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Here is a question for you. WOT? NO FACTORIES? I for one will miss them.

Got mine this morning, did'nt know it was shipping early so you could have knocked me down with a feather when I opened it. One problem though, Cant play the game till tonight, got to go to work. HI HO HI HO ITS OFF TO WORK I GO.........

Ballyclare,Northern Ireland.

You Gotta love those pith helmets!!! Like Gunner Sugden from "It Aint Half Hot Mum"!!!! Shoulders back lovely boy.

Just finished second op. Breath-taking terrain, lots of room to manovure, tough, very tough. Thank god mother nature was on my side and gave me early morning fog or else things might have gone a bit pear-shaped! Can't wait for A2 or for that matter fighting over the old Crimean war sights. Keep up the good work! Fitz

The only German penal unit That I know of was the 999 leichte Afrika-division. The troops were made up of men who had been court-martialed for minor offences such as black market activities. The officers and nco's were all hand picked. The division consisted of 2, possibly 3 motorised infantry regiments Afrika-schutzenregiments 961,962 and possibly 963, an artillery regiment and an engineer battalion, both numbered 999. The disiciplinary soldiers wore no insignia, i.e. no breast and cap eagles, collar-patches or shoulder straps. they even wore plain belt-buckles. The division served in Tunisia. For those of us in yhe UK its quite ironic that a penal division was numbered 999! Sources-"The Armies of Rommel" by George Forty, "The German Armies of 1939-1945(2) North Africa & Balkans" by nigel Thomas Cheers Fitz

I am at the moment having an Italian operation playtested in which I have included some CVs for the Italian troops. My question is did the Italians actually use these tankettes in Russia. Some of the websites I have read say yes, others say that the Italians only had L6/40s and Semoventis. Can any one provide conclusive proof one way or the other? I want my operation to be as accurate as possible. Cheers Fitz

Andrew I am sending some stuff to you know. I hope you get it. Some websites to check are web page [url=http://www.commandosupremo.com] I can't wait to see the finished product! On Bersaglieri they were basically light infantry attached to cavalry and armoured divisions. For transportation they used lorries,motor bikes and bicycles. Fitz [ May 20, 2003, 07:24 PM: Message edited by: fitz ]

Axis Minors! Nice one! I've started some Mods for Italian troops, not nearly as good as yours. Do you want me to send you some examples with different Divisional patches etc? Say for the Blackshirt Troops or for the Novarra Lancers. Ill only promise to send them if you dont laugh at my pitiful attempt at modding.

Andrew, great work as usual! Whats next on your to do list? Not that i'm being nosey our anything! Fitz

Tooz, its winging its way to you now. Let me know how you get on. Cheers Fitz

Is there any way to pre-set damage to buildings (other than destroyed) in the map editor? I want to simulate an air raid on a city and have large areas with rubble/craters, but those buildings still standing look too untouched. Cheers Fitz

Date 20/10/41 Size Huge Terrain Mixed Rural Region South This is a semi-historical operation of 8 battles each 25+ turns. Made for Axis v AI with AI on default set up. It involves a reinforced Italian Mech Inf. battallion attacking Soviets during their drive for the city of Stalino. Includes river crossing. This is my first operation design so please be gentle with me! Any advice warmly received. Version 1.02 only Cheers Fitz

Got my copy today. Lovely Jubbley!

Anybody know any English language sites on Italian WW2 uniforms and organisation? Cheers Fitz