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A little bit of Chinese ammo leaking in via 3rd parties can remain deniable by the Chinese, just the same way that recently manufactured Western electronics found in Iranian drones are considered 'leakage' w/o anyone calling for sanctions against Phillips or Siemens. Entire ships or trains worth of munitions would be much more easily trackable and much less deniable, which is why I don't think the Chinese would go that route. Much better to keep buying oil & gas at a steep discount and make the Russian economy even more dependent on the Chinese w/o taking any big risks. H

In the long run the Russian war just accelerates Russia turning into a client state. That gives the Chinese access to The Northern Resources Area without having to look bad by invading to 'protect the Han people living north of the border' or some such pretext. Even better the Russians can be made to pay for their tighter integration into the Chinese economy as the Russians don't have much of a choice. H

Vehicles will block small arms fire. In the various titles I generally want infantry to keep some distance from the armor. 1) If the infantry are leading they might get the drop on enemies with relatively short ranged AT rockets. 2) If the armored vehicle gets hit and blows up* the infantry doesn't get suppressed and killed. H *This is even more important with the modern titles and BMP3s. I am convinced that the BMP3 remains the best VBIED in the game.

I found out about the firing ports on the BMP being very functional when a BMP did a drive by on a M113 I had hiding around the corner of a building. One of the passengers managed to kill the M113 gunner before he could get a shot off... H

I just tried CMBN on Ventura 13.2.1 and it opens & runs w/o any problems. H

In general, my take on a cold war gone hot situation is that airplanes that depend on functioning airfields would become very scarce very quickly. 1) I'd expect airbases to be heavily targeted by deep strikes by aircraft & by short range ballistic missiles targeting infrastructure. It doesn't matter how good the F15 is compared to the Mig 21 if all the bases fuel is burning out and the runway is cratered. 2) I'd also expect attrition to be very high on both sides. NATO AA air sorties would down a lot of WP planes & helos and WP SAM coverage & AAA was no joke. I think the combination of 1 & 2 would make CAS a pretty scarce asset to actually have access to for both sides. H

After this much time their tactical dispersion is still ****e. I think the UA did kill all the professionals last year and this year they are killing the amateurs. H

Better than if Microsoft made Javelin. Clippy "It looks like you're trying to top attack at T72. Do you want some help?" H

And now for a completely different problem. My vehicles are getting stuck on the 1st bridge along the main highway. They had no waypoints on the bridge itself and I re-did orders after the 1st turn they got stuck. To clarify the 1st BMP on the bridge got stuck rubber banding and the other two are blocked by the 1st BMP. Link to save game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/60krhw4tdpshpjk/TV 98-3 Attack at Brandenburg REDFOR 007.bts?dl=0 H

This and an AI plan will get you most of the way there. H

Yeah, that's the good stuff. H

I'm on a Mac also, and am patched. No problems opening the scenario, winning OTOH... H

Downloaded. H

"they did a massive and honest assessment" Who got to tell Stalin the outcome & how long did they live afterwards? "Soviets adopted an incredibly well thought out defense-in-depth strategy" The incredibly well thought out strategy of multiple massive counter attacks against a superior opponent that resulted in the death or capture of millions of soldiers? H

Looks like I need an educational or .gov email to join? Also, join at Fight Club UK or US? H

When did the last Conquerors leave BAOR? Wikipedia says '66 but... H

We know that, but when did the US know the Soviets were fielding composite armored tanks in mass? BSW

Why didn't the US Army use HESH instead of HEAT? On the face of it, HESH is as good as HEAT for engaging thin armored vehicles, ok against monolithic steel, and it's better than HEAT against exposed troops and for demolition work. I'm just not seeing any major disadvantages for HESH, particularly when using rifled cannons. H

They were deploying the 'best tank in the world' to BAOR the same year the Sov was taking delivery of T64. I hadn't realized those two projects were that contemporary. When was BAOR fully equipped with Chieftain vice Centurion? Will we get some hot T64 on Centurion action?* H *I don't see this coming out good for the Centurions and I have doubts about how the Chieftains are going to do.

I'm really looking forward to these! H

The big difference in supplying conventional & ICM is that it would be the Ukrainians deciding when and where to use ICM to defend their people & country. They can decide for themselves to use ICM or not as they are going to live with the consequences of their decisions. H

Four T62s attacking over open ground. One of them spots a M150 after it launches a TOW at a different T62. The T62 fires as the TOW is in flight. And the APFSDS hits the M150 before the TOW can hit, causing the misses to go out of control. I've known that it was theoretically possible to leverage the superior speed of tank main gun rounds to kill a ATGM before it can hit, but this is the first time I've actually seen it happen. H

A lot of the NATO tank's spotting advantage is/should be from fighting heads out, which isn't normal Sov doctrine. When I am playing the Sov one of the things I make a point of is to use artillery or MG fire to get the Americans to button up. H

I think the M60 RISE is still using a coincidence range finder, which doesn't help it get hits at longer ranges. Depending on which model T64 you're up against they can have laser rangefinder's. M60s vs T64/72/80 is a similar situation to US M4 Shermans vs Panther in WWII. You aren't going to win long range tank duels. Canalize them, strip the infantry off, & hit them from the sides. The big difference with WWII anti-German tank tac tactics and CW tank tactics is that the Germans probably never actually fielded a full strength Panther battalion in combat. The Sov OTOH... H

Huh, I had always assumed the 44 was a reference to 1944 and that the rocket was a WWII wunderwaffe that hadn't made it to the troops before the war ended. H