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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    43 minutes ago, Falaise said:

    the result

    I have to say nice work.  My version (the second time) was almost the same, except for my useless infantry guns.  And I lost.

    Just now I've been playing as the Amis, and I'm doing better - I think it's an easier ask.  One issue, my 60mm mortars on jeeps don't seem to want to deploy after I dismount them and press 'deploy', several minutes later they are still showing as 'deploy'?  Oddly I can fire them directly but that's not what I want to do.  Am I doing it wrong?

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    Wittmann's Demise Scenario

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    22 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:

    and in those days the banks shut at 3pm. It also has to be remembered that the Middle Saxons were never as tough as you western boys

    We risk going off-topic (again) but never mind.  Round here most of the bank branches were closed in recent years, so 3pm closure is no more than a pleasant memory if you can't scan in the cheque that someone has kindly sent you instead of paying online.  Government organisations included, that insist you pay them online.  Spleen vented 😉.

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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    1 hour ago, user1000 said:

    Don't commit every vehicle..

    Get high gound

    Stop moving

    I can see the logic... but, committing for example only one vehicle reduces spotting and potentially gives several enemies just one target to aim at?  I suppose it depends on your vehicle getting the first shot in a one-to-one situation, then rinse and repeat.

    You were of course playing as the dogs (as I am now as well if I ever get back to it 🙃).  Have you had a go as the cats?

    As an aside the 37mm canister looks like a fearful thing, would not want to be on the receiving end of that as an infantryman...

    Quote from another site:  One hundred twenty-three 3/8" (0.9525 cm) steel balls according to FM 23-81 37-mm Gun, Tank, M6 (Mounted in Tanks), but Hunnicutt says 122 in both Sherman and Stuart.

    Ouch!

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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    1 hour ago, altipueri said:

    PS - you know you can start your Pumas over at the east end of the map where the re-inforcements arrive ?

    Yes, that was my second attempt:

    On 9/28/2020 at 10:14 PM, Vacilllator said:

    This time on Elite, I realised I could set up at the end of the transverse road.

    Did better but no cigar. However our friend @Falaise had more success.

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    BUG mg jeeps

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    A quick google neither confirms nor denies it.  For example:

    Photo] Jeep mounted with a Browning M1919 machine gun, somewhere in the Pacific, 1943-1945; note hulk of Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tank | World War II Database

    To me the gunner is just about standing, and if he aimed lower would probably raise himself up?

    It is a Pacific photo but not sure they had a different MG mount?  Also I don't know whether the mount is adjustable for height?  I should google some  more...

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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    2 hours ago, mjkerner said:

    not remembering what I watched on TV yesterday, or had for breakfast this morning, etc.)

    Indeed, tell me about it.  There is of course an answer, watch the same programme on TV every day (or don't watch TV) and have the same breakfast every day.  Could get boring but at least you will know what you did yesterday 😉.

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    Wittmann's Demise Scenario

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    23 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:

    When I recently gave this a go as the Limeys against the AI I did impose a few rules upon myself.

    I admire your replication of 'let's get a brew on'.  Tea of course, not a tank. 

    I wonder though whether the poor British were really having a jolly cup of tea, or whether they were perhaps totally exhausted and getting a few minutes of sleep?  We know that Wittmann didn't have much sleep before the later battles and that didn't end well...

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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Falaise said:

    and it was you who gave me the solution

    Bien joué mon ami @Falaise, perhaps my thinking was correct then but my luck was not as good as yours.

    For the rest of us, alcohol is required to ease the pain 🤪.

    @mjkerner I was thinking to play as Allies and see how the Pumas do against me.  Not totally fair as I have previous knowledge, but might be interesting.

    A tough scenario but it's giving us some fun, so I thought I'd look up the designer - Jari Mikkonen.  Not sure Jari is on the forum?

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    Wittmann's Demise Scenario

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    1 hour ago, George MC said:

    Well that's impressive!

    Thanks George, appreciate it and your efforts in making the scenario.  It has joined my favourites list (not all are yours but you are well represented 😉).

    Yes, the twist stopped me in my tracks, or is that on my tracks?  You may recall me earlier mentioning a sound contact in that area.  Well, of course that developed into something I could not ignore, so I had to commit quite a force to stop it.  Meanwhile I was wary of infantry, not to mention the AT guns and tanks in the direction I was trying to go.  I used every available unit I could (even remnants of crews) for spotting and recon, doing whatever I could to gets eyes on, plus of course I had good old Rolf to help.

    How on earth Wittmann managed it on his own I don't know.  Surprise and luck in no small measure I suppose.

     

     

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    Cats chasing dogs

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, altipueri said:

    Thank you for reminding me of my incompetence.  :)

    Perhaps mine in equal measure as well 👍.  Good luck in your new attempt, let us know how it goes.

     

    44 minutes ago, altipueri said:

    I've got an excuse now to try again instead of doing some boring work. This not Working From home lark is great.

    I couldn't possibly comment 😄

     

    46 minutes ago, altipueri said:

    PS - I've never been able to do anything useful with those towed infantry guns.

    I've since watched a Youtube playthrough where the player positioned them behind woods on the right flank.  He couldn't fire them from there, either direct or indirect - perhaps both because they were obstructed by the trees.  He then got his burly chaps to push them into LOS of the enemy and they did manage some direct fire (and luckily avoided any 37mm canister in return).  I didn't see any indirect at any point but wasn't watching that closely, but if so it could have been due to lack of comms, position of spotters, obstruction, etc..

    I noticed a comment from our friend @Warts 'n' all under the video related to the guns and their lack of elevation / obstruction.

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    Wittmann's Demise Scenario

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    Okay, so after a brief interlude, I finally finished Villers Bocage.  Probably should be posted somewhere else but anyway...

    A fine game @George MC with some unexpected twists and nasty surprises.  Or perhaps not so unexpected after playing a few of your scenarios 😉.    Not played historically of course, and Swoboda and Hantusch were top scorers, not Wittmann, but here's my result:

    Combat Mission Battle For Normandy Screenshot 2020.09.29 - 23.11.25.56.png

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    Lucky Strike's Mods: Hedgerow Hell

    in CM Normandy Maps and Mods

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator
    Realising what I was replying to

    48 minutes ago, quakerparrot67 said:

    pictures ?

    Things have probably moved on some but there were some nice pics at the start of the thread.  Far better though is to get the mod (there's a link earlier) and have a good look at it in-game.  It's on all the time in my Normandy ❤️.

    Rob, I now see that you were in the thread earlier so you may be all over it anyway 😉.

    I'm guessing v2 is just around the corner @Lucky_Strike, including lovely new variable bocage?

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    Do you take spotting screen shots?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    I haven't tried it, but as long as they are defensive as you say and therefore stationary I can see that it might work. 

    Is it gamey or a way to simulate memory in your troops?  Not sure, but if you can't remember where the contact was, why should they 😉?  Admittedly there's only one of you and possibly lots of contacts...

    Also if the enemy are attacking I seem to end up with 'old' spots all over the place (playing on Elite) and shelling most of them would not be a worthwhile exercise.

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    Replay or play once?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Vacilllator

    I'm fairly new to CM (and only RT followed by BN so far) so I haven't had time or inclination to repeat many scenarios while there are still so many I've not tried.  There are some which I will return to at some point I'm sure, but as you say, playing first time without any 'ill-gotten' intel from a previous try is far more challenging.

    I do remember re-playing Gog and Magog which was about my third battle in RT, so I didn't have much of a clue what I was doing the first time.  My pre-conceived notions of what medium and heavy panzers could do to the Soviets got the better of me the first time, with unhappy consequences.  I thought I must be able to do better, and second time around I did a lot better, but admittedly it was partly because I knew where some of the surprises would come from.

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