rune

Sammy, you are taking one Army and applying to the world, it just doesn't work that way. The US Army was much different then others, for example, more wheeled transports then the Russian or German Army. Ditto for radios. I know it is a wish list, and it doesn't hurt to have things you want added to the game. just don't assume what is good for one army will work in the game for all armies. Rune

Here you see the Russian Commander had no radio. In fact, during the battle, multiple times he had to run back and forth to his tank support to tell them what to do. With two of my platoons, I came through to the opposite side of the village and took the German trenches that were already empty. That night battle has imprinted itself deep into my memory. We fought off German counterattacks until sunrise. I had no communications with neither the company commander nor Vjunov's platoon. I didn't even know where they were. A machine-gun platoon commander Lieutenant Alexander Guschenkov noticed the direction of my attack. He didn't get confused in the middle of that nightmare and came to our aid. With two crews of "Maxim" machine-guns he took the position on the unprotected right flank of my platoons. They were of the great help to us. The other two companies of our battalion fought on the left flank. The third platoon from our company was also somewhere there. As I remember, there were no less than 15 German "Tiger" tanks. The number of infantry I could not determine because of the darkness. And only three T-34-85 tanks supported me. Their crews were rookies, and it was their first battle. They fired rarely, fearing that the German tanks would detect them by their muzzle flashes. When houses began to burn, they tried to move farther away into the darkness. Their retreat although shortl had a bad effect on my soldiers most of whom were rookies too. Even veterans were nervous beyond the normal but they held on and kept firing. But everyone was glancing back at the tanks, fearing that the tanks would abandon us retreating to the rear. Therefore I had to run to the tanks and stop them if they moved too far away, forcing them to get closer to us. From time to time I also had to run and see how Gushenkov was doing on my right flank and then return to my soldiers. This was January 1945, and still no radios. The gentleman's name was Evgeni Bessonov, and he was the acting company commander, and even at that level, no radio. Rune

Here is the standard Commonwealth radio, not sure if the Canadians used it in numbers, maybe one of the guys can answer. Wireless Set No. 18 was a man pack transmitter/receiver developed in 1940. Use: portable man pack for short range communication in forward areas between Battalion HQ and Company HQ. Frequency range 6-9MHz. MO control. RF output 0.25W. R/T, CW. Range up to 10 miles. No. 68 Set is similar but with different frequency range. Standard WW2 set. 10 miles is a bit hopeful. Rune

At the outbreak of war with Finland, Soviet radio drill and equipment lagged only a little behind that of the French, English, and Americans. But this situation quickly deteriorated after the German invasion, and by 1942 radio communication within the Red Army was appalling and abysmal, and would improve only slightly throughout the war. Two of the reasons for this fall from grace were, first, the lack of any Soviet telecommunications industry, and second, Stalin's orders that restricted all "unnecessary" information to Soviet ground troops. There is one piece. In reality, it is the reason early tankers had flags to give commands...No radios. Radios were so unreliable, that phone booths were used....field telephones. Wire was laid down by the miles to keep units in communication. Only worked until the wire was cut by enemy artillery. The runner system was used by all armies. Worked well for the british when the radio were sent with the wrong crystal to Arnhem. Problems with WWII radios included that they were line of sight, easily jammed or blocked by terrain, and big and bulky. Yes, when they worked they increased communications greatly, but do NOT assume they worked all the time or they were reliable. Rune

It is not a joke. Rune

Benpark, But then you would have to deal with the scroll of NDA and other things...besides, this big mean bouncer guy may even come to your house...and he is scary. Much safer just sending me the computer. Rune

Send me the Intel dual boot mac, and I will test for you. Rune

Won't happen...the time spent creating a demo can be better spent fixing issues. It is why there are closed betas. Rune

It is an option, I usually play with them on. Friendly/Enemy Rune

HMm...then I have to give NG Cavscout his choice? ewwwwwwwwwwww Rune

One true thing...I do have 2 bottles of booze awaiting NG Cavscout and Bugged. Bugged, did you want the scotch or the Irish Whiskey? Rune

Guys, It is all over for Syria. I just found on MSNBC: As questions lingered over the cease-fire, Finland said Friday it would send up to 250 peacekeepers, but they would not be deployed until November. What chance does Syria have with 250 ewoks armed with toothpicks on its border? Rune

Mace , I see the Aussie government is tracking down your offspring. My condolences... From CNN: SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian scientists have called on the country's farmers to report any ugly sheep found in their flocks. Rune

But who is older, Victor McLaglen or Joebob Shaw ? Rune

bump for those that haven't replied yet. Rune

Emrys , did you email your reply? See the TOW forum if you have time from your retirement and reminiscing on the good old days when you fought with dinosaurs for your meals. Rune

Stoat, you reject from a yugo factory, obviously you are a newbie, as anyone can tell you how I delayed CMBO, CMBB and CMAK by breaking them again and again. I did the same with dropteam and almost every game released here. Did you fix it? Or did it not occur to your lone cell that maybe, just maybe, you should do the right thing? MLS beating Chelsea... I was upstairs with some soccer people doing a referee assessment. Was good to see some good out of the US after the fiasco called the World Cup. Rune

OK which one of you Joseph Stalin look a likes is the master of stoat? This infantile mass of goo from the bottom of the cesspool, obviously lacking a brain or perhaps even a head, posted my email address in the TOW forum after I purposely did not list it out. Obviously incapabale of thought, this reptillian's dropping candidate never figured out on his own that maybe, just maybe, I did not want web spyders to get my email address. This dwarf in women's clothing should be hung, quartered, hung again, then shot, stabbed and hung again. Better yet, whoever owns this cretin, send them to Sturmy and then to Bauhaus , and finally locked in a room with Seanachai while Seanachai is drunk and blathering on and on about whatever subject he is on at the moment. I demand satisfaction, or I will break TOW and CMSF and make them late. Rune

Because when AT&T Cable was bought out by Comcast, someone had rune already, the bastidge. Could tell ya, would have to kill ya. We can't be missing one of the 4 horsemen however, so will have to spare ya. I may need your help later, but will holler if I do. Rune

I didn't and I would appreciate you guys taking it out so the web spyders don't start sending me more spam. Rune

please contact me via email if you have some time to help me on some research. more explained if you email me, and you have the time. [i would imagine a few hours over the next couple weeks] Andreas [The misplaced German] John D Salt [The original Mr. Picky] Kingfish [Ahhh revenge for all the questions I answered for you.] Michael Emrys EMRYS!!! EMRYS!!! Turn on your hearing aid and put on your glasses! runen atsign comcast dot net It is a test to see if you figure it out. Rune

Beta team is by invite only. Rune

In order to buy the Char B, I would have had to given up 300 points of units, which would have been three tanks. The forces you saw was the default loadout. I sent other screenshots I see they didn't use...don't blame them, they were out of order. Some decent screenshots however. Will see if Matt has someplace to put them up, or maybe the wargamer guys will put them up as just screenshots. Rune

Don't worry, I will schedule one with a newer build very soon. Rune

I was not at the showing at CMvention, having to have to work my other job, so no, not one of the CM Grogs that saw it that day. Rune