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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PawBroon: Rexford would tell you that Mojo hits are not modeled. That's a shame because Austin is all for penetration. Boy I'm spent...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The lack of Mojo modeling is a major flaw in CMBO. When faced by EvilPanzers™, British vehicles are at an obvious disadvantage without their Mojo. This totally ruins the game for anyone who cares about the proper modeling of Getting on the Good Foot and Doing The Bad Thing™. BTS please fix or do somefink. Otherwise, you will face the fury of the Alan Parsons Project.

But what happens if it takes a hit to its mojo?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: . Grumble grumble. I'm so disgusted, I could, I could... join the Police!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Time to form the Auchtermuchty branch of the Scottish Libertarian Party. Time to take Scotland back to its roots. Hoots man, Adam Smith lives! Oh, and you could hire Sophie Wessex to do PR for you.

And don't forget, Amsterdam is the home of world famous Leather Tiger Press, world famous publishers of world famous GrogPorn™. Now, pass that brownie... ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I'm not sure it's such a long story. We told them as much a few months before the NK invasion by declaring the Korean Peninsula to be outside our sphere of influence. Stalin therefore assumed that he could do as he pleased. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I feel violated... ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I'll have you know that I'm very expensive. Although I'm sure that you can find something among Sweden's export products that I would take in trade. Hint: it ain't Lutfisk. One day, I shall emerge from the illusion known as Real Life™ and play CM again. Oh, yes, I will play CM again. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

How often do you play w/British armour (non-Lend-Lease)? IIRC, it is more vulnerable to spalling than others, especially the older models. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

SPR

Come on, Kitty. I put the winkie smilie in just for you. I prescribe irony supplements until you recover. BTW, Mary, in college I dated an anthropological archaeologist (or was she an archaeological anthropologist) from Abilene. Her name was Mary, but I'm guessing you're a bit younger than she would be now. Ahh, sweet memories of a youth misspent... ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Ooh, chick fight! Guys will pay to watch that stuff, you know. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

And don't forget the glass-lined tanks of Old Latrobe. In the Keystone State, the obvious home for the Peng thread is Philthadelphia by the banks of the beautiful and pungent Schuykill River. I'm sure we could find a nice set of tenements somewhere around 60th and Spruce, so let's get on the MOVE before the helicopters arrive. I'll stop by Koch's for sandwiches before the drive-by shootings start, but I'll leave the scrapple to the natives. As an added bonus, our local barrators will feel right at home, since they're both as slick as Philadelphia lawyers, especially after they've visited the "special rooms" of some clubs off South Street. Anybody who doesn't like the arrangement should talk to the Teamsters Local, since they're in charge of customer relations. No doubt they'll be able to sort you out. Pretzels anyone? ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Of course, White Phophorous is not included in CM ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Glad to see that the Mutha' Beautiful Thread has reached the shores of Blighty, my second home and demesnes of my In-Laws of Madness. I can think of no better place to site a Cesspool. One could put it any urban center from Land's End to John O'Groats and no one would bat an eye; some might even think it urban renewal. Consider this a fly-by post. Those of you in Philadelphia, however, might have an easier time visualizing it as a drive-by post. As others have mentioned, I am immersed in Real Life™ and have gone many days without even booting up Combat Mission, much less firing up the extraordinarily small number of neurons it takes to defeat my "opponents". Even so, I want you all to know that deep, deep in my heart, I hate, loathe, despise, revile, and detest you all. Except for Joe Shaw, of course. For making reference to the single most perfect character in English literature, the ultimate gentleman's gentleman, I am willing to knock off the reviling, just for Joe. The rest of you may die a lot now and all your base is belong to me. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Interesting, but a static test negates the Sherman's main advantages vs. the Mk IV, i.e., the fast turret and the gyrostabilizer. Not sure how you could build a controlled test that would allow for this, however.

A particularly large and acidic grapefruit. Juice and pulp flew everywhere. "Oh, for the love of God, my eyes!", shouted Mace as he...

Ah, goatboy has surrendered his Purity of Essence. His Precious Bodily Fluids have leaked to the floor of the cubicle in the Gents at the Bull and Bush. Now he is weak. He's anybody's for the taking, not that anybody would want him. Just make sure you have a access to the full spectrum of modern anti-biotics.

I suppose none of us should be surprised at this, given your error-ridden illusions (I can't really call them views or opinions) regarding the employment of Armored Plumbing Vehicles. Far better that you spend your time tilting at ecological windmills. Just make sure they don't interfere with the habitat of the Southern Furbish Lousewort. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Arrogant pissant of a permanent student: Fischer is the tree-hugging son of an unwed personal service provider who used to be a terrorist and who got his jollies re-enacting scenes from "A Clockwork Orange" on hard-working members of the law enforcement community. Ludicrous proto-hominid. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

At the start of their displacement, did the vehicles have LOS to the OPFOR units that eventually did them in? If not, then it actually makes sense that they would seek to get away from the immediate threat (arty/mortar raining down) as quickly as possible, i.e., full speed ahead. Reverse is slower and more awkward, as anyone who has driven a large, heavy vehicle in reverse can attest. I agree that I would be p.o.'ed if I saw one of my vehicles doing something like this, but the rationale strikes me as reasonable. Whether infantry would be subject to the same rationale is a different story, of course. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I'm sure I speak for all Americans when I say that you should stay there a long, long time. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I thought Joschke Fischer had beaten Menschlein over the head with a Molotov cocktail back in the good old days. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

Just brainstorming here, but the following comes to mind: -- Charles says no changes to close assault code in a long time -- Changes have been made to half-track/thin-skinned vehicles however, to whit: * More responsive to mortar fire * Less vulnerable to .50 cal MG * Others I may have forgotten?? Could these have made HTs less vulnerable to grenades as well? And if so, perhaps that is as it should be, given, as Michael and others have mentioned, that an AP grenade is not a penetrator, merely a weak HE/frag blast, against which an HT is designed to protect its cargo. Apparently, 'Fausts, demo charges, and gammon bombs still work, which is as it should be, as any of these ought to spectacularly KO an HT. A grenade, however, unless it landed inside the driver's or passenger's compartment would, to my mind, have only a small chance of doing in an HT. Small arms fire is another matter, and I lack knowledge about the vulnerability of HTs to small arms so I won't comment. Still it seems to my booze and alkaloid ravaged cerebral cortex that this might be a fruitful area for investigation if this is, in fact, a bug. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

I am colossally offended by this. This completely ignores Poland, through which the Meuse does not run. You anti-Pole you, or somefink. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University

...an angry horde of Gucci-clad Beltway Lobbyists led by none other than the nefarious Lawyer himself. Things looked bleak for our oviphiliac friend when, without warning, or even an appointment, jd burst into the courtroom. "Ah hah, Lawyer," he chortled, "at last we meet!" jd proceeded to perform a complicated wrestling move he had picked up from watching WCW Nitro while waiting for clients to respond to his advertisements on the Antofagasta municipal transport system. As soon as these two legal polar opposites made actual physical contact, their judicial natures canceled each other out. The resulting explosion obliterated...