Darryl
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38, divorced (thank god!), have lived here in Tulsa, Oklahoma for about 3 years(originally from the San Francisco bay area, and I miss it!) I'm an aircraft mechanic for the worlds best airline. I've been an avid wargamer since the mid 70's. I started out with Tactics II, and rapidly progressed through just about everything in the Avalon Hill catalogue. Then when computer wargaming appeared I jumped into it, and never looked back. I can honestly say that I'm looking forward to CM more than any game in memory.
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Just wondering....If you keep whacking an AFV with rounds even if it doesn't brew up.
Does that make it less likely to be repaired (within the game of course) than if it did brew up? In other words can you just turn it into a pile of scrap without burning it?
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I was an Emergency Medical Technician for 10 years in a city with the highest homicide rate in California 3 years running.
Now I'm an aircraft mechanic for the worlds greatest airline. Currently stuck working on A300s since all of my beloved DC-10s are being retired. sniff-sniff
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I feel compelled to offer an unsolicited opinion on the facial hair issue.....
I don't care for the number of soldiers
I'm seeing in the screenshots who have
mustaches. I realize some soldiers did
have them, but the scraggly "hasn't been able to shave for a couple of weeks" look
would be much more palatable for me.
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LOL!!!!
Thank goodness! I thought I was the only sicko who conducted experiments on his models!! My prefered method of destruction was always fire. Firecrackers carried the chance of alerting the neighbors don't ya know? LOL I actually got a few fairly realistic photos of burning, and smoking AFVs. Later when we moved out to the country, I was able to catch up on my demolition training, using a lot of GI Joe equipment (the original 12" figures) LOL
Hey, what's the statute of limitations on this stuff anyhow? LOL
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For what it's worth...I was a Paramedic in California for 10 years. I had to deal with lots of things that would make the average person scream, and faint. I've seen enough trauma, and I do not wish to see anymore. Yet I do believe it's desireable to denote that battle has a human cost. I think it's a feature that needed to be in, and I'm glad BTS chose to do it in this way.
Just my two cents......
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Too bad, it would be kinda funny to see an opponents AFV fall into a basement!
By the way, did antone else here ever build Monograms 1/35th scale STUG? Do you remember the little booklet that gave diorama building tips? I loved the one with the STUG hiding inside the partially destroyed building.
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Well in any event in the next couple of days we'll probably be getting Steve's monthly update. Hopefully he'll be able to pin the release date down a little closer for us. (I hope,I hope,I hope)
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Not sure what good Tigers, or any other heavy tank would've done for Japan.
What she needed was raw materials, fuel, well trained pilots, reliable high performance aircraft engines, and LOTS more escorts for her fast disappearing merchant fleet.
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Archangel,
Sorry, didn't realize you meant the U-boat.
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Actually the S-boats did have riveted hulls. I think the first time welding was used in US subs was with the introduction of the Cachalot class in the early 30's.
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Ah yes! Naval wargaming, I used to love the 1:1200 scale waterline models. I spent many a happy hour with my friends setting up, and playing huge fleet engagements on the driveway, and garage floor (the only places we had that were big enough). Of course we also played all the Avalon Hill naval board games, I've also done most of the computer naval games as well. But none of that would compare to the fun of a Combat Mission type of naval wargame. Start with The Spanish-American war, then the Russo-Japanese war, then on to WWI, etc. I'd gladly pay top dollar for something along those lines!
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Darryl
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IIRC the anti-escort acoustic homing eels started to become available in mid to late 43. In any event they were only available in limited quantities. usually only enough for one, or two per boat per patrol. Again IIRC, they would usually be loaded in the stern tube(s). I'm sure someone here can confirm, or deny, eh?
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Darryl
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I believe I read on the newsgroups somewhere that the August issue of certain computer gaming magazines are going have SPW@W on their CDs. Has anyone else heard this?
If true it would be a great alternative to those of us who would can't easily download something the size of SPW@W.
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My vote (as if I have one) is to allow 'auto surrender' (for lack of a better term) to be toggled on, or off.
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Cool site, thank you!
One nitpick though, shouldn't it be painted in a dunkel gelb base color? Just wondering...
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Don't know if I'd be so quick to dimiss
General Marshall's research. The information
he gathered over the years was hardly flattering in many cases to the training methods used by the U.S. Army, yet they
thought enough of it to make him a General.
Even if one cares to nitpick the actual
percentages, the fact remains that large numbers of troops failed to use their weapons in combat. This revelation was needed to cause the army to change it's training doctrine. Though as General Marshall found, even in the Korean conflict
many men were just not firing their weapons.
As he noted, it's very difficult to overcome
the inertia that siezes most men in combat.
I believe that is the crux of the problem.
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The music soundtrack from the movie 'GLORY'
Very nice indeed.
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Man! That's pretty cool. I didn't know the Somalians used King Tigers. I love this forum. Ya learn something new every day.
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Debates about who had the "best" armed forces while very interesting, usually come down to the old football axiom of..
"On any given day, any given team can win"
In other words there are examples of each of the western armies performing brilliantly, and other examples where they flopped.
There are just too many variables to be able to objectively say "The Tommies were better than the Yanks." or such like.
Even if you could set up an evenly matched meeting engagement between two sides, think of all the variables. Someone could always find some aspect that was unfair to one side, or the other, ie; One side had an unfair terrain advantage, the other side had more competent officers, etc.
I just prefer to acknowledge that no nationality had a monopoly on effective soldiering in WWII.
However as I said, the debates are very enjoyable nonetheless.
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And to think I almost didn't check the board tonight. "Why bother? there's nothing happening, oh well I might as well check."
Imagine my suprise. Keep driving BTS, your well earned rest is near at hand!
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Probably the starkest illustration of how inefficient the ratio of total men in combat units to men who actually cause enemy casualties can be found in General S.L.A. Marshalls excellent "Pork Chop Hill".
I don't know if it's currently in print,
and it's subject matter is from the Korean war, not WW 2, but it's lessons still apply.
Marshall also wrote about the Normandy airborne ops in "night Drop". Which I also highly recommend to those interested in CM.
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Okay, I'll be the sacraficial lamb, and ask;
If Steve becomes involved in the FAQ, won't it take him away from completing CM?
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I've always generally tended to agree that the turning point came with the invasion of Russia. But frankly even that might not have been a fatal error if Hitler hadn't postponed Barbarossa for six weeks while he threw his little temper tantrum in Yugoslavia.
The thing is though, that Hitler made so many mistakes throughout the war, it's tough to say exactly which ones Germany could've survived.
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Kaaskoppen?
in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)
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Wasn't Dutch Schultz the heartwarmingly befuddled Feldwebel on that zany hit show Hogan's Heroes?
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Darryl