Wilson Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 I have trouble in CMBO using machine guns to cause casualties on infantry unless the infantry are running within about 100 or 200 metres and are in an open field. The rest of the time they are good for suppression only. Is this accurate? I would like to think that it is. Also, are there any MG34s at all in CMBO? I'm yet to find one. I know there has been some debate about this. But when I played the CMBB demo I didnt find the MG's that much more effective, it was about the same. Are the way they are modelled in CMBO accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Machine guns don't perform in CMBO as they would have done in real life. This is rectified in the CM:BB demo by the inclusion of a 'cover arc' command for machine guns (aswell as guns and mortars). Simply click once to fix one end of the arc, and click again to fix the other end. Anything moving into that arc is targetted and fired upon by the machine gun. I found the command to be very effective. - try the Yelnia Stare scenario in the CM:BB demo as Germans and use it. In answer to your other query, there are no MG34's in CM:BO - the CM:BB demo includes them, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Eugen Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 CMBO doesn't feature the mg 34 for the reason that by that time the mg 42 had superseded it. Mg 42 is a better machinegun than the 34 model was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Actually, the casualty causing part is historically accurate. MGs in CMBB dont cause too many more casualties, except at very short range when they go into panic fire mode. They do, however, give alot of suppression. And the MG34 is in CMBO--in tanks. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 The "deadliness" of machine guns wasn't increased in CMBB directly, but now they are much more apt to switch targets rapidly to suppress large numbers of troops. In CMBO machine guns keyed in on one target and stayed with it longer than they would've in RL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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