Rother

Since the last patch tanks are acting much better. One thing stil bugs me though. My tank is hunting forward when it stops to engage a target to the rear. No problem there but as soon as the target is destroyed my tank continues hunting forward with the gun still over the back deck. I really wish they'd wait to get the gun pointing somewhat forward before continuing. I'm sure my other gripe has been discussed before but I'm too lazy to search now. I was sneaking a platoon in a group and the mortar and MG kept getting ahead. I realize they can't sneak but why can't they move a little slower with everybody else? Using the pause command every turn can get a little tedious. What do you think? Rother

So why exactly are German optics supposedly better than US optics? I don't understand it at all. The US reticles are far superior to the Germanss IMHO. Were the German's lenses that much better to really make a difference? The range finding ability of the German optics is all fluff and no substance. Can someone enlighten me here? I don't get it. Rother

It looks like the Army hasn't changed that much in 50 some odd years. In my time in the Army there were always a couple of sniper rifles in the company's arms room. Nobody ever shot them though. Not even the guys that were assigned to them. They were always just the mysterious rifles in the cases that you didn't touch for any reason. Rother

Valdor, I was in 1st MRB 93-94. BMP 133 I think thats the track. Maybe 132 it's been a long time. Were you tanks or BMPs? Rother

Skorzeny died in 1975 somewhere in Spain. Rother

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bullethead: BTW, somebody mentioned 60 rounds for 1 bear? Where were they hitting? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To be fair half of them where 7.62x39 and weren't even breaking the hide. My 7.62 NATO could break the hide but couldn't break the bones without at least two shots in the same place. Most of the rounds were stuck in the paws or bounced of the head. A few busted through the chest and did the job about 10 feet short of us. I shoot a .375H&H now for everything. With a muzzle break the kick isn't too bad at all. Actually less than most 300 mags I've shot. Rother

Kinda scary ain't it? I never would have thought this many Black Knights owned the game much less post to the same thread here. I like it. Rother <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sgt.Morgue: Amazing to see so many Black Knights of the 3/5 Cavalry on this board. I'm also a Black Knight 3/5 Cav : Kansas 1966 , Viet Nam 67-68. Then a tour as NCOIC of a border patrol on the Check and East German borders with 2/2Cav 68-69. "if ya ain't Cav , ya ain't sh-t" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Alot of good suggestions. I'd recommend a 30-'06 at least. Contrary to what Bullethead says a .30 cal is enough in the lower 48 but in Alaska in Canada it can be as useless as a BB gun. I never thought so until the day it took almost 60 .30 cal rounds to stop a grizzly. I know better now. The one thing I always look for is a control feed bolt. It grabs the round out of the magazine and holds it instead of just pushing the round in loose. It really sucks when you drop a round or get a double feed. Make sure you get a rifle with iron sights too. Scopes are nice but don't always work as planned. Iron sights almost always work. If you can afford a non-Japanese Weatherby buy it. If you can find a pre '64 Winchester buy it. Rother

11M 90-92 3/5 Cav 3AD Kirchgoens, Germany (The Rock) 92-94 177 Armored Brigade & 60th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (NTC) Rother

The standard now I believe is 12 miles in 3 hours for the US ifantry. Roughly 100 meters a minute if my math is right. Rother

Toad Actually the firmer the ground the better it is to pivot on. You can pivot all day long on concrete with no problem. Never try it in sand, mud or any soft ground though. I remember getting a new LT once at NTC. He told his driver to pivot out in the desert or else. They spent half of the day replacing the whole track on one side after busting most of the guide teeth off the track shoes. Immediately after that they pivoted the other way and spent the rest of the day replacing the other side. That's when that young PFC realized why he had been promoted twice and the 2nd LT hadn't been promoted yet. Rother

Martians superior? Oh give me a break. Even with the Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator the Martians were defeated by one small unarmed gray and white American Bunny. Rother

I just had a half strength British HQ unit take out 2 German HTs at 316m with a Lee-Enfield rifle. That's some shooting! I'd rather be lucky than good anyday. Rother

Here's the size of room you need to fire some modern AT weapons from inside a building. Just for a little perspective. Ceiling must be 7' high. Floor size must be at least 17'x24' for a TOW, 15'x12' for a Dragon, and 4' to the back wall for a LAW. There must be an opening at least 20 sq ft at the rear of the room for backblast. Muzzle clearance needs to be 9" for a TOW and 6" for a Dragon. Don't stand behind the back of the weapon and hold your ears. Rother

Pillar To put it simply we didn't lose a single M1 Abrahms to enemy fire. Considering the scale of the battle that shouldn't happen. It was more like gunnery practice than a tank battle. Ask any tanker that has been to NTC how many times they died there. Rother

Here's my Panther story. I'm trading shots with a Sherman at real close range. Next turn he charges me and I miss my last shot at 3 meters when a broken crew from a dead Sherman ran in front of me 50 meters away. Instantly my Panther targets the crew and ignores the Sherman which is now about 15 meters to my rear. This was an elite Panther and yet they ignored a known close range threat that could have easily killed them for a non threat. Needless to say my Panther died. I see this constantly where tanks will ignore another tank bouncing rounds off them to shoot at a closer infantry target that is no threat. There's no reason for a buttoned tank to fire at infantry more than 300 meters away when there are known spotted armor threats anywhere on the battlefield. If they don't spot it that's fine and realistic, but these tanks do need their targeting priorities straightened out a little. They seem to have no attention span. I'd rather have them keep watching that target that just popped smoke and not firing at anything more than a few degrees off that for the rest of the turn than slewing 90 degrees to take pot shots at long range infantry. More realistic tank AI behavior yes. Micromanagment no. Rother

Like my address will do any good for finding my cabin in the woods. I really just wanted to see him squirm and my small fee is his soul. BTW I got my copy today. For everybody still bitchin' about not getting theirs, the USPS was the holdup. It was shipped a week ago. Leave BTS alone and call the postmaster. Rother

Hey, Cap'n. For a small nominal fee I can tell you exactly where Rookie lives. Rother

Well it shouldn't be too much trouble for BTS to have the files pulled from the Geocities site they're stored on. However I don't think it's the real thing. It's only a 45mb download and Macroshaft the Moron said it didn't work anyway. Rother

I must disagree with you Bullet because a banana has no bones. Rother

A tank with only one track can't rotate on it's own. It will drive straight if the trackless side is free to roll. I've done it countless times on M551s and M2s to change the track or pads. If you can manage to get the trackless side stuck or hungup somehow then it will rotate but only towards the trackless side. Rother <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aka_tom_w: a good question.. I wonder if I might also ask if a tank has one track knocked out or has thrown one track, should it not still be able to rotate, on the spot. -tom w <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Out of work ski bum, carpenter, truck driver, fisherman, painter, mechanic,.... in Alaska. Presently a no good drunk river running rat by day. By night? It doesn't get that dark now at 64°N to be condidered night. Someday I might grow up and get a real job but can't think of a reason why. You guys fishing in Alaska this summer are going to the wrong place. Well the Russian & Kenai Rivers are 'combat fishing' areas so maybe not. Have fun! Rother

Sounds like a driver kill to me. The TC in any track I've been on was just dead weight. The driver is the most important member of the crew. He's the guy that keeps you alive. The gunner/loader is next. They keep the other guy from staying alive. The TC just screws up the whole process. Rother