Finally got to use trucks effectively. (Spoiler)

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Well, I finally managed to use trucks effectively in CMBO. I was playing the Germans vs. AI in the Carentan v2 campaign. The trucks were part of my one platoon mobile reserve force.

I had them set up for the 2nd (night) and 3rd (day) battles. In #2, the reserve wasn't needed as the front held. In battle #3, the reserves were instrumental in throwing back the American attack on my right flank. The trucks ferried the reserves to woods and pines along a road from whence they proceeded to reinforce the original platoon of defenders and throw back the enemy.

This was so successful (on top of really devastating panzerfaust actions in the first two battles) that the game ended at the end of the third battle (of 9(!) scheduled).

The nice thing about this map was that it was actually large enough that having a motorized reserve made some sense. There was also enough covering terrain that allowed a dismount while still out of LOS of the enemy, and then rapid movement to contact.

It was also a bit shocking, returning from CMBB and CMAK, to see how rapidly infantry can advance. I had one of my HMGs overrun by infantry before they were finally destroyed. It was a bit discombobulating after getting used to the more effective suppression model in the newer editions.