Yes. Gallows is a tough cookie. I can never relax facing him, especially in brutal Bayeux.

The minimum and maximum range of weapons is moddable. In GJS, the minimum fire range for 8cm mortars is 200m. In Radzymin, the minimum fire range for 8cm and 12cm mortars is lower; 80m, I believe.

It was the British mortars - firing across the road less than 50m away I think.

@@martinashley9664 Sorry. I don't know why I thought we were talking about a Radzymin battle. That was a light mortar. In GJS they have a shorter minimum range. I use 5cm mortars often and their minimum range is about 40m i think. They are very useful teams, great for getting close and taking out guns and for laying accurate smoke rounds, which they have a lot of.

I always thought they were weak based on calibre - but I can see the value of them now!!

Happy to hear! I post all my H2H GCs on my Discord channel if you ever want to follow along with context. discord.gg/CZh9ds69 The Close Combat Discord is also very active if you are ever interested in finding an opponent. discord.gg/93HTNej3

Me too! I yell at the screen sometimes, haha. "What are you guys doing in there!?"

Oh don't worry. You didn't miss anything. I was just accidentally streaming another game I was playing (Half-Life ww2 mod, Day of Defeat) that was not set up for streaming.

Yes! I was sweating the whole time. We were close to disaster. The tough fight paid off though and the enemy retreated from the map after this battle.

I was nervous about this one. Tough entry. Once the allies get their hooks in though this turns into a nightmare for the Germans to hold. Have you joined our Discords? I cannot recall. I have started tracking all my GCs there so you can see deploy pics, and see the context of the battle within the campaign. I'd love to do that for each video...give a brief situation/synopsis for each battle...but just haven't committed the time yet.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat Hey man yeah we are friends on discord, I've been pointing out that you are doing a lot of work posting these videos. I think the campaign mode it's a little too much. Wouldn't be better and easier for you to post just random 1 vs 1 battles? No context. No background, just similar or same battle conditions? I think that way would attract more new youtube viewers and players for the game.

I thought the Germans still had 5 victory locations and the Allies only had 4. I do believe VLs can be worth different amounts of points as well which might throw off that victory determination. I counted this as a German win in my mind because this is the weak static group that is outposted on this map. They only had a couple anti-tank guns and no armor. I feel like I should have captured Buron or Hermanville exits or wiped them off the map, but Gallows stopped me on all counts. And that sniper, grrr! lol. Glad you enjoy watching. Many more coming.

I was playing a strong veteran human player. It makes it a completely different game. No amount of AI handicap can compare to even a rookie human player. I am surprised how you confidently chastised my strategy (rather rudely) without knowing for sure even what you were watching. I can't say this is my proudest performance, but this is a tricky map against a strong player. I definitely hesitated with my plan across the river, but that was a very vulnerable position. My battlegroups are trapped here and low on fuel and ammo so I have to be careful how much I risk. About my tank placement...any tank with LOS to the enemy hedges across the river stands to be killed by a hidden ATG. You can see how instantly my one tank was killed by a single shot from an ATG when I let it move. I also risk receiving fire from German TDs breaching the hedges. This map is much more dangerous than you seem to realize and difficult to get safe angles of fire. My Sherman across the river had about a 5m circle it could move around safely in. Clearing enemy infantry with a single pinned tank and cowering infantry escorts is easier said than done, especially at that range when German troops carry 30m Panzerfausts. While those self-propelled pak40 tanks can be killed in one shot, it is not guaranteed, as you can see by my failed shots on them. Could I have played this better? Absolutely. But hindsight is 20/20 and even concrete plans have a way of going to shit. Despite 1000s of hours of H2H Close Combat, I admit I still make mistakes and hesitate, but I have yet to lose a campaign to anyone in this mod from either side. It is a short list, but I like to think I am match for just about anyone in this game. I would be very interested in playing you H2H if you think my tactics are poor.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat Yes, i didn't realize until the end you were up against a human player. Makes the degree of difficulty much higher. He played his armor both more aggressively and more carefully, though, and he sited his AT guns very well. When you drove your southern Sherman in FRONT of the hedge rather than behind the hedge....1000s of hours, you say? I know this map is hard to win as the British- the German units are very powerful. But I think you had to risk that northern Sherman to start to clear hedgerows while you still had infantry to support you. They were only minutes away from capturing the Cafe and then just dropping Panzerfausts on you. Did you have mortar teams that might have destroyed the German AT gun(s) and if you got lucky the Nashorns?

@kibbeystovall7546 The Sherman lost in the south was definitely lost to not being careful because I wasn't monitoring his movement and he crept too far into the N-S road. Monitoring every unit is difficult in H2H play. Moving behind the hedge wouldnt have mattered because it still would have ended up in the N-S road LOS, only with an added risk of tracking itself crossing the hedge. You can claim what you think the north Sherman should have done all day, but he could have died instantly just as easy had I moved him earlier. Any exposure to that hedge could have been death by faust, ATG or TD. Same if he went the other way. Even when we started that Sherman came under fire from an ATG. Luckily we were able to smother it with fire that I had trained on that lower part of the hedge (the only part I could not get defilade from). There is literally no "clearing those hedges" as his entire battlegroup had free access to shift to those hedges. So unless you expected me to wipe out all 15 of his units with two pinned infantry and a tank, I am not sure what you thought was going to happen there. It was just a small contingency trying to not give up a hard fought gain from last battle. I simply couldn't afford to risk more than that, nor was there room for many more teams to deploy there. Our main objective here is to keep the enemy from crossing that bridge until our allies can break in from the north, and we did that. Holding the bridge was a bonus. A bonus we earned, I think, by lasting as long as we did north of the river. We each lost two support units, and allies only lost 8 more soldiers. Not a bad outcome, especially since allies can afford to lose more. I had light mortars. Mortars can kill guns sometimes but it is a dice roll like anything else and range and ammo matter greatly. They spent most of their ammo knocking out the first ATG. Yes I have played 1000s of hours of H2H. I have this file saved so if you would ever like to try to do what you claim should have been done, we can. I can also let you be Germans and you see if you can fare as well as my opponent.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat I would be very interested in watching the battle replay you suggest, STRIKE. I have watched a few of your LSA battles lately and appreciate the skill shown -- you and your various opponents. I am trying to learn this game. I played the original CC2 for about 10 years, with much old school ladder and tourney play. Loved it! But, I never worked on the campaign game, and really need to work to understand it with LSA. In that regard, I would love it if you could add a bit more "context" description to your game play vids to let folks like me know how that given battle fits into your campaign, and what you hope to achieve with it. Otherwise, thanks again for posting these. Appreciate the comments too -- that's a big part of how I can learn too.

@@mrmyke Thanks. I am glad you enjoy the streams. Do you think people would read synopses in the video descriptions? That would be the quickest way I could add the context you speak of. I would love to add text/markups and/or vocal commentary sometime. I may pick some select videos to do this with. I have also thought about making playlists of battle streams of single maps throughout a campaign, making notes of how we attacked the map, entries and overall strat and what not. If you are interested in chatting about CC tips, strat, or fun you should join the CC discord. We love to talk about the game there. If the link in the description doesn't work just message me and I'll send you one.

Sure thing

I am not sure what you mean by "3". This is a mod for Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem, which would technically be Close Combat 6.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombatthx. The red HUD reminds me of CC3, but I played more 4 and 5 (Battle of the Bulge and Invasion Normandy). I was unaware of the 6th part or if any I thought they went to fully 3D graphics engine

@@bart413 This mod covers the Russian push into Poland. Last Stand Arnhem came our after Invasion Normandy. It uses a similar interface as 4 and 5 with one very large difference...You can have two battlegroups in one map at a time. This means you can stay on a map while moving friendly battlegroups in and out and borrow units from the 2nd group. It enhances the strategic layer in a wonderful way. Last Stand Arnhem (LSA) and its mods is the best CC IMO. The stock game covers the Allied push for Arnhem Bridge. It is a very unique GC (you can blow up bridges to stall advance/multiple fronts) but we don't play it multiplayer much. Its mods...Radzymin, Gold Juno Sword, and Rhineland are all very good and they see the most multiplayer. The 3D CC, The Bloody First (TBF) (technically CC8), was an unfortunate disappointment. Perhaps it has room for improvement. CC Gateway to Caen (GTC) and Panthers in the Fog (PITF) were released somewhere between LSA and TBF and I would call them CC7. They are similar to LSA but changed the team selection in a drastic way that I cannot stomach. Come on down to the CC Discord, discord.gg/Ua7MTvkf and you can chat it up with all of us or even start playing :)

Yes indeed. I do not seem to tire of the game. The Discord Community is active. discord.gg/ZXAeEBjj Modders are still quite active. As is the multiplayer. Stop on by.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat thanks ! I’ll get a look when I’ll have the time, I must first reinstall close combat … it’s been a while

This is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem with the Radzmin3.1 mod. Sorry, these were just performance tests, not really gameplay. Actual battles will have the game name in them.

This is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem with the Radzmin3.1 mod. Sorry, these were just performance tests, not really gameplay. Actual battles will have the game name in them.

Looks like one of the close combat games

Yes. This is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem with the Radzmin3.1 mod. These were just performance tests. Not really gameplay.

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem using modification Gold Juno Sword version 11

There is still an active community that plays Close Combat multiplayer. :) It is so fun. Find us at the Close Combat Discord discord.gg/xatXujFY

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem. This is the mod called Radzymin 3.1

You can find most of the Close Combat games on Steam, Matrix Games or GoG. This is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem which I would say is the most popular to play now. It is the best version, in my opinion. Once you have the base game, there are many mods (all free) like the one you see in this video that will offer many different experiences. Come find us at the Close Combat Discord if you are looking for a human opponent. discord.gg/xatXujFY

I am not sure what you mean. The Attacker almost broke our defenses. We barely held on. Some of the most exciting battles are when one of the players is stuck in a small deploy. I mounted the staunchest defense I could, and the enemy still pushed us and gained a VL. This is actually a pretty strong deployment for the attacker...they have a lot of buildings for cover.

This is me (Russians) playing against a human friend, if that's what you meant.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat ok

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein. All videos on this channel are of some version of Close Combat. There is more info in the channel description. It is a one-of-a-kind tactical combat game from the 90s with several varieties and mods. It is old, but so impressive. I do not seem to tire of it.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat 👍

Thanks for the input! I will see what I can do. To be honest, I had never considered people outside the Discord community stumbling across this or even looking for CC videos. It is so cool to see the interest and I will do my best to make it more KZbin-friendly and accessible. Did you have a suggestion for each title to start with? Just "Close Combat"? I named the channel STRIKEPlaysCloseCombat because that is all I post. The info in the titles is all very pertinent to differentiate each stream; I wouldn't want any of that to be moved to the description. So for this video the adjusted title would be "Close Combat:Last Stand Arhem Radz3.1 Teamop 029 Zabki vs Gallows" Would that work? too long? I am sure having close combat in the title would help with people searching for Close Combat videos.

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat Yeah, I think that would be much better, just having the words "Close Combat" in the title. I'm no expert on KZbin algorithms and stuff, but I'd say having a good title is the minimum. I still don't really understand why I couldn't find your channel though. Close Combat is SERIOUSLY underrated and not well known. It's such a big help to show it off to more people.

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem. The modification is called Radzymin3.1 and covers the conflict near Warsaw, Poland in 1944.

This has to be antony lol. Don't listen to him Gallows! That was a superb attack with nonstop pressure. You are awesome and STRIKE is tough and nails and incredibly handsome.

This is from a 21 turn operation. We take turns playing each subsequent battle. I am leading the Germans with a couple teammates and Gallows is leading the Russians with his friend Loki. Almost all the videos I post on this channel are on-going campaigns that I play every battle on, or team campaigns that I share the campaign with. The only single, stand-alone battles I stream are from the GJS tournament which I have not played in sometime while I wait for other opponents to advance the bracket. You can follow the progress of all my online campaigs and tournaments on my Discord server, except the 9.5 and 9.9 GJS team campaigns which are public and hosted on the Main CC Discord.

Yes sir. A modification of Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem (CC6)

@@STRIKEplaysCloseCombat I played the original Close Combat series...back in the late 1990s? They were lots of fun

That is when I started playing, too. I could only ever play against the computer until about 5 years ago and then I found the awesome multiplayer community on Discord. Now I have more MP CC than I can eat and it is awesome.

DM me on discord when you have time I will help get you up and running.

You and anyone interested are encouraged to join the Close Combat discord at discord.gg/akE4K5y5 and find an opponent.

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem. This is a modification called Radzymin (version 3.1) that depicts The Russians battling west into Poland against The Germans in 1944.

Very fun one. Both sides going for the exact same objective. If you are interested in following along and getting some context to these campaigns, here is the link to my discord that I run all my campaigns out of. discord.gg/BGuT5EQY Thanks for watching!

Yes. This is Close Combat. It is a modification of Close Combat:Last Stand Arnhem.

I believe the sherman arrived there unnoticed actually. The video starts mid game. or are you referring to something else?

@@Kanovskiy Ah, ok.

Yes. This is a mod of Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem. The mod is Gold Juno Sword. This is a customization of Gold Juno Sword version 11. I played Close Combat by myself for years and years as a kid and young adult and loved it. Now I have found an active multiplayer community and the game has reached new heights of awesomeness. The players are very good and the battles very competitive and exciting. The game holds up so well.

This is a modification of the game Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem. The modification is called Radzymin version 3.1 and involves the Russian advance towards Warsaw, Poland in 1944.