All American Posted April 20, 2000 Share Posted April 20, 2000 I was just wondering if US AB units that were primarily armed with carbines (i.e. mortar crews), will the graphic for when they are using their carbines be one for the M1 Carbine or the AB variant the M1A1 Carbine. Not that this is important, I was just curious. All American P.S. Will US AB .30 cal crews be armed with the regular air-cooled .30 cal MG or the .30 cal MG variant that was made. I forget what it's specific name was but it had a bi-pod and a wooden stock I believe. [This message has been edited by All American (edited 04-20-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ol' Blood & Guts Posted April 20, 2000 Share Posted April 20, 2000 Hmmph, now THAT is a nit-picky question! I doubt there will be that minute of a detail concerning small-arms graphics. Yes, obviously you can tell the difference between the German MP40s, MP44s, and Kar98Ks, but differentiations between models of the same gun, I don't even think Steve would put that amount of detail in the game. I think it's great that you can even tell what a squad is carrying. ------------------ "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." --Jedi Master Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted April 20, 2000 Share Posted April 20, 2000 ...and we had BETTER see MP38s (not MP40s) in the Polish campaign, with the corrugated receivers...(stalks off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All American Posted April 21, 2000 Author Share Posted April 21, 2000 I was just think that the .30 cal MG air-cooled variant that was made for AB forces could be pretty significant in a battle since it was I think about 10 pounds lighter then the origignal air-cooled .30 cal MG (with tri-pod included). This would mean the unit would be able to move faster. Also AB MG units usually carried less MG ammo. All American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted April 21, 2000 Share Posted April 21, 2000 If I remember right ( and bear in mind that my knowledge of US Airborne forces in CM mainly comes from killing them in droves with tanks and artillery so I'm no expert on them in CM) US airborne forces have a 3 man MMG team instead of a 5 man team and carry less ammo. There's probably also some accuracy differences hidden in the code but I couldn't swear to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastables Posted April 21, 2000 Share Posted April 21, 2000 Yes but what about modeling the beech and walnut stocks for the K98 and there diffring weights looks around at the angry crowd. "I'll fetch my coat then shall I?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seimerst Posted April 21, 2000 Share Posted April 21, 2000 IIRC, the number of soldiers shown in the graphic is not the actual number of men that the computer is tracking. That 3-man MG team might really have 5 people. The only way to tell is the unit info window. The grpahic will reflect a representational loss of men as casualties occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted April 21, 2000 Share Posted April 21, 2000 Fionn is (almost) right. The Airborne have two "versions" of a MMG, one with 5 team members, the other with 3 men. It's the same weapon according to the unit screen (M1919A4), but the 3-men team seems to carry way less ammo. Don't know if there are other differences, though... BTW, Seimerst - teams in CM always have one man (visually). Only squads are shown with more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted April 21, 2000 Share Posted April 21, 2000 Darn, Moon beat me to it . Yup, when I said three men I was referring to the actual number of men serving the weapon. As Martin said, all teams only have a single man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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