CMBB v CMAK

[Mad Russian]

So, how does this all tie in with CMBB?

In the game vehicles never break down...unless you consider bogging and immobilizations, which I personally do, as breakdowns too.

Panther engines never catch fire. T-34's selected in the early war months of the game in QB's have lots of AP.

No vehicle ever runs out of fuel. Nobody gets tired. Tanks don't go back and refuel and reammo to come back into the fight. Unless of course you are doing an operation.

You can't recrew vehicles.

Only in specifically made scenarios can you reduce the effectiveness of the early war T-34's and KV's. They should be very tough to kill since there were only a handful of German tanks in the entire theater that could deal with them at anything other than point blank range.

Conscript/Green crews helps but so does the lack of AP ammo.

The early war scenarios should be anything but pushovers for the Germans. They were tough fights that often hung in the balance and had to have the Luftwaffe pull them through. And we all know how much you guys like to see the Luftwaffe in your CMBB battles....

In a 1941 battle you should only on rare occasions be able to purchase a PzIII with a 50L60. They should be VERY RARE. I have a feeling that they are not. One third of the tank force should be either PzI's or PzII's. How often do you buy with that ratio enforced?

Some points to think about that may shed a different light on 1941 tank battles. I have had several gamers remark on the way that HSG portrays 1941 tank fights. That they were surprised that there were any tank battles worth fighting before 1943.

There are if they are done right. The Germans are anything but sure winners.

Good Hunting.

MR