same as my CM1 games. Overtime they become useless.

Right now a 1st class manual of how to play this game properly. From Battle for Normandy to Black Sea. Manuals with doctrines for the time frame. With references which YouTube videos are recommended. Example Red Thunder change name of a scenario with the purpose getting more TRP to plan on Map Barrage near the end of the game for example.

You need to think of everything.

It is more the tactical drill which can take ages to get it right. Playing Soviet WW2 like you play US Marines 2016 usually don't end well. Reason I came to dislike Black Sea, played it like WW2.

Correct like a game of chess in which you are not allowed to checkmate your opponent. The Vietnamese war was a little like that, not allowed to invade and capture Hanoi.

Islam is not a race but a religion. You can convert into and apostate out of it. Religions outside Europe are very much political ideologies. Looking after refugees is humane but to have politics without integration has proven to be a disaster. Soon I am moving away from a European culture. First one must do is to learn the language. Three weeks to go and I am off. Australia was great to work not so great to be retired. So I won't comment often for the next few months till I am settled properly. Wish you all the best for the new year. I support Israel but I don't agree with the present leadership.

The customer is king they used to say in the old country. Sad to say BF is stagnating and pointless to say computer games are a very competitive industry. Without doubt you are completely aware of it. I see less and less comments of the game designers here. The last game I bought I have not touched it in the last six months, it screams for up-to-date battle packs, but the never-ending talkfest about it is more important.