Combat Mission Shock Force 2: Patched to V2.01

With the new patch, now at least the US Marines, Dutch and German land forces look like they were intended. In this micro feature, a look at the US Marines, old and new.

More screenshots at this link. Yes, I started a website because why not and I am kicking the tires.

Cheers,

Armored Brigade - Soviet Forward Detachment

The paradigm of the inflexible tactics of the Soviets is very likely overblown Western wishful thinking.

Active Defense Doctrine - Revisiting It 30 Years Later - Decisive Action, by Jim Lunsford (HPS Sims)

The Active Defense Doctrine made its debut in the US Army in 1976. It proposed a covering force area in which units would trade space for time, giving time for the forces in the main battle area to concentrate and fight the ENY's main effort in a reserve-less, counterattack-less, all guns upfront battle with occasional bends in the battlefront without allowing an ENY breakthrough. The echeloning of Warsaw Pact forces was certainly a problem the Active Defense Doctrine could not take care of and so it went away replaced by AirLand Battle.

Combat Mission Shock Force 2 (Demo) - Wilcox Scenario -Video AAR- Episode 3

Continued from my previous blog entry, this Combat Mission Shock Force 2 (Demo) scenario which I played against my friend Olaf. I'm recording it in the form of a video. Please make sure to check it out at YouTube for a high definition version.



In this particular entry, so many things happened.

A horrendous friendly fire incident, for which I am responsible for not properly managing the fire from my Bradley IFVs.

Then, careless losses of two additional Bradleys, due to my inability to use positions in defilade.

Olav continues to surprise me with his refusal to post defensive positions facing directly to my gun muzzles.

Cheers,

DCS: P-51D Mustang - Glide Bombing

With the recent fixes and upgrades, the P-51D looks stunning and flies great in the DCS World skies.

I have plenty of un-played content in the form of campaigns and one of those has the P-51 as the main airframe. One of my non-complete items of the P-51 pilot syllabus is bombing, which is needed in the P-51D Operation Charnwood Campaign (Bunyap Campaigns).

Graviteam Tactics Mius Front - New DLC Coming out 28DEC18

Under the Cruel Star, they named it. And it's scheduled for a release on the 28th of December.

This DLC, comes with two 10-turn operations for each the German and Soviet sides. The new map is 48 sqKm, centered around the Bulakhi farmstead.

Combat Mission Shock Force 2 Marines Module - Across the Canal V2.0

Back in 2012, I did put together an scenario for the Marines Module. Recently, a fellow gamer was kind enough to open it in Combat Mission Shock Force 2 and play it (this is a link to his video). I thought there were some interesting war gaming nuggets in the scenario so I re-edited for the new version of the engine.

Graviteam Tactics: Operation Moduler - Pantserskool II

This is a series about the use of the Ratel in combat. More of a series of observations and vignettes rather than a comprehensive analysis. The first blog entry about was a while back.

The Battle of the Lomba is the subject of the Operation Moduler DLC for Graviteam Tactics Mius Front. This battle is one of the most remarkable armored warfare engagements ever fought. The Angolans, even with the massive help of Cuban T-55s, Cuban troops and Soviet advisers, got defeated thoroughly by a light armored South African / UNITA guerrilla forces. In this picture, a Cuban T-55 is serving as an ad-hoc transport for Angolan conscripts.

Armored Brigade - Hunter-Killer Operations

M3/M1 hunter-killer teams have been widely used by US Cavalry formations during both Iraq wars. I generated this scenario in Armored Brigade to test their effectiveness in the times of the AirLand Battle doctrine.

In this scenario, I have a platoon of M1 tanks and a platoon of M3 Bradley CFVs. We have been ordered to advance against light opposition (one platoon of T55s and a platoon of BMP-1s) and reconnoiter a few areas of interest.

Combat Mission Shock Force 2 (Demo) - Wilcox Scenario -Video AAR- Episode 3

I played this Combat Mission Shock Force 2 (Demo) scenario against my friend Olaf. This is a though scenario for both sides. The Syrians, short on mobility but with plenty of places to hide their RPGs, AT-14s and just 3 BMPs. In Olaf hands, quite lethal.

In this new episode, the assault on OBJ 812, amid increasing loses in my armor ranks.

Cheers,