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I think your mortar possibly doesn't have a LOF. Also, he has only 20 shells you would waste too much ammo. Suggested defilade position. You can hit most of the German positions. With 20 rounds proper indirect fire is not really an option. Watch the ridge if I were the enemy, I would have an observer near the shrub of the tree line.

Possibly the mortar doesn't have a LOF although the spotter (your platoon HQ) has a LOS or the mortar doesn't have C2 communication by radio. TBH the 60 mm mortar when it is on the map is best employed in the direct fire mode from a good defilade position in view of the munitions available thirty shells are not much. The indirect fire mode is very abstract in the game. HQs doesn't need a radio to call indirect fire?? I wonder how that works too. The receiver in your case of the 60 mm mortar needs it. I know US HQs all have radio but there may be some exceptions.

Thanks for your information. Here is the article in wikipedia. In May 2022 the Australian Government announced it was donating 14 M113s to Ukraine as part of Australia's assistance for the country following its invasion by Russia. At this time 40 Bushmasters had also been donated to Ukraine. M113 armoured personnel carriers in Australian service - Wikipedia At least they will be replaced in the next few years. The one with the Saladin Turret is on display at the old artillery barracks near Fremantle.

What about CM players in Russia now? https://twitter.com/pcgamer/status/1539240968100118536?s=20&t=7w8sxXxxK2XBNgfYPQsiLQ

Only if you have a human opponent IMO, I never play QB against the AI. I did it when I first bought the game.

We used to have a friend from Kazakhstan oh the Soviet Union didn't allow him to return home till 1980 to visit his mother. He had the audacity to become a POW without asking for permission. Please stop your apologetics, the problem is their idea of progressiveness stalled in the 19th century. Apartheid used to be a progressive code of conduct with your neighbors of a different culture that had its roots in the 19th century too. That is the problem in this conflict the fact that two countries have a similar culture doesn't mean they are one.

Still Australia still has not replaced the M113 t is heavily modified and equipped with thermals the .50 Browning is replaced too with a 76 mm L5A1 gun. The big thing is it can cross rivers like the Russian IFV. The armour is only proof against light infantry weapons. Australia is in the process to replace the old workhorse. The German Lynx is the likely candidate.

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I thought Soviet tactics covered WW 2 too.

It depends on personal preference. I like Final Blitzkrieg and Red Thunder for the simple reason I can use AFV's as transport. They operate from Game Engine 4 so it doesn't make all that much difference. To enjoy don't shy away from the higher difficulty settings. I don't find playing Iron difficult at all. The choice is yours. Playing the AI is a challenge if you never played before. It is your TacAI versus the AI so don't go too much into macro managing. Do what you do in real life, and you won't go much wrong. In real life you don't use a moving tool such as a LOS or LOF tool.

The set-up zones shouldn't be targeted for the first fifteen minutes. Especially on the smaller maps. The way out could be in the future, that the player decides which available units enter the area of operations.

You can make a screenshot of the elevations and in a photo, editor make a topographic map. TBH I see it as a non-existent solution.

Certainly, a State Funeral with full military honors is a fringe benefit. Very nice uniforms at the airbase coffin nice and shiny and a salute whilst wearing white gloves. They shouldn't complain too much.

We have 4 systems Utopian, Democracy, Theocracy and Autocracy. From 0 to 10 Utopian scores 10, Democracy 7 Theocracy 4 and Autocracy 1. It is a matter of inclusion I based my numbers on. Democracy is the best out of a bad lot. The people from Belarus are Europeans like the Russians I feel sorry for them. Here we have people from all over the world who had a fair go. I am one of them and get on with most of them.

What we call here "Two bob each way". No doubt putin has some cocktail ready for him.

If he is on borrowed time, I don't think he cares. Most of us can't follow putin, I would do something different if I were worth $70 Billion and I am only a few years older. The only conclusion I can make is that the man is a lunatic and a dangerous one. The threat that London is the first to go may not be an empty one. All what the west can do is reply in kind.

Thank you, I must be the world's worst designer. I had something like that in Grand Boneface where the German artillery blast away at the beginning of the game. Since then I put troops away in shelter.

I have SF2, Red Thunder, Final Blitzkrieg, Normandy. So if it happens in one of these games Let me know which scenario. I find it a poor design if they have artillery on your preparation area.

For armor you have the survival onion. I find it applies for infantry units too. Do I have to be there? Can I be observed? Can I be targeted? Always, have a plan to leave the location fast. An AI trigger can be anywhere so you can be targeted anytime by artillery. A human player can be even more dangerous. Don't stay anywhere too long.

People ignore lots of times that they have a lot more bullets for their MG than a MG42 has. Their MG gunner got a lot better cover than an MG42 has. Once their MG42 is suppressed keep him suppressed by nonstop area fire. It takes a long time before his 7000 rounds run out. Naturally protect them from German armor, their main gun is also not altogether useless for self-protection.

Never lost a battle but lost the war. M113 doesn't depend on bridges.

Against the AI I found attacking is the better option unless the designer specifies it otherwise. Second battle for Chaumont likewise the German side. Playing allies, I found find the Germans and then kick their butt with your supporting weapons. The MG42 will give them superiority against allied infantry especially if you play commonwealth. The allies manufactured 40000 Shermans and they shine as infantry support.

According to this guy the M4 is an assault rifle this new rifle is a battle rifle. But for an urban environment the M4 is a hard act to follow.

Just bumped into an article about this rifle and show the Wiki Article about it. Made in Switzerland. Will be made under license in the US I suppose. XM5 - Wikipedia

Somebody pointed out that the Russians needed to control the major road arteries for their logistics. Capturing empty farmland looks good for their domestic audience but there are little or no benefits.