Thomm Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Since I missed the announcement at the top (as usual) I start this thread to not let that happen to you: http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=258&Itemid=423 Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I am really looking forward to having the 10th Panzer engaged in a modern setting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Captain Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I about had a heart attack, saw the new stuff on the homepage and instantly thought it was released. I started panicking about how I would have to wait to get home from work and get it downloaded. Didn't think I was gonna make it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Die Kunst des Krieges (The Art of War). Ohhhhh yeahhhhh. :cool: "Vorwärts, Männer! Den Letzten beißen die Hunde!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinistry Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 YEEEAH! You have improved the Bundeswehr grunts. They look much better now with those ammo pouches and whatnot. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I'm curious. I'm pretty sure we're getting German Fallschirmjaegers as well as Panzergrenadier. Is their kit very different? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 The first two of the new screenshots may show more than one Gruppe's worth of men -- apparently a Panzergrenadier squad is 6 men, so maybe the soldiers pictured here are of some sort of light infantry unit -- but you can see that one Pixelsoldat is carrying an MG4, whereas another is carrying an MG3. In any case, they look to be a pretty well-armed bunch o' Pixelsoldaten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryujin Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Those might be Fallschirmjaegers in the screenshot. Visually they wouldn't look to different. I have no idea what the squadsizes are for each unit, but you can only fit 6 in a Marder. They do look a lot better though, especially the coloring of the camo. That MG3 at the squad level will be awesome, especially when you have an vehicle full of extra ammo (if the AI actually puts down a few more rounds per burst with it). On an unrelated note: Direct descendant of Merrill's Marauder Pvt. Charles Joyce' date=' B.A.R. Gunner, 3rd Battalion, I Company, Orange Combat Team[/quote'] My grandfather was one of Merill's Marauder's, small world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I think that mountain troops - Gebirsjäger (don't ask me to pronouce it) are eight men per squad... or section... or zug. Jeez, modern German TO&E is something of a black art. The Bundeswehr doesn't exactly provide nice crisp chain-of-command trees to follow on their official website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I think that mountain troops - Gebirsjäger (don't ask me to pronouce it) are eight men per squad... or section... or zug. Jeez, modern German TO&E is something of a black art. The Bundeswehr doesn't exactly provide nice crisp chain-of-command trees to follow on their official website. A Zug is a platoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Marshal Blücher Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 - Gebirsjäger (don't ask me to pronouce it) Should I also not ask you to spell it? Gebirgsjäger EDIT: Sorry for sounding so snarky, but I couldn't help it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I don't think it's even hard to pronounce myself. Somehow everyone is able to pronounce Jaegermeister correctly. Mike maybe you can make a mod where the Gebirgsjaeger vehicles are carrying a case of Jaegermeister like you did for the British with a case of beer. -just kidding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinistry Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The first two of the new screenshots may show more than one Gruppe's worth of men -- apparently a Panzergrenadier squad is 6 men, so maybe the soldiers pictured here are of some sort of light infantry unit -- but you can see that one Pixelsoldat is carrying an MG4, whereas another is carrying an MG3. In any case, they look to be a pretty well-armed bunch o' Pixelsoldaten. Here is a similar picture from real life: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migo441 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Normal Dude pointed out:A Zug is a platoon. According to legendary American satirist Mark Twain, Zug is everything else too. From his essay The Awful German Language:Just the same with Zug. Strictly speaking, Zug means Pull, Tug, Draught, Procession, March, Progress, Flight, Direction, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line, Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, Organ-stop, Team, Whiff, Bias, Drawer, Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: but that thing which it does not mean -- when all its legitimate pennants have been hung on, has not been discovered yet. The full text is quite as funny --> http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade95 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Question about CMSF/Nato - It a full game "patch" coming out with NATO as well? That upgrades CMSF/Marines/UK.....even if NATO isn't purchased? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatoichi Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Question about CMSF/Nato - It a full game "patch" coming out with NATO as well? That upgrades CMSF/Marines/UK.....even if NATO isn't purchased? Yes - I've read a post where Moon or Steve have said a patch for 'vanilla' CMSF will be released to coincide with the NATO release. Not sure of the timescales involved though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The squaddies might want to schnell away from that burning tank (with reactive armour) just a wee bit faster. And who taught them tactical drill? A single bullet could take down about half the squad. (just bustin' chops here...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The Germans still don't seem to have gotten their air assets. At leas, not on the new list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Do my eyes deceive me, or are those transparent magazines modeled in the screenshots? Wouldn't it be cool if they ammo level in each magazine visually changed as the weapon was fired? Just sayin'... It's looking great. Thanks for the update. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpig Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The german infantry uniforms in game have these strange life-preserver type collar thingy's on under their chins. They appear to be normal collars in the real-life pic above, but our of scale on the game models. Can those be tweaked in game through mods? Cheers Gpig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waycool Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Gpig Do you mean he raised collars? they sorta look like part of a flak vest and semi rigid on some of the battlefront screenshots. How close are we to Nato? I want:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinistry Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 The german infantry uniforms in game have these strange life-preserver type collar thingy's on under their chins. They appear to be normal collars in the real-life pic above, but our of scale on the game models. Can those be tweaked in game through mods? Cheers Gpig Yeah, those collar-thingies could have been lowered a bit more on the game's pixeltruppen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Captain Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 On an unrelated note: My grandfather was one of Merill's Marauder's, small world. Wow really? It's actually not that small and Marauders and their descendants are pretty far between. There were only 2500 of them from the States. Do you know what company, batallion or combat team he was in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryujin Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Unfortunately no, I don't know too much about his service (he passed away some time ago). I just remember seeing the shoulder patch (which says Merrill's Marauders) and a bronze star among his medals. Otherwise all I know is he was a sergeant, had something to do with cavalry, and ended up with mules. So I did some quick looking/asking around, I think he may actually have been 124th Cav with the Mars task force, but he does have the aforementioned patch, bronze star, and a citation, which makes it a bit confusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Dont downplay the importance of the mule skinners in those hills. Until Col Pick and his boys pushed through the Ledo road, the GIs either carried their own gear, had it airdropped or had someone else -- mule or coolie -- carry it. That includes the extremely useful 75mm pack howitzer. I bet the Afghanistan US Army is regretting they let the mule skinners and all that knowhow go. The local packhorses and wranglers are good but Army mules were bigger and stronger . Plus there's no risk they're doubling for the Taliban. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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