Monster Combat Mission Normandy tutorial

**** Pre-battle ****
0:00 - briefing: analyse friendly and enemy forces. Review Objectives.
9:08 - preparing your attack: Analyse forces, anaylse terrain, develop plan, execute pre-battle moves/setup
10:20 - Icons, selecting units, army structure - teams/squads/platoons
13:45 - C2 network
16:35 - stats - leadership, experience, morale, tiredness
18:30 - jumping between units in a platoon
19:30 - tank platoons - radio contact
20:20 - anaylse terrain
20:30 - Camera controls 1 - 9
21:20 - develop plan
21:40 - reserves
24:05 - Combined arms tactics - tanks and infantry
25:25 - AT guns vs Tank tactics
**** Setup phase / first turns ****
28:40 - First turn orders
29:25 - The different movement commands - quick/fast/slow/etc
30:40 - Recce (reconnoiter)
31:25 - splitting teams
32:10 - Cover arc as "hold fire"
34:30 - Prepared artillery bombardments
37:40 - Calling Artillery
42:40 - 60mm vs 81mm vs 105mm
43:50 - placing waypoints/artillery missions near hedgelines/walls
47:00 - The different types of hedges
48:10 - artillery bug to be aware of
48:50 - rejoining teams
50:00 - All paths
51:00 - giving further commands at waypoints
51:50 - peeking through bocage
54:40 - relative spotting
57:30 - initial contact and minor mortar tactic discussion
**** Assault ****
1:00:35 - Planning an assault on a building
1:02:30 - tank buttoned vs unbuttoned
1:03:30 - Overwatch and building assault theory
1:05:10 - Overwatch options
1:07:40 - Assault timings
1:08:20 - Target light in an assault / friendly fire
1:10:25 - Giving commands for an Assault
1:11:30 - binoculars matter
1:12:25 - regrouping on waypoints
1:12:40 - line of sight from a waypoint
1:13:40 - Forcing the use of grenades (for building assault)
1:13:55 - The Pause command on a waypoint
1:14:40 - MG area suppression
1:18:05 - Reinforcements
1:18:30 - The tacAI cancelling orders
**** fighting through Bocage ****
1:20:20 (also 1:17:30) - Bailing out of a tank
1:22:30 - Tank turning speeds
1:23:50 - buddy aid
1:27:30 - the sounds of gunfire
1:28:20 - The pros and cons of a house
1:29:40 - targeting a unit
1:30:30 - blasting through bocage without engineers
1:31:30 - Ammo cookoff
1:32:40 - Direct fire mortars
1:32:40 - Cowering to break line of sight
1:34:30 - Enemy Artillery spotting rounds
1:35:25 - Scoot and shoot or firing limited smoke rounds
1:36:00 - Wind effects
1:39:00 - buddy aid
1:42:20 - buddy aid in action "medic"
1:43:50 - permanent morale and fitness penalties
1:46:15 - infantry screen for tanks theory
1:47:45 - trading and collecting ammo
1:49:30 - low hedges. Hedges tanks can cross
1:50:20 - more buddy aid
1:51:10 - the use of the hide command to break line of sight
1:53:10 - tank statistics - ammo/damage
1:53:30 - losing tracks (going slower reduces chances of throwing tracks)
1:54:10 - using enemy equipment. surrendering
1:55:15 - American doctrine for bocage assault
1:58:05 - Bocage assault in action
2:00:40 - Forcing the use of grenades
**** mopping up ****
2:01:40 - German infantry squads with MG42s
2:01:00 - 2:08:00 lull
2:08:00 - More bocage assault. The assault movement command
2:08:00 - Area fire
2:11:00 - Buttoning up tank commanders
2:12:20 - Buttoned up tank vs Panzershrek
2:14:30 - bailing out of tank
2:17:45 - committing reserves
2:17:50 - tanks on roads and mine concerns
2:19:30 - another example of overwatch maneuvor. How to choose your assault squad and overwatch squad
2:21:00 - Errant spotting rounds. calling for arty, then spotter dying.
2:24:10 - judging your opponent by incoming fire and fire superiority
2:26:20 - Buttoned up tank vs Panzershrek #2. Example of why tanks should not lead attacks
2:29:30 - Tank TacAI taking evasion moves
2:30:45 - recrewing a tank (can't recrew a different tank)
2:31:40 - buddy aid tip
2:32:15 - careful placement of waypoints near obstacles (bocage)
2:33:30 - surrender and objectives
2:35:30 - recrewing a tank
2:40:00 - semi-deployed machine guns
2:37:00 - After Action report screen

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[FenrirsWrath]

Thanks a lot for the video. It helped out immensely. I almost gave up on this game until I found your video. But any chance for a video of the first German campaign mission in Panzer Marsh? I am having great difficulties of spotting anything without casualties. I have been trying to use the slow and pause commands but still end up losing men once I actually spot a fox hole. If it's possible I would greatly appreciate it.

[marnoldster]

@FenrirsWrath You know what - I just did that mission myself the other night for the first time and also went terribly. I'm not really sure you're supposed to go very well - it's night, the amis are in foxholes behind bocage. I moved my infantry up to the bocage with cover arcs on so they wouldn't give themselves away. I even crawled the last few metres - and we were still spotted first and I lost most of my infantry.

I ended up giving up on it and exiting - the intel was still useful next map.

[jcmarinello]

wow! that was awesome, thanks!! as a new player I find the game pretty frustrating, since it's not that hard to learn the commands but it's really difficult to learn WWII combat tactics from scratch. This video really cover the grounds to start!!

[Gunboatjingoist]

Great info, Thanks.

[horsensscope]

Thanks for the great advice. Your tactics were flawless barring better mortar fire on that pesky AT gun. Your use of buddy aid was perfect. Bravo!

[miksulder]

Tactical strategy games are best genre

[Willam2]

Thanks! This was a big help to me, as a new player.

[EkajArmstro]

Amazing video!

[horsensscope]

Thanks for the great walk through. You know your stuff.

[1TTMR]

Great job, I'd love to see more AARs 

[plau011]

Great video and much thanks for putting it together! Lots of great tips and I found it pretty entertaining for being over 2 hours long.

[ss11955]

Tremendous job-----------thank you from a guy who really appreciates what guys like you are doing gratis !!!!!!!!! Jim

[R3NN11]

Hmm I learned allot of this video maybe I won't ragequit from campaigns anymore? lol

[triamp9]

Very useful, many thanks. I especially found the stringing orders together and use of the pause command very helpful.

[budos75]

excellent video, got some nice tips thanks! hope you do more cmbn...awesome game.