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The gun is pretty obviously an 8.8cm PaK43/3 L71. What it's mounted on though... The track looks pretty narrow for it to be a MkIV, so I'm guessing a Pz38 chassis. Since the guy standing in back looks to be wearing American kit, maybe it's even some one-off captured French AFV mutant.

For QB's I've found that a 500 - 600 pts / Armor / 21+ Turns / Large Map works out quite nicely --- you usually end up with a platoon of infantry, some support weapons, a few AFV's, and even occasionally some arty.

Whoa --- never seen this one before! Happens with the SdKfz 7 and Truck as well. (Can't do it with the Kubelwagen or 250/1 though). Seems it's only those vehicles that can carry a full squad --- or a gun and a team. Perhaps it's a function of the squeeze-gun being considered an anti-tank rifle team?

All combats are resolved (a collective "well fought" to all my opponents). Now it's time for the hard part: The AARs.

Seconded! I've been trying to find decent photos of the area for months --- nada!

Yah, that pretty much says it. In Spring '41 the Wehrmacht was at it's peak, while the Red Army was a hollow shell. A Soviet invasion of Germany would have been a disaster --- for the Soviets!

Could Germany have lost alone? Yes. Could Germany have won alone? Yes. If Germany had only gone as far east as Poland, and declared peace after taking out Western Europe. Sure, Stalin would have re-armed, and prolly sniped at the edges (taking the Baltic states, Bessarabia, Finland, etc). But in the over-all scheme of things, I think Uncle Joe would have been content to sit it out and let the Western Capitalists fight it out among themselves. Germany only has to face down England. If Hitler can keep his ego in check enough not to go into Russia, he prolly can manage not to declare war on the USA after the Japanese do Pearl Harbor. This leaves Germany and England facing off in the West, while USA goes after Japan in the East. Two seperate wars. Eventually, England would sue for peace (especially if the Germans managed to push hard in the Med, and take Suez). War over.

It may be a bit later then you want, but "Into Russia We Go" is a June 1941 scenario that works well PBEM, and uses early-war equipment.

Mein Gott Fritz! How much sauerkraut did you eat? Rip another one like that, and Ivan is sure to spot us!

Interesting. I was under the impression that late in the war, all-female flak-gun crews were not that uncommon. AAMOF, a recounted in The Raid, the task force sent to liberate Hammelberg POW camp encounters one such flak gun, and it's only after they kill them all do they realize that the crew was female. I assume though, that these women were all volunteers, and that the whole idea was to free up able-bodied males for the front lines.

You assume, of course, that what I said is really what I meant. Perhaps what I meant was the exact opposite of what I said, in which case, my objective as an agent of disinformation has been fulfilled. (Unless, I counted on your double-think, and in all actuallity did indeed mean what I said I meant). Unless I didn't.

Amazingly enough, they are indeed. There must be a flaw somewhere...

If you moved the magazine to the underside, it would bear a passing resemblance to the Barrett M82.

There's one other squad level AT weapon omission yr overlooking. IIRC, in CMBO it was possible to assign satchel charges to regular infantry squads. This seems to have been disabled in CMAK.

All-reet!

Technically speaking, the Crusader is a Cruiser tank.

I think it's a Halloween prank --- note that both tanks are covered in wide swaths of TP.

PVT Ashercraft illustrates the proper placement of a standard 75mm diameter shell hole.

Not to mention:

Did you move them into the BMP folder in yr main CMAK folder? If so, be sure that they haven't been un-zipped into their own distinct file in the process.

Looks like a classic compare / contrast situation. The Pillar-o'-Fire is obviously a gasoline-fueled Sherman, while the other, less Smote-From-On-High burning Sherman is diesel-fueled. Maybe Panther Commander should see this thread?

Looks like a classic compare / contrast situation. The Pillar-o'-Fire is obviously a gasoline-fueled Sherman, while the other, less Smote-From-On-High burning Sherman is diesel-fueled. Maybe Panther Commander should see this thread?

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Ummm, according to the footnotes at the site you originally cite: (12th RHA Regiment was attached to 26th Bde at the time). W.G.F. Jackson initially refers to Gore Force as the motor battalion of 26th Armored Brigade, reinforced by a squadron of tanks and a battery of field guns. But later, refer's to them as LTC Gore's 10th Rifle Brigade. Nothing about any "10th Buffs" --- though there was a 5th Battalion, the Buffs, lurking about. This might help you out in the OOB area.

That's a rough one, because all the allied 37mm or 40mm guns in CMAK beat the short 37mm and 47mm guns used by the French. I'll try though: For the Char B: The M3 Lee, because it's armor isn't any thicker than 51mm, and the Char had a max of 60mm --- this makes the Churchill I too heavy, BTW. For the Somua: The Crusader II. The Somua had 50mm in the turret, and 40mm in the hull, with a 47mm gun. The Crusader is a little light and fast, but the next choice (the Val I or II), has too much armor. For the Hotchkiss H39: That's a hard one. The Allies don't really have any 2-man tanks with wimpy guns. Though, I suppose you might try the American M8 HMC, and give it a small load-out of HE only.