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chuckdyke

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  1. Administration when you play the game. You need to have a workflow in place especially for battalion size formations. How do other players tackle this?
  2. I think they looked through the breach and the barrel if they saw a tank on the other side, they shot at it. That way you're restricted to point blank range. An experienced commander could do it by reckoning 100 meters is a length of a football field. An infantry effective range can be calculated. Forget about engaging over a km.
  3. I agree with that. The scenario, if it says attack or assault your options are time limited. probe and meeting is different again. It is a matter of choice either a two men team enters a house on hunt, or you give a 15 second burst with a .50 MG.
  4. Early Cold War. Korean War escalates into Europe. Hungarian crises escalate, Sues Canal crises of 1956. South African Bush wars fighting Cubans. Talking about Cubans, Bay of Pigs, and the missile crises. Got rid of the Search and Destroy strategy in Vietnam, and invade the North. The sky is the limit.
  5. I think this is not modelled in the game. It seems the AFV conveniently always has the right shell loaded.
  6. Read the terrain from RL observe from a shadow through a shadow and you will remain invisible. Unfortunately, shadows are not modelled in the game, I think. But shrub permits you to observe through it if you are next to it you will remain invisible for some length of time. A moving scout is unlikely to spot anything, the guys with binoculars who are on overwatch will. Good overwatch position is the bocage in Normandy.
  7. Playing the game, we read in three dimensions and the reader is included. It is what makes gaming unique a media in which the customer can participate.
  8. You know the Han Chinese migrated to Taiwan around the same time the British settled in America. therefore, their claim is ridiculous. Of the original indigenous population only make out 2% of today's population.
  9. He probably will say you can't invade your own country. All part of their ambit claim.
  10. Anybody who can say this with a straight face deserves some kind of recognition. I don't know what.
  11. Scouting, commit all of the first wave. Scout A received fire but makes no contact. Scout B gets the tentative contact. Don't send a scout anywhere unless you can provide an overwatch. Soviet attack centers around their armor who has the radios.
  12. Exactly I probably return to my home next year where the use of our recreational drugs are punished by a SA Copy of the AK47. My advice listen to the travel advice of the country you call home. You always should have the last word.
  13. Plenty of countries are not safe when it comes to our recreational drugs. The least you can do is have the right paperwork with you. Here you get 2 years' probation. In SE Asia you will be executed.
  14. That is for Soviet infantry WW2, infantry don't have communication. The scenario already says attack so the only way to get contacts is by having the first wave probing the second wave will get his contacts by moving through the positions of the first wave. The third wave the final assault. 21st century the intel is provided by 6men listening patrols with satellite communications. It depends which game you play. I find WW2 Soviet a challenge with no problems getting contacts it is by finding the means to update the situation to the HQs so that the Battalion is aware of the changing situation. I don't worry about a fixed plan as the situation keeps changing but the artillery needs to be updated too and with the call-in times Set Piece attack with the Soviet is set piece. It makes it interesting you play the game as you do chess. The pawns are expendable. Poor Soviet grunts. With Soviet artillery I have a few protocols I think are realistic but may conflict with @Bil HardenbergerHard Cat rules. Cease fire is automatic unless the observer will get the tentative contacts from the attacking forces.
  15. Normandy succeeded because of its air superiority over Western Europe. You need it over the Ukraine too to silence the Russian artillery.
  16. You must make statements like that when you enter a country by bringing your scripts. I am not an apologist for Russia,but be mindful of the medications you are on. Also, your airline could give you proper advice.
  17. His usual style is a professional presentation.
  18. @Combatintman No Plan Survives First Contact With The Enemy. You can say that again.
  19. German StugIII veteran. Ivan always missed the first shot. In the game this is usually the case too, strategy engage with lots more armour than the Germans do.
  20. First read the mission. The attack on Seelow Heights is a classic. Destroy Panzer Division Infantry will spot armour from 1 km away. Scouting is done by all of the first wave and scouting becomes probing. The Soviet Infantry didn't have radio, so the second wave got tentative contacts from the first wave. When you ask questions like that please quote the scenario. An Elite Sniper Unit in the 21st century has besides radio also satellite communication. You will lose some units just make sure that the enemy looks a lot less handsome than you upon conclusion.
  21. It is combined arms. A scout on 'Hunt' rarely spots anything. A 'Veteran' unit with binoculars covered and concealed from an advantage point might. Spotting is part of the probing phase of an attack. Hundred pairs of eyes will spot the enemy unit more often than a single pair. In one battle a scouting unit on 'Hunt' received fire. His Regimental HQ got the tentative contact before he nervously returned to his HQ unit. Your C2 is all important during the probing phase of an attack. Patton advance till they start shooting at you. His specialty was the pursuit, so it makes sense.
  22. One more useful tip. British APCs replace the single driver with a 2men team. This way you keep the use of the .50 MG the driver I keep as a medic.
  23. Same as all heavy tanks can the local infrastructure cope? 50 tons is about the cutoff point. Main bridges are obvious targets if you don't have air superiority.
  24. I think that it is just politicians talking to their domestic audience. Manpower is something the Ukraine is not even asking for. They need the tools to get the job done. Time is their enemy as they rely on unwavering support.
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