Unofficial Screenshots & Videos Thread

[Grey_Fox]

19 minutes ago, Erwin said:

He turned on night brightness. 

Be warned tho'  I think he is playing on a low experience level - one can see the Ukrainian positions.

I am playing on Elite. Pre-battle intel rolled good for me.

[Erwin]

17 minutes ago, Grey_Fox said:

Pre-battle intel rolled good for me.

[Grey_Fox]

1 hour ago, Grey_Fox said:

I am playing on Elite. Pre-battle intel rolled good for me.

In hindsight I believe it's because the previous mission was a reconnaissance, and I got a major victory IIRC when I did it.

[danfrodo]

on to battle #3 in US campaign.  It's a complex assignment that requires good knowledge of the tools & assets available.  Definitely req'd some learning for me, as I started and ran for just a couple minutes a few times, not so much to cheat but because I wasn't understanding the gear/terrain situation well enough.  Learned a few things then haven't restarted again.  Brilliant battle design that really highlights what makes CMBS special. 

Quite a fight, lots of russian assets are junked.  My losses are low except for one helo & one F16 despite my having knocked out ~5 tunguskas before launching any air strikes.  A couple russian tanks break off to attack the pesky americans that are hitting their left flank.  They come on quickly and penetrate my TOW/javelin screens.  Now are right in my forward infantry. 

Javelin team was hit a minute ago and survivor is fumbling for the weapon, giving the tanks time to move in.  I've got infantry and an MGS stryker.  Most of the infantry has AT4s. The MGS gets a kill shot on one tank!  I've got hope!

this greatly angers his buddy, who goes full on berserk down the street, shrugging off AT4 & MGS hits!

for some reason he rotates to his left, and MGS send round through his wheels.  Turn ends with both guns on target at point blank range!  Who's gonna fire first?  (I actually don't know, I am posting this before finding out)

 

[danfrodo]

and the winner is ..... the reserve platoon farther down the road that hit with a javelin.  This tank looked like a lion inside a pack of hyenas, w MGS & AT4 & small arms blasting away, then came the kill shot.

DUDE!  BEHIND YOU!  Totally did not see this one coming!

takes an AT4 on the left flank, then MGS penetrates & destroys.  This was a very very close call, I could've had serious losses in this.  Meanwhile, on a battlefield filled with BMPs and tanks, F16 pilot decides to risk his life to take out two recon jeeps??  The jet fuel alone costs more than those two vehicles.

So, I'll admit to something that would never ever happen to me in WW2.  What is this russian tank?  T90?  T80?  T64?  I have a hard time telling them all apart, especially w the extra armor.

 

[Artkin]

[Grey_Fox]

Streaming part 2 of mission 3 of Crossing the Dnieper:

[Phantom Captain]

11 hours ago, danfrodo said:

 

So, I'll admit to something that would never ever happen to me in WW2.  What is this russian tank?  T90?  T80?  T64?  I have a hard time telling them all apart, especially w the extra armor.

Haha!  Enjoying your running commentary.  That's a T-90A

[Sgt.Squarehead]

1 hour ago, Phantom Captain said:

That's a T-90A

Know it by its baleful glare:

And a welded turret, as opposed to the cast turret of the earlier T-90. 

 

[Artkin]

T-90A is by far the coolest Russian tank. But the coolest Soviet tank is T-80U..

[Rinaldi]

19 hours ago, Erwin said:

 

I think he is playing on a low experience level 

You start with intel following on from the previous mission by design, its completely unrelated to difficulty setting...

[danfrodo]

A big learning for me in this one is that intel from drones can be used by others, not just the observer who's controlling the drone.  That's mighty handy!  I stumbled on this accidently in this mission.  Black Sea is full of surprises.  Best of all might be the precision arty rounds, those are second only to javelins -- powerful dark magic for sure

[danfrodo]

Lesson #2: if there's tunguska, immediately abort air strikes.  I just lost 4 aircraft.  Disaster.  Got the tunguska w a TOW, but too late. The briefing said there'd be AA mobile w the passing russian columns.  I should've taken more heed of that.

[Sgt.Squarehead]

4 hours ago, Artkin said:

T-90A is by far the coolest Russian tank. But the coolest Soviet tank is T-80U..

Agreed! 

The T-80UK has it all.....General T-80U coolness AND glowy red eyes! 

[Sgt.Squarehead]

@danfrodo  Using airpower against Tunguska can feel like:

Edited December 12, 2021 by Sgt.Squarehead

[Artkin]

31 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

Agreed! 

The T-80UK has it all.....General T-80U coolness AND glowy red eyes! 

Woah woah woah, I never said T-80UK....

Edited December 12, 2021 by Artkin

[Erwin]

4 hours ago, Rinaldi said:

You start with intel following on from the previous mission by design, its completely unrelated to difficulty setting...

Thanks for the clarification.  Good to know.

[Grey_Fox]

and streaming once more - hopefully finish the mission this time:

 

 

Edited December 13, 2021 by Grey_Fox

[Grey_Fox]

And continuing the above mission - will again try to finish it this evening:

 

[Grey_Fox]

and streaming again 

 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Grey_Fox

[Grey_Fox]

Starting mission 4 of the Crossing the Dnieper campaign: 

 

[Grey_Fox]

Continuing the above: 

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by Grey_Fox

[Grey_Fox]

and once more: 

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by Grey_Fox

[Grey_Fox]

And going to try to finish the mission now: 

EDIT: I screwed up with the sound and my voice doesn't strart coming through until ~47 minutes in. Really sorry.

 

Edited December 23, 2021 by Grey_Fox

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