Kriegsburg 1979 | Combat Mission: Cold War | After Action Report |

[@MilesStratton]

Please leave a comment and a like for the Algorithm :) After 7 months of on & off work, the second video in my Combat Mission After Action Report series has finally arrived! Today we take a look at Combat Mission: Cold War. An alternate history 'Cold War Gone Hot' scenario in the Fulda Gap region of West Germany. More specifically, today we are covering the battle of Kriegsburg in 1979, a fictional german town sees a ragtag and badly depleted American force taking on an entire Soviet Motor Rifle Regiment. It's about to get hot!

[@user-od1yi5iq1k]

Do you use any mods?

[@Ghent_Halcyon]

Who the hell are SME?

[@MilesStratton]

SME is a scam music group that often blocks videos from playing on other sites for no reason whatsoever. I have no control over it.

[@bensmith6868]

Any new of these soon?:)

[@CatNibbles]

I really liked this, the editing and narration are worth the effort. I might pick up this game just because of this video. Please make more!

[@MilesStratton]

Much appreciated! That's the plan!

[@brosefmalkovitch3121]

Glad to see you're adding yourself to the awesome genre of Combat Mission AAR videos, hopefully we see more in the future.

[@MilesStratton]

If you liked this one, check out my previous AAR from Fortress Italy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqbYf3yMqcehqZo

[@Coddykin]

Great showing! If I had to guess, Kriegsburg '81 is the hardest one for the Americans, T-64s are nigh-impenetrable from the front by Dragons or the American's sabots while they can one-shot your M60s from across the map. I played '81 from the Soviet side and it was quite a stomp.

[@MilesStratton]

At some point I need to give that a go. The Soviets can get quite scary in the 80-81 period.

[@MEYanZav]

I imagine placing and moving all that text like "Westen Town Road" and "Krause Farm" at 5:26 took a heck of a long time so good job on the attention to detail.

[@MilesStratton]

It took longer than I would've liked for sure! Hoping to put more than just vague rectangles there too!

[@barkacarthago5536]

Just like the clearing of the Niscemi highway AAR, it was very worth the wait ! The video is well filmed, well written and keep us in suspense up until the end. Awesome job you did there, Miles :)

[@Loki1701e]

Dragon missiles when the find the grass more offending than the shilka.

[@MrBiggergun]

Spectacular. Loving the recent new wave of CM AARs on KZbin with great production quality and this one ranks among the top!

[@1Drumkid1]

Phenomenal video! Absolutely loved it, the detail in this AAR is superb and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[@dadoogie]

Incredible video out of nowhere. Feels like the fulda gap Is really at risk. Keep the videos up. You and a small collection of other combat mission creators really bring the game to life.

[@Mx_Millien]

The combat mission cinematic universe continues to expand. And a great addition at that.

[@MrFusselig]

Wow, that's some high quality video here. Love it, all the work was truely worth it and I especially loved the music choices and details. It was also a great choice of mission for an AAR and the 1979 choice was nice to see as well, as it showed some unique vehicle types.

[@MilesStratton]

Thank you! Please share it around!

[@josephridings5899]

LOL I love the synth soundtrack and VCR-type effects. Very apropros, well done.

[@ТимофейОстрогляд]

This was great, please keep ‘em rolling!

[@andrewjones1578]

Always glad to see a Combat Mission video. Great editing and Great battle!

[@General_Dave_1]

Call me impressed, I wouldn’t have thought to find you playing Combat Mission after all these years. Like yesterday we were talking about Darktide an Ogryns and now today I learn you make this. Great work man.

[@MilesStratton]

Didn't know you played CM either!

[@raw1175]

Finally some Combat mission content to compete with Usually hapless

[@MilesStratton]

More like supplement 😊👍

[@raw1175]

@@MilesStratton guess so I love you both

[@usuallyhapless9481]

Good stuff man! We'll have to have a battle sometime ;)

[@MilesStratton]

Lets do it! Mirror AAR LES GOOOOOOOOO

[@Randomtask47]

Great stuff! Combat mission always seems like a huge challenge to play, let alone create an entertaining AAR. I love all the analysis and dramatic camera work. Excited to see more!

[@MilesStratton]

It can certainly seem that way but exercising good tactical sense, terrain analysis and developing a solid plan helps immensely. Glad you enjoyed! 😁👍

[@KarliburYT]

Lovely editing and commentary! It's obvious that you put a huge amount of work and time into this.

[@ArchangelMiniatureGaming]

Holy crap on a cracker more of these please. I know they are a lot of work, but frankly, these are some of the best combat mission AARs on the interwebs.

[@fredflintystoneea]

Amazingly done video. Thank you for sharing.

[@mikevargas809]

incredible quality of production, this is great and I'm only a few minutes into it

[@grapesnch33s3]

Now THIS is a way to start the new year! Have a great 2023 everyone! Cheers

[@sirfanatical8763]

Kriegsburg translates into "Warcastle", in case you might have wondered.

[@kludger]

Really well done and enjoyable video!

[@aanders1990]

Great video!

[@WekBenHelix]

It's been said a million times, but *brilliant* format and editing here. Instant sub.

[@domfluff]

Awesome stuff man

[@crplsteve]

Wow your dragons managed to actually hit something, that is a high point in the weapons career. A little surprised that your tanks did so well too. just goes to show its less what you have and more how you use it. Nice work.

[@MilesStratton]

Appreciate it! yeah I was pleased with the Dragons performance here although I think Combat Mission as a whole ups their reliability a fair bit beyond what they were actually capable of.

[@mrshar1000]

Amazing video! Please keep this up because this was amazing!

[@MilesStratton]

That's the plan!

[@tychokort]

This is one of the best CM videos on YT. Even Usually Happles can learn from this.

[@MilesStratton]

Look forward to a game between me and hapless at some point 😁👍

[@froggy1333]

Good to have you back very good video

[@bluto8561]

Please come back if you can, these are great to watch

[@CiviCiviCivi]

More of this would be amazing. Love it.

[@MilesStratton]

More to come!

[@EvilTwinn]

Yo man you did great! I know you've put in the grind on this one, well done!

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

I was waiting for this.

[@williamlydon2554]

A excellent video. A nice touch using Soviet doctrine to locate their mortars.

[@paulmiddleton8487]

Would love to see more cold war stuff like this, excellent 👌

[@jakf101]

Always good to find another channel doing well made combat mission aar.

[@MilesStratton]

Thank you for your viewership!

[@DIVeltro]

It's been awhile since i poked into the channel. This is a very pleasant surprise, and this might be a game to look into... especially if there's the capacity to make your own missions or senarios.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Wonderful AAR! I have shared this to a couple of FBook groups trying to get other games to buy-into the game...more Multiplayer is always good. :) Thanks again for the great AAR.

[@342Rodry]

genuinely hope for more of this! great one dude!

[@adamwoodill4963]

So good. I could watch videos like this all day 👍

[@sammylegos1]

Need more of this. Excellent commentary and excellent game

[@louisr6560]

great video. nice to see combat mission content.

[@rickdeckard7549]

Hey great stuff….curious, do you have, and can you post, a source link for the doctrine cheat sheet (ive got the old FMs but this looks very convenient) that you displayed at 26:02 of the vid??

[@MilesStratton]

Here you go! Hope this helps! media.discordapp.net/attachments/1024790224720642108/1058305461549531156/Threat-Aide-Memoir-1-.png

[@lorenwilber1354]

thoroughly enjoyed that. Keep em coming.

[@ccccccc95]

Hell yeah dude I will always like comment and subscribe to some high quality combat mission content! Keep it up dude.

[@MilesStratton]

Appreciate it :D

[@Planefan1000]

14:40 What do you call the Engineers at that moment? I heard something like "pixel troop"

[@MilesStratton]

Pixeltruppen. It's a long standing joke within the CM community :) Early CM games were played at very low fidelity to the point that soldiers looked like pixels at any actual distance, hence Pixeltruppen.

[@hamishneilson7140]

So good to come across another fantastic Combat Mission channel! I love your level of knowledge on the topics and tactics, and you've got great quality editing and video design. I thought Usually Hapless was sort of the only CM KZbinr, but I'm glad to see others on his level as well!

[@MilesStratton]

Look forward to a H2H battle between Hapless and I in the future!

[@lukasboscher9674]

Finally a good Combat mission Video

[@rastapasta6447]

This is a really cool video, why have i never heard of this game?

[@MilesStratton]

It's very much a simulator and the developers dont know the first thing about marketing 🤣

[@System-Update]

9/10. Very nice.

[@MilesStratton]

Thank you!

[@solid_fire9388]

wow this super unicorn review is amazing 🤩

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

Having to hide the new tanks was a really cool game scenario

[@raybrindos4514]

2 things for you. As a M60A1 tc, we were taught to take out the air defence first. Second, the M48 and M60's had the same fire control systems.

[@MilesStratton]

Yep. I was referring mostly to the way they were initially implemented in game.

[@saxxon4620]

Great video

[@gregoryvanhouten4087]

Awesome!

[@iansimmonds9076]

amazing sir

[@boganery]

Well, this is amazing. Subbed.

[@Charlemagne260]

Fantastic video! Any chance we could get a link to that Soviet doctrinal guide document?

[@claudej8338]

Amazing editing! Thanks a lot for your time and efforts! PS: the music volume might be a tad high though, especially during your briefing on your force composition.

[@DrewShotsFan]

Great work, MMA Have you considered running the scenario again, but as the Soviet attacker instead? It might give you more of a challenge, because we all know that the AI is better when defending instead of attacking

[@MilesStratton]

Not a bad idea. I have some other AAR ideas to consider as well. Perhaps I'll revisit this later down the line.

[@erdervv]

Fantastic video and narration, loved the bit about the tree's sacrifice. But i wanted to ask: that soviet doctrinal manual, isthere any way you could provide a link for it if it's on a syte?

[@MilesStratton]

Absolutely! Here you go! media.discordapp.net/attachments/1024790224720642108/1058305461549531156/Threat-Aide-Memoir-1-.png

[@erdervv]

@@MilesStratton Thanks a lot

[@justina6176]

This. Was. Awesome.

[@jarekgiedrojc2643]

Great AAR and good to see another youtuber joinig Combat Mission Club. Kriegsburg in 1979 is problamy the most fun setting for this scenerio. I was able to beat it with using mine M48's as a mobile reserve pushed to engage Soviet tanks before they woulb be able to reach any of the objectives and designating infatry with Dragons as the last resort defense. Hope I'd be able to te meet you in some H2H game in future.

[@MilesStratton]

I'm active on the Combat Mission community discord here if you want to hit me up: discord.gg/2jTTgEEPkW

[@jarekgiedrojc2643]

@@MilesStratton Ok i joined the server so maybe one day We will face against each other.

[@joeykraz8049]

I NEED MORE OF THIS

[@Tekisasubakani]

I'm only halfway through and all I can say is "more please."

[@zaphodqi122]

I feel like a TOW missle that hit a branch

[@Johanski_]

Now it’s time for Bear in the Sun lol

[@MilesStratton]

End me lmao

[@samargrewal929]

more combat mission :)

[@MilesStratton]

:)

[@mjkypta]

Outstanding presentation. T-62s and BTR-60s in the GSFG in 1979? Not sure about that.

[@MilesStratton]

in 1979 upwards of 90% of the tanks in the Fulda sector opposite the US consisted of T-62s and T-55s. T-64s were virtually nonexistent in the GSFG during this period and those who were there were facing the Brits up north.

[@ThelitterJoler]

Nice

[@MilesStratton]

Very nice

[@Maxcraft12]

Hey Miles, awesome vid! Which of the combat mission games would you recommend to get first?

[@MilesStratton]

The one that interests you the most! CM can have a steep learning curve, so getting something that interests you the most will help you get over the initial humps in learning the game. If you need further help, join the CM discord as I am quite active there: discord.gg/2jTTgEEPkW

[@LordSteve3565]

I feel like this game can have some form of good content for future videos, and this one was good.

[@shootermcgaven02]

Oh sh🤟t seen miles on. F🤟ck yeah. Love you. Keep up the good work. I missed you. I so miss your no bs takes tell it like is. Refreshing as all hell. Take care bud.

[@esequieltrindade9244]

23:17 comrad tree have won the lenin's valor medal

[@Chrispy_Moto]

Would be great to see a multiplayerround

[@EK-gr9gd]

Has this game realesed finally? There was a copyright claim against it, by EUGEN.

[@MilesStratton]

Its been out for 2 years...also what? no. CM is its own thing and nothing about making cold war era games is trademarked by anybody.

[@blackbear0084]

Comment for the algorithm 👊🏻

[@mr.imperial8721]

22:08 T-62 FACTS.

[@noface4176]

3rd infantry battalion? You mean division?

[@MilesStratton]

Nope. This is a battalion sized force and is organized as a Battalion

[@Oddball_E8]

Holy shit, you're alive! Oh and ps. if you right-click on your name here to get to your channel, you get a 404 error. If you just click, it works. But right-clicking and opening in a new window doesn't work. Most likely because right-clicking takes you to kzbin.info while just clicking takes you to www.youtube.com/@MilesStratton

[@MilesStratton]

Yeah no idea why this is happening. I can still view my channel if I click on it tho so....

[@user-od1yi5iq1k]

Using any mods?

[@MilesStratton]

Yes I'm using Vins Icons and the HQS sound mod. On my phone so I don't have any links atm.

[@user-od1yi5iq1k]

@@MilesStratton Thanks!

[@philphilip5466]

Nice video, very enjoyable, thanks. But, wow, the AI is truly appalling. Maybe both the AI and the scripting.

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

I'm so confused... Is his some old game... Orrrrr... What. Exactly. I'm kinda interested, but sorry, I'm just confused

[@MilesStratton]

Game is called Combat Mission: Cold War

[@fallaciousfirm2524]

For the algorithm!

[@miguelgil7266]

Common miles w

[@___-cp6or]

Shame there’s no BRD or British units in the game. Chieftain would probably be the best tank at the time period with its 120mm gun

[@MilesStratton]

*snickers in lack of thermals and engines that don't work*

[@___-cp6or]

@@MilesStratton bah, reliability isn’t modelled so no worries there, though the poor engine power would harm its off-road potential. By 1979 Chieftain Mk5s were equipped with Thermal Optic Gunnery Sights (TOGS) together with a laser rangefinder so they could be fairly powerful for 1979/80 but probably any later they wouldn’t do too well in a front on engagement with Pact forces.

[@MilesStratton]

@@___-cp6or I've heard that but have yet to find any actual evidence of it. Everytime I've looked deeper into the subject I've come up blank. Pretty sure that TOGS only appeared on Challenger. SCRATCH THAT Looked it up and found a Mark 11 with it. No evidence of the Mark 5 though.

[@vaporblast9721]

Sure you are not Tom Clancy?

[@RaisuChaneru]

Gamers rise

[@dirtbikeryzz]

Vehicles are awful in this game lol. Mass infantry is my go to.

[@TK421-53]

All these years they keep adding more to this old engine, publishing new titles at a premium price. …all this time they failed to look at a(n off the shelve) replacement engine like Unity or Unreal to advance this series two decades into the 2020-ies.

[@MilesStratton]

It's unfortunately not that simple. CM has plenty of issues there's no doubt about that. But transitioning to a new engine would not only be a huge and expensive enterprise but also would likely cause CM to lose major elements of what makes it so compelling. Also BFC owns the CMX engine completely. If they were to use another engine they would need to start paying for use of that engine. BFC charges premium prices because they will always be a niche product and their target market has few issues paying it. It's just not worth the effort or money expended.

[@thejonathan130]

The game looks very interesting, but damn is it ugly

[@MilesStratton]

Its certainly not pretty. But what it does well it does better than anything else.

[@kylekovac31]

I’m literally going through Armor Basic Officer Leadership Course in the Army right now and this shit briefs like an actual OPORD that we have to do. Very fucking well done I NEED MORE OF THIS SHIT 🙏🫡😤.

[@MilesStratton]

Will do! o7

[@justina6176]

Amazing video!