A panoramic view of the ongoing battle. The red icons are Russian, the blue ones my own Ukrainian Army troops and vehicles. |
Monday, June 22, 2015
Combat Mission Black Sea - An Odd Vehicle Fighting Position
It was a bad place to fight against Russian tanks. Plenty of open fields and very little real cover. With just 4 BMP-2s against a platoon of Russian T-72s and two BMP-3s, this whole thing had retreat written all over it. This setup is from an scenario that I was editing a while back.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Steel Beasts ProPE - Two Bridges Too Many - AAR
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Steel Beasts ProPE - Two Bridges Too Many - AAR: Briefing
A pretty intense Cold War scenario about a rear area/flank security operation.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Scourge of War: Waterloo - Preview
I move my Army cautiously, with multiple Cavalry units on front and flanks of the main body. In good order, I enter my Army in Brussels a few hours into daylight. At midmorning, a Prussian infantry brigade has dared to push back one of my reconnaissance patrols near the town of Hal. At 13:20 I make the fateful decision to move out my Army from Brussels towards the latest contact. A full enemy Corps is moving our way, I heard. I am Napoleon, and I am about to claim the day.
Scenes of extreme carnage south of Brussels. Wherever you look at there is a regiment either engaged or about to be engaged in battle. |
Thursday, June 11, 2015
ArmA 3 - Attack on a Prepared Position - Mission Now Available
Want to try it?
The download link is:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457264600
Enjoy!
Cheers,
The download link is:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457264600
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Scourge of War Waterloo - Released
So much fun, quality, innovative features and eye candy that it will be really hard to pull myself out of just enjoying it.
More details tonight!
More details tonight!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Command Modern Air and Naval Operations - Missile Chess
It is awesome when a combat simulation mirrors the shortcomings and challenges of real warfare. This blog is just about that, by the way.
Anyway, this weekend I got some quality time with Command Modern Air and Naval Operations (CMANO) and played my first scenario involving a modern carrier battle group.
This Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier battle group is more than a sideline show for the Operation Brass Drum scenario. |
Sunday, June 7, 2015
ArmA 3 - Attack on a Prepared Position - Briefing
What does the suppression feature do on enemy MGs in bunkers?
In this solo mission the player goes through a prepared enemy (ENY) position that has MGs in bunkers. The ENY MGunners can't go prone or crouch (I've set them to not do that) and I have AI NATO MGs firing on them. Some NATO mortars are firing on them too. It doesn't escape to me that my use of the "prepared" term is not strict, but if you have read about the Malvinas/Falklands War you will understand that mounting a decent defense in an island is not a trivial matter.
In this solo mission the player goes through a prepared enemy (ENY) position that has MGs in bunkers. The ENY MGunners can't go prone or crouch (I've set them to not do that) and I have AI NATO MGs firing on them. Some NATO mortars are firing on them too. It doesn't escape to me that my use of the "prepared" term is not strict, but if you have read about the Malvinas/Falklands War you will understand that mounting a decent defense in an island is not a trivial matter.
The ENY position is in that hill upfront. Note the mortar fire falling on it. The tracers are from NATO MGs, which are targeting the ENY bunkers. |
Monday, June 1, 2015
DCS: Mig-15bis - My First Kill
With Eagle Dynamics holding a store wide sale right now, the time is auspicious to dust off one story I had in the file cabinet.
A true combat aviation classic has found a virtual home in DCS World. Made by third party company Belsimtek, the digital bird has very few buttons not implemented. With great flight, avionics and weapons models, the hard earned kills you get flying the Mig are to be savored over and over. Thanks for the track recording feature, Eagle Dynamics!
The cockpit of my Mig-15bis. What a beauty. |
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Combat Mission Black Sea - The Unfair Death of PFC Roller and The Predictable Demise of Most of His Squad
SPOILER ALERT: these two micro-stories are from a canned CMBS scenario. I will not mention the name of the scenario and avoid birds-eye views of the battlefield, but I recognize that you may realize which scenario is this from.
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