Glad I inspired you to take a look at it. I seem to remember it ending fairly abruptly, but a number of these Cold War gone hot titles do (Red Army springs to mind). I guess it’s hard to end a World War Three novel neatly if you want to avoid a nuclear Armageddon...

<t> 'First Clash' by Kenneth Macksey is really worth the read. Written by a Canadian Army officer as a narrative training aid for junior officers in 1985, it accurately reflects Canadian Army and Soviet Army ORBAT and doctrine in a well-written and enjoyable novel (from memory). I certainly rate it ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ObfuscatedJava<br/>
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Looking for anyone interested in playing NATO side. Any scenario/campaign is fine with me. Please let me know!![:)]
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Hi ObfuscatedJava<br/>
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I'm available to act as NATO OPFOR if needed. I have a ...

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Comments welcome on the topic of scenario sizes. [8D]
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Thanks for asking! Personally, I'm most comfortable and most enjoy scenarios at battalion-level for NATO and regimental-level for Warsaw Pact. Above that I ...

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Jim, Rob, and Jeff sat down with us for a podcast episode about the game, the upcoming expansion, and some of their work with the DSTL<br/>
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<URL url="https://www.armchairdragoons.com/podcast/mentioned-in-dispatches-s3e6-on-target ...

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Panzer_Leader, we have not yet worked on the campaign side of things at the moment, but I would hope we could get campaigns that feature the main seven nations in some combination. Once we get into campaign work we can talk more clearly on ...

Will Southern Storm ship with a Canadian campaign? I'm very interested in their European order of battle of the 1980s and keen to try it out against Soviet or Warsaw Pact opposition in your new game engine.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: stasv<br/>
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Yeah, I'm saying about this. Before there were dialog boxes too, but last two patch (at least) there were nothing for onmap, and C-B fire works only for off map units, it doesnt react to on map batteries!<br/>

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<t> I voted for "new maps and several scenarios every 3 to 4 months", this could also equate to a new campaign (I'd love to see a British campaign, for example). I think DLCs also provide an incremental income stream for OTS and the fact that the content is paid for sets a high bar for quality, e.g ...

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I also achieved a Decisive Success in my attempt but elected to play into extra time, mainly to complete my limited counter-attack to regain the main crossroad, which I haven't finished yet. I've included a link to my planning map and will write an AAR when I have a bit more ...

I haven't seen your Tornados yet, are they available?

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The morale of my forces is almost constant at 70% - except for 4 Fd Regt, which is at 90%. The readiness levels vary from a low around 73% to a high around 90%. I should watch this as I deploy my forces to ensure that I have the highest ...

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Realism is a tough thing to get right in a computer simulation and we are definitely not 100%. There is "target priority" code and it is entwined with spotting, threat assessment, kill potential, training, readiness, morale, under fire ...

Nice write-up so far MikeJ19. I'm just over 50% through this scenario, playing as BAOR, as of last night so will be interested to follow your AAR and maybe compare notes at the end, to avoid spoilers.

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Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere: does the AI prioritise its fire by target type and/or distance? I was playing 'Hell's Crossroads' as BAOR this weekend (great scenario by the way) and noticed some fairly random engagement of units by my forces when I had the ...

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DS artillery responds a little faster, couple minutes, and the advantage is as you describe in the last paragraph of your post. You get to place the support where you want (with units like recon leading an attack) versus the more random ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mad Russian<br/>
I move recon in jumps. The movement orders are screen. THen when I get them where I want them they get a hold order. The hold order will make them harder to spot.
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Nice to know. I didn't realise Hold reduced the ...

Great news! Looking forward to getting back into it with 2.0.11. I've got at least one PBEM already lined up too.

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Smoke on units is effective but not as good a LOS blocker than having the smoke between target and shooter. If units are on the same elevation I go for between. If there is variation, I will smoke out my defending troops (as NATO).
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My understanding is the 'Screen' order achieves this effect, albeit imperfectly, and is akin to performing a delay. I certainly only use 'Defend' if I want a unit to hold a piece of ground in its own right or by fire. I never give anti-tank units a 'Defend' order ...