jackhammer

I remember "They saved Hitler's brain". They had Hitler's head in a jar. It was the most stupid movie I have ever seen. I think he said one word throughout the movie-schnell!

(But the point is that German troops were trained not to be afraid of enemy armour.-Dorosh ) LOL. I guess those weren't german troops who threw away their rifles and hauled ass when 2 measly battalions of matildas counterattacked at Arras! (They trained their infantry to fight tanks because they knew that if Germany had them, others would eventually.Dorosh) I guess thats why they issued their inf 37mm "antitank" guns. Guns that could not even destroy their own tanks never mind anybody else. no too many germans or anybody else was keen on tackling tanks with "antitank weopons" such as molotov cocktails, mines or any other improvs. Not until 1943 did the germans have a reasonable weopon in the panzerfausts, 4 years after the war started!

Pretty pleaseeeee! can I have it too? My e-mail is herky29@earthlink.net. Thanks very much.

(Does Leonhard point to a "good army" as an example? I would argue that, no matter how much you disagree with its doctrine or techniques, a good hard look at its battlefield track record would convince anyone that the US Army gets as close to that qualification as an organization that size can.Scout PL)I'd be willing to lay odds that Leonhard has pictures of Rommel and Manstein on his wall. It's really amazing to listen to these "Maneuverists" Almost every book and/or article written by these people use the german army of ww2 as an example on how to fight the "right" way. The germans kicked ass on 2nd rate militaries and they're gods for doing so. The US army ( with help from the other coalition forces) kicks ass on Iraq and their a poor army because they did not follow Manstein's playbook. Read the Maneuver handbook by Hooker. It's a real hoot. Just about every victorious campaign the germans fought in ww2 is used to illustrate how cheap and easy war can be. Never mind that they lost and lost decisively. After all, to quote captain Bolger they sure looked good losing didn't they.(The original plan was to attack and to crush the Republican Guard, because that was identified as what would cause a collapse of the Iraki army. But the Republican Guard was not destroyed because by the time the Army got around to it, the war was all over for all practical purposes because the Iraki Army had already collapsed-Henri)The US army didn't get "around" to it because of 2 very good reasons. 1) when the ground war kicked off the RG hauled ass away from the USA. They did not stand and fight. To have done so would have been their death warrant. 2) after seeing pictures of the devastion that was being wrought over the Iraqis Gen. Colin Powell urged Pres. Bush to end the war before US and world opinion turned against us. If the vii corps had not been stopped the RG would have been annialated. Also just because the RG was a strength does not mean they were not the critical vulnerability. If you have read your maneuver "bibles" you would know that a critical vulnerability can also be an enemy's strength. Even if I acceptted your argument that the Iraqi c3I was its critical vul. that had already been destroyed by allied airpower. There wasn't anything left of c3i for the US army to target. The RG was the logical and correct target.

go to abebooks.com. i've gotten lots of good books there.

Enemy at the gates is indeed a very good book. If you want a copy go to abebooks.com. They have 16 used copies for sale, 4 between 2.00 dollars and 10 dollars. You can find alot of classic out-of-print war books for very cheap prices there.

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yeah I/O error, that was an hilariously ignorant post. Quit smoking crack and just maybe you'll sound intelligent.

He left the military right after the war. He died earlier this year.

"He who defends everything defends nothing" This famous quote was uttered by Frederick the Great. My favorite tactic is to start on one flank and roll up the flags one by one.

Posted by Chupacabra: Additional points of suck: 1) I never knew Vietnam looked so much like California! Damn, I gotta visit. I mean seriously, folks, at least haul your Hollywood asses down to Costa Rica or something, at least they've got jungle there. 2) Ummm... I'm sorry, I missed the overt American West symbolism, could you shovel in a little more? Thanks Mr. Wayne, that's just right. Now let's go kill some Indians! Er, I mean Vietnamese! 3) Usually movies which use ketchup as blood are filmed on Dad's Super-8, and are mercifully lost in the attic three days after they're made. 4) Those Vietnamese were clever bastards! They not only dug pungi pits and such, they devised evil-scientist-style spike traps which spring out at the unwary. Apparently the jungle-vine technology field has made rapid advances. 5) Repeat after me: Mr. Sulu is not a convincing Montagnard. 6) And of course, there's the famous scene of the sun setting over the East China Sea. Therefore, I have revised my previous List O' Suck. While I firmly believe that my 2 aforementioned movies suck heartily, in my opinion, The Green Berets is the worst war movie ever made. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. WHAT!!!!!!! How can you not realize that the Green Berets is the greatest movie ever made about Vietnam!!? (hehehehe) Well, actually compared to Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War, Green Berets is a f@@king masterpiece. 1) the movie was actually filmed in Georgia,I believe. 2) the only good indian,er I mean VC, is a dead one pilgrim. 3)It goes in the attic unless they use Heinz ketchup. In that case it becomes an instant classic. 4)I guess you never heard of the infamous Ho Chi Hamster. He brought jungle vine tech. into the 20th century. The Vc admit that they could not have won the war without him. By the way he's currently on a college campus speaking tour in the US. 5)Sulu wasn't a 'yard he was a North Vietmanease. Remember that classic line: " First kill all stinkin' cong then go home!" 6)how can you rag on the most poignant beach scene ever made (hehehe); "your what this war's all about" ( fade to green beret song).

This is for anybody who isn't quite sure what "wehrmact penis envy" means. If you read any book or article on MW they writer almost always uses examples from the german campaigns of 1939-1941 as "evidence". France 1940 is their favorite example. The premise is is that if the US army would just adopt the german tactics and doctrines that governed these lightning victories than we could be the ubermilitary of the world. Also MW proponents love to use german expressions to convey MW tenets. For example instead of saying "mission tactics" they'll say "aufragstactiks" (sp). Instead of " focus of efforts" or " main effort" they"ll say "schwerepunkt"(sp). I guess they figure the concepts sound more authoritative in german than in english. That, my friends, is a little explanation for the disease most MW'ers seem to be afflicted it with!

I'm so sick and tired about hearing all the BS about maneuver warfare. I've read all the books mentioned in this thread, and to quote CAVSCOUT, they all suffer from Whermacht penis envy. They drone on about how all wars can be won by driving "around" your enemy, "indirect approach" and a lot of other nonsense. Yes maneuver is important but at some point you have to fight. I can't remember who said it but someone once said that in a war between fairly evenly matched opponents there are no shortcuts to victory. All these MW proponents constantly rave about germany's attack on france in 1940. Well, contrary to currently to the legend the panzers had to do some fighting to get across the meuse. The 9th army put up a decent fight considering that they consisted on 2nd rate troops. It took good 'ole attrition warfare in the form of massed stuka attacks to get von kleists panzers across. Another thing to think about is that if the germans had been better equiped for attrition warfare ( i.e. higher production levels ealier in the war) they might have won. I strongly recommend Bolger's article in the MW handbook. He manages to debunk alot of commonly held myths that MW lovers hold.

by the way does anyone know any sites where i can download wav files like songs and such?

I want to change the music for the main screen. I tried changing a wav file to 00005010 and then putting it in to the cm wav folder. It asks if I want to replace the file. I answer yes. I start game but its the same old sound. Itried using 00000170 but all i get with that is a fast forward sound ( high pitched noise)

it did not work. any other suggestions?

Hi. I would appreciate any assistance in this area!

I don't have a mac. How do I do it on a pc?

sounds great, sniperscope. I have one quick question. How do I change the intro to the game? Thanks

Well Warren, if I was you I'd be very careful with your son. I speak from personal experience. When I was a grade school student(about 20 years ago) I used to draw war scenes and read books ( fiction and non-fiction) about WW2. Unfortunately at that time (and even today), many such books feel it necessary to plaster the cover with swazickas (sp).I had jewish teacher you did not take too kindly to this and she told my mom that there was something mentally wrong with me and that I needed to see a shrink!Needless to say the shrink told my mom to tell the teacher to go take a flying leap. Bottom line is be careful with what your son does and says in public. Others might not be understanding. Also why do so many book and game publishers feel it necessary to adorn their products with nazi symbols?I recently bought the softcover version of Steel Inferno and it's cover suffers from the same deficientcy. I was almost too embarrased to buy the book!