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M Hofbauer

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    Benson, Az.
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    CC and CM
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  1. to be frank I was a bit disappointed that there was no mention of CMCs demise in the newsletter (or did I miss it?). if CMC's death isnt news, then what is?
  2. Dear Hunter, I am very sorry to hear these news. I thank you and recommend you for your efforts - thanks for trying - I mean it. Although I have gotten a bit disconnected with the whole BTS/CM affair, I have still kept an occasional eye on CMC, for it would -maybe- have been a classic augmentation to that classic game, CM. It seemed a very attractive idea to me. Both, together, would have stood the test of time as classics, for me. Thats why the delay did not matter that much to me, and occasionally, sporadically, I would check by this forum to see if there's any news or progress report re. CMC. Maybe the "mistake" was that the approach and concept were too ambitious. Maybe it would have been feasible if it really had been constrained to the most basic functions to connect several tactical CM battles. But then it would have lost a lot of its appeal; and - the ambitious approach would not have been a mistake had it succeeded. And I can totally understand Hunter's approach and "mistake", I would have acted similar in approaching the project, and indeed I faced a similar situation not too long ago, different topic but of similar weight and importance, and I know how terrible it must feel to eventually have to accept the fact that you simply have to let it go. Thanks Hunter and all the best to you, sincerely, M. Hofbauer
  3. is there a map somewhere that shows area controlled by the respective sides?
  4. care to share? I'ld be really interested to hear your concise description of hwat is wrong with that game and why it is no entertainment as a VN chopper sim even with its shortcomings. I was really looking forward towards thisone but lost track. Still, its on my "some day when I have more time" list of games I was gonna take a look at. thanks
  5. afaik there was no really popular, widespread colloquial name for the Pz IV. HOWEVER, there is one almost obscure nickname it earned very early - "Rotbart". literally "red beard", nickname of a popular historic medieval royal figure, emperor barba-rossa (sic!) however, the nickname came from a popular commercial in the later 1930ies for a razor blade (still on sale today) marketed under that brand name. I am going by memory here so I cant say for sure wether the original slogan was "Rotbart - hauchdünn" or "Rotbart - hauchzart", it possibly also had the addition "extra dünn" (extra thin). both slogans refer to the fact that the razor blade was very thin. which was also what the Pz IV's armor was - rather thin. hence the mocking nickname. this especially applied to the early versions up to Ausf. D. which is why I suspect it was mostly conceived w/r/t the early models. It does seem to me that while the nickname *did* exist, it was *not* very widespread/popular, it also seems a rather unwieldy word. kinda like nobody calling the UH-1 helicopter ("Huey") an "Iroquois". "Panzer 4" is a good guess that I would venture, too. "P4" is just plain funny, though. suggests a pistol type.
  6. whats a TT43? sounds like a pistol (Tula-Tokarev) but I am not aware of a TT43. Is it an inside designation for a TT33 manufactured in 43?
  7. nice find - a late model Shpagin PPSh 41. I wonder where the owners of such "exotic" weapons get their ammo from. one could wonder wether 7.62x25 ammo isnt probably even harder to get than the weapon istelf. loading up the drum magazine is rather complicated. and be careful, the PPSh had a nasty habit of firing when falling down or when striking s.th. with the butt plate. what happened to the gun? did you take it away from the owner? who gets to keep it?
  8. ...or overengineered expensive luxury toys, which would be another way to look at them ...and doesnt take into account the extra "ivan is right behind my ass" pucker factor
  9. Sivodsi and Moon are more than right, and IMO rather polite about it . Its just plain rude to run around shouting the big B-word, the worst judgement you can bring about an aspect of a game (which is a commercial enterprise), when all the commotion is really due to your own deficiencies re. most basic facts.
  10. why dont you go ahead and enter whatever you want into wiki yourself. ...wiki as the penultimate judgement...this is what we have come to....
  11. I'm with Dorosh on thisone. But it was inevitable that the TOW-induced influx of 20k RTS kids to these boards would sooner or later contain the request for avatars, signature pics etc. You're ignoring the 56k users. Besides bandwith, it's also cluttering up the overall impression of these boards. Lastly, I have no yearning to see n-th iterations on the 55 Ubertiger paintshop BS theme.
  12. seems the latter refers to the already mentioned shaped-charge Granate 38 or Gr. 38 Hl/A fired by the L24 guns.
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