Bouncy Landings - Yes, it's an angle of attack problem!

I hope I am not sounding like a preacher with my angle of attack posts ...

I assembled this quick video after some really bouncy landings I performed in IL-2 1946.



Cheers,

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy - Demo Gets Widespread Praise

The demo for the upcoming Combat Mission has stormed the hard drives of war gamers worldwide and ... boy ... the reception is fantastic. There is no official word on the release yet, but I assume it is just around the corner.

Cheers,

Phantom Fury - Past Monday's "Military Monday" Mission at SimHQ's Online Gaming

Thanks to "fatty" for the heads up on this one.



The guys at SimHQ are a great group if you are interested in cooperative ArmA 2 online gaming. Everybody is welcome to participate, check details on how to join at SimHQ. Missions are damn interesting from the tactical point of view and a lot of fun. This one is a raid that has a lot in common with the recent news headlines! :)

Salute, SimHQ!

Panzer Command Ostfront Wins the Race: Demo Out, Release Next Tuesday!

Not that Battlefront (Combat Mission) and whatever was left of Koios (Panzer Command) were actually competing with each other. At least their upcoming tactical wargames were competing for my attention. ;)

Played that demo a lot and found it amusing that to get an experience similar to the original Combat Mission you have to play a game not from Battlefront but from Koios ...

Some screenshots of one of the demo scenarios included.

Bin Laden Dead!

It's all around the news right now ... the CIC to speak shortly.

Great news!

Bin Laden was killed inside Pakistan (Abbottabad, see map below) by an special operations forces team.


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Cheers,

ArmA 2 - There is turret down and then there is CIV turret down!

Virtual armor commanders know well the advantages of the turret-down position. Basically used for observation, it allows the commander to watch over a crest with the armored vehicle fully protected from enemy fire and (hopefully) observation.

The turret of an M2A3. The thing on top of the turret, to the left of the screenshot is the commander's independent viewer (CIV). Note how the CIV is higher than the gunner's acquisition system (also on top of the turret, near the AT missile launcher).

ArmA 2 is no armor simulation, but nonetheless I took an M2A3 Bradley for a training exercise on turret down positions ...

F/A-18E Addon for Flight Simulator X, by VRS Products

I am always inspired by Jomni's stories and pictorials of simulated flight in Flight Simulator X (his site is in the blogroll), and when I saw the F/A-18E addon (AKA "Superbug") by VRS Products at my local BestBuy I just couldn't resist.

ArmA 2 - Old Dog, New Trick - Be Every Soldier in the Squad!

The dog is me and the trick is likely not new, but it's so cool I thought of sharing.

Close Air Support - Dive Bombing with the Ju-87B "Stuka"

Dropping JDAMs from the DCS A-10C in close air support missions can be challenging. But all the gadgetry of this aircraft makes WWII  close air support look archaic ... Or does not? I just needed to try the old way.

It's not a derailed train of thought ... it's exploration of warfare through the ages! Just kidding. Something is derailed, without thought or train ...

Short interruption in the other scheduled blog entries: Ju-87B (AKA "Stuka"), close air support by dive bombing.

500 Entries!

I'm not a guy driven by numbers and stats, but this given that 500 blog entries sounds like a mini-milestone I wanted to stop a little and thank you for reading this blog. You are the fuel that moves this engine and I am thankful for having such a wonderful readership.

Cheers,