Lt. Smash Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I just finished the British Campaign for the first time. I think I learned more during this campaign than I have the entire time I've played CMSF. Today, my battlegroup sits along the border of Jordan enjoying a well deserved rest. I won with a Total Victory on Elite. My stats were 140 men killed, 103 wounded, 13 missing, 2 tanks lost, 28 armored vehicles lost and 6 other vehicles lost. The Red Force stats were 1,411 men killed, 694 men wounded, 547 men missing, 60 tanks lost, 107 armored vehicles lost and 75 other vehicles lost. I had to replace Counter Attack after being handed a Major Defeat the first time through. I won all other scenarios as Total Victories except Os Sayqal - Recce (Minor Victory - I struggle with recon scenarios), Os Sayqal - Assault (Major Victory) and Dumayr Riot (Major Victory). At Courses of Action, I took the rural route. My favorite scenarios were Ambush in the Lava Fields and Ash Shaykh Miskin. I could have done with the Dumayr Riot or Sab'Abar. I loved the idea of the convoy crossing with Sab'Abar but the design was flawed which took the fun out of it. Overall, I really enjoyed the campaign. I felt that the missions gave a good amount of variety, and several were quite challenging. As for the Brits: I loved having the light mortar as part of the C2 units. I like how the effective range of their infantry firearms (L85) was greater than the US Army (M4). It helped. The Chally was an impressive tank which I enjoyed as much or more than the Abrams. It's ability to fire smoke was fantastic and its survivability was very, very good. The Warrior is a good IFV although maybe too susceptible to RPGs. I was thinking it was going to be like a Bradley and it felt more like a tracked Stryker. And the Scimitar is just about my favorite "new" weapon in this module. Sure, an RPG will knock it out fast but I had fun zipping around the desert with them. I would have like to have had more Javelin teams. The ILAW is okay but nothing beats a Javelin. On that note, I much prefer to have that weapon embedded in the squad, as per the US Army, than as separate teams per the USMC and British. I would have also enjoyed more artillery and air support...but what commander hasn't said that! Bob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedStrykerCo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm close to starting the british campaign and your observations should make the transition from marines to brits a bit easier. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boche Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Man I have to restart this campaign and bloody finish it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Congratulations Lt. Smash. Believe it or not I haven't even played a campaign yet in CMSF and I've had this game and its modules from the beginning. I'm actually thinking of starting my first campaign in a few days and I'm thinking I'm going to try the Canadian one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melm Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Congratulations. I just finished British Campaign recently and I got higher casualty than you did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Lt Smash - if you're the one who modded the WW2 icons - ruddy good show! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Smash Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Erwin, I did mod the WW2 icons. I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'm looking forward to Commonweath coming out in the next few weeks. I plan to tackle those ASAP. Bob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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