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Russian armor in action Eastern front#2 Urals

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HouseHobbit

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Many Thanks to Our Masters, Slip Stream and Major Magee..

And to the men at Regs Hanger for allowing the Russian armor to be
converted to drive able..

Thanks Guys..For all the work..BRAVO..
:salute: :salute: :salute:

This Sherman was set up by Slip Stream and Major Magee..
Have a Look..
 
oh no ..... your moving to land based wheels on ground destruction.......glad im not on your hit list


ps

if you get chance please send me , as you see fit the patch on one of beauties
 
Looks like fun

Hi HH :wavey:,
looks like the German armor will not return fire. Thinking about this I suspect that because you are in a driveable tank, the game engine thinks you are an aircraft (see the xdp file). To add to the immersion, you could modify the gun xdp for the Panzer's main gun, so that it includes aircraft as well as vehicles in the "targetcategory" section.

That would make for a real Firefight!

David
 
Yes, Thanks very Much for the advice.. I will look into this..BRAVO..

The German tanks were shooting.. just not at me..
They were engaging some Russian trucks(AA) in front of them..

I moved around to the Rear and engaged them from behind..
Had to move when some German artillery started hitting near by..
Trying to zero in on me I think..

Moved to the right flank and re-engaged the Germans..
Knocked out the Flanking tanks , and the others were boxed in on two sides, from dead tanks in the formation..
Then just took my time and picked off the Germans one at a time..
The AI isn't smart enough to work out that they were trapped..

Not in a Million years would I attack any German armor from the front..

A good way to get killed Quick in a Sherman..
I use tactics I learned as a Tanker in the Army..
One of the courses included the use of armor in WW2 tactics and results..

In these missions the greatest danger to me has been those nasty German aircraft..
Every time I have been Hit was a German Aircraft hitting me..
Have to keep moving in these missions, and find spots that protect you from air attack..
I only stop to shoot a few shots then move..
 
This looks great!!!!, could you tell me where i could get ac opy of this?

Harley Paterson
 
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hpat said:
This looks great!!!!, could you tell me where i could get ac opy of this?

Harley Paterson
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As soon as possible I will be uploading this set of missions..
One of Our Masters Slip Stream is re-working the drive able Russian armor..
This project has been the effort of several of the Masters..

Major Magee, Slip Stream, And the men at Regs Hanger who Built the base units the drive able Russian armor are based upon..

There will also be a beta IL-2 for this set to be used, again the work of our Masters, Stump and Major Magee..
The Russian sherman Tanks used are the work of Slip stream..
He has set up for all of us a nice Sherman to chase the German armor around the Eastern front in..




The Eastern Front Missions I have finished are all due to the work of others with the items used..
I just build the missions..
They (Our masters) do the hard work..In supplying the items for the missions..

Several of the Hobbit Hole Gang, the kind souls who suffer my endless re writes, have already been given a first draft set to test and fly for me, to see how all of this works for them..

And I owe Much to all the great men who have tested and Built the items I use in these mission packages..
 
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...''There will also be a beta IL-2 for this set to be used, again the work of our Masters, Stump and Major Magee''...may we have a screenie of said IL2? :wiggle:
 
Here is the beta IL2 by Stump, Major Major..
*It is a beta, But perhaps if some interest is shown we can get this finished as a Alpha not a Beta*


The La-5 is by Jaycee another of our wonderful Masters..
 
from the moders mouth

hobbit likes to talk before i even know if something is going to work.so heres whats been going on.
i modified two standalone shermans.they are the obsolite original tanks by bill sponge.i've upgraded them and sloped some paint on.

the russian built tanks were originaly built for another sim.greg law(sea condor) got permission to convert them to vehicals for cfs3.with bravo/4 paint.
hobbit and i were given permission to convert them to driveable/shooting aircraft. but !
we were asked to set them up for M.A.W.only.so that is what i have done.and we ask that you respect gregs wishes and use them only in M.A.W.
major magee made a basic set of contact points for them.they were adjusted to try to prevent the tanks from "freezing" to the ground once you stop.all the russian built tanks will rock front to rear.so be easy when you stop,or you'll bury the nose.you can rock them back to level with the throttle.so far this method is working.i haven't had one freeze on me.they are balanced by the weight and ammo amount.so you will always have to use unlimited ammo.which you will have to do with the hobbit missions anyway.
the test mission we were useing. you get bombed on the drive to the battle line.the tank responded by shooting down two ju-87's and a bf-109. it will consume all your ammo before you even get to shoot.

there are 8 russian built standalone tanks.3 T-34 types.3 IS-2 types,early and late. and 2 SU-100's.3 are winter and summer versions.
because there were no cockpits i used the m1a1 tank views.they fit the best. i perminatly attached the range finder sight to all the tanks.so you won't have different sights poping up.i made 4 new tank calibers for all the tanks.a 75mm,76mm,100mm,and 122mm.the 75 and 76 are short range.the 100 and 122mm's are looooong range.all calibers have a crater effect if you hit the ground.they are accurized,so they won't be flying everywhere.you can repeat hit the same spot.all the cockpit gun orders are the same.the IS-2late has 1 cannon and 2 machine guns.all operational.the SU-100 is a self propelled artilery unit.with no machine guns.it's barrel moves vertical only.i gave it a few degrees of swing to aligne a shot.but you have to point the tank at what you want to shoot. all tanks are set up so you can shoot all the guns while driveing.this allowes the program to shoot at any enemy within it's range while your driveing.you can also place all the guns in a different position than auto zero return. and drive and shoot.they all ahve enough power for the hills.but you must remain under 25mph when approching hills and dips.you can bury the unit and crash to desk top if you exceed the ground texture damage limitations.a problem with all ground vehicals.

i just finished the last one monday and sent it to hobbit for the testers to break.once theres a thumbs up.the write ups get done and their ready for upload. and thats where we are on those.

done't get to excited about the IL-2 it is a stumpjumper basic. i did the config file from a different plane for it. and added captured 37mm tank buster cannons.it has no landing gear no cockpit no animation no effects.its pretty much a flying paint job.it needs everything as hobbit was saying.if mike continues on it is a coin toss.it's being used for the tank support missions.and maybe a tank attack. so heres a good plane for starters to build it's nessesities.
 
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