<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Muzrub<br/>
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The only problem I see with soviet arty is the delay involved. I dare say its historical but I do believe the Soviets should be able to use plenty of arty, especialy in the later years. But some oppenents are against this. Luckily the fellow I ...

As already mentioned, lots of numbers. Try to gain local superiority and don't let your forces string out too much. Also, I tend to buy lots of lighter arty for the Russians. My understanding of their doctrine supports big barrages.

is this thing on? [8|]

Sounds like a great idea. Where can I find the maps?

<r>Please consider making Barges recon units.<br/>
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Here's why - I am currently playing a river crossing as Soviets with C&C on. I have a barge w/out a radio and it is out of contact. It has delivered its first tank but it won't turn around and pick up the next tank that it can see on the ...

We expect lots of pictures!

In a PBEM game I'm playing, I drove a SU-76 around a corner and was greeted with a shot from a Tiger I at about 10 hexes only to have it bounce(!) off my front armor! And it wasn't a ricochet.

Welcome!

Try www.totalmodel.com for ideas.

Or this www.totalmodel.com/military/pages/index_19.shtml

<t>I usually keep my A0 tucked safely behind the lines but I have a "Motherland" campaign going (one of several...) where I replaced my A0 inf squad with a KV-1E. I use it more as of a support tank behind a screen of 4 to 6 T-34s. It has done very well and the armor on the tank is heavy enough to ...

When setting up the campaign, you can set the number of purchase points in the Preferences screen. You can reduce the number to something more comfortable for you to handle.

I just tried and it worked fine. Maybe you just had a bad connection?

Also, Recon units take on a new benefit. A recon unit can move outside of its order area without paying the CPs. If you click once on the unit the path to its assigned location shows up. Click again and all available directions show up.

<r>Another thing to check - who are you using to call in the arty? Make sure it is a x0 unit. Also, try calling arty with a couple of different x0s. I *think* I have seen cases where one spotter could call arty but another could not even though both spotters were in contact themselves.<br/>
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<r>I think they are only considering the explosive value of the charge inside the shell. I am guessing they are ingnoring the kinetic energy of the shell due to the fact HE shells are fragile (as compared to AP) and the casing would break up on impact since they are really designed to fragment ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>However, there is no truth to the rumor that M4's will now explode using the "ammo dump destroyed" explosion effects, when suffering anything greater than a "near miss" by a BB gun... Despite how hard I lobbied for it on "historical accuracy" grounds. <e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE ...

I have downloaded the campaign and have been playing it even with the corrupt file. It would be great if someone could email just that one file (c022s035.dat). PM me here with your email address and then I will email you.

Thanks in advance.

<r>Les, I guess I wasn't real clear. I really like and enjoy SPMBT. I play it almost as much as SPWaW. It just doesn't have all the bells and whistles that make SPWaW really great. In particular, I miss the C+C aspect (which, arguably, shouldn't be in a modern game anyway due to better ...

Computer Gaming World has several articles about Freeware/Shareware games in this month's issue. SPWaW is given a very favorable plug. Now the rest of the world will see what a great game this is!

You could try SPMBT at http://linetap.com/www/drg/SPCamo.htm. This will satisfy your modern fix and it will play on XP. IMO, the mod isn't as nice as SPWaW but its still very good.