STEEL PANTHERS II

UK MOB file by Mark Gallear

The organization and equipment was fully revised for historical accuracy and has original colour LBM illustrations. This army list was designed to be compatible with the standard game MOBs.

STEEL PANTHERS: WORLD AT WAR

Matrix Games - Makers of SPWAW

This game is a free download or can be bought commercially with a number of Megacampaigns.

Normandy GOLD Readme

by Mark Gallear

The readme file describes in detail all ten battles in the Normandy Gold Campaign. The campaign was included in the game but readme was never released with it. All the battles in the campaign are historical and include the landings on Gold Beach and the battle at Villers Bocage. The Readme describes what happened in each battle.

British OOB

by Mark Gallear and Stuart Millis

The file contains three OOBs, - one designed to be backwards compatible with scenarios and campaigns. This list is currently been edited by Matrix to be totally compatible and will be included in later versions of the game. Original LBM pic files were created to illustrate the game's Encyclopedia.

The other two are fully revised and contain many new troop and equipment types. It comes in pre Sept and Post Sept 1944, so that Sherman Firefly tank can be modeled with and without HE rounds. These OOBs give the most realistic encounter battles and player generated campaigns possible.

German M1944 Uniform

by Mark Gallear

Uniform variant introduced just before D-Day, many sources claim it was rarely worn in practice but some Normandy pictures show it been worn even by SS units.

Breville (Historical Battle) June 12 1944 by Mark Gallear

Unusual night attack by British troops on fortified village. Suitable for play in either direction and for 2 player games.

Polar Bears (Historical Operation 10 battles) June/July 1944

by Mark Gallear

British Polar Bear's Division campaign to take the area around Fontenay Le Pesnel against fanatical SS Hitler Jugend and well-equipped Panzer Lehr Division. Best played as British but has been used for 2 player e-mail games!

COMBAT MISSION: BARBAROSSA TO BERLIN

(COMBAT MISSION 2)

CMBB is a new game that comes in two slightly different versions - the US version directly from Battlefront and a European version, which is being distributed through shops by the German Company - CDV.

Both versions to some extent suffer from censorship and a dumbing down of historical iconic symbols. I find the argument that symbols such as the Swastika or SS runes cannot be portrayed as they could corrupt the young, to be more than ridiculous. I think we should be and need to be reminded of the horrors of war that occurred on the Eastern Front and the struggle for power between Nazism, Communism and Italian Fascism, even in as poor a format as the computer game for doing this. The original aim of this section of the site was to restore these "offensive" historical reminders.

The other reasons for the difference between the two versions was that an earlier beta version of the game was issued in Europe and because of the size of the copy protection on the European version they couldn't get all the game files on the CD!

Battlefront kept the promise it made on its forum and put back all the missing BMPs and did this with the release of the 1.01 patch, which includes the US version of the icon bar.

By downloading the files on this site and the other linked sites you should be able to get back to the US standard. Even the version from the "land of the free" has had the historically accuracy of certain graphically files "dumbed down". I have tried to host mods that counteract this trend.

The 1.03 Patch is now out and the game is maturing and settling down. Although you will still find grumblers on the Battlefront forum. My coverage of CM 2 has increased and I now have a scenarios section for my designs and a separate page giving pointers on making graphically mods and the start of a page discussing tactics how for CM two player.

Scenario Icon Bars

Vapaudenristi Icon Bar

The first Icon bar created to redo the dumbed down German Icons.

(I have revised it to put the Italian Icon where it should be for Italian Ski Troops. The original CMBB icons used a Romanian Icon by mistake.)

Blaine "von Lucke" Rexford Scenario Icon Bar

Von Lucke noticed that you could use a different icon for each different unit type portrayed in the game and then created some original Axis Icons. A very original idea that is a must have.

Now updated to correct the Italian ski mistake and uses the Balkankreuz for the German Infantry.

Iron Cross motif scenario icons by Mark Gallear

It uses an Iron Cross Second Class with Ribbon for the German infantry, for fans of a certain movie. Uses a different icon for every different German and Russian unit type.

Final Version Dec 04 2002

The "Grog" Scenario icons by Mark Gallear

It uses actual badges from each service type such as the Infantry Assault Badge for German infantry.

For those people that just know that the anti-partisan badge is a dagger with snakes at its feet in a circle of oak leaves, even in glorious 20 x 20 pixels!

Final Version Dec 04 2002

Files that correct historical inaccuracies in both versions.

Italian Hidden Unit Icons by Philippe Divine

Based on period Fascist posters can be adopted to CMAK by changing the file name.

Historical Polish Flag Set by Mark Gallear

Features National Flag with Piast Eagle without crown used under the communists, alternative Battle Flag used on Eastern Front and hidden unit icon - properly mirrored and without crown

DEFINITIVE SWASTIKA PACK_JUJU

Sheps Flag Pack

Flag pack based on the flags in Jujus Swastika pack and made to match. By Ryan Crierie with help by Juju. Has Juju's base flag to create new flag mods. I removed the Swastika pack - download it separately.

Schoerner Font Mod 1.1

Gives some of the game lettering a period German look.

For CMBB and CMAK.

Other files to restore the CDV version to the US standard.

(Some are for different European Languages.)

SCENARIOS

CHARGE OF THE ELEPHANTS

German assault with the new Ferdinand (Elephant) SP Gun in the opening phase of Kursk. Play first from the German point of view with the scenario default Russian setup.

By Mark Gallear, with thanks to Eden Smallwood (the Hollywood actor - Star Trek XI!) for game testing and editing the briefs.

File Date: Feb 02 2003

WITTMANN'S CROSS OF IRON

Small and quick game set in early part of war based on the events, which led to tank ace Michael Wittmann getting his first Iron Cross.

The hardest scenario for me to design so far! I had considerable difficulty getting the play balance right and correctly portraying the different troop qualities of the SS and Russian troops at this stage of the war. I aggravated all the testers by redoing it over and over again.

By Mark Gallear, with thanks to Brian Martuzas and Carl Nogueira - both ex-Squad Leader designers and Chris Martino for testing.

File Date: June 12 2003

HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION

Large scenario set in October 1941, based on historical events described in General Guderian's Panzer Leader. Lieutenant Dimitry Lavrinenko impresses the German general with his use of the T-34 and is later posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his part in the defence of Moscow.

By Mark Gallear, with thanks to Brian Martuzas and Carl Nogueira - both ex-Squad Leader designers and Schoerner for testing.

File Date: October 12 2003

THE ROAD TO MINSK

Huge Operation game with 9 games of 30 turns. The assault phase of Operation Bagration in June 1944. Play from the Soviet point of view with scenario default for both sides.

I designed it on a PII 400mhz but you really need something with more muscle to play it or it will be SLOW for the AI to do a turn.

By Mark Gallear, with special thanks to Brian Martuzas an ex-Avalon Hill Squad Leader designer who put a lot of work into testing it.

File Date: April 21 2003

RETURN TO BORISOV

Operation game with 7 battles of 20+ turns. Carries the action on from "The Road To Minsk" with the breakthrough stage of Operation Bagration in June/July 1944.

Play from the either sides point of view. Has been tested for two player for a large e-mail campaign.

The map is based on a number of unpublished Advanced Squad Leader maps that were to be used for games set in the Borisov region.

By Mark Gallear and Brian Martuzas an ex-Avalon Hill Squad Leader designer, with Carl Nogueira another Advanced Squad Leader designer who putt in a lot of work testing it. Special thanks to Carl for sending the maps all the way to the UK from the US.

File Date: Sept 15, 2003

GHOSTS OF NAPOLEON

Large Operation game with 8 playable battles of 20+ turns. Depicts the battle during Barbarossa for the bridges at Borisov, which Napoleon's men had retreated across in 1812. The German Panzers would meet the T-34 for the first time.

Best played singly from the German point of view. Has been tested for two player for a large e-mail campaign.

The game map uses all the unpublished Advanced Squad Leader maps that were to be used for games set in the Borisov region.

By Mark Gallear and Brian Martuzas an ex-Avalon Hill Squad Leader designer, with Carl Nogueira another Advanced Squad Leader designer for testing it. Special thanks to Carl for sending the maps all the way to the UK from the US.

File Date: May 23, 2004

COMBAT MISSION AFRIKA KORPS

Historical German National War Flag, 1935 (Reichskriegsflagge) by Mark Gallear

Original US version Scenario Icon graphic for those with European CDV version - no "WG" here.

The "Grog" Scenario icons for CMAK by Mark Gallear.

It uses actual badges from each service type such as the Infantry Assault Badge for German infantry.

Dirty Marks CMAK

Grog Scen Icon.zip

Alternative Italian Hidden Unit Icon by SpadeRunner

This program by Schoerner removes the unhistorical "WG" from the English (and probably French) language CDV version of CM3 (CMAK).

Battlefront advises players to use the US Patch, which removes the WG.

This program by Schoerner removes the unhistorical "WG" from the German CDV version of CM3 (CMAK).

Dieser (Memory)-Patch hebt die Zensur der Waffen-SS Einheiten in der CDV-Version auf!

SCENARIOS

STEAMROLLER FARM

Small historical scenario, play single-player as British with stick to scenario default placements for Germans.

Full historical brief of what happened in the battle for Steamroller Farm from the British point of view. Play the game and test yourself against history!

By Mark Gallear with testing by Michael Keating.

File Date: Feb 05 2004

THE LION OF CAPUZZO

German tank ace Kümmel gets the Knights Cross and his nickname the Der Löwe von Capuzzo for stopping a British attack at Fort Capuzzo during the Battleaxe Operation in June 1941.

By Mark Gallear with testing by James Morton, Corey Walker and everbody at the Proving Grounds.

File Date: May 24 2005

OPERATION HUSKY

Operation game with 7 battles of 15 turns.

Follows the allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 at Gela. Pits Darby's Rangers and the 1st Infantry Division against Hermann Göring Panzer Division and the Italian Livorno Division.

By Brian Martuzas and Mark Gallear.

File Date: May 30 2005