This is from one of the two Fox's Gap scenarios in Scourge of War (Antietam expansion). This game has one of the best AIs in the market and is a hall of fame tactical war game. The setting is the American Civil War and the real life battle was fought just a couple of dozen miles from where I live.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Steel Beasts ProPE - Keeping the Screen Up - Part 2 of 2
The infantry out, commander and gunners' eyeballs stabbing the CV 90's sights. A battle position against enemy tanks is not simply occupied by infantry fighting vehicles. It is embraced and cared for as a limb. It is, after all, the last sight you may have of earth.
Battle position. The infantry in front is manning machine guns and Javelin missiles. The enemy vehicles were already arriving at a choking point in the background. |
Monday, March 23, 2015
Steel Beasts ProPE - Keeping the Screen Up - Part 1 of 2
When I watch at that enemy T-90 in the middle of their main reinforcement route, immobile but with a very alive main gun, even the clamor of the dead around me stop. The subjectivity in the principle of economy of force always is too often thrown as a shroud over tactical mistakes, even blunder. I sit tight in my CV 90/30 and mull over what has just happened.
The will to fight of my panssarijääkäri was never as tight as during the last 12 hours. A screen mission that lasted more than 12 hours has put us in the spotlight when the Russians started what it looked like a turning movement around our position.
The will to fight of my panssarijääkäri was never as tight as during the last 12 hours. A screen mission that lasted more than 12 hours has put us in the spotlight when the Russians started what it looked like a turning movement around our position.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Combat Mission: From Pinned to Berserk with the Evade Command
Monday, March 16, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Command Modern Air and Naval Operations - Not a Piloting Team, Just a Commander
Heads up, Command Modern Air and Naval Operations has been updated to version 1.07.
When I edited this Command Modern Air and Naval Operations scenario I had in mind the discussion in Milan Vego's Soviet Naval Tactics about the geometry on how to a submarine searches and intercepts surface contacts.
Click and open in a new window for a better view. |
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - With a Mission Editor, Now We are Talking!
This is the one feature I was waiting for so long! The newly added mission editor of Battle of Stalingrad allows me to put together whatever scenarios I want to play.
Not that I don't like the canned in-game content. I just don't feel like putting up with unlocking new content like a 12 year old.
Another village, another gun run. The difference is that this time I can add stuff at my liking. |
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
ArmA 3 Tactics - Slicing the Pie
In its infinite wisdom and optimism, FM 17-15 (Tank Platoon) explains the concept of "battle space":
... battle space is the three-dimensional area in which the platoon can acquire enemy forces and influence them with effective fires.
I briefly introduced this concept to you back in February of 2010. The concept of battle spaces also applies to infantry tactics.
... battle space is the three-dimensional area in which the platoon can acquire enemy forces and influence them with effective fires.
I briefly introduced this concept to you back in February of 2010. The concept of battle spaces also applies to infantry tactics.
The intricacies of tactical combat in built up areas revolve all around the treacherous quick changes in the layout of the battle space around every single soldier. |
Friday, March 6, 2015
DCS: MiG-15bis by Belsimtek
This was released as a beta last week. I've been waiting for it for quite a while and finally I can get my virtual hands on this aviation classic.
The Mig-15bis flies like a dream if you treat her well. Belsimtek has accomplished a virtual flying experience that mimics exactly what the books say about the real deal.
The Mig-15bis flies like a dream if you treat her well. Belsimtek has accomplished a virtual flying experience that mimics exactly what the books say about the real deal.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Welcome to Ukraine - AAR Part 3 - Combat Mission Black Sea
The Russians pressed on to different degrees of disorganization, personal courage and good old misjudgment. For the odd second that we got a glance of them, we did see they held in more regard getting back in line than getting there in one piece. In fight or death, their heads up, rifle butts pressed against body for dear life.
The treeline is getting populated by Russian vehicles and men. This BMP stayed out of sight for the rest of the fight thanks to the small rise in the terrain. |
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