<t> I think there have been big changes. A search of the forum shows that the requirements to bring forward the introduction date of late war aircraft is much larger than it was in previous versions, but committing so much industry to research will have an effect. It seems that the original version ...

<t> I've recently tried a playing as the Germans in a '43 campaign (using the latest patch). I decided to focus on building '43 types to keep the numbers up and then put significant effort into researching the most advanced types. From the start I was building 10 Ta152Cs and 10 Hs (I assume since ...

<t> Balkan Air Force appears in mid 1944 with bases mostly at the 'heel' of Italy, they are presumably supposed to be used to attack targets in the Balkans although I have never seen them given a mandatory target (they are therefore useful as support for XVth). Looking through my autosaves it seems ...

<t> I've found the same problem with LAA, you just have to hope really; recon only seems to pick up HAA and balloons. I've given up on sending fighter sweeps to airfields directly, you end up losing as much as you destroy (which admittedly is an affordable loss ratio). Now that I've got aircraft ...

<t> I started a game in 1943, now in August 1944. Bomber command are so powerful, especially in 1943. Initially I used them to bomb large railyards, making sure that the most experienced squadrons or H2S equipped ones were the leaders. This was reasonably effective at causing Terror and Industrial ...

<t> I think you're desperately unlucky to cause only minimal damage to railyards from 7000ft, I think I tried bombing airfields at night will little/no success and gave up on it. During 1943 I used bomber command to bomb railyards, but made sure that the most experienced squadrons or H2S eqquipped ...

<t> I've investigated this problem during Overlord, I believe that night bombing can be very effective at creating troop disruption. However it is very hit and miss but when you do hit the disruption caused is usually 99 (!).<br/>
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The best tactic that I found was to only use night bombers on ...

<t> I've 'played ahead' in my game (ie. hitting end turn endlessly without sending any raids) until mid September '44 and found that Overlord ends on 1st September 1944 (by which time the Germans have retreated to the West Wall line. At this point 2nd Tactical and IXth have no mandatory targets.<br ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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Some of you will know that I have been asking loads of questions about this, I just want to know what is going on........<br/>
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To set the scene I am playing a '43 Campaign as the Allies, I have now got to the end of Jan. '44. I have been trying hard to damage the ground ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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I'm playing as the Allies in a '43 campaign, I've got to 13th Jan. 44. I have some questions:<br/>
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1. If I start a '44 campaign there are about 20 German ground units in Italy, however in my current campaign there are only 8. Am I not threatening to breakthrough enough ...

Hi,

I've just completed 15/11/43.

I'm also hoping that when I do break the line I'll be able to keep the pressure on the retreating Germans so they won't be in the Gothic line too long......

<t> Hi,<br/>
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Further updates.... I have tried hitting the units with many more raids but fewer aircraft in each raid. Usually 1 bomber squadron on the hour and 2-3 fighter squadrons at half past the hour, I have enough aircraft for about 4 hours worth of this.<br/>
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I'm now getting ...

<t> Hi again,<br/>
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More progress, and more frustration (I suspect trying to break the Gustav Line in 1943 is probably not going to be possible.....) I have been hitting the Gustav Line units pretty hard (According to my recon there are only about 5 German tanks in the whole line!), I've ...

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I posted a while ago about trying to break the Gustav Line, I've changed tactics since then, concentrating on destroying every railyard, port and oil storage facility in the Avalanche area. After about 3 weeks of work I have just about done this, and since most of the air forces ...

<t> I have a rather different tactic for night bombing, it seems to work quite well (ie. not too many bomber losses and many enemy nightfighters shot down).<br/>
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I send all my bomber raids out at 21:00, but I send RCM units at 20:00. I send night intruder squadrons that have poor experience ...

Incidentally I've just reached 6th October 43 and the third one has just appeared.

Mark

<t> Hi,<br/>
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Assuming you're playing a 1943 full campaign; at the beginning the only V-Weapon Site that appears is the one on the peninsular north-west of the Normandy beaches (Brecourt). I've played up to about turn 50 and one more has appeared, it's the southern one of the two invisible ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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A little update, I've continued hitting the troops with everything within range and found some success with bringing all raids down to 4800 feet (I find the losses aren't much different from 10000+ feet and the damage caused increases).<br/>
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However I have got all of the ...

<t> Ok, thanks for your replies.<br/>
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Now I have some further questions:<br/>
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When you get an 'Infantry Destroyed' or 'Pzkfw IV Destroyed' message what do the asterisks after the message mean?<br/>
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Can you break defensive lines in one place or does the whole line either hold ...

<t> Hi all,<br/>
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I'm playing a '43 BTR game as the Allies vs. German AI, I've reached 25/9/43. Six German ground units have all fallen back to the Gustav line and have been holding it for about ten days, I've tried attacking them but have since tried to cut their supply lines.<br/>
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