Steven's Balagan
  • Military History
    • Blog
    • Luso-Spanish (Iberian)
    • Arab-Israeli
    • New Zealand
    • 240-20 BC Rise of Rome
    • 406-711 Fall of Rome
    • 711-1492 Reconquista
    • 1492-1648 New World
      • Brazil
      • Ceylon
      • Japan
      • Mexico
      • New Mexico
    • 1494-1559 Italian Wars
    • 1568-1648 Eighty Years War
    • 1618-48 Thirty Years War
    • 1700-14 War of Spanish Succession
    • 1808-14 Peninsular War
    • 1810-25 Liberators
    • 1826-34 Portugal's Liberal Wars
    • 1833-76 Carlist Wars
    • 1833-40 First Carlist War
    • 1845-72 New Zealand Colonial Wars
    • 1846-49 2nd Carlist War
    • 1859-60 Spanish-Moroccan War
    • 1872-76 Third Carlist War
    • 1884-1917 Angola
    • 1898 Spanish American War
    • 1893-1927 Campaigns in the Rif
    • 1914-18 WW1 (Portugal)
    • 1936-39 Spanish Civil War
    • 1939-45 WWII
      • Spain
      • New Zealand
      • French Expeditionary Corps
      • Transjordanian Arab Legion
      • Battles & Campaigns
      • Books and Memoirs
      • Tactics and Facts
      • Painting Guides
    • 1948-now Arab-Israeli Wars
    • 1948 Arab-Israeli War
    • 1948-now Arab-Israeli (Counter) Insurgency
    • 1956 Arab-Israeli War
    • 1956-76 Spanish Sahara
    • 1961-74 Portuguese Colonial War
    • 1967 Arab-Israeli War
    • 1973 Arab-Israeli War
    • 1982 First Lebanon War
  • Wargaming
    • Blog
    • Campaigns
    • Cold War Commander
    • Commands & Colors
    • Crossfire
    • DBx
    • Engle Matrix Games
    • Field of Glory (FoG)
    • Liberators QPR
    • Megablitz
    • Modelling
    • Shako
    • Twilight of the Sun-King
    • Two Hour Wargames
    • Warmaster Historical
  • RPG
    • Fudge
    • Fate
    • Place of Reeds
  • Recipes
    • Measurements
    • Soups
    • Starters
    • Fish
    • Chicken
    • Meat
    • Vegetable
    • Salads
    • Sauces
    • Bread
    • Pancakes
    • Sweets
    • Menus
    • Drinks
  • Software Development
    • Blog
    • Agile
    • Ruby on Rails
  • Balagan?
  • Contact
  • Site Map

Wargaming | Crossfire | Musing
Musing on Shooting in Crossfire

Posted 21 Feb 2001

I've a bunch of observations and potential special rules related to shootiing in Crossfire:

  • Ammunition Supply
  • Bazookas versus Structures
  • Boring Fire Fights
  • Close Support Infantry Guns
  • Direct Fire Mortars
  • Gun versus Arm Matrix
  • HMG versus Armour
  • No Fire
  • Platoon Commanders (PC) for Machine guns
  • Platoon Line of Fire
  • Ranges
  • Shelling in Woods and Wood Splinters
  • Stand Width
  • Vehicle mounted Flame Throwers

Musing

  • Ground Scale
  • Time & Clocks
  • Basing
  • Points System
  • Unit IDs
  • Command Control
    • Campaign rules and group morale
    • Company Sized Group Moves
    • Fighting the 1000 Foot General
    • Hidden Deployment
    • Hidden Movement ("Ghosts")
    • Morale and Training
    • Multi-Player
    • Night Fighting
    • Political Cooperation
    • Stand Width
    • Stand Width and Buildings
  • Troop Types
    • Airborne Troops
    • Aircraft
    • Anti-tank guns
    • Armoured Infantry
    • Assault Rifles
    • Cavalry
    • Commissars
    • Morale and Training
    • Platoon Commanders (PC) for Machine guns
    • Snipers
    • Soft Skinned Vehicles
    • Waterborne Troops
  • Vehicles
    • 2d6 Armour Rules
    • Armoured Infantry
    • Anti-tank guns
    • Gun versus Arm Matrix
    • HMG versus Armour
    • Random Tanks
    • Rolling for Vehicles actions
    • Soft Skinned Vehicles
    • Unlimited actions for Vehicles
    • Vehicle mounted Flame Throwers
  • Shooting
    • Ammunition Supply
    • Bazookas versus Structures
    • Boring Fire Fights
    • Close Support Infantry Guns
    • Direct Fire Mortars
    • Gun versus Arm Matrix
    • HMG versus Armour
    • No Fire
    • Low Fire
    • Platoon Commanders (PC) for Machine guns
    • Platoon Line of Fire
    • Ranges
    • Shelling in Woods and Wood Splinters
    • Stand Width
    • Vehicle mounted Flame Throwers
    • Visibility with Different Terrain and Troop Profiles
  • Terrain
    • Bocage, Hedges and Walls
    • Crossing Rivers
    • Minefields
    • Open Terrain
    • Sewers
    • Trench Warfare
    • Western Desert
    • Stalingrad Factory
  • Converting from other Game Systems
    • Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
    • AK47
    • I Ain't Been Shot Mum (IABSM)
    • Rapid Fire
  • Rules Ian Hayward Missed
  • Daniele Varelli's House Rules
  • Korean War
  • Crossfire 1914
  • Science Fiction Variant
  • v2 wish list

Crossfire

  • House Rules
    • Types of Terrain Feature
    • Basing
    • Unit Identification
    • Markers: Objective, Status, Hidden
    • Crossfire Box
    • Data Sheets (PDF)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Scenarios
    • Guidelines
      • General Guidelines
      • River Crossings
      • Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
      • AK47
      • I Ain't Been Shot Mum (IABSM)
      • Rapid Fire
    • For Novices
    • 2 Foot City
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • 2 companies a side
    • 2-3 companies a side
    • The 'Old Chapel'
    • Battle of Sitno
    • Posición Navarro / Volkhov Bridgehead
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Krasny Bor / "Black Wednesday" Multiplayer
      • Phase 1
      • Phase 2
    • Ponyri Station and Hill 253.5 Multiplayer
      • Map of Ponyri
    • 3rd Battle of Kharkov
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • 92nd Naval "The Sea Devils"
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Armour Fest
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Defence in Depth
    • Kodorov
      • Scenario
      • BattleReport
    • Mekensievy-Gory - Sharp shooting PAKs
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Road to Kamenets-Podosk
    • Russian Scouts
    • Sewers of Budapest
    • SU-76 "Colombina" in action
    • SU-76i in 1902nd SAP
    • Tarnopol: Russian Recce
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Tarnopol: Push to the City
    • Tarnopol: SU-152s up close and personal
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Tarnopol: Battle Group Friebe
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Tarnopol: Breakout
    • The Storch
    • Papa Eicke
    • Zerstorer
    • Assault on Tobruk
    • Astrang Crossings
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Race Through Normandy Campaign
      • Rules
      • Orbat
    • Operation 'Greif' - The Battle for Malmedy
      • Scenario
      • Battle Report
    • Ranville and Orne River Bridge
    • St Aubin-sur-Mer
    • Rhine Crossing
      • Introduction
      • Operation Widgeon
      • Scots Plunder
      • Rhine Crossing ala Rapid Fire
      • Operation "Link Up"
    • Campaigns and Multiplayer
      • No-mans land Campaign
      • "Race for ... X" Campaign
      • Race Through Normandy Campaign
        • Rules
        • Orbat
      • Kursk 3 Round Campaign
      • Tarnopol
        • 3 Round Campaign
        • Russian Recce
          • Scenario
          • Battle Report
        • Push to the City
        • SU-152s up close and personal
          • Scenario
          • Battle Report
        • Battle Group Friebe
          • Scenario
          • Battle Report
        • Breakout
        • Matrix Campaign
      • Pocket Multiplayer
        • North Table
        • South Table
        • West Table
      • Krasny Bor / "Black Wednesday" Multiplayer
        • Phase 1
        • Phase 2
      • Ponyri Station and Hill 253.5 Multiplayer
        • Map of Ponyri
      • Rhine Crossing Multiplayer
        • Introduction
        • Operation Widgeon
        • Scots Plunder
        • Rhine Crossing ala Rapid Fire
        • Operation "Link Up"
      • Crossfire Umpire Ploys
      • World Crossfire Day (Campaign) Game 8
    • Hit the Dirt
      • Recon Before Pontecorvo
    • Various Ideas
  • Variants
    • Tupara: New Zealand Wars Variant
    • Fuego Cruzado: Variant for Spain's Wars
      • House Rules
      • Order of Battle
        • Generic
        • Nationalist
        • Paramilitary
        • Republication
      • Scenarios
        • 45 Pesetas
        • Andalusian Motorcade
          • Battle Report
        • Counter-Attack on Mérida
        • Tank attack at Seseña
        • University City 1: Hall of Philosophy and Letters
        • Moroccan Knives
          • Battle Report
        • Carabanchel
          • Battle Reports Summary
            • Battle Report 1
            • Battle Report 2
        • Ring of Iron
      • Steven's 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán
    • Fogo Cruzado: Portuguese Colonial War Variant
    • Arab-Israeli Variant
      • House Rules
      • Datasheets
      • 1948-49 Scenarios
  • Steven's Units / Galleries
    • Spanish/German Grenadier Battalion
    • Russian Rifle Battalion
    • Russian Naval Infantry Battalion
    • 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán
    • Ian Galley's Gallery
    • Shed Gallery
  • Order of Battle
    • RB Oct 1941 - Jun 1942
    • RD Apr - Jun 1941
    • RD Jul - Sep 1941
    • RD Oct - Nov 1941
    • RD Dec 1941 - Feb 1942
  • Map Making (CC2 Pro)
  • Musings
    • Ground Scale
    • Time & Clocks
    • Basing
    • Points System
    • Unit IDs
    • Command Control
      • Campaign rules and group morale
      • Company Sized Group Moves
      • Fighting the 1000 Foot General
      • Hidden Deployment
      • Hidden Movement ("Ghosts")
      • Morale and Training
      • Multi-Player
      • Night Fighting
      • Political Cooperation
      • Stand Width
      • Stand Width and Buildings
    • Troop Types
      • Airborne Troops
      • Aircraft
      • Anti-tank guns
      • Armoured Infantry
      • Assault Rifles
      • Cavalry
      • Commissars
      • Morale and Training
      • Platoon Commanders (PC) for Machine guns
      • Snipers
      • Soft Skinned Vehicles
      • Waterborne Troops
    • Vehicles
      • 2d6 Armour Rules
      • Armoured Infantry
      • Anti-tank guns
      • Gun versus Arm Matrix
      • HMG versus Armour
      • Random Tanks
      • Rolling for Vehicles actions
      • Soft Skinned Vehicles
      • Unlimited actions for Vehicles
      • Vehicle mounted Flame Throwers
    • Shooting
      • Ammunition Supply
      • Bazookas versus Structures
      • Boring Fire Fights
      • Close Support Infantry Guns
      • Direct Fire Mortars
      • Gun versus Arm Matrix
      • HMG versus Armour
      • No Fire
      • Low Fire
      • Platoon Commanders (PC) for Machine guns
      • Platoon Line of Fire
      • Ranges
      • Shelling in Woods and Wood Splinters
      • Stand Width
      • Vehicle mounted Flame Throwers
      • Visibility with Different Terrain and Troop Profiles
    • Terrain
      • Bocage, Hedges and Walls
      • Crossing Rivers
      • Minefields
      • Open Terrain
      • Sewers
      • Trench Warfare
      • Western Desert
      • Stalingrad Factory
    • Converting from other Game Systems
      • Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
      • AK47
      • I Ain't Been Shot Mum (IABSM)
      • Rapid Fire
    • Rules Ian Hayward Missed
    • Daniele Varelli's House Rules
    • Korean War
    • Crossfire 1914
    • Science Fiction Variant
    • v2 wish list
  • Sources

See Also

  • 1893-1927 Campaigns in the Rif
    • Timeline
      • First Rif War
      • Second Rif War
      • Third Rif War
    • Order of Battle
    • Painting Guide
    • 15mm Figures
      • Converting Ansar to Riffi
    • Wargaming Rules
    • Biographies
    • Geography
    • SOTCW
    • John Arnall
    • Sources
  • 1914-18 WW1 (Portugal)
  • 1936-39 Spanish Civil War
    • Timeline: La Marcha / Drive on Madrid
    • Order of Battle
      • Weapons
    • Painting Guide
      • Nationalist (also Pre-War)
      • Moroccan
      • Paramilitary
      • Republican
    • Wargaming Figures
      • Peter Pig
      • Which figures to use for what
      • The Late Queen
      • Regulares with Fez
      • Vehicles
    • Wargaming Rules
    • Ebro Offensive
    • Sources
  • 1939-45 WWII
    • Spain
      • 250th Blue Division
        • Timeline
        • Painting Guide
        • Order of Battle
        • Battle of Krasny Bor
        • Golpe de Mano
      • German Service
      • French Service
      • Soviet Service
      • British Service
      • American Service
      • Sources
    • New Zealand
      • Timeline
      • 2 NZ Division
        • River Sangro and Orsogna
        • Rimini Airfield
        • Order of Battle
        • Painting Guide
        • Vehicle Camouflage
      • Long Range Desert Group
      • Sources
    • French Expeditionary Corps
      • Order of Battle
      • 15mm Figures
      • Crossfire
      • Uniform Guide
      • Sources
    • Transjordanian Arab Legion
    • Battles & Campaigns
      • Arnhem
      • Krasny Bor
      • Meuse
      • Ponyri Station
        • Timeline
        • German Order of Battle
        • Sources
      • Soviet Far East
      • Moscow
        • Timeline
        • Order of Battle
        • Geography
        • Sources
      • Stalingrad
        • Timeline
        • Order of Battle
        • Tactics
        • Geography
        • Sources
      • Tarnopol
        • Timeline
        • Order of Battle
    • Books and Memoirs
      • Bessonov - Tank Rider
      • Bidermann - In Deadly Combat
      • Braithwaite - Moscow 1941
      • Erickson - Road to Stalingrad
      • Hills - By Tank into Normandy
      • Moniushko - From Leningrad To Hungary
      • Medley - Five days to live
      • Swaab - Field of Fire
    • Tactics and Facts
      • Anti-Tank Guns
      • Artillery Tactics
      • Human Mine Sweepers
      • Infantry Anti-tank Weapons
      • Infantry, Armoured
      • Infantry Formations
      • Infantry Unit Frontages
      • Motorcycle Troops
      • National Attributes
      • Russian 45mm Anti-tank Gun
      • Russian Lend Lease Valentines
      • Russian Naval Infantry
      • Russian SU76i
      • Tank Close Combat
      • Tank Firing Main Gun and Machine Guns
      • Tanks, Light
      • Tank Schürzen or Side Skirts
      • Tanks Reversing
      • Urban Combat
      • What Weapons When
    • Painting Guides
      • Russian Infantry
      • Russian Naval Infantry
      • Spanish Blue Division / Early-Mid War Germans
      • German Tanks
      • Fallschirmjaeger
      • Kiwi / British Mediterranean
      • Kiwi Vehicle Camouflage in WW2
    • Wargaming Rules
  • 1948-now Arab-Israeli Wars
    • Timeline
    • Israeli Armed Forces
    • Israeli Formations
    • Israeli Ranks
    • Painting Guide
    • Infiltration and Insurgency
    • Weapons and Vehicles
    • Flags
    • Soviet Order of Battle and Doctrine
    • Bibliography
  • 1948 Arab-Israeli War
    • Timeline
    • 15mm Figures
    • Arab Order of Battle
    • Israeli Order of Battle
  • 1948-now Arab-Israeli (Counter) Insurgency
  • 1956 Arab-Israeli War
    • Timeline
    • Egyptian Order of Battle
    • Israeli Order of Battle
    • Scenarios
  • 1956-76 Spanish Sahara
    • Timeline
    • Order of Battle
    • Sources
  • 1961-74 Portuguese Colonial War
    • Timeline
    • Protagonists
    • Geography
    • Way of War
    • Order of Battle
      • Portuguese
      • PAIGC
      • FRELIMO
      • UPA / FNLA
      • MPLA
      • UNITA
    • Painting Guide
    • 15mm Figures
      • Portuguese Machine Guns
    • Rules
    • Steven's Portuguese
    • Steven's Insurgents
    • Animal Blinds
    • Unit IDs
    • Siege of Guidaje
    • Sources
  • 1967 Arab-Israeli War
    • Jordanian Order of Battle
    • Israeli Order of Battle
  • 1973 Arab-Israeli War
  • 1982 First Lebanon War
    • Timeline
    • Protagonists
    • Arab Order of Battle
    • Israeli Order of Battle
    • Tactical Observations
    • Scenarios

Home | Military History | Wargaming | Recipe | Software Development | Balagan? | Contact | Sitemap

Copyright 2001-2012 Steven Thomas. All rights reserved.
.