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Yeah.....That's about as rare as it comes. 

Yes.  A Type 4 Ho-Ro.  Apparently the only one in existence.

Yesterday I was in the Boston area and had time (but not enough time) to visit the American Heritage Museum.  This is the place where the Littlefield collection ended up after he passed away.  Every vehicle has been meticulously restored.  The best armor collection I have seen...so far.  
 

Here is a shot of the post WWII stuff.  

Yesterday I was in the Boston area and had time (but not enough time) to visit the American Heritage Museum.  This is the place where the Littlefield collection ended up after he passed away.  Every vehicle has been meticulously restored.  The best armor collection I have seen...so far.  
 

Good to hear! Thanks for the new update Elvis! Nothing will ever stop the real detractors from complaining, but I can assure you the more level headed individuals really appreciate the updates. Hoping for the new patches to release "very" soon!

They’re going to happen.  Trust me.

I disagree.  I think what we are seeing is that among all of the CM community there are different groups who are interested in different periods.  While one group gets "their" game the other groups continue to lobby for their period.  I am an early East Front guy, the earlier the better but '42-'43 is my sweet spot...

Seeing a RPG-43 in air and striking German armour in CMBB was one of my fave CM engine 1 experiences.

You should play with the SG43 and the Maxim, they don't have "Deploy Weapons" buttons.  They automatically deploy at the end of any move, no matter the distance.  It always takes the same amount of time.   The DShK does have the button, however.  You can move it around in the deployed position as far as you want and it will be instantly ready to go.  But you can only "move," all of the other move modes are not available.       

Fom what you are saying the pack up time should be some amount of time if you are moving a distance further than 4 action squares.  But it is always 0 no matter how far you are moving.   I ran some tests with the SG43 - no metter how far you move, 1, 2, 3 or 4 squares, the pack up time is always 0 and the set up time is always what it says on the GUI.   

I disagree.  I think what we are seeing is that among all of the CM community there are different groups who are interested in different periods.  While one group gets "their" game the other groups continue to lobby for their period.  I am an early East Front guy, the earlier the better but '42-'43 is my sweet spot...

not that bad an idea actually. Add some small vehicle pack and otherwise let mission creators do their stuff for 43, even if the mission date reads 44. But who cares.
Edit: Formations can be adapted, or things added/removed in the editor, so shouldn´t be big problem either me thinks.

We are really close for Kursk.  Just need some PzKpfw IIIs and maybe earlier IVs.  I think we have all of the T-34 models that are required.  A small vehicle pack would do it (?).  I don't know enough about the earlier infantry formations to say what would be needed.  

@Heirloom_Tomato, I downloaded them all, but haven't played them yet (will probably do at some point)...Now, and to take off any pressure, I think it's best if you come out with these type of Scenario's once a Month (beginning or end). This will give you time to spend with Family, Work, and other Projects, and players will still have something to look forward to when that Scenario comes out. 
Just a Friendly Suggestion :-)
Joe 

He's an OCDed completest that loves the East Front. LOL. I am not worried.
 
Mord.

Hi,

Do you have this one yet...

Very high quality, English names from war or near war time period.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/eastern_europe/

All the best,
Kip.

Nothing NEW in this document really...but maybe other posts will follow
until then this is the place to go for newbies imo...
http://battledrill.blogspot.com/
 

The values I posted are out of the manuals, they are (I think) for regular troops.  The lower values for the M2HB (for example) don't mention "half deployed" or not.  Can you even do that with a 50 call MG?  
Here is a table of deploy times for the SG43 based on experience:
Conscript 34 Green 29 Regular 26 Veteran 22 Crack 19 Elite 18 The pack up times are all 0.  
Anyway, my basic question remains - why does it take longer to set up a SG43 than a M2HB?  The SG43 is on wheels and pretty much already deployed.  The M2HB is much heavier (128 lbs w/ tripod vs 90 lbs on wheels) and in two pieces that need to be put together.  Just seems weird to me...
 

I have a question for machine gun grogs: what's up with the deploy/packup times?  Specifically I have two questions:
  Why did the deploy times for most MGs were cut in half in the later modules?   Why is the deploy time for the Soviet MGs so long?  I understand they are on wheels, which presumably is why the packup time is so short, but why then the long setup time?  I would have thought the wheels would help with the setup too.  Here is a table of the MGs in the game. I skipped the Italians... 
Machine Gun Module Deploy Pack up M1914 A4  BN 21 14 M1917 A1 BN 21 16 M1917 A1 FI 21 16 M1917 A1 FB 10 16 M1919 A4 FI 21 14 M1919 A4 FB 10 14 M2HB BN 23 21 M2HB FI 23 21 M2HB FB 11 21 Maxim M1910 RT 27 0 SG43 RT 26 0 MG34 FI 20 14 MG34 RT 10 14 MG42 FI 20 14 MG42 RT 10 14 Vickers CF 21 17 Vickers MG 10 17 Vickers  GL 10 17

Tsaritsyn? Volgagrad? 😉

In case you haven't been checking, the patch is not yet out... 

No challenge this weekend? Was planning to jump in...
 

In case you haven't been checking, the patch is not yet out... 

In case you haven't been checking, the patch is not yet out...