BluecherForward Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 My infantry cannot ride tanks in CMBN - even with Engine 4. Thought Engine 4 would permit that, but I guess not for CMBN. Is this just the way it is or am I missing something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, BluecherForward said: My infantry cannot ride tanks in CMBN - even with Engine 4. Thought Engine 4 would permit that, but I guess not for CMBN. Is this just the way it is or am I missing something? Infantry can only ride tanks in CMRT & CMFB . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks MOS:92B2P, Hope they come out with more content for both of these games soon. Really looking forward to Fire and Rubble for CMRT. Any idea what's on the burner for CMFB? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 FWIW, I don't think there are are any cases of Allied infantry riding tanks within shooting range (i.e. on the CM battlefield) in the Normandy or Italian theaters. Pictures of soldiers on tanks are usually troops hitching a ride along a road far from the fighting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Holman said: FWIW, I don't think there are are any cases of Allied infantry riding tanks within shooting range (i.e. on the CM battlefield) in the Normandy or Italian theaters. Pictures of soldiers on tanks are usually troops hitching a ride along a road far from the fighting. You are probably right. Come to think of it, don't think I would have gone for it myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, BluecherForward said: You are probably right. Come to think of it, don't think I would have gone for it myself. Interested because I am currently playing the first scenario of the Amiens Tonight Campaign (Prelude on the Seine) and it would be helpful to mount some infantry on the Cromwells. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Close hedgerow terrain where the enemy may be one field over is not exactly conducive to clambering onto the back of a tank and riding around. Tank-mounted infantry wasn't close to being warfighting doctrine in Normandy. War's end after we've already crossed the Rhine, that's another matter. By war's end some units were welding grab rails and step ladders to their Shermans to assist troops in mounting-up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, BluecherForward said: Really looking forward to Fire and Rubble for CMRT. Any idea what's on the burner for CMFB? Steve from Battlefront posted the below: CM Final Blitzkrieg Module will take the Western Front from the Rein to the Elbe. I hope this might include things like Kriegsmarine, Commonwealth and Pershing tanks. Edited January 12, 2020 by MOS:96B2P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, MOS:96B2P said: Steve from Battlefront posted the below: CM Final Blitzkrieg Module will take the Western Front from the Rein to the Elbe. I hope this might include things like Waffen SS, Luftwaffe FD, Luftwaffe FJ, Kriegsmarine, Commonwealth and Pershing tanks. It would be nice to have the meeting at Torgau with the Soviets - just for fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, BluecherForward said: It would be nice to have the meeting at Torgau with the Soviets - just for fun! I didn't edit my post quick enough .... we already have SS & Luftwaffe in CMFB. I'm currently in the CMRT editor and am thinking about RT stuff. +1 A CM title that includes both Western forces and the Soviets would fantastic IMO. My hope is that the last release for CMFB will be an equipment pack introducing Soviet forces/equipment into CMFB. Call it meeting on the Elbe River or something. Then the US, Commonwealth and Soviets would all be in the same Combat Mission game. No BFC created scenarios would be needed. Just an equipment pack of already designed equipment ported over from CMRT. Scenario designers and mod creators could do all kinds of cold war, neo-colonialism stuff. Patton goes east 1945, Fulda Gap 1948, Korea, Suez Crisis, etc. Just put them in the same game. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 A good place to start for a campaign/scenario: http://www.69th-infantry-division.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Why not give it a go yourself.....Loads of people hereabouts would be happy to help out, of that I'm 100% sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks Sgt. Squarehead, Pretty sure I'm not the right one for that sort of thing. I am in over my head just trying to figure out how to download mods. I do like these game a lot though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) You will learn more about these games through the editor than from reading any number of threads.....Certainly don't be afraid of it, there's literally nothing you can break so long as you remember to rename anything you save (and even if you do overwrite something, someone here will have a copy of the file you messed up, so you already have 'Cloud Support'). Edited January 12, 2020 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluecherForward Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks Sgt. Squarehead, I'll give it a look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 1:25 AM, MikeyD said: Close hedgerow terrain where the enemy may be one field over is not exactly conducive to clambering onto the back of a tank and riding around. Tank-mounted infantry wasn't close to being warfighting doctrine in Normandy. War's end after we've already crossed the Rhine, that's another matter. By war's end some units were welding grab rails and step ladders to their Shermans to assist troops in mounting-up. It was during the Battle of Normandy and in particular during Operation Cobra that the Americans successfully applied the tactic of getting on the tanks. Here is an excerpt from "Busting the Bocage" of Michael Dale Doubler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Different time when losing "less than 200 men" was light casualties. I assume that was not all KIA though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Depends on how many men were in CCA to start with(?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 General Rose commanded the 2nd US Armored Division therefore the losses must be read at division level over the first 2 days of Operation Cobra In view of the losses recorded during the first weeks of the offensive, we can effectively qualify them as negligible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Wouldn't CCA be approx 1/3 of a Brigade? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Cobra seems like a special case of "Allied Blitzkrieg." The whole point was to exploit air and artillery power to smash a fairly thin line and win great gains in terms of mileage. I might be wrong, but I still have the sense that Russian tank-riding was commonly used in tactical assaults while Allied tank-riding was used for operational mobility. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) All instances of tank riding were either for tactical swiftness or simply lack of serviceable armored transports for all sides as far as I know. Edited January 14, 2020 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attilaforfun Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Tactical swiftness is exactly why it's needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Another advantage of tank riding is the increase of the number of mk I eyeballs on an AFV. Helpful in detecting ambushes, which became more common with HEAT launchers and defensive posture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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