Great video AAR as usual! Thanks for doing them!
I have played this map as PBEM as both the scenario and as a quick battle. I found the scenario (where you have a fairly decent Russian force, but are facing a very high percentage of American AFV's with APS) to be extremely tough as the Russians. I successfully set two ambushes with recon troops where I caught Bradleys and Abrams from the rear with RPG-7's and RPG-26's, and all my men were promptly mowed down with nothing to show. I found getting my reinforcements forward was very difficult as well. Trying to coordinate two anti-tank teams to fire at the same time to overcome APS is nearly impossible.
As a quick battle, I was defending as the Americans against Russians with 25% bonus. My opponent only bought a company of T-90s, and primarily relied on attack helicopters, artillery and ATGMs to whittle down my defending Abrams. This approach worked quite well, even though he took fairly high casualties. I unwisely went for more tanks without APS, but should have gone with fewer, even better tanks.
I feel that Russian tanks should generally avoid Abrams unless they can be close and in terrain where they can surprise the Americans (namely urban or heavy woods). While I love CMBS, I'm looking forward to the scrappier, but still modern forces in CMSFII. I recently played a crummy Ukrainians vs crummy Ukrainians QB that was a really fun force mix.
