Trying to make the move from CMBO to CMAK

[Der Kuenstler]

In real life men don't want to be shot at. By anything. They will pin, sneak, panic, and break if bullets keep flying at them in the open. If you were walking across a meadow and heard a MG42 open up - I guarantee you'd pin pretty quickly.

The way to get them across the open if you suspect the enemy is hiding in the area is:

1) send a 1/2 squad out first to investigate, backed up by as much FP in cover and HE as you can muster.

2) when the enemy opens fire the squad in the open will pin.

3) blast the bejeebers out of the enemy squads that revealed themselves.

Also I have had success moving across open ground by making short dashes (run) 20 meters or so and hide. The shooters then lose track of you and can't aim to fire since your men keep turning into generic icons. Continue to do that until you reach cover. (This only works if the shooters are far enough away)

CMAK and CMBB are far more realistic in that you have to use combined arms a lot more effectively to get your guys forward. I myself would never go back to CMBO.