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Saw this beauty for under $30 and had to grab it. Last purchase from *that country* I promise. Honestly thought it was coming form New Jersey at first. But she'll be on my doorstep this time next week, 1/72 scale to go with my other same scale armor display. (Photo zoomed in for shock and awe)

2 hours ago, Ssnake said:

If in doubt, set the speed of a retreat route to "reverse". This will prevent drivers from turning around. Of course, with some tanks this will be painfully (and potentially disastrously) slow. Not with the M1, though.

Yeah I retreat (perform tactical retrogrades) regularly when I need stand off (am getting my treads waxed) and they always have gone in reverse. This was a first and it ticked me off cuz the rest of the Platoon AI did monkey see/monkey die. This (my) tank turned tail and ran and Ba-Ba-Bam-Ba-Bam! Five hits in 3 seconds. It was dead around the 2nd or third. 

Time to start scripting I guess.

I ordered a retreat. So my driver turned tail and ran away. And of course, right after we blew up with tail to the enemy, everyone else turned around and ran too. The platoon was lost.

You can tell from the smoke columns in the background we were winning, we were just displacing while 2nd PLT covered us.

2 hours ago, Gibsonm said:

Are you after the Task Force one or the one where APCs and their dismounts advance together?

 

Try this for the group as a Task Force (starts at about 5 mins):

 

 

Inf / APC co-operation:

 

 

EDIT:

I'm trying to move a CPY or BRG together. I now see that it works for friendly units in game, but I seem to have to jump to each unit and tell them to move out to get everyone moving.

I was hoping to get a Soviet BRG moving like in those cool Cold War movies of USSR Armor onslought moving across the plains of Germany.

Thanks!

Hey Group, I'm looking for that post and video about how to group a collection of platoons to move across the map together as a Company/Battalion for an assault. I found it a few months ago and got it to work but I forgot how and am now looking for it again.

Any  help or links would be appreciated!

So I took a tank heavy Cav troop against a company of T-14s and T-15s.

It ended something like this:

13 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Time permitting, yes. Their addition isn't entirely trivial, as for each vehicle the no-fire zone profiles need to be defined.

Cool. Thanks!

How about the ability to scroll around maps, select units, plot routes, etc. thru the F1 view in the tracks that have IVIS or similar? I mean, without going into F5 view?

And by the way I freaking love this sim. Thanks for working so hard on it, making it public, and developing it as time has gone by. It'll never be replaced.

Hello? Is this thing on?

Will we ever see CROWS on M1A2s or HMMWVs?

Put your leg warmers on and poof that hair high! It's time for-

On 8/16/2019 at 11:58 AM, Furia said:

If you liked The Defense of Hill 781, you may also like this other one

 

Surprised "Combat Team" -same style, same author- hasn't been mentioned. Interactive fiction but you're a company commander in an M-1A2, etc. company. 

...and his full on novel Proud Legions, a hard-to-put-down novel based on Combat Team.

5 hours ago, mpow66m said:

The US doesnt use SB?

Looking onto your crystal ball how long do you see SB going on for?.Is V5 the grand finale?

He doesn't get a crystal ball until v4.

9 hours ago, Gibsonm said:

 

No, not for the vehicle.

 

Ssnake spoke about it might make Ver 5 as a labour of love (low priority but might make it).

 

You said you might make some calls.

 

I said that apart from some small trails (test beds), that I didn't think anyone in the US Army or USMC had a corporate license for SB (i.e. the people you would call to get it moved up the priority list / pay for it).

 

Ya. I was 100% kidding.

I'm awesome but not THAT awesome.

1 hour ago, Gibsonm said:

 

AFAIK, the US Army (or USMC) don't have an enterprise license.

 

There maybe some "test beds" here and there but I'm pretty sure neither organisation has purchased it for use across the entire service (happy to be wrong though).

 

Oof. I'm confused. Test beds for what? the Bradley -A3? 

It's in full production. Lots of units are now completely equipped with it.

Tankin' in a Winter Wonderland...

3 hours ago, Ssnake said:

In principle, "whenever we have the time for it" --- but until either a military customer would specifically ask for it, or PE version 5 is release ready, realistically speaking we probably won't have the time.

Let me make some calls lol

2 hours ago, mpow66m said:

Is there a any major difference between the A1,A2,A3?

Yeah- the Bradley -A3 has upgraded engine,  added networking and the CITV (a la M-1A2). The TC has that empty space in front of his station filled up with the monitor for it and a keyboard. All big deal and stuff.

00:45 in this one...

...and 27:27 in this one:

Even if hit by HEAT?

I ask to learn, not to be a snotty armchair Lt.

On 8/13/2022 at 2:02 PM, Ssnake said:

Wellll... some explosions in real life are bigger. Most explosions in real life appear less spectacular than your Standard Hollywood Fireball. So, by default in SB Pro, we err on the side of "small explosion" as far as visuals are concerned. In 99% of all cases that's more realistic.

However, there's that 1% of all cases where a bigger fireball is needed. Deflagration of MRLS munitions is one such case.

Fuel and ammo trucks should go BOOM.

Don't know if I've asked about this before, others probably have:

When will M-2/M-3A3 be included?

It feels weird marching a Cavalry Troop out with M-1A2s and M-3A2s in formation...

My favorite Bradley video for some reason.

On 11/28/2022 at 2:01 PM, Ssnake said:

Why would this be a game changer?

Sure, in forests and narrow alleys the AI would be severely restricted in its response options to flanking ambushes. But that's a rather narrow application spectrum.

Of course! It saved Oddball's Sherman crew in Kelly's Heroes so it's good enough in here.

Plus, I just read a bunch of Thunder Run books for the umptenth time and there were alley fights and turrets spinning and so on where the gun tube's position affected crews and tactics.

On 11/29/2022 at 1:54 PM, Ssnake said:

You didn't mention

 

XM8 AGS

XM2001 Crusader

FCS

GCV

EEEV

RAH-66 Comanche

 

Which FCS? There were at least a couple. Lol