More DLC for Graviteam Tactics...

[Grim.Reaper]

Gosh darn it...just realized I purchased the russian version of the upcoming DLC versus English:(  Sent a note to GG and hoping they can make the switch....that is what happens when you rush to pre-order:)

[Tuna]

GG is usually pretty good about that stuff... hopefully they let you switch.. maybe the download's are interchangeable, they just have to give you a new link!

[Grim.Reaper]

So this comes out tomorrow...should be an interesting battle.....

[Grim.Reaper]

Pleasant surprise...just checked and I am able to download it right now...downloading started:)

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Good stuff.

I'm on turn 5 of 10 in the Mar 2-3 defence of Tarankova scenario.  I'm playing as the USSR.  Things were going fairly well as I'd severely hammered the German recon teams in turns 1-4 with fairly light losses on my part. 

Gotta love some of the things you see in this game.  I had a platoon strung along a the side of a road, about 10 metres back in the trees.  I had 3 rifle squads, a platton command section, and a 45mm AT gun.  It was just before dawn and I'd hoped to be able to ambush some fascist halftracks. They showed up right about where I'd expected them too.  I'd given all the infantry ambush commands and I'd set a fairly short range, restrictive fire arc for the AT gun.  I zoomed in, watch the gun crew line up on a half track with a 3.7cm PaK gun on it.  It was less than 200 metres.  It took them forever to take the shot and it sailed high.  The half track immediately spun towards the gun and it, along with 4-5 MGs that I couldn't yet see, opened up and ripped the gun crew apart, but not before they got one more shot off which brewed up the half track with the 3.7cm gun.  So much for that ambush, I thought.  Within a minute, 4 more half-tracks and 2 Marders appeared.  Thankfully, they hadn't spotted my infantry in the woods and they came forward and started down the road.  As the string of vehicles passed the first squad's position, one brave little bugger jumped out of his trench, ran a few metres forward, and hurled a molotov at the leading Marder.  It burst into flames against the gun shield but didn't damage the crew.  The vehicles swung round to face the threat and German infantry started piling out the back of the half tracks.  My squads opened up and three more ran forth with molotovs.  Two successfully brewed up a Marder and a half track, but the third took a burst of MG34 just as he was climbing out of the trench.  He dropped his molotov and three of his squad-mates went up in flames.  In the end, that little platoon took 17 casualties but managed to knock out all five vehicles with molotovs and drove off the German infantry.  At the end of the scenario, the platoon leader got a medal.  I was majorly bummed out when he and most of the surviving platoon members were killed two turns later as they tried to hold off some German scout cars.

Stuff like that just makes the game for me.     

Anyway, it's now turn five in the campaign and the German main force just slammed into the middle of my defensive line.  I held good ground but the lack of armour and decent AT weapons doomed me.  I had two captured 7.5cm PaK guns, two 45mm AT guns, and six 14.5mm AT rifles to defend against at least 16 Panzer IVs and 20+ half tracks.  The 7.5cm guns were both knocked out by a half-track with an 81mm mortar.  Those mobile mortars are proving to be my undoing.  The German tanks tore through my lines and there was little I could do about it.  I cursed Soviet doctrine which prevented my arty spotter from being able to manually designate targets as the Germans completely avoided all the pre-designated fire zones.

I ended up taking 80% casualties and having my defence split in two.  I did inflict heavy losses on the German infantry, but those panzers are on the lose and I've only got 8 T-34s to stop them and they're almost out of fuel.  I think I'm doomed.

Can't wait to have a crack at the Mujaheddin instead.  Downloading the new DLC now.

[Dolan50]

Yeah,I wasn't expecting this to be ready for download before Friday 8)
Still won't have much time to play till the weekend but at least I can check out all the new toys and map.

I wish Graviteam would tell us when the Mius Front-Summer 1943 game will be ready.While I like the modern stuff,the Russian front is where I truly enjoy playing this game the most.

No Muj in the new DLC.It's Russians against Iranians.

I posted some screenshots for the Mius front 43 game on the Graviteam forum that I pulled from the Russian forum for this game.From what I can tell from those pics that game looks like it will be excellent.

http://graviteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=11128.0

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

It's got Mujis and Iranians.  I just played a quick battle to see how things worked.  Looks nice.  I think Soviet APCs are made of tinfoil.  My BMPs went up if a 106mm R. Rifle even sneezed in their direction.

[Dolan50]

 8) I thought it was only Soviets and Iranians.Much better having the Muj too,now I can do Quick battles about the real Afghan-Soviet war.

I noticed the Soviet APCs in Hooper weren't all that well armored also and didn't last long,so it doesn't surprise me they aren't all that great in this DLC either.I guess I'll just have to treat them as just slightly better than nothing battle taxis.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Shame there's no air power.  I was really hoping that I'd get to play with some Hinds and Frogfoots.  (Frogfeet?).  I've seen screen shots showing the Hind but I can't seem to find it in the encyclopedia or in the quick mission OOBs.

[Dolan50]

I'm still downloading(very sloooow network).

For Quick Battles try looking in the company and battalion HQ platoons for air assets,there is usually a little airplane icon in the last line for the platoon and normally that slot is empty.Click on that empty slot and the air spotters should show up in the reinforcement pool(look in artillery for them) and you can draw them from there.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Thanks.  I guess I'm just not having any luck as I always get howitzers over air power.  However, I just ended up on the receiving end of an Iranian airstrike.  Looked very cool even though I ended up losing the majority of my platoon.

[Dolan50]

I would think the best place to look for the air assets are in the battalion HQ for mech. units.Every unit is different and are only allowed certain reinforcements to be drawn from the replacement pool.

Eventually You should be able to find them if you search all the HQs.
The Hind attack helicopter should be called either the Mi-24 or Mi-25.
Once I get this game to download I'll see if I can't locate their exact  platoon and report what I find.You may stumble across them before that LOL,considering how long it's taking me to download this game tonight. >:(

[undercovergeek]

might finally have to bow to the pressure!

[Gusington]

Me.too. This Soviet Iranian DLC is too much for me to resist. So all I need is the original game and this one DLC right?

Anyone.know if there is any historical truth at all to the Iranians looking to aid the Afghans in 1979?

[undercovergeek]

I think there's a whole fiery hell of patching to do too