Andreas

I am sorry Comrade, the Party has to inform you that if the current battle goes the same way as the last one, he will post it in Russian.

Direct fire only in the game.

It is also temperature related (and maybe type to some degree). The MG34 should have a very high jamming chance in frozen weather.

the seelowe Gramatical error is fixed. </font>

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

Dan was drooling at the thought of doing a scenario of that. I don't know the reasons. I wouldn't tell you if I did, because of the NDA, but that does not even come into play here.

My (better informed) guess is, because of the research done by French beta-testers. </font>

DP

Oh, don't spoil it, just because you don't get it. I was trying to be subtle. Ericsson was a Swedish company. What do you think why I did not write Nokia? Yes okay, it is not very funny, but I have a bad flu, a headache, am bored at home, and am a humourless German, so this is the best you are gonna get. Now get back on your high Ren and waddle off into the Tundra.

Edit because flu made me overlook something really important in Mark's post. [ January 08, 2004, 11:27 AM: Message edited by: Andreas ]

Not that anyone cares, since it is Finland, but whether anyone cares or not has not stopped me before. So, Sergei has given in to temptation, and rubbing assorted pine-cone shaped (that's what they told him) talismans, he is back in battle with me. This time, he tries to make as much of his ability to grunt in the same tone and rythm as the Finnish soldiers in the game, by using them. But already, things are going reindeer-arse-shaped for him (they don't have pears in Finland). As this picture clearly shows... Here you can see a dashing assault team of defenders of the Rodina hiding heroically in a crater halfway between a forest and a reverse slope position. They have, just by themselves, contested numerous flags, and set fire to blockhouses full of adventurist Finnish occupant/invaders of the holy soil of the Rodina. I can already see Sergei quivering in his earthhole, in front of his Ericsson game console. Soon, the victory so rightfully belonging to the working class in the ceaseless struggle against adventurist bourgeois capitalist monkey invaders of the home of the once suppressed but now loved by Stalin peasants and workers will be mine. You may shake in your jackboots, capitalist Finnish Ericsson wielding thug.

Are they wire or radio spotters? If the former, it is not a bug, but a feature, introduced with CMBB.

Excellent find Jason.

Due South wasn't very realistic. All you need to learn about Canada you will learn from watching Beach Combers (Die Strandpiraten in German). A true look at Canadian life.

My understanding is that the vast majority of the French soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk were returned immediately to France...and from there quickly to German POW cages. Michael </font>

East Africa - Abbessinia and Ethopia. Vichy French - my guess is that these are also formations that went over to the Allies in the colonies, not just , or not even primarily, those returning from Dunkirk. Here is an OOB of Commonwealth forces in East Africa Force, and if you manage to rummage around the site you may find more. Berlichtingen has done a lot of research on this. East Africa Force

Sven If 2/3rds of 46.ID are with LIV.AK, the whole of 46.ID can not be with XXXXII.AK. I have Fretter-Pico's sort-of memoirs 'Missbrauchte Infanterie', which is so-so, but has a very decent chapter on the taking of Sevastopol. Apparently you have to be very careful with von Manstein as a source, where he talks about anything but bare facts. His analysis is suspect, from what I have read.

Wouldn't want to sully my hands with that. It is Berli's job after all.

It does feel so good to rub it in... James - you need to play real humans in order to get to know CMBB. The AI is just there to be kicked.

Jaegermeister - LIV.AK was at the time commanded by Hansen, Manstein commanded 11.Armee (which also included XXX.AK under Fretter-Pico and whatever troops on the Kerch peninsular.) Could have helped you with the XXX.AK, but not with the LIV.AK. Sven Your list seems to not include cross-attachments, such as this (from LdW), or am I overlooking something? The Kommandobehoerden list under Truppengliederungen is quite helpful.

Is there a list somewhere? Are there points for posts? Because if we get points, and we all know what points mean, there will be prizes. Oi likes prizes.

One can always hope, now can't one?

This reminds me of the scene in 'I Claudius' where Caligula announces the death of Tiberius to the Senators - only to have to go back to Tiberius' room to finish the business and then announce 'The emperor is definitely dead'. I believe Tiberius had a faible for blow-up legionnaires too.

Maybe it is a New Year's resolution? In which case he'll be back by the 10th. If we let him.

The data from that sheet is incorrect. Both Mike and I used the data from the game. 43 Jaeger (10): 2xK98, 7xMP40, 1xMG34: 315,119,39,20 43 Jaeger (10): 8xK98, 1xMP40, 1xMG42: Does not exist This is probably: 43 Grenadier Squad (10): 8xK98, 1xMP40, 1xMG42: 138, 96, 54, 26 [ January 07, 2004, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Andreas ]