CMFI: The Corridor 03 Breakthrough

16 Panzer Division exploits across the Calore River.
This is Combat Mission: Fortress Italy, set on the Italian Front from July 1943 to May 1945. Mods-wise I'm running the ubiquitous HQS sound mod, Vin's Geometric icons and Vein's effects.
Combat Mission is a game developed by Battlefront.com. One of the most realistic tactical simulations ever made, Combat Mission covers a wide variety of military settings, from World War 2 (Normandy, Market Garden, Sicily, Italy and the Eastern Front) to fictional modern conflicts in Syria (Shock Force) and Ukraine (Black Sea). You can find out more about Combat Mission by visiting www.battlefront... and especially the forums.
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[@collinwoodard5116]

Love these AAR breakdowns. Some multiplayer for cmsf2 or black sea would be great

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Soon (tm)

[@ccccccc95]

Keep up the good work with this content! I love watching your style of AAR, you really help visualize what I find hard to conceptualize about tactics. These videos are awesome man, keep it up!

[@richardhutchinson4740]

Loving this series. So good to see CMFI get an airingm its such a great module.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

I haven't played nearly enough CMFI

[@christians.4938]

Wake Up Babe, Usually Hapless Uploaded

[@skinnybob6784]

Nice video :) I hope they can upgrade the A.I. at some point, I don't expect miracles, but something a little better.. Also when you get logistics right in this game it feels so good :)

[@trikkinikki970]

hahahhaha ai is 100% scripted by scenario designer and doesn't react to the player at all unless the scenario designer really made some tweaks to their map.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

The caveat is that any AI that could play CM well would be Skynet. And we don't want Skynet.

[@trikkinikki970]

@@usuallyhapless9481 I still need to start making scenarios that utilize a lot of triggers and sub group maneuvers to create dynamism, almost as much as you need to make Italian Army Multiplayer Guide :) I see you're gunnin on FI you're halfway there

[@skinnybob6784]

well.. not 100% but you make a killer point.. I guess more complex triggers maybe :)

[@chrisbrock7399]

Those poor pioneers..❤‍🩹 They've really been the unlucky ones this campaign... well.. besides the American infantry. - Great content to watch, can't wait for the next chapter! :D

[@kayseeff]

Wow, loved the placement of the gun you’re going to use on the area you’re going to use it in the beginning. Well done as always!

[@SpyGenesis]

Almost 10k. Congrats in advance!

[@usuallyhapless9481]

🎉

[@Prederick]

Absolutely LOVE these videos, I just finished Montebourg last night. So another one in this bit is a welcome surprise on a Friday!

[@markchorlton60]

Always love your videos Hapless. Played the first mission of this campaign ages ago. Only remembered when I watched your previous video.

[@rogerduncum9677]

I discovered your channel the other day and have really been enjoying the content you are posting, keep up the good work

[@Kosigan86]

Your content is my comfy happy place as a ww2 history and wargaming cult member :P. The enthusiasm and narration you bring to your videos just takes me right into that strategizing mindset. You have been directly responsible for 100 hours of playing CMx2 modules in the last year. Had been since 2014! I have many opinions on the games, and sometimes I have to put it away from frustration for a bit... but hot damn, mulling over a strategy and then coming back to a campaign scenario I quit in frustration, only to achieve a complete victory bc of more thoughtful preparation / recon / etc. Well, it's pretty fucking great at that, and I still have my gripes, but damn you CMx2 you keep pulling me back in! lol Cheers and keep up the wonderful videos Hapless :)!! The modern-era modules like BS and SF2 are whole different beasts. I love them both, but the insanity of the modern modules is pretty special imho; sometimes I think the engine handles Modern in a more satisfying way than the WW2 stuff. Cold War is cool as well, and tbh I kinda fell in love with the M113: gun shield better than most H/T gun shields and they are WICKED fast and good offroad - good smokes AND a BMP murdering 50 cal. /end CM tangent

[@ronaldinglehart2172]

Splendid work as always. I like both the scenario you are playing and the way that you’ve presented your AARs. I look forward to the next part, as well as whatever else you will be putting on your channel.

[@nerdwwii8081]

I am really liking this campaign.

[@grapesnch33s3]

Great stuff as always, and just in time too Cheers

[@HaydnHaendel]

Awesome as usual!

[@aanders1990]

Great content as usual

[@john-michaelburlingame323]

What was your reasoning for leading the crossing with a StuG rather than Pzr IV? The latter seems like a more optimal choice since the StuG cant as effectively meet targets on the attack. Great video love this serious!

[@usuallyhapless9481]

I wanna say that the STuG has better frontal armour, making it less likely to get KO'd on the bridge and block the route, but I really can't remember

[@owendouglas3895]

Great stuff. I'd really like to see how you tackle assaulting woodland and built up areas

[@sullybiker6520]

Scoring seems a bit harsh in this one. I thought you did really well.

[@blunznsepp]

Hi! I have become a big fan of your videos. Ive started playing with combat mission cold war and i am absolutely in love with it. Your tutorial videos helped me a great bit. I am still super bad at the game and currently i am trying to plan my moves more in advance. Ive recently tried mission 1 of the "training campaign" with the hasty attack and even on the third try after knowing all the enemies' position / moves beforehand, i fail miserably (against bmp1's). Even hull down my tanks get sniped and spotted way before my tanks see anything (even with support of spotters on the ground). My question here: are you planning on an tutorial video about "map analysis"? Or my personal dream - are you planning on playing mission one of the cmcw training campaing with the hasty attack?

[@usuallyhapless9481]

This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYvCqZmahbmAhqc

[@blunznsepp]

Ah... i mixed them up 😂 i meant the "spoiling attack" alternative- but thank you very much for your prompt reply!

[@JuergenGDB]

I remember this map... I am not sure I hit every objective as I wanted to conserve my manpower and Armor, and I feel this map was a bleeder if you got it wrong.

[@spencersmith4373]

I would love to see you take on the Broken Shield campaign from Fire and Rubble, limiting casualties has been a challenge for me due to the terrain and conditions and I want to see how you would take it on.

[@wartsnall7332]

Another great video, although I suspect that the wives and girlfriends of the pioneer boys would disagree.

[@sirfanatical8763]

"disturbing hull down opportunities" lol how do yo even come up with this?

[@DwarfElvishDiplomacy]

Thos A 10s are pretty good at sniping your vehicles in bad positions

[@DatCameraMON]

Big yikes. I'm not sure how you're going to be able to beat the last mission with your remaining forces. No on map mortars, Stummels are gone, Pioneer platoon is six guys, four tanks cooked with a fifth bogged. Feels like this is going to be a rough one.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

We'll see. I get more arty in the next mission.

[@AtlasAct01]

Patreon?

[@ottofin3178]

The CM matches against AI really don't do it for me. I find AI so boring and easy compared to real players, you more or less roll them every time as well. Each to his own, but I hope to see more multiplayer Combat Mission games on youtube. They do take a long time to produce though.

[@aanders1990]

I don't know. The Soviet campaign in Cold War could give anyone a run for their money.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

I know. It's mostly the fact that I can play a game against the AI in a few hours as opposed to the weeks/months it takes to play PBEM.

[@MrBiggergun]

It's hugely dependent on the scenario design. Sometimes the author does manage to mitigate some of the drawbacks of the AI by setting things just right and sprinkling some pretty good historical background and description on top. But it's true that the slugfests against AI can get old quickly after you play a couple in a row.