Campaign Series: East Front 1939-1941 Sneak Peeks, Coming Attractions, Work-in-progress

[Crossroads]

Panzer I flame-throwing unit:

ORIGINAL: DM729

A number of PzI A and B vehicles were modified to replace one MG with a flame projector fed from a small rectangular fuel tank on the engine deck.

[Crossroads]

PzKpfw III Ausf.F

ORIGINAL: DM729

Lots of work being done in the realm of the Panzer III. Proper gun mantlet and bow MG as well as experiments in cammo patterns while remaining true to the Panzergrau base.

Here is a look at the Ausf F variant so far:

[canuckgamer]

I still have my original East Front and West Front disks but haven't played in years having moved to the Combat Mission Series about 20 years ago. However I really like the look of the new terrain in the first two screenshots but not so much the legacy views. This looks like it has a lot of potential and will check in regularly to find out the progress.

[Crossroads]

From last week, actually:

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Here's the PzIII with 37mm main gun.

[Crossroads]

Enter the Sturm-Infanteriegeshutz 33B assault gun !!!

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The Sturm-Infanteriegeshutz 33B assault gun used at Stalingrad is a pretty cool little AFV. It never was truly represented in EF, its unit graphic was the same as the Brumbar StuPzIV.

I took the old graphic and turned it into a proper graphic for the StuIG33B.

Of the 24 units produced, 12 were lost at Stalingrad with all but one surviving the war and is now at Kubinka.

Let's blast some buildings!

[rmmwilg]

Guys, this looks great and looking forward to it coming to fruition.
Question: where can we post wish items for this and/or East Front III, etc.? I see a post called Wish List, but is that just for the previous JTCS?

[Jason Petho]

Here you go!

[rmmwilg]

ORIGINAL: Jason Petho

Here you go!

Awesome, tks [:)]

[Crossroads]

Oh wow, Don is back from the summer hols with more great tank designs

ORIGINAL: DM729

Another obscure and forgotten German tank, the Neubaufahrzeug was an interwar design which followed the brief trend of multi-turreted vehicles and saw action only during the campaign in Norway.

The original graphic for the game looks to have been created by combining a Soviet T-28 hull with a Panzer IVD turret.

Even though the unit never saw the Eastern Front, it still can be used for hypothetical scenarios.

I decided to create a more authentic graphic. This is still a work in progress but it is coming along nicely. Here is what I have so far:

[Crossroads]

And thar she blows!

ORIGINAL: DM729

The Neubaufahrzeug is finally up to snuff.

Lot's of crazy angles and detail to squeeze into a small space but I think she's ready to roll!

[Crossroads]

Latest from Don:

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Reporting in with the SdKfz 251/2 granatwerfer for mobile fire support!

A lit bit of mud splatter but pretty clean otherwise and enhanced mortar.

[Redmarkus5]

Definite sale here. Looking great.

[Tejszd]

Owned the original and looking forward to a newer version!

[Michael T]

I only just found out about this project. I used to play the original Talonsoft versions and then the Matrix version.

I then got the new JTS 'Panzer Battles' games Kursk and Normandy thinking they would be the natural successors to these older games. How disappointed I was. They pale to this game, and that is being kind.

So to stumble upon this project, a new and enhanced, and true to the predecessor version of the series is exciting news. Looking forward to it.

[Jason Petho]

That's great, Michael!

We're working on Vietnam at the moment, you can follow along here: Campaign Series Vietnam forum


We also released Middle East a few years ago, you can read about it in this thread Campaign Series Middle East. The Middle East version will be updated to the Vietnam standards after Vietnam is released.

Thank you for your support!
Jason Petho

[Rake]

ORIGINAL: MrRoadrunner

Hate to say it, but I prefer the "legacy" look of the maps above. The "new" look just looks washed out and too "Panzer Generalish" for me.

RR

I'm a little late to the party; it has been a while since I've been on this forum. While the 2D map views look excellent, I agree with RR. I much prefer the legacy 3D. I know these are alpha pics, but that's my nsho. Hope it won't be too difficult to mod if this is what the release looks like.

Still, looking forward to this release... adaptive AI looks incredible.

[Jason Petho]

The 3D will be completely redone by the new artist, he's quite busy with Vietnam at the moment.

Those are outdated 3D screenshots that were done by the old artist.

[demyansk]

Looking forward to Vietnam

[Crossroads]

Haven't posted here for a while... Here's the latest from Don:

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After struggling with this one for a couple weeks, I think I have begun to get the little guy to look a lot better.

Early War MG Kraftwagen Kfz 13

More to come and a desert model too.

[Crossroads]

Here's the vehicle in a pic. Must confess I was not aware of this particular armored fighting vehicle...

ORIGINAL: DM729

Currently working on the Maschinengewehrkraftwagen Adler Kfz.13.

It's a small graphic but I think I can squeeze some more detail out of it.

Stay tuned.