New to Combat Mission 2

[Das Morbo]

Hello Acctingman!


One advise for the newbie:
Think this simulator as reality and not a game.
Why? Because it is a simulator that tries to get as close to reality as possible.

So think like a soldier on a real battlefield who tries to get the mission accomplished and survive doing it.

Something along these lines:
Do you wander into an area known to be held by the enemy without sending a few guys ahead, scouting? No, the new guys can do what they are best at: draw fire so the old hands know where the Krauts/Tommies/Amis/Iwans are.

Do you run into a heavy machinegun's field of fire with no covering fire suppressing it? No sir, MGs get plastered with mortars or lots of small arms fire.

Do you assault enemy armour on open ground with infantry? Hell no, you take the motherlovers out with ATGs, tanks or if nothing else is at hand, artillery.
 
BTW: I think the Armchair General Tutorial by Jeffrey Paulding is  so good, it'se verything one needs.


Hope this helps!