Combat Mission Basics: How to Use Heavy Weapons Teams

[@ninjasocks1048]

"Light Infantry, isn't."

[@usuallyhapless9481]

It is not.

[@michaelfranciotti3900]

Also "Friendly fire, isn't"

[@d.c.6065]

“I am heavy weapons guy. And this is my weapon.”

[@ironchancellorottovonbisma8573]

I've always wondered why my mgs take longer at random! Never put together that it had to do with being in a building. And thank you for explaining why it takes longer in a building, I would've not understood if you hadn't! I've played this game for a long time and always seem to learn something new when I watch a hapless video!

[@robertkalinic335]

This was therapeutic and calming zen like experience. Info about different time to set up weapons in buildings will make huge difference for me since i always hated heavy weapons teams and thought about them as useless extra weight or even called them worse things. Now i can let go of my anger, all is as it should be.

[@TheCovenantKiller]

Hapless now running through his list of stuff he hadn't gotten around to yet to avoid having to do more Scottish Corridor

[@nbr1rckr]

Soon enough these videos will have their own tab on CM games' main menus. Nothing makes my Pixeltruppen happier than the sound of a friendly Ma Deuce I tacked onto the TO&E.

[@Vkhani12345]

Love this series! It's always so helpful

[@Lazuli2-6]

Ok, this was pretty helpful. Never considered the low tripod requiring some constructive work inside buildings to set up so now I know not to deploy my m240 unless I have that breathing room after I had my fire support quickly relocated. Wish we could spilt the crew into an ammo bearer/gunner crew team for the modern games so I could keep my gun there while I send the ammo team to their truck or a humvee in a safe position

[@Klajnepojken]

Even though i have 0 minutes played in this game i watch your videos, i really enjoy the storytelling behind it.

[@andreass2301]

Well, it was a very naughty skirting board, and it had been misbehaving.

[@llerco]

"its a machine gun!!" teams

[@realQuiGon]

I was just wondering yesterday, when there will be a new video from you and today there is! Great stuff! Also when I read the video description I laughed way harder than I should :D

[@briansmithwins]

Today I found out the deploy times are longer in buildings... Never actually noticed that before

[@Gunnery2]

Thanks for another great video. I always struggle with US 30cal mg’s, very difficult to get them set up and firing from buildings or behind walls… maybe it’s the smaller tripod mount as you say but even after they are deployed they won’t fire.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Potentially. I've seen them shoot through low walls and bocage though, so I'm sure CM takes them into account.

[@ARescueToaster]

Thanks for this - definitely learned some things, particularly the setup time difference when in a building. Though. I still have the issue of never seemingly having my MG teams in the right place at the right time. I don't know if I'm just unlucky or horrible at utilizing them. I know they aren't exactly supposed to be racking up kills, but most of my campaigns end with my MG teams scoring no kills at all

[@magnusred2945]

MGs arent gonna get alot of kills usually, you use them to pin people down while your maneuver element closes and destroys

[@ARescueToaster]

@@magnusred2945Thanks for the response! That's typically what I try to do / how I want to use them. And I should clarify that my MGs usually not only get no kills, but they also usually never fire a round. I think I'm just using them entirely wrong, particularly in modern games where if and when they spot a target and engage it, they tend to eat ABHE or one of those thermobaric RPGs that splat infantry.. and that has me maybe a bit overprotective of them. So maybe it would be better to try and keep them up with the infantry lagging behind just a little bit, as an anchor / base of fire? Though my Strykers / APCs are already doing that..

[@Swede_4_TRMP]

Same here, they get no kills and/or get killed :)

[@davestory6123]

I engaged some skirting board today with my paint brush . They took some damage but I conquered in the end .

[@Coddykin]

Never knew about the increased setup times in buildings, deploying an MG42 in a Lafette mount takes ages indoors.

[@Swede_4_TRMP]

Greetings from Sweden! Yet another great upload!

[@bennysouthst3342]

Holy shit, the guy lugging around the entire gun, barrel and all, like it's just a rifle must be build like a brick shithouse, haha!

[@MrRealestic]

I'm an old CMBB original player that has come back to the ww2 versions of this new engine. A start up video would be great. I'm having real issues trying to figure out how to move troops at set up.

[@PEB14]

AFAIK there is a minimum number of pixeltruppen required to operate a heavy weapon. If losses are too heavy, the team cannot operate the weapon anymore. I had this issue with US mortars and MMG teams. Do you know what is the minimum crew number mandatory to operate a heavy weapon?

[@obi-wankenobi4959]

Always learnng something new from these videos, thank you so much! When is the next unit guide coming out?

[@usuallyhapless9481]

I wanna say... 8 weeks? Scottish Corridor 3, War Room 8, CMBS vs Chap 2, then Unit Guide.

[@RayLovesToMakeMusic]

Is it really necessary to click the deploy weapon button again to pack up? I thought this happened automatically when you issue a move command.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Nope, you're right: it is automatic when you move off. Skimmed that bit I guess.

[@luigicarta23]

Completely off topic, Hapless will you ever do a video overview of the Italian faction in CMFI?

[@potatoemperor8541]

I have a question, if you were to split of say a scout team or something and give them ammo for a machine gun, if you were to place them next to or on on the MG team would they give them the ammo?

[@usuallyhapless9481]

They'd start sharing it when the MG team runs out, yeah.

[@potatoemperor8541]

@@usuallyhapless9481 Thanks

[@PEB14]

@@potatoemperor8541 If I'm not mistaken ammo sharing does work only inside the same platoon. So the scout team shall share its ammo with the heavy weapons team ONLY if they belong to the same platoon.

[@xobrando8175]

Great video as always.

[@DubManor]

Does experience/rank help with setup times? what are the effects of injured/dead team members have on effectiveness? Great info as usual, could we get a more advanced spot on this?

[@usuallyhapless9481]

I haven't actually tested it. In theory, there should be a hard limit on how fast setup can take, because physics. On the other side, clearly a crack team with it's full complement should be able to do it faster than an understrength conscript team.

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Yep, that's exactly right. Nice one.

[@conner4547]

Damn, imagine not having a light tank supporting every infantry squad. Mechanized bros, where we at?

[@CarlosZig]

Great video man! What is the best way to have those machineguns fully loaded? If you leave the vehicle/ammo bearers nearby, does the crew use that ammo as well or do you need to go to the vehicle and get the ammo manually? Cheers mate!

[@usuallyhapless9481]

They should share ammo automatically with other teams or vehicles if they're nearby

[@RamboArminius1]

“You call for some suppressing fire?”

[@zgthor]

i couldnt find any vehicles that contains heavy weapons ammo types that aren't bein used (cant be acquired and cant be shared) like .50, 40x53, 13mm or 30mm, am i missing something or was that a oversight?

[@usuallyhapless9481]

For the US there should definitely be some unarmed humvees around.

[@zgthor]

@@usuallyhapless9481 they dont carry 50`s or 40x53, only the armed ones do carry those ammo types, vehicles like the AAV`s or armed trucks are "Greedy" they dont have any spare, you cant acquire from them, i might have missed something but i spent around an hour looking every vehicle in the game and the manual to see if i missed something but i doubt, do you believe they might patch that or are we stuck with low ammo?

[@zgthor]

@@usuallyhapless9481 So for example if i where to put a .50 sniper team or some hmg`s they would always suffer from low ammo unless if i where to spam m2 humvees which would force a certain play style, while ideally i could just get one or two AAV or armored truck that already has that ammo type and share it amongst the troops

[@RobGrognerd]

Usually Hapless is the only YT channel in my subscription list I have to wait until he posts a new video before I can watch one I haven't seen yet Enough butt snorkeling! Question: where can I find copies of the training/gunnery range maps you use to test weapons & equipment? Or do you make your own? Keep up the outstanding work. Definitely see you in the next video!

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Ta very much! The maps are from the training campaign. There's a utility floating around that allows you to break campaign files down into individual missions and grab the maps, or... you could use these ;) : www.dropbox.com/sh/t0b7fmc0sttdax5/AAAhgbh2pb7FWe1bfwy8vYRaa?dl=0 and CMFDR has converted them to the WW2 games here: www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/cm-red-thunder/cm-red-thunder-add-ons/cmbs-training-maps-ported-to-ww2-bn-fb-fi-rt/

[@RobGrognerd]

@@usuallyhapless9481 thank you!

[@HolgerHendel]

Thank you, again! ;)

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

Weapons Co. Let's gooooo

[@DR-mk2in]

Can we get a video on mortars

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Yes. It's on the list.

[@capthawkeye8010]

The long time delays for indoor deployments of heavy weapons are broken tbf. They're a needless gimmick penalty. It doesn't take a trained crew 5 minutes to setup an HMG indoors.

[@th3lightspor345]

CAATS boys get those fucking guns up 🤟🤟🤟

[@cf453]

I want a girl with a short skirting and a long full metal jacket.

[@187-v5q]

Sound mod?

[@football_Habbibibi]

Bro can you also pvp videos

[@FunkGodPutin]

Make a patreon

[@usuallyhapless9481]

www.patreon.com/UsuallyHaplessVideos ;)

[@bagmuk6]

Sausages

[@ДушманКакдела]

There's too much micro in these games. I wish it was more like Graviteam. I want to watch combat unfold naturally.

[@rickeykelley5434]

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