Armadillo - Danish FOB in Afghanistan

Saw this documentary in Netflix this afternoon.

It was superb, I am speechless ...
Cheers,

North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - Seeing the Elephant (Part 2)

The men and guns of the 2nd Panzer Brigade needed targets. They got them soon enough, but at this time of battle there were no guns to shoot at them.

The west edge of Coppenbrugge, as seen from the southern edge of battle position 1 (BP1) through a gunner's FLIR .

North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - Seeing the Elephant (Part 1)

Minutes before the demands of battle call him for action, even the toughest veteran soldier cuts conversation, alters his facial expression and gets lost in his thoughts. There is no panic, just introspection. A last minute smoke, an anxious short walk that goes nowhere, maybe a glance of that picture that holds every reason to survive.

It was 0800 and there was no time to waste. There were battle positions and observation post to occupy.

In this blog entry, a pictorial blog entry depicting the first minutes leading to contact. This is a rush post before I leave for the office. More pictures coming up later today.

Graviteam Releases English Version of "Achtung Panzer Operation Star"

"Achtung Panzer Operation Star" is the sequel to "Kharkov 1943". Operation Star has been available in Russia for a year or so and now is out for the Euro/US market via Gamersgate.

Achtung Panzer: Operation Star at Gamersgate.

I'm going to grab this one at a later time. I'm backlogged!

Cheers,

North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - Tactical Plan

Liddell Hart once compared a successful offensive to the flow of a stream of water in a hilly landscape, avoiding points of high resistance and eventually succeeding finding a way through low ground. Two Bundeswehr companies are about to find out how hard is to build a dam in the wide area of operations east of Hameln. So few bricks to engineer such a long wall ...

Victory in tactical combat always leans towards the side that has superior firepower and initiative. During this  damn summer morning, the Germans have neither.

North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - FRAGO

Guarding the eastern flank of NATO forces in Hameln against a Soviet Tank Regiment is not going to be an easy task.

In this blog entry, the tactical plan for an scenario based in HPS Simulation's North German Plain 85 and played in Steel Beasts ProPE. Thanks to Koen for crafting this great scenario!

The Heights - Teaser Video Made with the Invasion 1944 Mod for ArmA 2

This is from long time reader of the blog Bryan.

Excellent cinematography there, Marine! :)

I hear Bryan is recruiting voice actors who speak German. Anybody?

Cheers,

North German Plain 85 / Steel Beasts ProPE - OPORD is In!

Do you remember this crazy idea? It was about fighting a tactical battle in the Steel Beasts ProPE tank simulation based in a situation taken from the grand-tactical/operational war game North German Plain 85.

Well you may also remember that I was getting help from Koen, a Steel Beasts ProPE expert. He added flesh to the bare bones I sent him and he created a freaking masterpiece! Thanks, Koen for this great scenario and sorry for getting back into this so late (currently experiencing a mix of entry backlogs and real life).

Check out the OPORD for this upcoming battle. The Soviets are throwing everything at us!

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy - Armchair General Video

Great video by Armchair General's Jeffrey Paulding.



Some great Combat Mission material to watch out for and discuss in the web beyond the usual data worship, whining about bugs and "how CMx2 ruined my life". :)

Looking forward for more.

Cheers,

Falcon 4.0 BMS 4 - Refueling - Memo from the Flight Control Computer: All Viper Flight Control Surfaces Are Belong to Us

I refueled the Falcon ... Once ... In 2005.

I remember it as one of the most frustrating experiences in simulated flight.

As if the whole ordeal of getting fuel dashing at 300 knots, 20,000 feet above the ground in a simulation where you get no sense of speed or acceleration was not hard enough, I also remember getting almost obsessive with getting it done. So back then I decided not to do it again.

Now its 2011 and the BMS mod has this great flight model (no more flying on rails) that makes the sim a joy. It's like I want to try everything again. The "commit" button was there in the mission menu ... Calling me. Click. Damn! A week went by just practicing (and obsessing about) refueling.