kawaiku
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Well.. It's been some time since I last played any Combat Mission games. (Almost a year I'd gather.) Anyways, I loaded them up onto my computer to see if they worked with Vista and all that, and much to my surprise they did! So I created a scenario in CMBB and tinkered around a bit since I spent most of my time with Afrika Korps. That was before my old computer, which held all of my previous CM work, got wiped out by a virus. So below, is a brief AAR of me play testing my new scenario/time- killing fun.
It's called Hungarian Patrol. The idea is that you command about a battalion's worth of Hungarian security forces who are given the job of ejecting Russian infantry from two towns, Ryzhov and Proshin (named after two Russian generals I read about in this book). The Hungarian force is composed of 2 infantry companies and a mechanized company as well as 2 Souma platoons crewed by Germans.
Some of the pictures didn't load so below is what came through:
The map
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Ryhzov (Proshin's pic didn't load but so far I've only fought around Ryhzov so maybe later? :crosseye
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The Hungarian starting positions. The green and yellow are occupied by 1 company each (infantry). A platoon of the company in the yellow area occupy a few houses by the bridge. The Soumas are easily spotted on the lower right behind the green company.
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The Soumas
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My infantry cross down through the dried river bed as advancing over the bridge looks like suicide
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How things are going by T18, you can also see all of the starting units for the Hungarians in this shot as well. So far I think things are going well though I might change the Soumas for armoured cars. I forget which one it was but those seemed to fit the map a little better in the first version. I think those, coupled with the 2nd Souma platoon coming in as reinforcements might work better.
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It's called Hungarian Patrol. The idea is that you command about a battalion's worth of Hungarian security forces who are given the job of ejecting Russian infantry from two towns, Ryzhov and Proshin (named after two Russian generals I read about in this book). The Hungarian force is composed of 2 infantry companies and a mechanized company as well as 2 Souma platoons crewed by Germans.
Some of the pictures didn't load so below is what came through:
The map
View attachment 32246
Ryhzov (Proshin's pic didn't load but so far I've only fought around Ryhzov so maybe later? :crosseye
View attachment 32247
The Hungarian starting positions. The green and yellow are occupied by 1 company each (infantry). A platoon of the company in the yellow area occupy a few houses by the bridge. The Soumas are easily spotted on the lower right behind the green company.
View attachment 32248
The Soumas
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My infantry cross down through the dried river bed as advancing over the bridge looks like suicide
View attachment 32250
How things are going by T18, you can also see all of the starting units for the Hungarians in this shot as well. So far I think things are going well though I might change the Soumas for armoured cars. I forget which one it was but those seemed to fit the map a little better in the first version. I think those, coupled with the 2nd Souma platoon coming in as reinforcements might work better.
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