K_Tiger

Dont know about the rest of Europe..but the German version (1.03) is out....If got it here: German CMBB 1.03

Dont do this at home...and if, your Stug(k) will faster be immobilized than you can say ...Geschütz.

and other Stories from a ex-HJler. Sorry, its in german language, but maybe with bablefish or other translation programms, its readable. Willi Witte The hole site is really interesting. Never read before, that the germs got 3700 Aircrafts and 10.000 Engines from the French.

Flaming... You are so darn close... but my new theory is, the germs hade only build thems, say 2-3 millions and send this crap to russia and the other allies.Voila....one month later, the first ukrainian zombie-guards armee was born...

Hmmm...here is a example how my bad english collide with your worst logical explanation. Does this mean: If i cant hit a B52 with a M-16 it isnt worth to carry around or maybe not even to build? Whats going on here?? Now i need some Rexford stuff...for my soul-welfare. :cool:

Dear Mr. Dorosh.. Maybe the Germs wont counterattack, due to the maighty überrifel-canadians? "Maybe they turned green when they are angry!? Wasnt the first canadian settlers, French?...sorry, couldn ressist . I must say, the thread started real nice, but now im get slowly bored. In any case, i learned something new. Give a soldier (unimportantly which nationality) a AR insteed a SAR and he can`t hit a barn. Not to speak from the mentioned "shaking legg" syndrom. Reload time doesnt matter in combat. A groupe of rifel armed soldiers can make you belive, a hole Companie face you (but what happend if you give them AR? ) Its easier to move forward wit a SAR as with a AR. ect. did i miss somefink? Its your fault that i hade tonight a nightmare about how you can turn soldiers into zombie-germans after they recived her first AR. Oh... i have to stop playing CM for a while. Now i know who made those post-war WWII Movies, or better who saw them all... JohnS: Belive me...there are allways enough grunts left to throw, shoot, sting, smell....dumb looking to each other in order to endanger itself mutually.

I doesnt sayed, the Stgw44 was the Gaussrifel under all small arms in WWII but if you gave all rifel-users in stalingrad a Autorifel, the germs would maybe have not lost there. Saved a hole Army plus capture those T-34 factories...had realy extended the war...IMHO But again, i have mixed emotions if someone compare those mostly green US-Boys in mid 44`, with battlehardened 42`german units (not all). Those tricks like selfwounding (spell?) didnt work for german soldiers, they know to have to come back to the front anyway . My Grandpa didnt have a Stgw44 but one guy of his troop. He spoke in hi regards about this new "Automatic-rifel". He never know the name of it till today...but that doesnt matter. Brigadier: The topic wasnt: Why the german army hold so long on rifels? It was more like, would have changed the auto-rifel the outcome of the war?

Andreas: Its right, the Artillerie inflicted the most casualitys, or should i say WIA. I find its a bit unfair to compare the effectiveness from small arms with Arty. How many Soldiers really shoot each other? I havent any stats now at hand but there werent much frontline soldiers out of a division involved in the real firefights. Under the designation Arty falls all from small Mortars up to the big Guns. I cant bring facts for this opinnion, but pound per pound....!? Yes, i shoot with the G3 this ugly green..%&%$§ allways if we saw those us soldiers with her colts...we got enviously. The UZI i hate too, i prefere a more stable MP5. I was the best out of 3 Companies with the MG3 and with Pistol...ok, my first shooting, i throw it away...

Sgt.goody: Theyr are more important factors in battle then how many bulletts you throw around. Its TIME!! Single-action Rifels: First you have to bring a new bullet after every shoot back into the chamber, second you have to reload all 5 shoots...thats a hugh time consumpting situation. Take this example: You are defending a small foxhole. A group of ten Russians start to attack you beginning 50 meters away (over open ground, best way to made kills). With a normal rifel, you are possible able to kill 3 out of tens. With a garand (8 Bullet mag) maybe you can hit 3-5. With a MP or Assaultgun you are ABLE to kill all. Moving targets are really hard to hit with a rifel, with a semi to full auto-rifel you only need to correct your aiming without loosing your target for some seconds out of your view. No one say`s, the germs had start the war more convincingly, but with a good replacement for the standard rifel, it hade be a real showstoper and maybe reduced the own cassualitys. I dont know why i wrote this all...i think for the most, the differences between those weapons, should be clear.

Mr. Dorosh Hehe.. what do you need, how mutch better a Assaultriffel compared to a single-action is?

Thats right and also not....fragmentation grenades are intended for stunning and wounding your opponents, the real dirt job remains to the small arms fraction. Like you, i was in the "Bundeswehr" (german Army) and was also instructed how to use grenades. I learned, that you need thems in combat, but they arent the savest methode to figth. No question, grenades are a good way to substitude you in close quarter fighting but they arent the deciding weapon. Thus, you cant throw them around like bonbons` you have to watch out for your own units. Another negative factor is, you have to come close to your target but you have to be sure not to hurt yourself. I agree, you are mainly save when you throw it into a window or from the side into a Bunker, in the open, you cant be all the time sure not to catch a bullet. More likely from a Stgw44 than from a poor Riffel.. What do you say to your Leader, if you spend all your 2-3 Grenades?? Im sorry Captain...cant attack, i do not have anymore those "main-close-up-weapons" can i advance later? Did i say, Riffels are bad? They can indeed be real effective in her best environment. In war, you have rarely the choice to choose how to fight. With Assaultriffels you are more flexibel, at least. I hope we have the same opinnion that at "Ceteris paribus" a Assault Riffel is superior to all singel-bolt riffels. To bring the Hurtgen-Forrest as an example is, in your words a "no-brainer". It was the question if the germs introduces in 42 the AR, would it change annything?. I say yes! If someone came up with "would better Tanks, Arty Bombers do anything for the outcome early in the east, i would say no...Infantrie is still the effectivest unit on the Battlefield, and if you give them more powerfull weapons, they will give you better results. Facta loquuntur

Huh.. large quantitys of Stg44 (or lets then say Stgw42) before Stalingrad with full support (seen as "Wonderweapon") wouldn have no impact on the hole war?? Come one grogs....esp. Andreas and Michael...i read better articels from yours. I would rate the impact as high for 6-12 Month until the allieds made here own copies. Whats with fighting in Towns/Forrests/Urban...ect where the most heavy fighting took place? The normal "Landser" cant change from "today is town figthing" Rifel to a subMachine gun. A group of rifelmans armed with Karabiners are nearly useless in towns. Im not alone who read alot about heavy close combat with shofels/spades and knifes/bajonettes ect. Do you belive, they would use those things if they were armed with automatic weapons? With automatic weapons, you can command two soldiers of your unit to try and catch your ennemy from the side or from behind and theyr are able to dispatch 10 or more with ease rifelmans. Try this with rifels...with autos, you are a lot more flexible both in attack and defense situations. Not to mention the moral boost, on both sides.. This for sure, will also influences the strategical and operational outcome of a battle. And for gyrene...i prefere to be alive, with a Stg44 w/o ammo as to be death with a bag full of bullets and a rifle in my cold hands

In the Book about the 37mm Pak from Wolfgang Fleischer, he wrote statements from german soldiers where they held those small guns in high regards for her ability to "score" after the first round in the anti-infantrie role. Its allways hard to put those imaginations from front-soldiers with the view from today. Maybe i would say the same if i hade only a rifle. If you can attack your ennemy out of theyr range....ill take the gun..every time. I belive, those 30-40mm would have some relative good results when exploding in closed rooms. Btw. what with the genevua convention, isnt it forbidden to shoot with higher caliber weapons at humans? I mean directly. Those exploding Heads like in SPR arent funny...

Did you say: "Yehova" ??

This Round was more to give the PaK36 a longer Live instead to fight T34 and KVs. For loading, its a relativ light gun, you can put it out of sight with ease, reload and search for a new position. I think, the effective range was about 100m but i never saw one shooting in one of my games.

Looks like a sweet SIG!!... Chickeeen....

Erm...%&$%& http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/reportage/0,1518,grossbild-229899-229704,00.html

I found it today, nothing new, but this time from the other side of the Wolga...maybe from interest for someone!?

I dont think tiger 1`s need any help from superior optics at a distance from 500 meters..heck not only from 800m (example: bobby woll). At this distance you can target with a decent gun, thrue the barrel. The better optics should come to play over 1000-1200 meters (in clear weather conditions). Those scoot & shoot works only with cmbb and the "forgetting" TacAI. IMO, in reality, if the attacked tank is aware of an ennemy who popped every minute over this one crest...he doesnt need to find every shot the range...insteed of the s&s tank.

I know one secret goodie...first you have to drive with your expensivst (maybe its the rarity faktor) tank over a mine field, then make a sharp turn and do it again. A pop-up window apears and ask you, to which weapon you want to transform your tank: a) Maus b)Dora or c)U-531 Ah, i forgot....the minefield must be in Woods!!! PS: Dont take c)....its a joke...and not really usefull..

Uh...should i say .90-.60-.90 ?? better??

Forget to say, this camo would also look nice on a Tiger I, maybe also on a Stuggie....do you have enough time to spare??..please...

Stunning work...let me give you a kiss (hope you are blond with 90-60-90 ). Thanks!

Haha...BFC..(sounds like a soccer team.. ) have to change it again?!...

Not only the rarity of tungsten swedish designation (wolfram) german, let the germs drop this sort of ammo, more due the high barrel wearing. The normal APBCBC was still capable till the end for destroying allied tanks of all sorts. Also Tungsten hade its drawbacks like long range inacurracy, more riccochets on slooped armor, due to the small wight and without he filler, it makes sometimes only small holes with low damges to the tank.