Are the AI mortars a bit too accurate and a bit too good, given that our pixeltruppen will not retain their spacing, no matter how much they are threatened?

Jim, you must have been just in front of me, off to the left

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I quit playing this campaign and PCO some months back, mainly due to heavy artillery issues... I've just downloaded the latest update and generated a new 1st Panzer long campaign - new thread coming soon.

I've just had a quick skim of the manual and it looks marvellous. Top work Matrix and volunteers!

I switched from wide to normal and that helped boost the FPS for me.

<t> I am struggling to find the enthusiasm to play when rocket artillery is bullseyeing moving panzers with monotonous regularity. I just lost six vehicles from three platoons (with 50m spacing) to one 300mm katyusha barrage in one phase (Orders 3 as it happens). That, to me, seems pretty broken ...

I think that the early campaign battles are easier than boot camp - IIRC boot camp scenarios are puzzles to teach you a specific methodology. If you don't get it, you die

It's also useful if you want to approach woods or buildings with armour when you don't have infantry to do the job. A 'Cautious' SOP will get them out if enemy infantry get too close.

<r> With the factory occupied and the defenders thrown back, the HQ Panzer platoon crosses the bridge and seizes the final objective.<br/>
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<r> One of our Pz IIIs is incredibly lucky to survive a close encounter with a flamethrower.<br/>
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<r> Having broken up the infantry attack and cleared most of the buildings, the kampfgruppe turns again to approach the river and the final objective.<br/>
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<r> A large Soviet infantry force appears to have arrived on the ridge where the T-26s were destroyed. The panzers soon have the range.<br/>
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<r> The Pz IV platoon, which has been pushing forward, hits full reverse.<br/>
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<r> Another survivor is spotted on the ridge to our right, running at full speed...<br/>
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<r> We take the first objective as the HQ panzer platoon deals with the Soviet reinforcements to the farm.<br/>
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<r> It appears that the farm we passed has not been cleared or it has been re-occupied by reinforcements.<br/>
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<r> The Pz III platoon pushes forward past the factory, eliminating a 50mm mortar and suppressing some others. Then the woods become alive with Soviet infantry...<br/>
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<r> The nature of the advance has meant that the kampfgruppe has become squeezed between the farm and the factory; I'm paying the price for that now as my infantry are being hit from two sides.<br/>
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